Facebook tells employees to preserve internal docs and communications related to its business since 2016, as governments and legislative bodies begin inquiries
New York Times :
Apple support documents says 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro users can turn on “scale to fit below built-in camera” to avoid notch app compatibility issues
Apple today shared a new support document that explains how users can ensure that an app's menu bar items do not appear hidden behind … Source: Apple Support .
Ex-Facebook integrity member says articles on Haugen leaks are based on internal posts and comments, making it hard to assign credibility as names are redacted
Casey Newton / Platformer :
While whistleblowing and accountability journalism are useful, only sweeping political changes can limit Facebook's power, which has proven enduring
Amid years of ongoing crisis, Facebook in recent weeks has faced the public-relations equivalent of nuclear annihilation.
Review of Raspberry Pi's new $15 Zero 2 W, featuring a 64-bit CPU, 512MB RAM, and WiFi 4: surprisingly powerful and ideal for emulation and automation projects
The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is powerful for a computer the size of a matchbox, but get a Pi 4 or Pi 400 if you want a better desktop experience Source: Raspberry Pi .
Samsung reports Q3 net profit of ~$10.5B, up 31% YoY, on record revenue of ~$63B, up 10% YoY, beating estimates; semiconductor sales nearly doubled to ~$8.5B
Credit high demand for chips, foldables, Switch OLED, and the iPhone 13. — In 2020, Samsung weathered the pandemic by posting … Source: Samsung Global Newsroom .
GitHub says as much as 30% of new code on its network is written with its AI tool Copilot, and 50% of developers who tried it since July have kept using it
The open-source software developer GitHub says as much as 30% of newly written code on its network is being done with the help of the company's AI programming tool Copilot. Source: GitHub .
NYU research suggests Twitter's algorithms promote conservative politicians because they are more likely to be “ratioed”, which Twitter may count as engagement
Our research suggests conservative politicians are ‘ratioed’ more often. That may explain why they're in your timeline.
The Sequoia Fund announcement shows Sequoia Capital wants to invest and keep long-term positions in SaaS companies with proven business models
Two weeks ago, in The Death and Birth of Technological Revolutions,1 I puzzled about exactly where we were in the Age of Information and Telecommunications …
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who earned $154.6M last year, will take a pay cut to $62,500 and forego equity grants until diversity goals are met
- Compensation included paying CEO $154.6 million last year — Company facing sexual harassment and discrimination case Source: Activision Blizzard .
Hackers steal an estimated $130M from DeFi platform Cream Finance in a flash loan attack; the company lost $37M in Feb. and $29M in Aug. in similar attacks
Hackers have stolen an estimated $130 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from Cream Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) …
A look at the impact of Apple's ATT on Alphabet and Facebook: limits on Facebook's ad targeting raises ad spends for brands, sending some advertisers to Google
New iPhone privacy standards rocked digital advertising, raising some boats and lowering others
Apple joins Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems, a program by Belgium-based R&D organization Imec to help reduce environmental impact of chips
Apple today announced that it has joined Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS), a new research program launched … Source: Imec .
Internal document from far-right militia Oath Keepers, with details on 25,000 members, shows Facebook was the most common way of discovering the group
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — How does one come to join a militia? Tweets: @willoremus , @alibreland , @willorem...
Global money laundering watchdog FATF releases guidelines that could force crypto companies to check customers' identities and report suspicious transactions
New guidelines could spur more crypto firms to check their customers' identities and report suspicious transactions to regulators
Google, Apple, Twitter, Snap, Microsoft, and others form the Catalyze Tech coalition, committing to improve DEI, share demographic data, and more
New report underscores importance of sharing data and supporting K-12 computer science education. — Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Twitter Inc. …
Shopify reports Q3 revenue of $1.12B, up 46% YoY, and gross merchandise volume of $41.8B, up 35% YoY, and says cumulative GMV reached $400B
Canada's Shopify Inc's (SHOP.TO) third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates, hurt by stiff competition as rivals invest more money to develop their e-commerce platforms.
Sony reports Q2 revenue rose 13% YoY to $21B and operating income rose 1% YoY to $2.8B; PS5 sales were 3.3M as its Games unit operating income dropped 22% YoY
Sony Pictures Entertainment recorded $288M in operating profits for the three months ending September 30, repping a 7% dip from the same period last year.
Google unveils Android 12L update focused on tablets, foldables, and Chromebooks, with tweaks like big screen UI layouts and a new taskbar, coming early 2022
Welcome to 12L, a special feature drop coming early next year that makes Android 12 … Kishan Vyas / XDA Developers : Android 12L features are coming soon to your Galaxy Z Fold 3 Peter Holden / TalkAnd...
Crypto infrastructure company Alchemy, which wants to be the “AWS for blockchains”, raises a $250M Series C at a $3.5B valuation led by a16z
The venture giant invests in the kinds of companies Alchemy has called clients for years. — Crypto infrastructure company Alchemy …
Intel launches its 12th-gen Alder Lake chips, led by the flagship Core i9-12900K CPU with 16 cores for $589, shipping November 4
GlobalFoundries raises $2.6B in an IPO, selling shares for $47, valuing the company at over $25B, the third biggest US listing in 2021 behind Coupang and Didi
- Chipmaker's shares price at top of $42-$47 marketed range — Mubadala's portion of share sale increased from earlier plan
Sources: Mimecast, which makes email security tools, is exploring a possible sale or investment; Mimecast went public in 2015 and is valued at $4.5B
Cybersecurity-software company has market value of about $4.5 billion — Email-security software maker Mimecast Ltd. is exploring a possible sale …
Docs: EU politicians said Facebook algorithm changes in 2019 negatively impacted politics, particularly in Poland, where many blamed Facebook for polarization
Loveday Morris / Washington Post : Tweets: @jesselehrich , @lyssaslounge , @lsnienie , @brooklynmarie , @brooklynmarie , @sanhotree , @wajahatali , @joenbc , @washingtonpost , and @jasonkuznicki Twee...
Internal docs show Netflix tried to minimize public backlash to the film Cuties by stopping it from appearing in some search results and recommendations
Instagram rolls out link stickers to all users, expanding on verified and high-follower accounts
UnitedMasters, a music distribution app for independent musicians, raises a $50M Series C led by a16z at a $550M valuation
UnitedMasters, a music distribution app for independent musicians, has raised $50 million in a round led by venture firm Andreessen Horowitz at a $550 million valuation, including the new investment.
Microsoft sets a goal to reduce data center water consumption by 95% by 2024, building on broader 2030 climate commitments
Spotify cites Edison Research and its own internal data to claim it “recently became” the most-used podcast platform in the US and says it has 3.2M podcasts
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Source: Spotify .
Internal docs show how Facebook calculates the number of engineers needed and how it has struggled to recruit talent, missing recruitment goals in 2019 and 2021
and surprised to see no mention of obvious reputational factors. If you work at FB and have evidence of how the scandals are impacting recruiting (as I hear anecdotally all the time) get in touch. htt...
QuickNode, which helps developers build blockchain apps, raises a $35M Series A led by Tiger Global, following a $5.3M seed round in May
Eli Tan / CoinDesk :
Open-source SQL database developer Yugabyte raises a $188M Series C at a $1.3B valuation led by Sapphire Ventures
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
A look at Stripe's carbon-removal investments, including $9M in 10 projects; nearly 9K businesses use Stripe Climate to divert some revenue to carbon-removal
Ed Ballard / Wall Street Journal :
EU opens an investigation into Nvidia's planned Arm acquisition on competition grounds, the latest setback for the deal
Indian insurtech startup Acko raises $255M co-led by General Atlantic and Multiples Private Equity at a $1.1B valuation, bringing its total raised to $450M
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
After raising $357M in its IPO, Rent the Runway closes at $19.29, down 8% from its $23 opening price, valuing the company at $1.2B
Bloomberg :
ClickHouse, which provides an online analytical processing database management system, raises $250M at a $2B valuation led by Coatue and Altimeter
- Database management business works on real-time analytics — Startup raises $250 million led by Coatue and Altimeter Tweets: @clickhousedb Tweets: ClickHouse / @clickhousedb : @ClickHouseDB receiv...
Chinese banking official issues a warning to cross-border online brokerages operating with only overseas licenses, causing Futu, UP Fintech, and others to drop
Twilio Q3: $740.2M revenue vs. $681M est., up 65% YoY; $224.1M loss, up from $116.9M YoY; 250K+ active customer accounts, up from 208K YoY; stock down 11%+
Tiernan Ray / ZDNet :
eBay Q3: revenue of $2.5B, vs. $2.46B estimates, up 11% YoY, gross merchandise value of $19.5B, down 10% YoY, 154M active buyers, up 5% YoY; stock down 5%+
Skyryse, which develops a flight automation operating system called FlightOS, raises a $200M Series B co-led by Fidelity and Monashee Investment Management
Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch :
Dragos, which helps secure control systems for critical infrastructure, raises a $200M Series D at a $1.7B valuation led by Koch Disruptive Tech and BlackRock
Carly Page / TechCrunch :
LinkedIn launches its freelance services marketplace globally after picking up 2M users in a quietly run US beta, to compete with the likes of Fiverr and Upwork
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Sources: DOJ is investigating whether Visa used financial incentives to keep Square, Stripe, and PayPal from using other card networks or payment systems
Wall Street Journal :
Hinge Health, a digital physical therapy service that uses an app and sensors, raises $400M led by Tiger and Coatue at a $6.2B valuation, up from $3B in January
Michelle F Davis / Bloomberg :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.