After a three-day outage, Roblox says it is back online
According to Roblox's status page, all versions of the game have been down since Oct 28 starting at 7 pm EST — Roblox, one of the most popular games in the world, has been down for over a day now an...
Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy has cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube almost $10B in combined ad revenue in H2 2021
Forcing apps to ask for permission to track users for advertising purposes leads to big hit for social media platforms
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook executives laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market
- In 2018, an Oculus executive named Jason Rubin wrote a 50-page document headlined “The Metaverse” that he sent to a Facebook board member and some top execs.
Chip shortage hits Apple at the worst possible time ahead of the holidays, and Meta and Apple are set to be smartwatch and mixed reality headset rivals in 2022
Apple had seemingly avoided the chip shortage for months, but the company's fortunes have now changed.
Sources: Apple plans a “crash detection” feature next year for iPhones and Watches, which measures a spike in g-forces to detect car accidents and auto-dial 911
Safety feature is also planned for Apple Watches expected in 2022, according to company documents
Review of new $200 Beats Fit Pro: comfortable with very good active noise cancellation and transparency mode but no wireless charging and little Android support
The latest Beats earbuds are the company's best product since the Powerbeats Pro — Beats has been busy.
Digital Currency Group raises $700M at a $10B+ valuation led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and Latin America Fund, with CapitalG and others participating
The Grayscale and CoinDesk owner sells $700 million of shares at a $10 billion valuation, in a funding round led by two SoftBank funds
Meta is just playing catch-up as Roblox, Steam VR, VRChat, and other platforms have already developed metaverse-like experiences
Meta's promised metaverse is going to be boring and is meant to distract us from the world that Facebook helped break
Experts say sourcing chips has almost turned into a lottery amid the global chip shortage, as wait times ballooned to 22 weeks in October
Nearly a year into the crisis, some customers are finding it is taking months more than expected to get needed parts
Dell spins off its 81% stake in VMware, creating a $64B independent software company; Dell's remaining hardware operations have an implied value of $33B
Share sale completes eight-year saga that will unwind part of the 2018 deal for server and storage company EMC
How payment processors hold the power to decide which products and services can be purchased online, as Stripe bans businesses like tarot card reading
Payment processing companies decide who is empowered to buy and sell online—and their policies show a gross misunderstanding of metaphysical practitioners.
Pinterest to launch a shoppable live series called Pinterest TV on November 8, with weekday episodes airing in its app, featuring some of its top creators
The series will feature creators and celebrities, like Olympic athlete Tom Daley and popular makeup artist Manny MUA
ByteDance limits staff working hours from 10am to 7pm on weekdays, becoming one of the first tech companies in China to officially end its “996” culture
- Employees will need to seek permission to work overtime — China's 996 culture has drawn criticism, government scrutiny
Apple's $19 Polishing Cloth has become its most back-ordered new product with shipments delayed until January; source: the company isn't surprised by the demand
NewsWhip: interest in Facebook, measured by social media interactions per article, declined over 2021, with little mainstream attention for “Facebook Papers”
The Facebook Papers and whistleblower accounts were a public relations nightmare for Facebook, but so far … Tweets: @daveyalba , @axios , @jason_kint , @stevekovach , @nrothschild3 , @sarafischer , an...
YouTube's mistaken deletion of a channel belonging to UK news outlet Novara Media draws criticism over the company's power as a content regulator
or mistakenly enforced. https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimes : Novara spent years using YouTube to attract more than 170,000 subscribers for its left-leaning coverage of issues like climate change, ca...
OctoML, which helps enterprises optimize and deploy their ML models, raises a $85M Series C led by Tiger Global, following its $28M Series B in March
OctoML, a Seattle-based startup that helps enterprises optimize and deploy their machine learning models, today announced that it has raised …
Utah-based Awardco, which makes HR software, raises a $65M Series A led by General Catalyst and Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith at a valuation of $900M+
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Facebook AI unveils open source tactile tech, including a robot “skin” and high-resolution robot fingertip sensors, to impart a sense of touch to robots
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India-based grocery delivery startup Zepto emerges from stealth with $60M from Glade Brook Capital, Nexus, Y Combinator, and others
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When I Work, which helps businesses manage shift scheduling, timesheets, and more, raises $200M led by Bain Capital, bringing its total raised to $224M
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Industry and government officials say Gaia-X, a project to reduce the EU's cloud dependency on US tech giants, is clogged by infighting and bloated bureaucracy
Apollo.io, which develops B2B sales intelligence software, raises a $32M Series B led by Tribe Capital, bringing its total funding to $41.3M
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Mosaic, which makes software to automate construction planning, raises a $44M Series B led by Peak State Ventures, bringing its total raised to $68.8M
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A look at “creepypasta”, ghost stories such as Slender Man that spread online, and how decentralized myth-making can explain the rise of meme stocks and QAnon
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times : Tweets: @izakaminska , @pkedrosky , @carnage4life , and @svr13 Tweets: Izabella Kaminska / @izakaminska : A cracking Halloween weekend read on @FTAlp...
SlashNext, which offers AI-driven anti-phishing services for enterprise communications, raises a $26M Series B
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A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during lockdowns as some say it adds to kids' psychological strain
BackBox, which offers companies network automation, security, and management software, raises a $32M Series A led by Elsewhere Partners
Beijing-based Huice, a SaaS provider that helps e-commerce businesses manage orders and more, raises a $312M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2
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.