Sources: Apple has cut back on iPad production to allocate more chips to the iPhone 13; iPad production was down 50% from original plans for the past two months
U.S. tech giant produces 50% fewer tablets than planned in September-October — TAIPEI — Apple has cut back sharply …
Researchers discover a Unicode security vulnerability that affects most code compilers, including for Go, C++, C#, JavaScript, Java, Rust, and Python
Virtually all compilers — programs that transform human-readable source code into computer-executable machine code …
Biden admin urges Congress to subject stablecoin issuers to federal oversight like banks and limit their interactions with non-financial companies, such as Meta
If U.S. lawmakers don't act, regulators have the authority to take their own measures, according to the long-awaited report …
Zoom says it is testing showing ads to free users; the ads appear on the browser page shown to users at the end of a call
They'll appear in a browser page at the end of meetings — Zoom is piloting showing ads to users on its free “Basic” tier, the company has announced in a blog post.
Microsoft announces Loop, an app that combines a “flexible canvas” with collaborative components that sync across Microsoft 365 services
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Microsoft will bring its mixed-reality platform Mesh, along with avatars and VR support, to Teams in the first half of 2022
Microsoft and Meta are on a collision course for metaverse competition — Microsoft is entering the race to build a metaverse inside Teams …
Yahoo pulls its services in China in a largely symbolic gesture, citing an “increasingly challenging business and legal environment”, following LinkedIn
Yahoo Inc. said it pulled its services in China, citing an increasingly challenging business and legal environment.
NHTSA says Tesla is recalling nearly 12K cars after finding an update to its “Full Self-Driving” system led to inadvertent activation of emergency braking
- Tesla is recalling nearly 12,000 U.S. vehicles sold since 2017 because a communication error may cause …
Sources: Zillow is pitching institutional investors on the sale of 7K homes for ~$2.8B to recover from buying too many, which it blames on its bidding algorithm
- Online listing giant has been buying thousands of homes — Zillow Group Inc. is looking to sell about 7,000 homes as it seeks …
Sources: Nintendo will only be able to produce ~24M units of Switch game console in FY 2021 due to chip shortages, 20% below its original plan of 30M
Production revised down to 24 million units for fiscal 2021 despite high demand — OSAKA — Nintendo will only be able to produce …
Meta takes down a troll farm run by the Nicaraguan government since 2018 that involved 937 Facebook accounts, 140 Pages, 24 Groups, and 363 Instagram accounts
Company says it took down hundreds of accounts, pages and groups ahead of Sunday's election — Meta's Facebook has accused …
Microsoft Edge for Linux is now available for all users, supporting multiple distributions including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE
It's ‘Chredge’ time for Linux: Microsoft's Edge browser is now generally available for a number of Linux distributions.
Leaked memo: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will step down as ByteDance's CFO to focus on running TikTok full time, amid a major reorganization of ByteDance
TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew will step down as its parent ByteDance's chief financial officer (CFO) to focus on running …
Microsoft will integrate its recently acquired video editing web app Clipchamp into Office apps and adds an audio “recording studio” to PowerPoint
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
Amazon says TikTok's app is now available on Fire TV in the US and Canada and is coming soon to Echo Show devices
Amazon announced today that a TikTok app is now available on its Amazon Fire TV for users in the U.S. and Canada. The app is also coming soon to Echo Show devices.
Some Mac owners report that upgrading to macOS Monterey bricked their computer
now it's bricking people's Macs Jacob Siegal / BGR : Apple's new macOS Monterey update is reportedly bricking older Macs TechRadar : Apple's macOS Monterey update appears to be bricking some Intel Mac...
Hong Kong-based Sandbox, which lets users build a virtual world using NFTs, raises $93M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2
The Sandbox, a Hong Kong-based gaming platform that allows users to build a virtual world using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has raised $93 million from investors led …
Chipper Cash, which provides cross-border payments services in Africa, raises a $150M Series C extension led by cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX
Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company, has raised $150 million in a Series C extension round led by Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX.
Review of Beats Fit Pro, announced today for $200: comfortable with very good ANC and transparency mode but no wireless charging and little Android support
Microsoft will invite select businesses to use GPT-3 as an Azure tool; Open AI will continue selling its own API for GPT-3 that offers the latest upgrades
A promising and problematic AI tool — It's the AI system once deemed too dangerous to release to the public by its creators.
Permutive, whose ad platform allows publishers to deliver personalized ads in a privacy-safe manner, raises a $75M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2
London's Permutive has raised $75 million in a Series C round. The eight-year-old company specialises in providing publishers …
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro raises a $600M Series D led by Tiger Global, sources say at a valuation of $8.6B, up from $5B in November 2020
Autonomous vehicle (AV) company Nuro has raised $600 million in a series D round of funding from high-profile investors, including Tiger Global Management and Google.
Kuaishou's CEO Su Hua is stepping down, will remain chairman of the short-form video company; fellow co-founder Cheng Yixiao will be the new CEO
Kuaishou's Su Hua is only the latest Channel NewsAsia : China's Kuaishou says co-founder Su Hua to step down as chief executive South China Morning Post : Kuaishou CEO Su Hua becomes third Big Tech fo...
Facebook AI unveils open source tactile tech, including ReSkin, a robot “skin”, and DIGIT, a high-resolution fingertip sensors to give robots a sense of touch
to help teach the robot - Cheap: < $6 per unit @ 100 units https://ai.facebook.com/... https://twitter.com/... Matt Beane / @mattbeane : This is the kind of thing that shows that Facebook's rebranding...
Microsoft launches new Dynamics 365 offerings such as cloud-powered marketing, supply chain insights, observing how people move in retail spaces, and more
Beyond updates across Azure, this week at its Ignite 2021 conference, Microsoft has announced additions to its Dynamics 365 business app …
With Spotify on pace to cross $1B in ad sales this year, a look at its growing ambitions in advertising and its plans to become the YouTube of podcasting
Millions of people watch videos of Joe Rogan's podcast. They used to do that on YouTube, where Rogan posted full episodes. Tweets: @lucas_shaw and @lucas_shaw See also Mediagazer Tweets: Lucas Shaw /...
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
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg :
Prepaid Technologies, which provides payments software to financial institutions and government agencies, raises $96M led by Edison Partners
Prepaid Technologies, a Birmingham, Ala.-based provider of prepaid digital payment solutions, raised $96m in growth funding.
Globe Telecom's Mynt, which operates mobile wallet app GCash, becomes the first tech unicorn in the Philippines after raising over $300M at a $2B+ valuation
the fintech backed by Alibaba's Ant Group BUT Mynt is really a corporate play since it span out of Globe Telecom Still, progress for a country that has lagged its peers with startup creation and inves...
Fiverr acquires Stoke Talent, which helps companies manage their freelance teams, for $95M; Stoke raised about $20M and was last valued at around $44M
On the heels of LinkedIn last week launching Service Marketplace, a competitor to freelance platforms like Fiverr and Upwork …
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
Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal :
Q&A with Meta's Andrew Bosworth on how metaverse content will be ranked and displayed, balancing between private conversations and moderating content, and more
there is so much hope for innovation in trust & safety in AR/VR. But we can't let the mindset of connection at all costs lead this next era of computing. May $FB use this opportunity not just to reinv...
China-based Moka, which aims to automate the talent acquisition process for Chinese companies, raises a $100M Series C led by Tiger Global
Moka, a six-year-old Chinese startup that wants to make human resources management easier with software, said today it has closed a $100 million Series C round.
Alibaba and JD.com are promoting “sustainability” rather than hyping Singles' Day sales this year, amid China's regulatory scrutiny and “common prosperity” push
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
Generac Holdings to buy smart thermostat startup Ecobee for $650M in cash and stock, plus up to $120M in stock if targets are hit, expects deal to close in Q4
Charles Mandel / BetaKit :
India-based neobank Fi, which focuses on young working professionals, raises a $50M Series B led by B Capital at a $315M valuation, up 7x from last year
The Economic Times :
Indian logistics startup Delhivery, backed by SoftBank, files for a ~$997M IPO
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
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :
Sources: Huawei is in advanced talks to sell its x86 server business, amid US blacklisting, to a consortium that includes a Zhengzhou-based state-owned firm
Bloomberg :
DGene, which uses AI to create holograms of humans and objects for use in AR/VR glasses and holographic displays, raises a $20M Series A led by Alibaba
Dade Hayes / Deadline : Source: PR Newswire .
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
Sofar Ocean Technologies, which makes IoT devices for ocean data collection, raises a $39M Series B from Union Square Ventures and the Foundry Group
Andrew Freedman / Axios :
South Korea-based autonomous “Transportation as a Service” TaaS startup 42dot raises a $88.5M Series A, source says at a $425M valuation
Kate Park / TechCrunch :
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.
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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