Instagram brings back support for Twitter Card previews after removing the feature in 2012
Instagram is bringing back support for Twitter Card previews starting today. Now when users share an Instagram link on Twitter, a preview of the post will be shown in the tweet.
US sanctions four companies, including NSO Group, that sell spyware or hacking tools, adding them to a list of entities engaging in “malicious cyber activities”
The US government has sanctioned today four companies that develop and sell spyware and other hacking tools, the US Department of Commerce announced today.
Meta announces new Facebook creator tools, including custom subscription links that use its native payments system to bypass Apple and Google's IAP cut
The change is specifically about circumventing Apple's 30 percent tax, according to Zuckerberg — Facebook has found a way to skirt Apple's 30 percent tax on in-app transactions.
FCC approves Boeing's application to deploy and operate satellites providing broadband internet to US consumers and business; application was filed in 2017
According to the FCC, Boeing plans on using the satellite internet system to supply broadband to residential, commercial, and government customers. Source: Federal Communications Commission .
Meta will retain some of its facial recognition systems, including its DeepFace model, and plans to incorporate biometrics into its metaverse products
The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could show up in the metaverse.
Google says it will let Android app developers use alternative billing systems in the Google Play store in South Korea, complying with a new law
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it will add the option for developers to offer alternative billing systems on its Android app store in South Korea …
Nintendo says it doesn't see “component shortages recovering” at the moment as it cuts Switch sales target from 25.5M to 24M for FY 2021
- Company upgrades operating profit outlook citing FX rates — Sustaining sales momentum will depend heavily on OLED model
GitHub CEO Nat Friedman is stepping down on November 15; Thomas Dohmke, who became chief product officer in August, will take over as CEO
GitHub CEO Nat Friedman is stepping down from his role on November 15 to become the Chairman Emeritus of the Microsoft-owned service.
PitchBook: female-founded startups raised a record $40.4B across 2,661 VC deals in the first three quarters of 2021, with the value of exits reaching $59B
The pandemic took a toll on female founders in 2020: Funding to their companies fell 3% even in a bullish startup climate that saw overall venture funding rise by 16%.
US-based game publisher Devolver Digital raises around $261M in a London IPO, at a valuation of about $950M
Fall Guys publisher is biggest US firm to trade on AIM, Sony Interactive Entertainment makes 5% investment in Devolver — Devolver Digital has begun trading on AIM …
Google strikes a cloud deal with CME and invests $1B in the futures exchange
Alphabet Inc.'s Google has invested $1 billion in futures-exchange giant CME Group Inc. and struck a deal to move the company's core trading systems to the cloud. — Under the deal, the technology gi...
Mythical Games, which is developing a game platform with “playable NFTs”, raises $150M led by a16z at a $1.25B valuation, four months after raising $75M
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
AT&T and Verizon postpone the December 5 launch of C-band 5G spectrum to address the FAA's concerns of potential interference with cockpit safety systems
Wireless carriers postpone planned Dec. 5 launch of new spectrum to address concerns about potential interference with cockpit safety systems
Klarna to acquire PriceRunner, a product and price comparison service, for ~$124M as it looks to strengthen its buy now, pay later service
Klarna announced on Tuesday (Nov. 2) that it will acquire U.K.-based price comparison service PriceRunner for 1.06 billion Swedish crowns ($124.36 million) … Source: PR Newswire .
How US agencies are preparing for “post-quantum cryptography” against attackers who harvest sensitive data now for decryption in the future
The US government is starting a generation-long battle against the threat next-generation computers pose to encryption. Tweets: @techreview , @techreview , @aarongrunwald , @statecreative74 , @royvanr...
Cloudbeds, which makes management software for the hospitality industry, raises a $150M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, bringing total funding to $253M
As U.S. hotel occupancy hit pre-pandemic levels this summer, the hospitality industry is bracing for what is expected to be a rush of activity as people resume travel.
Online trading and brokerage company TradeStation Group to go public via a SPAC merger in H1 2022, valuing the company at about $1.43B
The combination with Quantum FinTech is expected to close in the first half of 2022. — Online trading and brokerage company TradeStation Group …
Google is aggressively pursuing a major cloud computing and AI contract with the Pentagon, three years after employee outcry ended similar work on Project Maven
& we will win again. https://www.nytimes.com/... @alphabetworkers : Our working conditions include our ethical concerns. Workers should have full transparency on the real world impacts of our labor AN...
Take-Two Interactive Q2: revenue of $858.2M, up 2% YoY, net bookings of $984.9M, up 3%; GTA V has sold 155M+ copies and generated $6B+ in revenue since 2013
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CISA creates a catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, including in Apple and Google products, and orders federal agencies to patch within timeframes
Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01 establishes timeframes for mitigation of known exploited vulnerabilities and requires improvements in vulnerability management programs: https://www.cisa.gov/...
The criminal group behind BlackMatter ransomware announces plans to shut down the operation, citing “pressure from the authorities”
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record :
Internal documents shed light on Facebook's “holdout” experiments, where it withholds certain protections from a subset of users to see how they will react
on purpose https://www.protocol.com/... Issie Lapowsky / @issielapowsky : This is what Frances Haugen was talking about when she described Facebook's “integrity holdouts” to Congress: “These are peopl...
Treasure Data, which offers an enterprise customer data platform, raises $234M led by SoftBank
Mountain View-based enterprise customer data platform (CDP) Treasure Data has just received a $234 million funding in what the company calls the largest-ever single round for a CDP.
Sources say Masayoshi Son's profit-sharing plan for Vision Fund employees is contributing to a stream of defections, because it is based primarily on seniority
Ever since billionaire investor Masayoshi Son set up the giant Vision Fund in 2017 to provide backing for technology startups … Tweets: @gilliantan and @pelstrom Tweets: Gillian Tan / @gilliantan : So...
A joint probe by Australia and UK's Information Commissioners finds Clearview AI collected data on 3B+ people by indiscriminately scraping info from the web
Campbell Kwan / ZDNet : Source: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner .
Fountain, which provides an applicant tracking system for hourly workers, raises a $85M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, bringing total funding to $119M
You may have visited some quick-service restaurants or other retailers in the past few months and noticed signs posted … Thanks: @christinemhall
Microsoft will bring its mixed reality platform Mesh with 3D avatars and VR support to Teams in the first half of 2022
Google News will return to Spain “early next year” following a change to Spain's copyright laws that will let Google negotiate fees with individual publishers
big and small — to make their own decisions about how their content can be discovered and how they want to make money with that content.” 🍿🍿🍿 https://twitter.com/... @googlenews : Good news for reader...
A look at Match Group's plans for Tinder and Explore, including an expansion of virtual goods that incentivize engagement and a metaverse-like dating platform
Tinder has already undergone a big revamp with its recent launch of “Explore,” a new section inside the app that will enable … Tweets: @tmfotter , @katie_roof , and @ballmatthew Tweets: Bill Mann / @t...
Roku misses with Q3 revenue of $680M vs. $683.4 est., up 51% YoY, 56.4M active accounts, up 23% YoY and up 1.3M QoQ, 18B streaming hours, up 21%; stock down 8%+
Samantha Subin / CNBC :
EA beats in Q2 with revenue of $1.83B vs. $1.75B est., net income of $294M, up from $185M YoY, net bookings of $1.85B vs. $910M in Q2 2020
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Israel-based Autobrains, formerly Cartica AI, which develops AI-powered assisted and autonomous driving tech, raises a $101M Series C led by Temasek
Dubi Ben-Gedalyahu / Globes Online : Source: PR Newswire .
Zillow says it is shutting down its home buying business, laying off ~2,000 employees, and taking a write down of $500M+; stock drops 10%+
A look at the booming market for bots that steal 2FA codes, often using SMS services like Twilio, to break into Coinbase, Amazon, PayPal, and bank accounts
Qualcomm Q4: revenue of $9.3B, up 43% YoY, net income of $2.9B, up 75%, chip revenue of $7.7B, up 56%, and FY 2021 revenue of $33.5B, up 55%; stock up 5%+
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Whimsical, which makes tools for workplace collaboration, raises a $30M Series A led by Accel after being bootstrapped since its founding in 2017
Christine Hall / TechCrunch : Source: Whimsical .
Sama, which provides data to train AI models, raises a $70M Series B led by CDPQ, bringing its total funding to $85M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
PubNub, which provides messaging, presence, and other data-based APIs for apps, raises a $65M Series E led by Raine Group, bringing its total funding to $130M+
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Chinese self-driving startup Momenta raises $200M from investors including SAIC and Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital, bringing its total raised this year to ~$1.2B
Chunying Zhang / Bloomberg :
Medallion, which helps health care providers automate administrative tasks, raises a $30M Series B led by Sequoia Capital, bringing its total raised to $50M
Katie Jennings / Forbes : Source: Medallion Source: Medallion : Medallion's $30M Series B
CB Insights: global VC funding of crypto and blockchain hit a record $6.5B in Q3 across 286 deals; US startups raised $2.97B, followed by Asia with $1.4B
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.