Twitter makes its v2 API, announced in August 2020, the default for developers, giving third-party apps more freedom as it aims to become more decentralized
Twitter's new API is finally official, which could mean good things for third-party clients — Twitter has announced … Source: Twitter .
UK refers Nvidia's planned Arm acquisition to the CMA for a full investigation, carried out over 24 weeks, citing antitrust and national security concerns
- Digital and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries ordered a “phase 2” probe into Nvidia's $40 billion bid for Arm on Tuesday. Source: GOV.UK .
Twitter will no longer automatically refresh timelines on the web with new tweets, after users complained about disappearing tweets
Twitter is updating its web platform to change the way users see new tweets. The social media giant will no longer automatically refresh timelines on the web … Source: @twittersupport .
Pew: 42% of US users read Twitter primarily for entertainment, 20% for news; one-third of users visit Twitter less than once a week, 66% visit at least weekly
More tweeps read Twitter primarily for entertainment, but among the 69% who report getting news on Twitter … Source: Pew Research Center and Pew Research Center .
UK supermarket Sainsbury's becomes the first known customer for Amazon's Just Walk Out tech outside the US, starting with a London store opening November 29
- Sainsbury is first ‘Just Walk Out’ customer outside the U.S. — Grocery expected to open Nov. 29 with shop-and-go technology
Ohio AG sues Meta on behalf of an Ohio pension fund and Meta investors, alleging Facebook execs misled the public about its products' negative impact on minors
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Meta investors and Ohio Public Employees Retirement System seeks to recover more than $100 billion Source: Ohio Attorney General … .
Seed rounds at $100M post-money valuations, now fairly common, are unlikely to perform well for investors, given dilution and early startups' high failure rate
We have been seeing quite a few seed rounds getting done in and around $100mm post-money and that concerns me for a few reasons:
Amazon agrees to pay $500K to California for concealing COVID-19 case numbers from its workers, the first such action under the state's new “right to know” law
Amazon has agreed to pay $500,000 to better enforce state consumer protection laws after California's attorney general … Source: State of California .
As some Twitter users mock NFTs and Web3 believers retaliate, a16z, Meta, and others are investing in the crypto industry to remake the internet in their image
Read to the end for a really good supercut — Who Will Win The Web3 Culture War? — On Friday, I wrote about how furries …
Substack says it has reached 1M paying subscribers, up from 250,000 last December
Many top journalists have left legacy media to go it alone on publishing platform — Newsletter start-up Substack has reached 1m paying subscribers, underlining the growing power of à la carte journa...
China is warning state firms to exit cryptocurrency mining and is considering punitive measures for those that do not comply
China is warning its own state-owned enterprises to get out of cryptocurrency mining and is considering imposing punitive measures in the form of higher power prices …
As Xbox turns 20, Phil Spencer and other executives discuss future plans, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, Xbox history, and more
it won't end here Pure Xbox : Phil Spencer: Xbox Game Pass Isn't ‘Burning Cash’, It's Very Sustainable Nalin Rawat / fossbytes.com : Xbox's 20th Anniversary: Halo Launch, TV Show, Backward Compatibili...
TikTok users show that Disney's text-to-speech Rocket the Raccoon voice wouldn't say words like “gay”, “lesbian”, or “queer”; the decision has now been reversed
Whatever was causing LGBT-related words to be silenced appears to have been reversed
Qualcomm says its next-gen PC CPUs will be designed by its recently acquired Nuvia team, hopes they will reach end users in 2023 and be “M-series competitive”
Developed by the Nuvia team — Qualcomm is looking to seriously beef up its PC processors, with the company announcing plans …
How investigators like “Gabagool” are using open source tech to identify, track down, and expose foul play and questionable practices in DeFi
Open source investigators are struggling to maintain law and order in the wildest recesses of cryptocurrency's Wild West. Tweets: @pardesoteric and @scottthurm Tweets: Arielle Pardes / @pardesoteric :...
A look at ConstitutionDAO, which has taken $4M+ in crypto donations to bid at an auction on one of the original copies of the US Constitution, printed in 1787
and it's all organic and across the www https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Are you buying a copy of the constitution by donating to @ConstitutionDAO? Nope. You're buying a governa...
Source: Instacart has postponed IPO plans until next year from Q4 as it focuses on expanding its services for retailers beyond delivery
Instacart has pushed off plans for a public listing until next year or later as Fidji Simo, a former Facebook executive who took the reins three months ago … Tweets: @amir and @sylviavarnham Tweets: A...
DHS issues an interim rule that will, once finalized, let it hire cybersecurity professionals at salaries of up to $255,800 and up to $332,100 in special cases
and Retain—Cybersecurity Talent Maggie Miller / The Hill : DHS announces new program to attract and retain cybersecurity talent Natalie Alms / Federal Computer Week : New cyber talent system, years in...
Apple defends its ads for third-party apps, saying they are marked as from the App Store, have been live for five years, and it regularly communicates with devs
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Sources: Activision CEO failed to inform the board about allegations an employee had been raped by her supervisor in 2016 and 2017, even after a settlement
Top executive didn't inform board of some reports, including alleged rapes; company faces multiple regulatory investigations
Biden signs $1T+ infrastructure bill into law, with $65B to boost broadband access, $475M in grants to help low-income Americans acquire computing devices, more
here's what $1T infrastructure bill means for Washington state Turner Wright / Cointelegraph : President Biden signs infrastructure bill into law, mandating broker reporting requirements Wall Street J...
Samsung releases Android 12-based One UI 4 for the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra, with new theming options, keyboard tweaks, and privacy settings
Tel Aviv-based Justt, which helps automate chargeback disputes for online merchants, emerges from stealth with $70M across seed, A, and B rounds
Justt, a Tel Aviv-based chargeback mitigation startup, is emerging out of stealth today with $70 million in total funding.
Google Search expands the carousel launched to provide local COVID-19 news to include topics like sports and government, available now in all languages
Google has launched new tools and features for both readers and reporters designed to aid local news organizations, it announced today.
Tel Aviv-based EasySend, which offers no-code tools for customer interactions, raises a $55.5M Series B led by Oak HC/FT
No-code continues to permeate the many layers of enterprise IT, where traditionally non-technical workers have had to rely on technical experts to get things done …
People Data Labs, which offers data-as-a-service through APIs with 3B profiles of people globally, raises a $45M Series B led by Craft Ventures
People Data Labs (PDL), a company that's setting out to create a “single source of truth” for B2B data products based on 3 billion people profiles globally …
Sources: ByteDance's gross revenue is on track to rise 60% YoY to $63B this year, slightly slower than last year's growth
ByteDance's gross revenue is on track to rise about 60% to 400 billion yuan (about $63 billion) this year, cementing the TikTok owner's position as one of the world's …
Researchers say they used a new Rowhammer exploit to successfully flip bits on all 40 PC-DDR4 DRAM devices they tested, defeating recent hardware mitigations
We demonstrate that it is possible to trigger Rowhammer bit flips …
A look at VR meeting startup Spatial, which in January pivoted to hosting NFT auctions in virtual spaces
Yes, that's a really a thing now. — Jacob Loewenstein started off his talk at the Augmented World Expo by apologizing. — It was a small crowd—fewer than a hundred people … Tweets: @spatialxr , @ta...
Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia partner Matt Huang announce Paradigm One, a $2.5B fund focused on crypto and Web3
Miles Kruppa / Financial Times : Source: Paradigm .
Peloton sues rival fitness companies Echelon and iFit, claiming that both violated patents related to its on-demand classes
Victoria Song / The Verge :
Nigeria says 488,000+ people downloaded the wallet for eNaira, its central bank digital currency, and ~78K merchants from 160+ countries enrolled to use it
Emele Onu / Bloomberg :
Doctors and researchers say social media is contributing to the rise of negative body image issues and eating disorder cases among boys
doctors are saying social media use is contributing to a surge in eating disorders among boys based on unrealistic body expectations via Instagram & TikTok https://www.wsj.com/... Brian Cuban / @bcuba...
Online wholesale marketplace Faire, aimed at small retailers and brands, raises $400M, valuing the company at $12.4B, up from its $7B valuation in June
Katie Roof / Bloomberg :
Google says it will invest AU$1B over five years into a new Australian Digital Future Initiative to create jobs and build its first research hub in the country
Campbell Kwan / ZDNet : Source: The Keyword .
PB Fintech, the parent company of Policybazaar and Paisabazaar, rose ~23% over its IPO price in its Mumbai market debut, giving it a ~$7.26B valuation
As the FAA forces AT&T and Verizon to delay 5G rollouts, a look at the FAA and the FCC's dispute over 5G and cockpit safety, which started under the Trump admin
Filing: Latin American e-commerce platform MercadoLibre, the region's most valuable company by market cap, plans to raise over $1B in a secondary share sale
Bloomberg : Tweets: @business Tweets: @business : E-commerce giant MercadoLibre is preparing to sell a million shares in a follow-on offering. While the company did not disclose a pricing range for i...
Conductor, which offers marketing tools for SEO and more, raises $150M led by Bregal Sagemount at a $525M post-money valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Big data analytics service Splunk announces CEO Doug Merritt will be stepping down and replaced by its board chair effective immediately; stock drops 18%+
GlossGenius, which offers payment services and other tools for the spa, studio, and salon industry, raises $16.4M Series A from Bessemer, Tobias Lütke, and more
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Bird reports Q3 revenue of $65.4M, up 63% YoY, vs. $65.7M expected, and a net loss of $36.9M, down from $43.8M YoY, in its first public earnings
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Mixpanel raises a $200M Series C at a $1.05B valuation from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, seven years after its Series B, as it focuses on product analytics
ThoughtSpot, a business data analytics startup, raises a $100M Series F at a $4.2B valuation, after pivoting to a cloud-based subscription model last fall
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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