Spotify removes shuffle play as the default option on albums for premium users, so tracks play in the order artists intended, after Adele requests the change
Adele has persuaded Spotify to take the shuffle button off all album pages so tracks play in the artist's own order.
Sources and internal docs show Facebook's race-blind policies around hate speech left minorities more likely to see derogatory and racist language on the site
Last year, researchers at Facebook showed executives an example of the kind of hate speech circulating on the social network …
Google is rolling out a Messages update that shows iMessage reactions as Emojis
The latest update to Google Messages prepares for a new way to handle the annoying iMessage reaction messages often seen in mixed group chats. — Update: This feature has already begun rolling out fo...
In a filing, GoDaddy says a third-party gained access to info from up to 1.2M Managed WordPress accounts, including customer numbers and admin passwords
In disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission, web registrar and hosting company GoDaddy has revealed that it discovered it had been hacked. Source: S.E.C. .
Global smartwatch shipments in Q3 2021: Samsung's share rose to 17% with Galaxy Watch 4 series launch, retaking #2 behind Apple, whose share dropped 10% YoY
- Samsung achieved its highest quarterly shipments with the launch of the Galaxy Watch 4 series, narrowing the gap with Apple.
Crypto payments service MoonPay, which lets users buy with card, Apple Pay, and more, raises $555M led by Coatue and Tiger Global at a $3.4B valuation
Quick Take — MoonPay has closed a $555 million raise led by Coatue and Tiger Global. Existing investor Blossom Capital and new investors NEA …
Nreal Light review: compact design and relatively affordable, but limited device and app support, inconsistent UX, and the mixed-reality mode is patchy
Through a glass, darkly — Nreal has sold me on the appeal of watching TV with a pair of glasses, and I wish I could recommend buying the glasses that did it.
Paytm shares dropped ~13% after a 27% first-day fall after its $2.5B IPO, cutting its market value to ~$12B, in one of the worst debuts by a major tech company
- Founder Sharma draws comparison to early struggles of Tesla — Critics had questioned the company's valuation based on losses
El Salvador plans to build a “Bitcoin City” initially funded by a $1B “bitcoin bond”, with $500M to build mining infrastructure and $500M to buy more bitcoin
the long-term play is starting to come into focus https://twitter.com/... Bernhard Mueller / @muellerberndt : Basically the same model MicroStrategy uses: Borrow billions of USD via legacy bonds, buy ...
Jay Last, a pioneer who founded Fairchild Semiconductor, which laid the technical, financial, and cultural foundation for Silicon Valley, dies at 92
He and seven others left the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to create their own silicon company, Fairchild Semiconductor … Tweets: @vypointjch , @mattblaze , @jacquiemcnish , @aadetugbo , and @andr...
WhatsApp's privacy policy for European users will be reorganized to provide more information on the data it collects and how it is used, after record DPC fine
LONDON (AP) — WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging that information for European users …
Spotify's Findaway acquisition will turn it into an audiobook producer, distributor, and retailer, while making it an all-encompassing audio app
Ashley Carman / The Verge : Tweets: @evan_greer , @seh , and @adrs See also Mediagazer Tweets: Evan Greer / @evan_greer : i spend a lot of time thinking about the way that copyright maximalism pushed...
A look at Spotify's podcast investments, including its push into advertising and video, as it appears poised to dominate the industry
With 3.2 million podcasts on its platform and more monthly active users than Apple, Spotify is the new heavy in podcasting. It's just getting started. Tweets: @nicolelaporte1 See also Mediagazer Twee...
Analysis: 14 of the world's biggest crypto mining companies moved 2M+ machines out of China following the country's ban in May, with a majority going to Russia
China's ban on cryptocurrency mining in May triggered an exodus of miners and a global race to relocate millions of the clunky …
Meta's head of safety: “we don't plan to finish the global rollout of end-to-end encryption by default across all our messaging services until sometime in 2023”
Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Source: Telegraph .
Dublin-based Fonoa, which offers automated tax compliance tools in 100+ countries, raises $25M from Index Ventures and others
Dublin's Fonoa has just raised $25m to fund further development and international expansion of its global tax automation platform.
Use of shopping bots that scour retail sites for hard-to-find items soared during the pandemic; one developer is selling such bots for $40 plus a $30/month fee
Use of programs that scour retail sites for hard-to-find items has soared since the start of the pandemic
Apple's Self Service Repair, likely created to ward off regulatory pressure, may increase repairability of its own devices and spur an industry-wide change
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Investigation shows how Facebook and Google fund misinformation globally by paying millions of dollars in ad revenue to the operators of clickbait pages
some that you can trace to a body count. Great, if enraging, follow-the-money reporting here. https://twitter.com/... Ian Sherr / @iansherr : Still happening how many years after ad-pocalypse? https:/...
Ericsson to buy cloud communications company Vonage for $6.2B, expects the deal to close in the first half of 2022
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Royal, which wants to help musicians create and sell NFTs, share royalties with fans, and more, raises $55M, following a $16M seed in August
Top celebrities and musicians have joined a $55 million fundraise in the up-and-coming NFT music platform Royal. Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts Tweets: Jeff Roberts / @jeffjohnroberts : Musicians using NFTs...
Texas, which has the most vulnerable power grid in the US, is attracting crypto miners with incentives, cheap power, and lax regulation
Naureen S Malik / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bwilliliou Tweets: Beth Williams Liou / @bwilliliou : Texas is already home to the most vulnerable power grid in the U.S. Now, an army of crypto miners w/ more ...
Render, which offers cloud-based DevOps tools, raises a $20M Series A led by Addition, following a $4.5M seed in October 2020
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To age in their own homes and avoid assisted living facilities, some seniors are embracing smart home tech, often at the cost of their privacy and independence
Heather Kelly / Washington Post : Tweets: @jeffnolan , @janetnovack , @robertegger , @washingtonpost , and @hypervisible Tweets: Jeff Nolan / @jeffnolan : reserve comment until you have experienced b...
SoftBank's Vision Fund promotes four investors to managing partner, including Lydia Jett, the first woman to hold the title, after Deep Nishar and others left
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HiMama, which makes an app for childcare centers with scheduling, daily reports, parental communication, and more, raises a $70M Series B led by Bain Capital
Charles Mandel / BetaKit :
Singapore-based buy now, pay later startup Pace raises a $40M Series A
Eileen Yu / ZDNet :
Sword Health, which provides digital physical therapy, raises a $163M Series D at a $2B valuation led by Sapphire Ventures
Michelle F Davis / Bloomberg :
San Francisco-based e-commerce fulfillment and technology startup Deliverr raises $250M led by Tiger Global at a $2B valuation
Gillian Tan / Bloomberg :
8fig, which provides equity-free flexible funding for e-commerce sellers by analyzing their growth, raises a $50M Series A
Profile of Manal al-Sharif, a technologist whose social media activism pressured Saudi Arabia to let women drive and who now informs people about digital rights
Joel Khalili / TechRadar : Tweets: @jkfruit . Thanks: @techradarpro Tweets: Joel Khalili / @jkfruit : My profile of Manal al-Sharif, whose activism was pivotal in forcing the Saudis to grant women th...
Berlin-based Jina.ai, an open-source startup that uses neural search to help users find information in unstructured data, raises a $30M Series A led by Canaan
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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.