Location tracking service Life360 acquires Tile, which makes Bluetooth-based tracking accessories that compete with Apple's AirTag, for $205M
Tile, known for its range of Bluetooth-based tracking accessories that compete with the AirTag, is being acquired by location tracking service Life360, Tile announced today.
[Thread] A former Facebook employee says Meta announced an “absurdly accelerated timeline” for e2ee messaging to preempt antitrust action and generate good PR
Please stop with this. Child safety is not FUD, nor disingenuous. Here is what happened with Facebook's haphazard E2EE plan, from someone who was there and familiar with the underlying systems. 1/
ConstitutionDAO faces existential questions as a “core team” makes key decisions; high transaction fees mean ~50% of “investors” may lose the money they put in
ConstitutionDAO tried to buy the Constitution. Now it has a $40 million mess on its hands and entire refunds are being wiped out by high fees.
Sources: Qualcomm has an exclusivity deal with Microsoft for Windows on ARM that is set to expire soon, opening up chip vendor competition
Last week, we reported that MediaTek is planning to build a chipset for Windows on ARM. As it turns out, the Windows on ARM chipset space …
Gizmodo plans to publish the Facebook Papers in batches, redacting sensitive information with help from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU
Independent experts from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU are partnering with Gizmodo to responsibly publish this historic leak.
Italy's antitrust regulator fines Amazon and Apple a total of $225M+ for alleged anti-competitive cooperation to sell Apple and Beats products
Italy's antitrust authority has fined U.S. tech giants Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and Apple Inc (AAPL.O) a total of more than 200 million euros …
Sources: Samsung plans to build a ~$17B chip factory in Taylor, Texas, in 2024, with an announcement expected today; Samsung says location is not finalized
The announcement is expected at Tuesday event to be attended by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, sources say
Niantic, the AR platform company behind Pokémon Go, raises $300M from Coatue at a $9B valuation
Niantic Inc., developer of the world's first and only planet-scale AR platform, announced today that Coatue has made a $300 million investment in the company at a valuation of $9 billion.
EU lawmakers approve measures in the draft Digital Markets Act, including mandating messaging or social app interoperability and banning ad targeting to minors
- Competing messaging apps may have to be interoperable — Companies would have to stop targeting some ads to minors
Analysis: 17 of 20 English Premier League clubs have signed commercial deals with cryptocurrency companies, drawing criticism for potentially exploiting fans
- A number of top-flight clubs have been criticised for monetising fan interaction — Fears deals could replace top-flight clubs' relationship with gambling companies
Two former Netflix employees, one who just resigned, at the center of protests over Chappelle's special withdraw their NLRB charge against the company
Two former Netflix employees who raised concerns about transphobic remarks in Dave Chappelle's latest special “The Closer” …
Spotify debuts Netflix Hub, which centralizes official soundtracks, playlists, and podcasts for Netflix content, in seven countries including the US, UK, India
Looking for the soundtrack from your favorite Netflix show? Now, it will be easier to find thanks to an expanded partnership between Netflix and Spotify.
Twitter debuts aliases for contributors to its Birdwatch moderation program, so their handles aren't included in notes they leave on users' tweets
The program is intended as a method of debunking misinformation on the platform — Twitter is introducing aliases for participants …
Regulators and legislators should mitigate Instagram's harmful effects on teen girls by toughening COPPA and forcing Facebook and others to share data
Social media gets blamed for many of America's ills, including the polarization of our politics and the erosion of truth itself.
SEC filing: a third party had access to GoDaddy's Managed WordPress hosting from September 6 to November 17, including 1.2M customer numbers and admin passwords
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Verbit, which uses AI and freelancers to provide voice transcription services, raises $250M Series E at a $2B valuation, after hitting a $1B+ valuation in June
Less than six months after raising a $157 million Series D round, AI-powered transcription and captioning platform Verbit announced today …
Source: Japan is allocating $5.2B in fiscal 2021 to support semiconductor manufacturers, including $3.5B for TSMC
Micron and Kioxia set to get subsidies for domestic memory chip factories — The Japanese government has made plans to ensure a stable domestic supply of microchips.
Peek, which offers tools to manage tours and activities, raises a $80M Series C led by WestCap, bringing its total funding to ~$120M
Skift Take — Peek survived the pandemic when so many tours and activities' operators went into hibernation or worse, and now it has another $80 million in the bank for expansion.
Uber Eats will let users in Ontario, Canada order cannabis on its app for pickup, marking Uber's first foray into the weed market
but you have to go and pick it up Kim Lyons / The Verge : Uber Eats will let you order weed in Ontario but won't deliver Shawna Chen / Axios : Cannabis orders are now available on Uber Eats in Ontario...
Xiaomi reports Q3 revenue rose 8% YoY to $12.2B as net income dropped 84% YoY to $123.5M, driven by component shortages and growing competition in China
- CEO expects chip crunch to persist well into 2022 but ease — Supply chain disruptions, Honor's rise eroded market share
Google is rolling out a Messages update that shows iMessage reactions as emoji
Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google :
The UK's NCSC warns over 4,000 online stores that their customers' information is being compromised by attacks exploiting unpatched Magecart software
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
Kuaishou beats as Q3 revenue rose 33.4% YoY to $3.2B, above $3.15B estimates, with a $1.1B net loss, and Chinese MAUs rose 19.5% YoY to 573M
Kuaishou Technology's revenue increased 33%, defying China's tech crackdown and intensifying competition with ByteDance Ltd.
São Paulo-based buy now, pay later startup TruePay raises a $32M Series A led by Addition, three months after raising an $8.5M seed
Global investors continue to be drawn to LatAm. — TruePay, a one-year-old São Paulo-based “buy now, pay later” startup …
DoorDash agrees to pay $5.3M to settle with San Francisco over allegations that it stiffed ~4,500 delivery workers out of the city's mandated employee benefits
Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle :
Budapest-based Bitrise, which helps companies develop mobile apps, raises a $60M Series C led by Insight Partners
As more of the world shifts to doing everything from their smartphones, the ability to build better iOS and Android apps has to move with it.
Walmart will be the first to test Twitter's livestream shopping platform, with a Cyber Deals live event on November 28
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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
Analysis: 597 VC firms have invested in Indian startups this year, with 211 of them making their debut investments; hedge funds invested $4.3B, up ~3x from 2020
BENGALURU — Hundreds of venture capital firms from around the world are investing in India for the first time … Tweets: @prasannavishy Tweets: Prasanna Viswanathan / @prasannavishy : Venture capital f...
MoonPay, which lets users buy crypto with a credit/debit card, Apple Pay, and more, raises a $555M Series A led by Coatue and Tiger Global at a $3.4B valuation
still, not cheap https://twitter.com/... Ian Kar / @iankar_ : Moonpay is gonna be an absolute monster https://twitter.com/... Ryan Browne / @ryan_browne_ : No shortage of funding for crypto startups: ...
Zoom reports Q3 revenue of $1.05B, up 35% YoY, vs $1.02B est., net income up 71% to $340.3M, and number of customers spending $100K+ per year up 94% to 2,507
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Payhawk, which offers an all-in-one financial management service for businesses in Europe, raises a $112M Series B led by Greenoaks at a $570M valuation
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Vercel, which develops the Next.js framework, raises a $150M Series D at a $2.5B valuation, after raising a $102M Series C at a $1B valuation in June 2021
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Bangalore-based NoBroker, which offers a marketplace for apartment renters, raises a $210M Series E at a $1B valuation led by Tiger Global and others
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
A look at the decimalization of meme coins like dogecoin and shiba inu, as retail investors plow money into them because they look cheap
or bothered, really — to go before.” https://www.bloombergquint.com/ ... Bloomberg Crypto / @crypto : In the highly unlikely event that Shiba Inu was to rise in value to $1, the amount circulating wou...
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
but they've repeatedly put profits over people. It's clear that they won't hold themselves accountable, so we must. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @glaad : New revelations from @washingtonpost on...
Royal, which helps musicians create and sell NFTs, share royalties with fans, and more, raises a $55M Series A led by a16z, following a $16M seed in August
JioMart is disrupting the traditional salesperson-driven retail distribution model in India by offering mom-and-pop stores fast deliveries, credit, and training
Reuters : Tweets: @just1doctorwala , @abhiruproy30 , @pallavict , @adityakalra , @aparna_pande , @astharajvanshi , @amykazmin , and @sub8u Tweets: @just1doctorwala : Remember when the GOI went after ...
Sources: FTC staff recommended suing Amazon over alleged Ring privacy violations earlier this year and began settlement talks; Lina Khan suspended the effort
Josh Sisco / The Information : Tweets: @joshua_sisco , @markdistef , @theinformation , and @amir Tweets: Josh Sisco / @joshua_sisco : NEW: Amazon has more than antitrust problems at the FTC. It also ...
The world's fourth-largest retailer and Lidl owner Schwarz Group buys XM Cyber, which simulates cyberattacks on companies, for $700M to boost its cloud business
LTK, a marketplace for creators, raises $300M from SoftBank's Vision Fund, valuing it at $2B, and says 130+ influencers have become millionaires on the platform
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
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.