Google says it will release Google Play Games in 2022 as a native Windows app that brings Android games to Windows 10 and Windows 11
Google Play Games comes to PC next year — Google is planning to bring Android games to Windows PCs next year. A Google Play Games app will be available in 2022 …
WhatsApp begins a limited test of Meta's Novi digital wallet in the US, letting users send and receive USDP within a chat
Today, WhatsApp is finally announcing a small pilot program to some people in the US, that can finally use the Novi digital wallet within WhatsApp!
Epic v. Apple emails show Microsoft offered to bring triple-A, Xbox-exclusive games to iOS if Apple let its xCloud game streaming service into the App Store
Remember when Apple pretended like it would let cloud gaming services like Microsoft xCloud and Google Stadia into the App Store …
A vulnerability in the Apache log4j Java logging library allows for remote code execution, with Steam, iCloud, Minecraft, and other services affected
A few hours ago, a -day exploit in the popular Java logging library, log4j, was tweeted along with a POC posted on GitHub that results …
In email, Better.com's board says CEO Vishal Garg is “taking time off effective immediately” and it's hiring a firm to “do a leadership and cultural assessment”
The company has also hired an outside firm to “do a leadership and cultural assessment,
Analysis: English Premier League soccer fans have spent £262M+ on crypto-based fan tokens, often offered by Socios, as critics worry about fans being exploited
Football clubs have potentially made hundreds of millions of pounds selling controversial crypto “fan tokens”.
Meta launches new tools for creators and says it is testing live chat help for some English-speaking users globally who are locked out of their accounts
Better customer support for creators and average users alike — Despite eagerly participating in a platform vs. platform war …
Ethereum scaling startup Polygon acquires Mir Protocol, developer of ZK-rollup-based Ethereum scaling tech, for ~$400M; the deal was reached on November 26
Quick Take — Polygon has acquired Ethereum scaling startup Mir Protocol for $400 million. — The deal involves 190 million …
In a letter, Sen. Warren asks the US DOJ and SEC to investigate whether Meta executives knew the company inflated a key metric measuring an ad's potential reach
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A look at the working processes at Apple's design team, led by VP of industrial design Evans Hankey and VP of human interface design Alan Dye
it's a real privilege to get to work with these folks. https://www.wallpaper.com/... @ia : “Susan Kare's cursive ‘hello’ graphic, one of the iconic images of the first Macintosh, was the inspiration b...
Meta opens its VR social platform Horizon Worlds to all adult users in the US and Canada, after announcing a private beta in September 2019
a new metaverse experience you can explore right now Peter Graham / VRFocus : Adults in US & Canada can Now Step Into Horizon Worlds David Cohen / Adweek : Meta Brings Horizon Worlds VR App Out of Bet...
Replit, a browser-based IDE for cross-platform collaborative coding, raises an $80M Series B led by Coatue at an $800M valuation
Replit Raises $80M Series B to Bring the Next Billion Software Creators Online … Hi friends 👋, — Happy Thursday!
EU Commission proposes rules to turn gig workers into employees, affecting up to 4.1M workers; the EU estimates 28M work via digital labor platforms in the bloc
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Berlin-based instant grocery startup Flink raises a $750M Series B led by DoorDash at a $2.85B post-money valuation
Instant grocery delivery continues to be a very frothy market, but today comes news of a major funding round for one player in it that investors believe will still be standing after the hype has died ...
Italy's competition authority fines Amazon €1.13B for abusing its market position and harming competitors in e-commerce logistics; Amazon plans to appeal
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How Syrian human rights group Mnemonic used AI trained on synthetic data to analyze videos for evidence that “cluster” weapon RBK-250 was used against civilians
Technique used to teach Tesla cars and Amazon Alexa has gathered evidence of weapons used against civilians Tweets: @financialtimes , @sylviakangara , @samjoiner , and @madhumita29 Tweets: @financialt...
Cher Scarlett, a leader of #AppleToo, says she is no longer withdrawing her NLRB complaint against Apple after it failed to execute a settlement in good faith
history made!!!] Cher Scarlett / @cherthedev : On 9/2/21, I sent a list of 4 demands to Apple. One was a company-wide memo clarifying employee rights including discussing pay & working conditions. Aft...
Brazilian neobank Nubank closes up 14.78% in its NYSE debut, giving it a $47.6B market cap, after raising $2.6B in its IPO
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Robust Intelligence, which helps businesses stress test their AI models, raises a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global
Robust Intelligence, an AI startup that helps businesses stress test their AI models and prevent them from failing, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Tiger...
Coinbase launches a DeFi yield product for non-US customers in over 70 countries, after US regulators effectively killed plans for its Lend program in September
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Palm, which helps companies and brands create NFT projects, raises a $27M Series B led by Microsoft's M12
a one-stop shop for leading creators and brands to power their NFT projects across movies, games, music, and art—to the M12 portfolio as lead of their Series B funding round. https://m12.vc/... MattMa...
Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida will explore letting businesses pay state fees in cryptocurrencies and using blockchain for Medicaid payments and vehicle titles
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Boston-based conversational AI startup Posh Technologies raises a $27.5M Series A led by Canapi Ventures to fuel call center automation
As call volumes skyrocketed during the pandemic, contact centers turned to AI to help distribute the workload. But even before the pandemic …
Kuo: Apple's AR headset will include four sets of 3D sensors to offer a user interface with hand gesture controls and object detection
HashiCorp closes up 6.49% in its Nasdaq debut, after raising $1.2B in its IPO at a $14B valuation
Today is an incredibly exciting day for HashiCorp: we have officially entered the public markets. Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Hashicorp founders, investors win $1B-plus stak...
Oracle beats in Q2 with revenue of $10.36B, vs. $10.21B expected and up 6% YoY, cloud services and license support revenue of $7.55B, up 6% YoY; stock up 10%+
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Crypto derivatives market Paradigm, which focuses on large trades, raises a $35M Series A at a $400M valuation led by Jump Capital and Alameda Research
Frank Chaparro / The Block :
Meta has moved its artificial intelligence group to the Reality Labs unit, shifting the AI team's focus towards metaverse-related efforts
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Celigo, whose integration platform lets companies automate business processes, raises a $48M Series C led by OMERS Growth, bringing its total funding to $80M+
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Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt, which aims to “reshape the internet” by letting users control their data, raises Series A led by Forte Ventures, source says for ~$30M
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SushiSwap CTO Joseph Delong resigns after reports of project infighting and a 50% drop in the token's price over the past month
Reports suggest large Chinese tech companies like ByteDance, Kuaishou, and iQiyi are laying off more staff than usual, amid regulatory pressure and competition
A look at Cardano, a controversial blockchain project led by Ethereum cofounder Charles Hoskinson that aims to build a national ID system for Ethiopia
Saudi food delivery service Jahez aims to raise up to $2.4B in its IPO, pricing shares at $200-$226, on the Nomu exchange; Jahez raised a $36M Series A in 2020
CloudBees, which lets companies automate software deployment and quality monitoring, raises a $150M Series F at a $1B valuation
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.