OpenSea bans PHAYC and Phunky Ape Yacht Club, two NFT projects dueling over which is the authentic Bored Ape Yacht Club ripoff
And dodging NFT marketplace bans while doing it — A pair of non-fungible token projects are testing the boundary between plagiarism and parody.
Google pauses the rollout of its December update for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro until late January after reports of calls dropping and disconnecting
In a bit of frustrating news, Google has confirmed that it has paused the December update for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, aka the first Feature Drop update for the two devices.
Devices running BlackBerry 10 or OS 7.1 and earlier will lose key services like calling, texting, data usage, and 911 access starting January 4
BlackBerry stopped shipping phones and tablets with its own software years ago, switching to Android in 2015 before shifting from a hardware company …
Ethereum scaling project Polygon says it quietly fixed a bug that put $23.6B in MATIC tokens at risk, but not before $2.04M in tokens was stolen
“Considering how much was at stake, I believe our team has made the best decisions possible given the circumstances,” said Polygon's co-founder Jaynti Kanani.
Metaverse products from Meta, Microsoft, and others are just 3D virtual social spaces, and lack key features of the metaverse concept, chiefly interoperability
Meta's ‘Horizon Worlds’ app, Microsoft and Roblox are capitalizing on a buzzword that's far from reality
South Korea tells Apple and Google to stop accepting play-to-earn games, which require in-app purchases before playing, and remove existing ones from app stores
The Games Committee has strengthened its stance against P2E games by saying those games should not receive an age rating needed to get listed on app marketplaces.
A number of women who believe they were tracked with AirTags say Apple's safeguards against stalking are insufficient
Privacy groups sounded alarms about the coin-sized location-tracking devices when they were introduced. Now people are concerned those fears are being realized.
Six women who work at Foxconn's Indian iPhone plant describe crowded dorms and food crawling with worms, which sickened 250+ workers, leading to protests
Indian antitrust watchdog orders an investigation into Apple's practice of mandating use of its own payments system for iPhone apps in the App Store
Indian antitrust watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Apple's business practices — in particular, the mandatory use …
African tech startups raised a record $4B+ in 2021, more than 2019 and 2020 combined, with more $100M+ rounds than ever before
African VC reached new heights in 2021 at over $4 billion and there's never been a better time to be bullish — Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention …
Samsung cuts output at its two fabs in Xian, China, which account for 42.5% of its NAND production capacity, amid COVID-19 lockdown; Micron output also affected
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and Micron Technology (MU.O), two of the world's largest memory chip makers …
Fortnite servers are back online after a major five-hour outage prevented players from logging on, among other issues
Apptopia: Amazon ranked #4 in global shopping app installs in 2021, down from first in 2020, as e-commerce apps Shopee and Shein rose to #1 and #2, respectively
Amazon's leading position in U.S. e-commerce is well-documented, but the latest global rankings for app installs show the potential …
Mexico's central bank plans to issue its own digital currency by 2024, joining Brazil and Peru as Latin American countries working on developing CBDCs
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Justin Kan launches gaming focused NFT marketplace Fractal, after someone hacked its Discord announcement bot and made off with about $150K last week
Since announcing plans to launch his gaming NFT marketplace Fractal earlier in December, Twitch co-founder Justin Kan has been one of the busiest men in crypto.
As the US faces record COVID-19 infections, effective use of exposure notification apps is unlikely, given slow adoption and poor data on their efficacy
Virginia's COVIDwise app was reinstalled on my new phone but didn't prompt me to enable notifications. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Gerrit De Vynck / @gerritd : Exposure notification apps have ...
Umee, which is building a “cross chain DeFi hub” with interoperable tools that work across blockchains, raises $32M by selling its UMEE tokens
End of Year Edition Danny Nelson / CoinDesk : Umee Buckles Down for Mainnet With $32M Token Sale on CoinList Brian Newar / Cointelegraph : Cross-chain DeFi hub Umee raises $32M with CoinList token sal...
Intel closes the first phase of the sale of its SSD and NAND businesses to SK hynix and says SK hynix's Solidigm subsidiary will operate the Dalian fab in China
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China plans to become a global innovation hub for robotics by 2025; its manufacturing robot density in 2020 was 246 per 10,000 people, double the global average
Actuator: One last look at 2021 — This is always a strange week … Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : China launches five-year plan to become a hub of global robotics innovation Nikkei Asia : China lays ...
SenseTime closes up 7.3% in its Hong Kong trading debut after rising as much as 23%; the company raised $740M in its IPO at a $16.4B valuation
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Tesla's software engineering expertise let it navigate the global chip shortage by rewriting software to use alternative chips in its cars
Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @rfelliott , @wsjecon , @georgeserafeim , @jimpethokoukis , and @wsjecon Tweets: Rebecca Elliott / @rfelliott : “They are more plugged in, in many case...
OneCard, which offers an app-based card to help users in India build credit, raises a $75M Series C at a $722M post-money valuation, following a $35M Series B
Didi Global reports Q3 revenue of $6.6B, down 13%+ QoQ, and a net loss of $4.7B, as China's cybersecurity probe forced it to take down many of its apps
Research: Binance Coin (BNB), the third largest digital token by market value, Solana, and Fantom gained over 1,000% in 2021; BTC gained 65% and ETH gained 408%
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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.
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.