Several 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.
Investigation: how China identifies, tracks, and pressures its critics on Facebook and Twitter, including Chinese living abroad and citizens of other nations
Authorities in China have turned to sophisticated investigative software to track and silence obscure critics on overseas social media.
CES will end a day earlier, on January 7, as an “additional” COVID-19 safety measure, after Google, Microsoft, and other big companies canceled in-person plans
The show now ends on January 7th — CES has dropped the last day of its 2022 tech conference in Las Vegas …
Interview with Apple's VP of Acoustics and head of AirPods marketing about designing AirPods 3, Spatial Audio, Bluetooth's limitations, and more
First, a qualification: Gary Geaves isn't quite “the man who made the AirPods”, and I'm sure he'd never describe himself as such.
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.
Indian antitrust watchdog orders an investigation into Apple's practice of mandating use of its 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 …
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.
Russia's media regulator adds Netflix to its “audio-visual services” register, requiring it to offer 20 major Russian federal TV channels starting in March 2022
Russia's state media watchdog will require Netflix to offer state television channels to its Russian customers …
Shiba Inu launches Doggy DAO in beta to let users decide on crypto projects and pairs on the ShibaSwap platform, and how $BONE rewards are distributed
The Dogecoin rival is aiming to provide its users with more control over crypto projects and pairs on the ShibaSwap platform.
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
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Experts say the Apple Watch has yet to change patient management as Apple's efforts in getting FDA approvals and broader acceptance among doctors are lacking
Device touted as ‘future of health’ has yet to change the way patients are treated, say experts
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
Andrés Engler / CoinDesk :
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.
Metaverse products from Meta, Microsoft, and others are just 3D virtual social spaces, and lack key features of the metaverse concept, chiefly interoperability
theoretically interesting idea in search of a mass market use case. “I want to use my Elder Scrolls Online sword in Minecraft” is not anything actual gamers say & give actual game devs like @ZenOfDesi...
PitchBook: supply-chain tech startups raised $24.3B in venture funding in the first three quarters of 2021, 58% more than all of 2020
A flood of big money is pumping up valuations of logistics startups as global bottlenecks raise the profile of a once-overlooked sector Tweets: @taykuy and @dchhugani Tweets: @taykuy : A flood of big ...
African tech startups raised a record $4B+ in 2021, more than 2019 and 2020 combined, with more $100M+ rounds than ever before
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :
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 Brian Newar / Cointelegraph : Cross-chain DeFi hub Umee raises $32M with CoinList token sale Danny Nelson / CoinDesk : Umee Buckles Down for Mainnet With $32M Token Sale on CoinLis...
Forecasts for tech's near future: AI-driven recommendations kill favorites, users opt into personalized ads, top talent will have Polygamous Careers, and more
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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
Eli Tan / CoinDesk :
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 , @jimpethokoukis , @wsjecon , and @georgeserafeim Tweets: Rebecca Elliott / @rfelliott : “They are more plugged in, in many case...
A look at the burgeoning drone software and AI industry, a focus for an estimated 65 US startups, often for military uses
Patrick McGee / Financial Times : Tweets: @thuttag and @carlbfrey Tweets: Thu Thu Aung / @thuttag : Drone innovation moves from hardware to self-flying software https://giftarticle.ft.com/... “[We ar...
Delivery Hero will acquire a ~39.4% majority stake in Spanish delivery app Glovo, valuing Glovo at €2.3B
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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.