Intel commits $20B to build at least two semiconductor fabrication plants on a 1,000-acre site by 2025, employing at least 3,000 people in New Albany, Ohio
As part of an effort to regain its position as a leading maker of semiconductors amidst a global chip shortage …
Twitter will let iOS users of its Blue subscription service use NFTs as hexagon-shaped profile pictures
Service will be available to some users of the company's Blue subscriber service — Twitter Inc. will start allowing some users to use nonfungible tokens as their profile pictures …
Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $7.71B, up 16% YoY, net income of $607M, 222M paid subscribers, and $30B in 2021 revenue, up 19%; stock down 20%+ on weak guidance
Netflix ended 2021 with a slightly lower-than-expected subscriber gain in the fourth quarter, and its stock took a dive with a weak Q1 outlook.
Sources: Google's AR headset could launch in 2024, powered by a custom processor, resembling ski goggles, and no need for an external power connection
Meta may be the loudest company building AR and VR hardware. Microsoft has HoloLens. Apple is working on something, too. But don't count out Google.
The Senate Judiciary votes 16-6 to advance the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would stop platforms from favoring their products over rivals'
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-6 Thursday to advance a major tech competition bill, which some experts consider lawmakers' best shot …
Twitter terminated its head of security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko this week, and CISO Rinki Sethi will depart in the coming weeks; both execs joined Twitter in 2020
Parag Agrawal, Twitter's new chief executive, terminated the company's head of security this week.
Meta details Data2vec, a self-supervised algorithm that unifies the process of training a neural network to learn the same across speech, images, and text
By eschewing data-specific outputs for internal representations, Meta aims for a more-general sort of AI.
Crypto.com says its breach affected 483 users, resulting in unauthorized cryptocurrencies withdrawals worth ~$33.84M, and all users were reimbursed the same day
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has lost roughly $34 million in a recent security incident, according to a post-mortem released on Thursday.
A hands-on look at a pre-release build from mid-2018 of Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS for dual-screen devices
We take a look at Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS project. — Ever wondered what Microsoft's canceled version of Windows for the Surface Duo was going to be like?
Netflix COO says it's “open to licensing large game IP”; job listings suggest it may launch Fortnite-like live service games that are regularly updated
Two months after launching mobile games to all of its members, Netflix is looking to double down on gaming …
The US Federal Reserve releases its long-awaited report on a digital dollar but doesn't take a position on issuing one, and seeks public feedback for 120 days
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Investigation finds that Binance withheld info from regulators and maintained weak checks on customers even as it publicly welcomed regulatory oversight
In public, Binance said it welcomed government oversight. At the same time, the firm was withholding information from regulators …
IBM to sell part of its Watson Health business, including image software offerings and extensive data sets, to PE firm Francisco Partners, sources say for $1B+
International Business Machines Corp. agreed to sell part of its IBM Watson Health business to private equity firm Francisco Partners …
Apple releases iOS 15.3 RC and macOS Monterey 12.2 RC with a fix for Safari 15's IndexedDB API that leaked users' browser history and Google ID to other sites
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Amazon Style, the company's first physical fashion store, will launch in LA later this year, with an app that lets shoppers send items to the fitting room
Amazon has to open stores #thefourbook https://www.aboutamazon.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
BigTime Software, which helps companies monitor and manage their finances through budgeting, tracking, and invoicing, raises $100M from Vista Equity Partners
Chicago tech firm BigTime Software has landed a large investment from Vista Equity Partners as it looks to grow its software for professional services firms.
This summer the IRS will require users to log in via ID.me, which uses facial recognition in its authentication process, to file taxes, make payments, and more
whose product does not work reliably—has embedded itself in government functions across the country https://twitter.com/... David Greene / @davidgreene : Oh FFS, please just audit rich people who rout...
OpenSea suffered a database outage affecting some services that rely on its APIs to display NFTs, including Twitter and MetaMask; the issue has been fixed
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Apple names longtime company spokesperson Kristin Huguet as VP of worldwide communications, replacing Stella Low, who is leaving after joining Apple in May 2021
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Sources: TikTok ousted its marketing chief Nick Tran for “going rogue” with plans like TikTok Kitchen, NFTs by Lil Nas X and others, and TikTok Resumes
DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman is leaving Google to join Greylock Partners; Suleyman was stripped of some duties in 2019 for allegedly bullying staff
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Analysis: many right-wing personalities saw their followers surge on sites like Telegram, Gab, and Gettr after the January 6 riot, but growth has since stalled
possibly to be joined soon by Trump's long-promised social network, Truth Social — can build a sustainable business solely by catering to a radicalized right.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @get...
How Facebook became indispensable in Africa with its ease of access, importance to small businesses, its facilitating of community organizing, and more
Nesrine Malik / The Guardian : Tweets: @nwstein , @protagorasto , @skepticafro , @nesrinemalik , @wolfiechristl , @samhaselby , and @glynmoody Tweets: Nick Stein / @nwstein : After following @Google ...
Inside DARPA's Air Combat Evolution program, which aims to design AI that can fly a plane and engage in aerial combat without a human pilot
Sue Halpern / New Yorker : Tweets: @brandonhamber , @michaelluo , @newyorker , and @hoanssolo Tweets: Brandon Hamber / @brandonhamber : While people fight over masks and freedoms, artificial intellig...
Crowdbotics, which lets users launch React Native and Django apps without having to learn code, raises a $22M combined seed and Series A
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The Graph Foundation, which operates a protocol for indexing and querying blockchain data, raises $50M led by Tiger Global via a sale of its The Graph tokens
Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg :
CB Insights: investments in European tech rose to $93.3B in 2021, up 142% YoY, in 7,051 deals, compared to 5,746 in 2020
Julie Steinberg / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj Tweets: @wsj : Europe's tech scene has struggled to emerge from the shadows of giants in the U.S. and Asia, but local policies and a global overfl...
Current and former members of Google's site reliability group Borg SRE say managers, including the team's leader Pierre Aubert, fostered a toxic environment
Prophecy, which lets data engineers build workflows by switching between a visual interface and a code editor, raises a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners
Meta launches gamified activities on Messenger Kids to help kids learn how to safely use the internet, developed with guidance from online safety experts
Sources: Meta plans to let users create and sell NFTs on Facebook and Instagram, display NFTs on user profiles, and is considering an NFT marketplace
Profile of Hemant Taneja, who became the sole managing partner of General Catalyst in 2021, as the firm raises a seed, venture, and growth fund totaling $4.6B
Mercedes-Benz plans to use Luminar's lidar tech in future vehicles in exchange for data and services, and takes a small 1.5M share stake in Luminar
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.