The FCC announces $1.2B+ in funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to expand broadband service across 32 states, provided by 23 telecom companies
The FCC plans to deploy broadband service in one million new areas — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
A look at Google's history with tablets; Android co-founder Rich Miner's LinkedIn page says he has been working as Google's Android tablets CTO since March 2021
This wild Android tablet concept could have completely changed the way we interact with our devices. Ready to pop the red pill?
Profile of artist Seneca, who says she is the lead designer behind the original Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection and has seen relatively little compensation
The Bored Ape Yacht Club lit up the internet — but its lead designer, Seneca, has been watching from the shadows
Filings and interviews with decision makers and legal experts reveal bureaucracy with competing mandates at the FAA and FCC caused the 5G launch blowup
Emirates president blasts 5G rollout: ‘Utterly irresponsible’ — (CNN)From canceled flights to dire warnings of a stalled shipping economy …
Profile of Susan Headley, an influential hacker of the 1980s, who specialized in social engineering and now leads a quiet life in a large US Midwestern city
She was known, back then, as Susan Thunder. For someone in the business of deception, she stood out: she was unusually tall …
Apple adds unlisted app distribution to the App Store, letting developers publish an app that can only be installed via a direct link and not found via search
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac : Source: Apple Developer .
Blockdaemon, which provides blockchain infrastructure for node management and staking, raises a $207M Series C at a $3.25B post-money valuation
Sapphire and Tiger Global led the latest round, which follows a $155 million Series B last September. — The unicorn valuations are still …
How Lina Khan's FTC is using the concept of “monopsony”, a market where one buyer is pre-eminent, to push for Big Tech antitrust regulation
Federal Trade Commission chief Lina Khan has developed an innovative way to frame the issue. Whether she has the tools to see it through remains to be seen.
Many China-based sellers who were kicked off Amazon for rule violations have turned to Walmart's online marketplace to reach US consumers
Ever since Amazon.com Inc. began kicking tens of thousands of Chinese merchants off its platform last April for faking customer reviews …
DeFi service Qubit Finance says a hacker stole ~$80M in Binance coins on January 27 and offers them a bug bounty in exchange for returning the cryptocurrency
Qubit Finance Team @iucounu : Hackers stole £80m from a corruptocurrency bank and the bank is offering them £250k to return it. I dunno guys https://twitter.com/... @whipplemarc : Cryptocurrency is a ...
Meta says it has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle as it works “through some staffing constraints”
Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to staffing constraints.
Visa says customers made $2.5B in payments with its crypto-linked cards in its fiscal Q1 of 2022, which was 70% of its crypto volume for all of FY 2021
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A look at the fight between six rapid grocery delivery startups in NYC, which raised $5.5B+ since 2020; sources: some are averaging a loss of $20+ per order
Jokr, Getir and Buyk are piling on freebies to build up a customer base in New York City — Since Hayoung Park moved to Manhattan last year … Tweets: @lpolgreen , @fka_tabs , @preetika_rana , @bmorri...
Bengaluru-based Vyapar, which offers accounting, invoicing, and inventory management software to SMBs, raises a $30M Series B led by WestBridge Capital
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Profile of Ann Lai, who settled a harassment lawsuit against Justin Caldbeck's Binary Capital in 2020, as she talks about her ordeal publicly for the first time
She quit her high-profile job and sounded an alarm about bad behavior in tech—and she was nearly forced from the industry.
China launches a pilot in 15 cities and 164 organizations to test the use of blockchain in manufacturing, government data sharing, law enforcement, and more
Some of the key areas of blockchain development include manufacturing, energy, government data sharing and services, law enforcement …
Internal messages detail Spotify's lax health content policy; the company told staff multiple Joe Rogan podcast episodes “didn't meet the threshold for removal”
just not that they are *designed* to cause death. Similarly, they allow podcasters to say wearing a mask is *ineffective*, just not that wearing masks will cause imminent, life-threatening harm.” http...
Twitter says it stopped enforcing its civic integrity policy in March 2021 regarding lies about the 2020 US election as Biden had been president for over a year
massively so. Twitter is wrong. Katie Harbath / @katieharbath : This is a perfect example of why I wrote the oped about all the global elections coming up. We had no idea Twitter had stopped doing thi...
An in-depth look at the ongoing patent battle over warehouse automation between Norwegian robotics company AutoStore and UK supermarket giant Ocado
John Gapper / Financial Times : Tweets: @sdonnan , @johngapper , @mattvella , @alecurussell , @craigjcalhoun , @arashmassoudi , and @financialtimes Tweets: Shawn Donnan / @sdonnan : A brilliant read ...
Sources: Diem Association was shuttered due to internal dispute, leaders' departure, and regulatory pushback, but a team of ~50 remains to run a pilot overseas
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The EU is crafting a Chips Act, similar in size to the US' $52B fund proposal, to attract investment for mega fabs; a proposal will be published on February 8
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg :
Crypto-rich buyers are shifting the luxury home market, as real-estate builders jump through hoops to accept crypto and sellers advertise accepting it
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @lmatsakis Tweets: Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : Would love to hear Web3 proponents explain how all this fits into their vision of a more equitable, decentralized inter...
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.