After complaints, Twitter reverts its latest iOS update, removing the Latest Tweets tab and restoring the Home tab and the default chronological tweets option
Twitter was heavily criticized when it switched from the chronological timeline to the new feed that shows suggested tweets instead.
Apple rolls out iOS 15.4 with the ability to use Face ID while wearing a mask, and iPadOS 15.4 with Universal Control, which requires macOS Monterey 12.3
iPadOS 15.4 has also launched with Universal Control support — iOS 15.4, the latest version of Apple's iPhone operating system …
Israel's National Cyber Directorate says the country has recovered from a DDoS attack on a communications provider that took down government websites on Monday
Israel appears to be recovering from a large-scale cyberattack. According to Haaretz and Kan's Amichai Stein …
Apple rolls out macOS 12.3 with Universal Control in beta, 40+ new emoji, a new Siri voice, dynamic head tracking for Spatial Audio in some AirPods, and more
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AMD plans to release the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, the “world's fastest gaming processor”, on April 20 for $449, marking the debut of the company's 3D-stacking V-Cache
Along with a new slate of more affordable processors coming April 4th — AMD's latest desktop processor …
Internal memo: Arm to cut up to 1,000 jobs, or 15% of its workforce in the UK and the US, before its IPO; a source says most of the cuts won't affect engineers
Arm Ltd., the SoftBank Group Corp. unit preparing for an initial public offering, will cut as much as 15% of its workforce …
Intel plans to invest €33B+ in Europe, including a €17B “leading-edge semiconductor fab mega-site” in Germany and a €12B expansion of its existing Ireland fab
Along with a €12 billion investment to expand its existing fab in Ireland
Analysis: TV shows make up ~75% of Netflix's top 10 lists, the average hit fades after two weeks or less, and Asian hits overlap the least with other markets
Nobody in Hollywood knows for sure what works on Netflix. — The company releases statistics like “26 million people watched this show in the first 28 days.”
The FTC, which has long struggled to combat deceptive data practices, is increasingly forcing companies to delete algorithmic systems built with ill-gotten data
The Federal Trade Commission has struggled over the years to find ways to combat deceptive digital data practices using its limited set of enforcement options.
Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro models will get the A16 chip and 6GB of LPDDR 5 RAM, and the basic iPhone 14 models will keep the A15 Bionic chip and get 6GB of LPDDR 4X RAM
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors : Source: @mingchikuo .
Pakistan-based Bazaar, which operates a B2B marketplace for merchants and helps them digitize their bookkeeping, raises a $70M Series B
Dragoneer Investment and Tiger Global are backing Bazaar, a startup that is attempting to digitize Pakistan's retail with e-commerce …
ConsenSys, which develops and invests in Ethereum projects, announces a $450M Series D led by ParaFi Capital at a $7B valuation and says MetaMask has 30M+ MAUs
The hefty Series D more than doubles the firm's previous valuation from November 2021. — Ethereum application …
GoTo, formed by the $18B merger of superapp Gojek and e-commerce business Tokopedia, plans to raise up to $1.3B via an Indonesia Stock Exchange IPO in April
SoftBank-backed tech group to list as investors bet on booming digital economy — GoTo, Indonesia's biggest start-up …
Microsoft brings its DirectStorage API from Xbox to Windows to improve game load times and graphics details, after announcing the feature in September 2020
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An EU Parliament committee rejects a provision for its Markets in Crypto Assets framework that would have effectively banned proof-of-work cryptocurrencies
Dubai recently adopted a law to regulate the crypto sector. Good for you! Scott Chipolina / Decrypt : EU Votes 32-23 Against ‘De Facto Bitcoin Mining Ban’ Kevin Helms / Bitcoin News : EU Parliament C...
Cowbell Cyber, which uses AI to assess risk and offer insurance for SMBs, raises a $100M Series B
Today, cyber insurance provider Cowbell Cyber announced that it had closed a Series B funding round of $100 million for its continuous underwriting platform.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties sues Ireland's DPC for delaying investigating a 2018 complaint over Google and IAB Europe's real time bidding ad systems
Aodhan O Faolain / TheJournal.ie :
RightBound, which automates customer insights and outreach for sales representatives, raises a $15.5M Series A extension, for a total Series A of $27M
AI and automation have the potential to transform the sales industry. A 2020 Harvard Business Review report found that AI could create …
MPA: streaming made up 72% of the $99.7B global streaming and theatrical movie market in 2021, up from 46% in 2019; streaming subscriptions hit 1.3B, up 14% YoY
A sharp uptick in paid online video subscriptions and original content production for streaming platforms has helped …
Aptos, a Layer 1 blockchain built by ex-Meta employees who worked on Diem, raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation led by a16z
Facebook's audacious attempt at creating a crypto payments network met an unceremonious end earlier this year when Silvergate Capital acquired the Diem technology assets for $182 million.
Discovery's CFO says HBO Max and Discovery+ will be bundled early in the Discovery and WarnerMedia merger and will eventually be combined into one service
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London-based Perlego, a digital subscription-based library of academic textbooks with about 850K titles, raises a $50M Series B led by Mediahuis Ventures
Spotify helped pave the way for a new model for consumers to listen to music: pay a monthly fee to stream whatever you want …
SentinelOne to acquire identity threat detection and response company Attivo Networks for $616.5M, its second acquisition; Attivo raised $60.1M in funding
'For Attivo, this acquisition is not an exit. Joining forces with SentinelOne is just the opposite: an opportunity to continue …
Sources: Foxconn is in talks with Saudi Arabia to jointly build a $9B factory for chips, components, and electronics in Neom; Foxconn is also talking to the UAE
Run:AI, which helps businesses optimize their AI workloads, raises a $75M Series C led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $118M
While interest in AI remains high among enterprise organizations, particularly for its potential to improve decision-making …
Report details Apple's early ATT debates, with Craig Federighi pushing for user privacy changes while Eddy Cue and Phil Schiller argued for more cautious action
and destroyed — IDFA Rida Imran / iThinkDifferent : For ATT privacy feature on iOS, Apple executives had to find a common ground Allison McDaniel / 9to5Mac : How Apple's privacy endeavors aim to disma...
South Africa's Competition Commission accuses Meta of anticompetitive practices for plans to exclude the government's communication tools from WhatsApp's API
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Germany-based Staffbase, a communications service for internal teams to send messages and measure their impact, raises a $115M Series E at a $1.1B valuation
The Covid-19 pandemic, with its by-product of social distancing to help reduce the spread of infection, led to many organizations working …
Brian Kim, the founder of South Korean social media and fintech giant Kakao Group, quits the board to focus on global expansion, following a series of scandals
Heejin Kim / Bloomberg :
Source: Zomato reaches a merger agreement with instant delivery service Blinkit, formerly Grofers, in an all-stock deal valuing Blinkit between $700M and $750M
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
CIA says it appointed La'Naia J. Jones, former NSA deputy CIO, to CIO in late February, replacing Juliane Gallina
Martin Matishak / The Record :
Ukraine partners with FTX, Everstake, and Kuna to launch a crypto donations website; FTX will convert donations into fiat for deposit at Ukraine's national bank
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk :
SiFive sells its chip connectivity unit OpenFive, including 75+ designs and a team of more than 300 people based mostly in India, to Alphawave for $210M in cash
Dylan Martin / The Register :
Global smartwatch shipments grew 24% YoY in 2021, with a record 40M+ shipments in Q4; shipments in India grew 274% YoY, helped by local brands like Noise
ChannelEngine, which helps brands manage their products and inventory across multiple third-party marketplaces, raises a $50M Series B led by Atomico
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
France-based Doctolib, a booking service for doctors and medical workers, raises €500M in equity and debt led by Eurazeo at a €5.8B valuation
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Crypto miners, who scrambled into a welcoming Kazakhstan after China's ban, are leaving as the government throttles power supply due to blackouts and infighting
Rest of World : Tweets: @joannalillis , @restofworld , @glynmoody , and @cengizyar Tweets: Joanna Lillis / @joannalillis : '"It's a mess": How crypto mining went from boom to bust in #Kazakhstan' - “...
Gauntlet, which offers financial-risk modeling service for crypto lending, raises a $23.8M Series B at a $1B valuation led by Ribbit Capital
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Sources: a consortium of private equity firms, including Elliott Management, is in advanced talks to buy TV-ratings company Nielsen for ~$15B including debt
Moove, which provides vehicle financing to drivers of ride-hailing services in six African cities, raises a $105M Series A2, seven months after a $23M Series A
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