Apple Studio Display review: sharp 5K display but the webcam is terrible, no features like HDR, local dimming, and variable refresh rate, and is very expensive
A 5K iMac's panel, six speakers, three mics, and one terrible camera — Oh boy. — Look, people have wanted Apple to sell …
Apple Mac Studio review: compact design with insanely fast M1 Ultra and great port selection but expensive and the graphics performance is not very impressive
This computer is a historic achievement — Apple's 2019 desktop release was supposed to be the computer that professional Mac users had been waiting for.
Google schedules a virtual I/O 2022 for May 11 and May 12, with a limited live audience of Google employees and some partners
Registration opens this month — Google's big annual developer conference, Google I/O, will take place May 11th and 12th, the company announced Wednesday.
Tech execs may face criminal prosecution or jail time for not abiding by Ofcom's decisions two months after the UK's Online Safety Bill passes and takes effect
Executives from Facebook parent Meta Platforms, TikTok and other big tech companies would face the prospect of jail time under sweeping …
Meta says it removed a deepfake video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking Ukrainians to surrender, citing its misleading manipulated media policy
In the fake video, Zelenskyy surrenders to Russian invasion — On Wednesday, Facebook's parent company, Meta …
Hands-on with Universal Control: Apple's most impressive new feature in years that bridges the gap between macOS and iPadOS without requiring Apple peripherals
It's super cool, super niche, and Apple at its best — It's been a good month for Mac desktop setup aficionados.
Bored Ape Yacht Club launches ApeCoin, or $APE, with 1B in total supply, and forms the ApeCoin DAO, whose council members include Alexis Ohanian and Amy Wu
Even among the fastest-growing crypto startups, Yuga Labs has had a particularly explosive year. — The startup is behind …
iPad Air (2022) review: fast with the M1 chip and great display but Touch ID is not as convenient as Face ID and the front camera is awkward in landscape mode
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a law legalizing cryptocurrencies in the country, after parliament passed the virtual asset bill on February 17
Ukraine has received $100 million in crypto donations during its war with Russia. — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy legalized crypto …
A profile of Nadine Dorries, who in her first six months as the UK's DCMS Secretary resurrected long-stalled tech legislation such as the Online Safety Bill
LONDON — Britain's digital minister has Big Tech in her sights — but critics worry she's not sufficiently across the details for her reforms to stick.
Sophos details how scammers are abusing Apple's TestFlight and the Web Clips feature to trick iOS users into installing fake cryptocurrency apps
Getting past the App Store gatekeeper has always been tough. Here are two new ways. — Scammers pushing iOS malware are stepping up their game … Source: Sophos News .
Meta adds basic parental controls for Quest VR, almost three years after launching the headset, starting with an unlock pattern for specific apps in April
we're committed to providing more customized controls for parents and the community. Full details: https://www.oculus.com/... Andy Burrows / @_andyburrows : These are welcome but small steps to addres...
Counterpoint: iPhones accounted for 37% of global 5G handset sales in January, as 5G phones made up more than half of global smartphone sales for the first time
Apple Inc.'s iPhones led the mobile industry to a milestone in January, when handsets with fifth-generation cellular networking accounted …
Meta launches Family Center, a suite of parental supervision tools for its apps, starting with Instagram in the US and rolling out globally in the coming months
Allowing parents and guardian to keep a watchful eye — Instagram's new parental controls, announced in December, are launching today in the US.
Amazon finalizes its $8.5B acquisition of MGM, two days after the deal received clearance from the EU's antitrust regulator
Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, the companies said Thursday. — The pact was first announced in May and has been winding its way through the regulatory process.
Netflix will test an “add an extra member” feature in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru, letting primary account holders pay a fee for users not in their household
it's terrible business) https://twitter.com/... Christina Warren / @film_girl : LOL. Good luck with this. https://variety.com/... @jazzorion : .@Netflix: why are we losing our user-base? Also @Netflix...
Tokyo-based mobile banking app Kyash raises a $41M Series D from Block, Greyhound, and others; report says it is Block's first investment in Asia
Kyash, a Tokyo-based mobile financial app, has raised $41.2 million (4.9 billion JPY) Series D funding. — The round comes from a number …
AWS says it will spend £1.8B+ over the next two years on expanding its UK infrastructure, more than doubling its total existing investment in the region
£1.8 billion set to be invested over next two years — Audio player loading... Amazon Web Services (AWS) …
Frvr, which distributes casual HTML games that can be played from a browser, raises $76M led by Hiro Capital
Investment will go towards securing “high quality” titles for its portfolio — Casual games platform Frvr raised $76 million in a funding round led by Hiro Capital.
Wordle Archive, a website that lets users play hundreds of previous daily Wordle puzzles, says it was taken down last week at the request of The New York Times
but there are other options Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1758: Dorries profiled, Go player banned for AI use, NYT zaps Wordle Archive, Google as maths teacher, and more Ali Shutler / NM...
A look at the emergence of Kentucky as a small bitcoin mining powerhouse; an estimate says Kentucky produces more CO2 from crypto mining than any other US state
a few months later, he incorporated his own mining business. I took a road trip through Kentucky, where the bitcoin industry is making a big push: https://longreads.trust.org/ ... Chris Polansky / @ch...
Report: AI startup funding hit ~$93.5B in 2021, more than double 2020's figure, but the number of newly funded startups fell from 1,051 in 2019 to 746 in 2021
Katyanna Quach / The Register :
Grocery delivery app Getir raises a $768M Series E at an $11.8B valuation led by Mubadala with Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, and others participating
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Qualcomm says it stopped selling products to Russian companies in compliance with US sanctions, donated to relief organizations, and matched employee donations
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Robinhood says it plans to add fully paid securities lending, where users loan out their stocks to other financial institutions, in the coming months
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Sources: Alibaba and Tencent are planning to cut tens of thousands of jobs combined this year as companies try to cope with China's regulatory crackdown
Alibaba Group (9988.HK) and Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) are preparing to cut tens of thousands of jobs combined this year … Tweets: @carnage4life Tweets: @carnage4life : I was bullish on China's tech s...
Foxconn resumes partial operations at two Shenzhen campuses closed on Monday, one of which makes iPhones, after authorities approved its “closed loop” process
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Sources: Google has struck a deal to acquire Raxium, a five-year-old startup that makes microLED components for AR and VR displays
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Microsoft unveils the Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera, which uses AI for automatic reframing, image correction, lighting, and more, available for $799 on May 31
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French cloud service OVHcloud files an antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission; sources say the complaint is about Microsoft licenses
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Clubhouse users in Russia are using the app to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as the app appears to evade censors due to its waning popularity
Chris Stokel-Walker / Input : Tweets: @wongmjane and @daveleeft Tweets: Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane : @Techmeme @stokel i like how this is both a roast and a praise Dave Lee / @daveleeft : Clubhou...
Q&A with vice PM Mykhailo Fedorov on Ukraine's digital public services, corporate sanctions against Russia, Clearview AI facial recognition, crypto, and more
our contribution to the Ukrainian victory. Discussed it all with top world's tech media @techcrunch with a help of @romaindillet. https://twitter.com/...
The CEOs of Intel and Micron will testify on March 23 before the US Senate Commerce Committee to make the case for $52B in US subsidies for chip manufacturing
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Sources: Yandex is in negotiations to sell its media unit, including aggregator Yandex News and recommendation engine Yandex Zen, possibly to social network VK
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Interview with Automattic CEO on the company's growth, the future of open-source WordPress, Tumblr and Apple's App Store rules, Web3, Bitcoin, Ethereum, more
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Webflow, which offers a no-code website building tool, raises a $120M Series C led by YC Continuity at a $4B valuation, bringing its total funding to $335M
New Delhi-based Amagi, which provides ad software for broadcast and streaming TV, raises $95M led by Accel at a $1B+ valuation, bringing total funding to $245M
Sam Altman's Worldcoin recently halted operations in at least seven countries due to problems like uneven smartphone access, confused users, and fraud attempts
TruEra, which offers AI quality management tools to optimize and monitor ML models, raises a $25M Series B led by Menlo, bringing its total funding to $42.3M
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.