Workers at Amazon's Staten Island facility secure enough votes to unionize, by a 2,654 to 2,131 margin, a first for an Amazon warehouse in the US
- Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities.
The Discord servers of some NFT projects, including BAYC, were compromised on Friday as part of a phishing scam seeking to trick users into “minting” fake NFTs
This isn't the first hack of Discord-based crypto communities, and it's not likely to be the last.
In a memo, EVP and CPO Panos Panay says Microsoft is moving Surface Duo OS, SwiftKey, Phone Link, and Microsoft Launcher under a new dedicated Android division
A new ‘Microsoft Android’ division houses Duo, SwiftKey, Launcher, and more. — What you need to know
Twitch stops its Boost Train test, which let viewers boost a channel by purchasing subscriptions and bits, after users pushed porn to the site's front page
It was bound to happen. — Audio player loading... In October 2021, Twitch began testing a new feature that enabled viewers …
UK police charge a 16-year-old with five counts and a 17-year-old with six counts of cyber offenses related to the Lapsus$ gang; the teenagers remain in custody
evidence being the latest leaks. The FBI is still seeking information on the group: https://www.fbi.gov/... No reward, though 🙃 https://twitter.com/...
Bitcoin mining company PrimeBlock plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.25B valuation; PrimeBlock generated $24.4M in Q4 2021 revenue
The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year. — Bitcoin miner PrimeBlock confirmed its plan to go public through a merger …
A deep look at the benefits of content moderation in open forums, and how it can support free speech by creating spaces where more people feel free to talk
Obviously over the past few years there's been all of these debates about the content moderation practices of various websites. Tweets: @anildash , @anthonyha , @m_karanicolas , @zweigand , @evanhamil...
Justin Kan's game-focused NFT marketplace Fractal has raised a $35M seed led by Paradigm and Multicoin Capital, with a16z, Solana Labs, and others participating
Twitch cofounder Justin Kan's Fractal has raised $35 million to build out its marketplace for gaming non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Source: Fractal .
Samsung partners with NFT auction service Nifty Gateway to let users “browse, display, and interact with NFTs” on select premium 2022 TVs
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Sources: at a recent employee town hall and a management offsite meeting, Netflix executives cautioned employees to be more mindful about spending and hiring
Netflix is tightening its belt. — In two separate meetings over the past few weeks, Netflix executives cautioned employees …
Apple releases iOS 15.4.1, iPadOS 15.4.1, and macOS 12.3.1 to fix two zero-days that “may have been actively exploited”; Apple has fixed five zero-days in 2022
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
How Binance, which trades on its own exchange and plays a number of roles that pose conflicts of interest, remains mostly unaccountable to its customers
On May 19, 2021, Francis Kim thought he had hit it big. The Australia-based entrepreneur had been dabbling in derivatives trading … Tweets: @silvermanjacob , @silvermanjacob , @bigmeaninternet , @saf...
Samsung partners with iFixit to launch a self-repair program, offering parts, tools, and guides, coming this summer for the Galaxy S20, S21, and Tab S7 Plus
Umar Shakir / The Verge :
An interview with DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter, his first since taking office in November, on his mission, slamming the brakes on mergers, and more
Alphabet's Wing, Zipline, and Flytrex, which have started commercial drone delivery operations in the US, say they are encouraged by FAA's evolving regulation
Drone companies have been cleared to expand their operations across the U.S., in cities as well as rural areas …
An Indonesian tax official says the country will charge VAT on crypto asset transactions and tax capital gains on crypto investments at 0.1% starting on May 1
Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters :
A look at the growing skepticism from Silicon Valley investors and companies of Russian money, once welcomed, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine
and sometimes raised eyebrows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @xeni : Here's what's missing. It's the biggest story of our time. The link between Yuri Milner, Masha Drokova, Jeffrey Epstein, Edge...
Experts say chipmakers lack the ability to track where many of their lower-end products end up, which could stymie the enforcement of new US sanctions on Russia
When Silicon Valley chipmaker Marvell learned that one of its chips was found in a Russian surveillance drone recovered in 2016 … Tweets: @damspleet , @brad262run , @hrnext , and @catcheronthesly Twee...
Interview with GoPuff co-founder Rafael Ilishayev, on why the company acquired BevMo, breaking into the California market, responding to drivers' demands, more
When an East Coast startup called Gopuff paid $350 million for BevMo in November 2020, it wasn't immediately clear …
DWAC, Trump's Truth Social SPAC, has lost 31% of its value since the app launched; Apptopia says downloads are down 95% from its peak and the app has ~513K DAUs
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg :
Bond Capital, the growth equity firm co-founded by Mary Meeker, raises $2.5B for its third fund
Dan Primack / Axios :
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.