Replying to tweets from right-wing users, Elon Musk boosts criticism of Vijaya Gadde and another Twitter executive, prompting attacks from other users
The targeting of employees by Musk's massive Twitter megaphone is a major concern for workers — Elon Musk on Tuesday used … Source: @elonmusk and @elonmusk .
Twitter has aggressively defended users' privacy and free speech rights, pushing back on unmasking subpoenas, but it's unclear if this will continue under Musk
and possibly Elon himself — seem to think the Twitter algorithm actually works like this https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : The guy bleating on for years about “cancel culture” is dema...
Apple launches Self Service Repair in the US, covering iPhone SE and iPhone 12 and 13 lineups, with plans to expand to Europe and add M1 Macs by the end of 2022
The tech giant says it's offering repair manuals online, along with giving everyday people the chance to buy parts and tools to repair devices themselves.
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue rose 23% YoY to $68.01B, as net income dropped to $16.44B, down from $17.93B YoY; traffic acquisition costs rose 23%
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 26, 2022 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
New Apple Studio Display beta firmware offers minimal webcam quality improvements, suggesting software is not the issue; the culprit may be the ultra-wide lens
When Apple announced Studio Display, it promised “sensational” webcam quality. However, as customers got their hands on the product …
Some Twitter employees fear the acquisition by Musk, who has some followers who carry out targeted harassment, could undercut years spent making Twitter safer
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Filing: Twitter must pay a $1B termination fee for taking another offer or telling shareholders to vote against Musk, who would also owe $1B for ending the deal
Twitter Inc. will be required to pay a termination fee of $1 billion under certain circumstances if it ends an agreement …
Filing: Musk is barred from posting tweets about his deal to buy Twitter if they “disparage the company or any of its representatives”
Elon Musk isn't allowed to post tweets about his deal to buy Twitter Inc. if they “disparage the company or any of its representatives,” …
Sources: data obtained through fake legal requests have been used to harass women and sexually extort minors; Meta, Apple, Google, and others handed over data
Major technology companies have been duped into providing sensitive personal information about their customers in response …
YouTube says it will begin testing ads on Shorts, including app-install ads and other promotions, as its ad revenue growth slows
YouTube is testing advertisements on Shorts, its short-form video feature that competes with TikTok and Instagram, Google's chief business officer told investors on Tuesday.
Elon Musk is unlikely to fix or change Twitter to any great extent because his experience of the service — tweeting and getting richer — is already ideal
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Twitter's board let Elon Musk take over despite his lacking a clear plan to address failures in increasing its revenue, profit, or user base
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Chinese drone maker DJI says it will temporarily suspend business in Russia and Ukraine to ensure its products are not used in combat
Chinese drone giant DJI Technology Co Ltd said it will temporarily suspend all business activities in Russia and Ukraine pending a review, it said.
A look at the impact that loosened content moderation rules at Twitter could have outside the US, including in India and Ethiopia
Musk's free speech absolutism could stoke conflict in countries like India and Ethiopia — BY ELLERY BIDDLE 22 APRIL, 2022 - FEATURE
Sources: in a meeting, Twitter's top lawyer Vijaya Gadde reassured staff and cried as she expressed concerns about how the company could change under Elon Musk
Monday was an emotional day at Twitter — even for its executives. — Shortly after billionaire Elon Musk bought … Tweets: @brentscher , @aniceburrito , @jpmaheu , @anandwrites , @birnbaum_e , @hawley...
Google releases Android 13 Beta 1, which adds developer features like permissions for more granular access to media files and anticipatory audio routing APIs
The first public beta is here — The first public beta of Android 13 is now available for anyone with a compatible Pixel device …
Spotify reports Q1 revenue rose 24% YoY to €2.66B, including €282M from ads, up 31% YoY; paid subscribers rose 15% YoY to 182M, despite losing 1.5M in Russia
Spotify Technology SA sank as a flat margin outlook failed to energize investors who have stuck with the stock through …
Google Cloud reports $5.82B in Q1 sales, up from $4.05B YoY and above estimates of $5.75B, and an operating loss of $931M, down from $974M YoY
Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE :
Nasdaq closes down 3.95% to a 52-week low led by tech stocks, including Tesla down 12.2%, Coinbase down 5.9%, Netflix down 5.5%, Apple down 3.7%, Meta down 3.2%
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Tuesday with shares selling off into the close, as investors dumped equities on fears of an economic slowdown.
Alphabet says that its board of directors authorized $70B in share repurchases, a major step up from 2021's $50B authorization and 2019's $25B authorization
Kif Leswing / CNBC : Tweets: @buhardeenimtiaz Tweets: @buhardeenimtiaz : It's a good time for our companies and Directors to go for a Share buyback and purchase of shares. Alphabet announces $70 bill...
Now that Elon Musk has signed a deal to take Twitter private, a look at what's next, including a shareholder vote, Musk gathering cash, and regulatory approvals
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says 10M+ people have streamed games over Xbox Cloud Gaming, but does not offer a definition for what counts as a streamed game
A federal judge denies Elon Musk's request to scrap a 2018 SEC settlement that requires pre-approval for some of his tweets about Tesla
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Elon Musk's request to scrap a 2018 settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that required some of his tweets to be preapproved.
Sources: Twitter locked down product updates through Friday to limit unauthorized changes by miffed employees after accepting Elon Musk's $44B bid
Sources: Twitch is considering cutting the revenue share for top creators in its partner program to 50%, from 70%, among other changes to boost its revenue
Twitch, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned live-streaming website, is weighing potential changes to how it pays top talent …
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue of $49.4B, up 18% YoY, net income of $16.7B, up 8% YoY, Office revenue up 12%, LinkedIn revenue up 34%, Windows OEM revenue up 11%
Microsoft - Investor Relations :
A leaked document written by some Facebook ad team privacy engineers: Meta has an inadequate level of “control and explainability over how our systems use data”
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE :
Twitter says recent “fluctuations in follower counts” of high-profile accounts after news of Elon Musk's takeover were “organic”, but is still looking into it
for one thing, if you're leaving Twitter over Elon Musk, you're not exactly apolitical. https://twitter.com/... Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix : If this is really organic, as the company asserts, the...
Alphabet reports YouTube Q1 ad revenue of $6.87B, up 14% YoY but below estimates of $7.48B, and blames Q1 2021's “exceptional” direct response ad performance
An in-depth look at how governments in 60+ countries have enacted 935+ internet blackouts since 2016 to control populations and silence dissent
Seven years, 60 countries, 935 internet shutdowns: How authoritarian regimes found an off switch for dissent. — PROLOGUE — Special operation and peace Tweets: @lvandenassum , @aymanm , @violazhouy...
Sources: SoftBank and Arm are close to an agreement to regain control of Arm China and oust its rogue CEO Allen Wu; Wu was fired in 2020 but refused to leave
SoftBank Group Corp. and its subsidiary Arm Ltd. are closing in on an agreement to regain control of the chipmaker's China operations …
Robinhood plans to lay off ~9% of its full-time employees, after growing its headcount from 700 to nearly 3,800 between 2019 to 2021
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Doppler, which offers encrypted tools for developers to manage app secrets, raises a $20M Series A led by CRV
Secrets management, or the use of tools to access and create digital authentication credentials, was growing in adoption pre-pandemic. But as the health crises forced businesses …
Twitter confirms it quietly “limit[ed] the visibility” of promotional tweets via its ad platform about HBO documentary Q: Into the Storm in 2021
Twitter told the director of “Q: Into the Storm” it had “made the decision not to allow promotion of this documentary” when he tried to advertise the film. Tweets: @joshuaerlich , @dellcam , @wexler ,...
Israeli startup ARMO, which develops the open source Kubescape tool to secure Kubernetes projects, raises a $30M Series A led by Tiger Global and Hyperwise
Google Cloud launches Media CDN, which lets media customers deliver content using the same infrastructure that powers YouTube, including tools for ad insertion
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Real-time TV ad measurement service iSpot.tv raises $325M from Goldman Sachs and says it had $75M in revenue in 2021, up from $51M in 2020
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal :
Wipro agreed to acquire SAP consulting firm Rizing Intermediate Holdings for $540M; Wipro expects the deal to close before June 30
Sources: WhatsApp plans to launch cashback rewards in India to lure more customers to its p2p payments service, alongside incentives for merchants
Reuters : Tweets: @shiraovide , @adityakalra , @munsifv , @sayshaina , and @munsifv Tweets: Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : I continue to watch with interest to see if Facebook can turn WhatsApp into a r...
Enveil, which is working on tools that use homomorphic encryption, raises a $25M Series B led by USAA, after a $10M Series A in February 2020
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Silicon photonics startup Ayar Labs, which makes optical interconnect chips for high-performance computing, raises a $130M Series C from Nvidia, Intel, others
Dylan Martin / The Register :
Eurora, which uses AI to automate e-commerce shipping compliance in the EU, raises a $40M Series A led by Connected Capital
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Sources: the EU plans to open a San Francisco office to engage with Silicon Valley tech giants under scrutiny from newly adopted EU rules, such as DMA and DSA
Samuel Stolton / Politico : Tweets: @cbjola , @politicoeurope , @claesdevreese , @quinnypig , @michel_ehrlich , and @carnage4life Tweets: @cbjola : Great news @TechambDK, @TFletcher ! The #EU is abou...
Tampa-based Coherent, which offers no-code tools to create APIs from business logic within a spreadsheet, raises a $75M Series B led by Maverick Capital
Chris J. Preimesberger / VentureBeat :
Corporate data management and security startup Veza, formerly Cookie.ai, raises $50M led by Accel at a $500M valuation
Kevin McLaughlin / The Information :
Mavrck, which helps brands and media companies connect with influencers, raises $135M, after raising $120M in December 2021, and acquires Linkin.bio maker Later
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Sources: negotiations between Congressional lawmakers on online privacy policies include limits on tech giants' collection, storage, and use of personal info
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @kent_walker Tweets: Kent Walker / @kent_walker : As @johndmckinnon says, hurdles still loom to getting privacy passed before the midterms. There is a...
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