In a preliminary view, the EU says Apple has abused its dominance in mobile payments by limiting competitors' access to the NFC chips in iPhones
EU preliminary findings say US group limits rivals' access to ‘tap and go’ technology — Brussels regulators have charged Apple … Source: European Commission .
Spain says its PM's and defense minister's phones were infected by NSO's Pegasus spyware in 2021, which will be investigated by Spain's highest criminal court
Minister for presidency says ‘illicit’ targeting will be investigated by Spain's highest criminal court
Hacking Russian targets was once considered off-limits by some, but after invading Ukraine the country has been hit by an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks
Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber-assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia
Solana's network suffered another outage on Saturday, lasting seven hours, when NFT minting tool Candy Machine was hit with bots, leading to ~4M requests/second
It wasn't immediately clear how the bot traffic overcame network safeguards. — Solana stakeholders rushed to right …
European game publisher Embracer buys Square Enix's three Western game studios, with many game series including Tomb Raider and Dues Ex, and their IP, for $300M
$300 million deal includes “over 50” classic games' rights, over 1,000 devs. — On Monday, Japanese game publisher Square-Enix confirmed …
Sources: location data of millions of Grindr users were collected from a digital ad network and sold since at least 2017; Grindr says it has cut the data flow
Gay-dating app's user locations were collected and sold via ad networks since at least 2017; Grindr says it has curtailed the data it shares
Yuga Labs raises ~$320M by selling 55K virtual land plots in its Otherside metaverse, causing Ethereum blockchain ripple effects and skyrocketing gas fees
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business … Ivan Mehta / TNW : How the BAYC metaverse mint raised Ethereum gas fees to thousands of dollars Emma Roth / The Verge : Bored Ape Yacht...
A look at Jony Ive's evolving responsibilities and frustrations at Apple that eventually led to his June 2019 resignation, adapted from the book “After Steve”
AFTER STEVE: HOW APPLE BECAME A TRILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY AND LOST ITS SOUL Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog : How Apple's ‘Corporate Bloat’ Forced Jony Ive to Depart, Details Upcoming Book Eric Sliv...
Internal FTC survey: overall satisfaction among staff has dropped from 89% in 2020 to 60% in 2021; in an email, Lina Khan pledges to fix sinking staff morale
Under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the Federal Trade Commission has consistently ranked in the top five … Tweets: @cswilsonftc , @cswilsonftc , @heynottheface , @cswilsonftc , @opin...
Google confirms it fired AI researcher Satrajit Chatterjee; sources: he was fired after Google declined to publish his paper rebutting a celebrated Nature paper
The researchers are considered a key to the company's future. But they have had a hard time shaking infighting and controversy over a variety of issues.
The Wikimedia Foundation decides to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations following community feedback, citing Mozilla's similar move in January 2022
India-based Open, a neobanking service for SMBs, raises a $50M Series D led by IIFL Finance at a $1B valuation
Neobanking platform Open has raised $50 million at a valuation of $1 billon, doubling its valuation from $500 million during its last fundraise in October 2021.
Mozilla analysis of 32 mental health and prayer apps shows 29 have lax privacy and security practices and collect large amounts of data
Prayer apps were also worse than other categories — As a category, mental health apps have worse privacy protections for users than most other types of apps … Source: Mozilla Foundation .
A look at how central banks are increasingly using Instagram as inflation rises; Bank Indonesia is the most-followed with 699K, followed by Venezuela and Brazil
The world's central banks are mixing it with wellness influencers, makeup experts and amateur chefs on Instagram as they increasingly turn … Tweets: @samsonellis , @b50 , @deepcutstweets , @samsonelli...
Lego plans to triple the number of software engineers on staff to 1,800 by 2023, with ~400 based in Copenhagen, and increase digital investments
World's largest toymaker has long feared digital world could erode the appeal of its bricks — Lego plans to triple its number of software engineers …
Apple says it will remove apps that haven't been updated in three years and have few downloads from the App Store, extends the time to update from 30 to 90 days
Apple's Q2 warning that supply shortages could hurt sales by up to $8B is a sign of overdependence on China for final device assembly, testing, and packaging
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Study finds the US FAFSA application page shared users' info, including names, zip codes, and email addresses, with Meta via the company's tracking pixel
apparently including while doing something as private as applying for government financial aid. Read the full report from @suryamattu and @colinlecher today. https://themarkup.org/... Frank Bajak / @f...
Waltz Health, whose search tool helps patients compare drug prices across marketplaces and pharmacies, emerges from stealth with a $35.4M Series A led by GV
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Cogni, a digital bank aimed at users aged 18-to-35 with plans to launch crypto and Web3-focused banking services, raises a $23M Series A
Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch : Tweets: @solanaventures and @getcogni Tweets: @solanaventures : Excited to back Cogni on their quest to bring web3 banking to the masses ! https://techcrunch.com/... Co...
Paris-based Reveal, a B2B service that shares CRM data to help businesses collaborate on sales opportunities, raises a $50M Series A led by Insight Partners
Megha Paul / Tech.eu :
LinearB, which helps developers improve efficiency by providing engineering analytics and workflow optimization, raises a $50M Series B led by Tribe Capital
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
CommandBar, an in-app search and navigation tool that lets web apps personalize user onboarding and offer shortcuts for common actions, raises a $19M Series A
Adept, which aims to build AI systems that can understand and automate any software process, emerges from stealth with $65M led by Greylock and Addition
Government data: China's internet companies raised $3.51B in Q1 2022, down 76.7% YoY from $15B+, and the number of startup funding deals declined 38.3% YoY
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.