In an email to staff, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company will cut spending on marketing and incentives, treat hiring as a “privilege”, and more
- Uber will slash spending on marketing and incentives and treat hiring as a “privilege,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an email to staff on Sunday.
The White House says 20 ISPs, including Verizon, Comcast, and Charter, have agreed to offer $30 per month 100 Mbps internet service to low-income families
The White House said Monday 20 internet service providers have agreed to offer $30 high-speed internet plans to low-income families …
Bitcoin falls by up to 4.6% to $32,800, its lowest level since July 2021, as investors back away from risky investments; Cardano, Polkadot, and others also drop
Bitcoin slumped to a level last seen in July 2021, part of a wider retreat in cryptocurrencies triggered by a global flight from riskier investments.
Sources: Instagram will launch an NFT pilot, with Ether, Polygon, Solana, and Flow integrations, on Monday in the US and will not charge users for sharing NFTs
NFTs from some of the most popular blockchain networks for crypto art are coming to Instagram with the announcement of a pilot …
Costa Rica's president declares a state of emergency after the Conti ransomware group published 672GB of data that appears to be from government agencies
The Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has declared a national emergency following cyber attacks from Conti ransomware group on multiple government bodies.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will begin testing digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram, starting with select US creators, and won't charge for sharing NFTs
Meta will start testing digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, according to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Source: Facebook .
Sources: as China restricts access during the pandemic, Apple is relying more on local engineers, using live streaming and AR to help US staff monitor progress
Tech giant passes more authority to local workers, uses live streaming and augmented reality to ensure products made in China come out on time
Tesla stock has fallen nearly 30% since Elon Musk disclosed his Twitter stake, as investors worry about the deal's structure and Twitter becoming a distraction
The chief executive's debt load, his divided attention and Twitter's own challenges could all take a toll on his electric-car company.
Opinion: Apple has the technical chops to safely open up its NFC chip for third party payments apps, and the main reason it is not doing it is the revenue
Oil fluctuated as investors weighed a pledge by the G7 … John Gruber / Daring Fireball : ★ Noted Interaction Design and Security Expert Margrethe Vestager Redesigns the iPhone's NFC Support Ewdison Th...
Palantir reports Q1 revenue rose 31% YoY to $446M but forecasts Q2 revenue will be below estimates at $470M, a 25% YoY growth rate; stock drops 16%+
Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR.N) forecast second-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations on Monday, indicating slowing sales growth …
Google Play bans “downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps” in Russia over sanctions, after halting purchases of paid apps and subscriptions in March
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
Ian Goodfellow, Apple's director of ML, is leaving due to its return to work policy, saying in a note that “more flexibility would have been the best policy”
Pyramid, which develops business intelligence and analytics tools, raises a $120M Series E at a “nearly” $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $211M
Business intelligence is an increasingly well-funded category in the software-as-a-service market.
WhatsApp announces Message Reactions, support for sharing files up to 2GB in size, and is rolling out the ability to add up to 512 people to a group
An interview with former SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure on his investment firm Claure Group, his current relationship with Masayoshi Son, helming WeWork, and more
Bloomberg Línea — For many, Bolivia-born Marcelo Claure (51), former SoftBank COO, was a kind of King Midas …
Hugging Face, which is building an open source library for natural language processing tech, raises a $100M Series C at a $2B valuation led by Lux Capital
Newly valued at $2 billion, the AI 50 debutant originated as a chatbot for teenagers. Now, it has aspirations …
If Roe v. Wade gets overturned, any location and search data about users collected by tech companies might be used in abortion-related criminal prosecutions
Ina Fried / Axios :
Czech Republic-based DoDo Group, which specializes in last-mile B2B logistics tech and has 2,000 couriers in seven countries, raises a €60M Series B
Omar Faridi / Crowdfund Insider :
Egypt-based Paymob, which lets merchants accept digital payments online and in-store, raises a $50M Series B, bringing its total raised to $68.5M+
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :
Israeli startup RGo Robotics, which is developing AI-based perception tech for robots in complex environments, emerges from stealth with a $20M Series A
Alissa Abrahami / Geektime :
Some tech workers in Latin America advocate for Spanish-language training and a Spanish programming language, even as the best IT jobs still require English
Despite Apple's investment in AR, its lack of Safari support for web-based AR lags browser providers like Google and Samsung, who have supported WebXR for years
“AR is going to change the way we use technology forever.” For the past five years, Tim Cook has used every possible opportunity … Tweets: @mikarv , @zeh , @jank0 , and @protocol . Thanks: @jank0 Twe...
Samsung is under growing pressure from investors over its inaction on committing to reducing fossil fuel emissions, as Apple, TSMC, and SK Hynix have done
Christian Davies / Financial Times : Tweets: @pksbertoli and @crsdavies Tweets: Per Kristian Sbertoli / @pksbertoli : It's time for @Samsung to also commit to 100% renewable energy. Good to see that ...
Profile of AltStore, which has been downloaded 1.5M times since its launch in 2019, as it rolls out a curated section to make sideloading apps on iOS easier
Axiomatic Gaming, the parent of esports organization Team Liquid, raises $35M led by Ares Management, valuing Team Liquid at $415M
South Korean startup Bucketplace, known for its home decorating app Ohouse, raises a $182M Series D, sources say at a post-money valuation of around $1.4B
Kate Park / TechCrunch :
Interview with RISC-V International CEO Calista Redmond about the non-profit that oversees the open-source processor technology, industry adoption, and more
Sleuth, an AI-powered tool that integrates with software development toolchains to measure developer productivity, raises a $22M Series A led by Felicis
UK sanctions Baikal Electronics and MCST, Russia's most important chipmakers, denying them access to the ARM architecture
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
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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.