Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin venture TBD plans to launch a “Web 5” platform, using the Ion network, focused on decentralized identity and data storage for applications
TBD, the Bitcoin-focused venture first announced last spring, unveiled an ambitious effort Friday to build a decentralized Web platform dubbed “Web 5.”
Sources: a Meta probe that began in Fall 2021 is investigating Sandberg's use of corporate resources for personal projects, including her Lean In foundation
Review focuses on the extent to which staffers worked on her personal projects — The lawyers investigating Facebook operating …
CEO Daniel Ek: Spotify plans to use the freemium model for audiobooks; the DOJ is reviewing Spotify's yet-to-close acquisition of audiobook distributor Findaway
This article first ran in Hot Pod Insider, The Verge's audio industry newsletter. — Spotify wants to make audiobooks the next pillar of its business.
AT&T says it is the first operator in the world to achieve 20 Gbps download and upload speeds with a production fiber network
Back in January, AT&T launched impressive speeds up to 5 Gbps with its fiber internet service in over 70 US cities. Now AT&T fiber is out with the news …
Elon Musk's Starlink has become an unexpected lifeline in Ukraine, on the battlefield and in the war for public opinion, impressing many Western militaries
UkraineX: — How Elon Musk's space satellites changed the war on the ground — From artillery strikes to Zoom calls,
Dutch ACM says Apple's latest changes to App Store rules, which let developers of dating apps choose payment methods, meet local and EU competition requirements
It's still unhappy about the carve-out for dating apps in the Netherlands — Apple announced on Friday that it once again updated …
A week with Dall-E 2, OpenAI's text-to-image AI tool that is in private research beta and feels like a breakthrough in the history of consumer tech
I remember the first time I Shazam'd a song, summoned an Uber, and streamed myself live using Meerkat. What makes these moments stand out …
The UK's CMA plans a market investigation into Apple's cloud gaming restrictions via its App Store alongside Apple and Google's market power in mobile browsers
see the ongoing wrangles with Meta over Giphy @privacymatters : 1/ The @CMAgovUK has published its final report into the ‘Mobile ecosystems market study’ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u k/ ......
An interview with Apple's Craig Federighi and VP of Design Alan Dye on the new features in iOS 16 for customizing lock screens
Your iPhone's Lock Screen is the first thing you see when you pick up your phone. It's also the face you present to the world and those who might glance …
Pixalate study: of the 1,000 most popular apps used by children, 67% in Apple's App Store and 76% in the Google Play Store send the ad industry location data
Apple and Google just look the other way. Here's how we stop it. — Imagine if a stranger parked in front of a child's bedroom window to peep inside. Tweets: @geoffreyfowler , @gregbensinger , @emma...
Experts say Amazon's encrypted messaging app Wickr Me is full of child sex abuse images and the company is not taking basic safety measures to prevent sharing
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As Axie Infinity's economy and the value of its tokens crumbled, and gamers' earnings crashed, Sky Mavis started downplaying financial aspects of the game
Over the course of his life, Alejo Lopez de Armentia has played video games for a variety of reasons.
Oregon-based Boulder Care, a telehealth provider focused on medical treatment and support for people overcoming substance use disorders, raised a $36M Series B
Boulder Care, a Portland, Oregon-based telehealth provider focused on medical treatment and support for people overcoming substance …
CEO Bobby Kotick says Activision Blizzard is opening collective bargaining negotiations with Raven Software workers who recently voted to join a union
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The US military is embracing video gaming culture to attract and retain talent, but faces internal challenges and fierce outside criticism for doing so
The military is embracing video gaming culture, but faces internal challenges and outside criticism for doing so — In May, the U.S. military created a new rivalry. Tweets: @amyjnelsonphd and @launch...
Alibaba's stock fell 8.1% on Thursday after its Ant Group unit said it has no plans to revive its IPO and a key regulator said it had not evaluated the listing
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Arduino, maker of open-source microcontrollers for hardware developers, raised a $32M Series B from Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Arm, Renesas, and Anzu
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Sources: some US news outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta weighs ending fees for news; annual fees averaged $20M+ for NYT, $15M+ for WaPo, and $10M+ for WSJ
Daily News Snapshots — Draghi's ECB Consigned to History … Anusuya Lahiri / Benzinga : Facebook Appears To Migrate Investments From News To Better Compete With TikTok Tweets: @s_m_i : i legit checke...
Recruiters say hiring in some tech sectors is holding firm; Indeed.com: US developer job postings are up 120% on an early 2020 pre-coronavirus pandemic baseline
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Sources: delivery startup Gorillas, which raised $1B in October 2021, is cutting staff, reducing free-spending policies, and considering closing four warehouses
Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg : Tweets: @mhbergen , @shiraovide , @aulia , @cdanuloff , @eliotwb , and @aggichristiane Tweets: Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : “A Slack channel set up for employees to flag susp...
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.