MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2) review: still fast with excellent battery life, but just two USB-C ports, design is from 2016, and webcam is still bad
Apple has put a 2022 CPU in a 2016 computer — I don't really care what the M2 MacBook Pro gets on benchmarks.
An internal Amazon memo from mid-2021 discusses running out of potential US warehouse workers to hire by 2024 and suggests some remedies, such as raising wages
Unions might not be the tech giant's biggest labor threat. — Amazon is facing a looming crisis: It could run out of people …
As part of its new Responsible AI Standard rules, Microsoft plans to remove Azure's facial analysis tools, which can guess gender, age, and emotional state
The technology giant will stop offering automated tools that predict a person's gender, age and emotional state and will restrict the use of its facial recognition tool.
Nothing confirms phone (1) will not be available widely in the US and might not work well on some carriers, as it focuses on “home markets” in the UK and Europe
It looks like Americans and Canadians are getting ... nothing. — Carl Pei's buzzy phone firm …
Amazon unveils new robotic tech for its warehouses, including Proteus, its “first fully autonomous mobile robot” meant to safely move large carts around workers
It can pick things up, put them down, and move them around — Amazon has announced its “first fully autonomous mobile robot …
Meta agrees to alter its ad targeting and pay a $115,054 fine to settle a DOJ discrimination lawsuit for allegedly limiting which Facebook users saw housing ads
HUD had accused Meta of engaging in housing discrimination by letting advertisers restrict who could see housing ads on Facebook based … Source: Meta and U.S. Department of Justice .
Google redesigns News, elevating local news and fact checks, and relaunches the service in Spain after eight years, following Spain adopting EU copyright rules
Google News is relaunching in Spain almost eight years after it shut down to avoid paying publishers when the country introduced …
Tether plans to launch a stablecoin pegged to the British pound in July, dubbed GBPT, initially available on Ethereum, its fifth fiat-pegged stablecoin
- Tether has launched a new stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the British pound. — It will be initially available on Ethereum.
Twitter partners with Shopify to launch a sales channel app, letting US merchants sell their products through Twitter's Shopping Manager
As part of its ongoing efforts to expand into e-commerce, Twitter today announced a new partnership with Shopify. The deal will see Twitter launching …
Internal memo: two of Amazon's top Black executives, SVP of logistics warehouses Alicia Boler Davis and VP of transportation services Dave Bozeman, are leaving
Two of Amazon.com Inc.'s top Black executives are leaving amid a management shakeup as Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy puts …
Researchers detail fundamental cryptography flaws in MEGA's end-to-end encryption scheme that could let the cloud storage service decipher stored files
Fundamental flaws uncovered in Mega's encryption scheme show service can read your data. — In the decade since larger … Source: MEGA: Malleable Encryption Goes Awry .
Crypto broker Voyager says its exposure to Three Arrows Capital consists of 15,250 bitcoin and $350M USDC; Voyager might issue a “notice of default”
The crypto broker said it's on the hook for about $370 million of bitcoin and $350 million of USDC and has asked for a repayment installment by Friday. Source: PR Newswire .
GitHub launches Copilot AI, which suggests lines of code to developers, out of preview for $10/month or $100/year and says 1.2M+ tried the preview in 12 months
Free for students and maintainers of popular open-source projects — Microsoft-owned GitHub is launching its Copilot AI tool today …
An analysis of how Apple's ATT approach is blatantly anti-competitive and harms targeted advertising that is an essential ingredient to the new internet economy
Last week the German Bundeskartellamt ("Federal Cartel Office") announced in a press release:
A DARPA report finds blockchains are vulnerable to “unintended centralities”, such as powerful new crypto miners, that could pervasively affect their security
The report points to a handful of, “unintended centralities,” it argues could concentrate blockchain power in the hands of a few select individuals or groups. Source: Trail of Bits .
Slack plans to add support for video calling to Huddles, rolling out in the fall
Adding video to Slack's popular Huddles feature could herald a new digital hang space—or just reinvent the video meetings wheel. — In the Before Times, we used to huddle in real life.
Twitter tests Twitter Notes with select users, for creating long-form content with rich text formatting and uploaded media that can be tweeted upon publishing
In what could be one of Twitter's more significant changes since doubling the character count from 140 to 280 characters …
Shopify plans to expand its business-to-business commerce tools, as the company seeks to overturn its stock decline and compete with Amazon
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Amazon names Doug Herrington, a 17-year company veteran, as its new CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, weeks after predecessor Dave Clark announced his resignation
Hired: despite D&I initiatives, female African American tech workers earned $0.92 for every $1 a white male counterpart earned in 2021, down from $0.94 in 2020
As American corporations announce a record number of diversity and inclusion initiatives, Silicon Valley has seen … Source: Hired .
Crypto exchange FalconX, which focuses on institutions, has raised a $150M Series D led by GIC and B Capital at an $8B valuation, up from $3.75B in August 2021
Despite a rocky couple of months for crypto, San Francisco-based FalconX locked up a $150 million Series D and more than doubled its valuation from just 10 months ago.
Hong Kong court records: crypto exchange Huobi has launched a lawsuit against a former executive over accusations he made $5M trading against a Huobi account
Employee allegedly made $5mn after setting up a retail account in his father's name — A former senior manager at Huobi …
Shopify launches expanded NFT integrations for merchants, including letting customers unlock special products, perks, and experiences
Tomio Geron / Protocol : Tweets: @mdudas , @dennishegstad , and @bradmichelson Tweets: Mike D🫡das / @mdudas : merchants are going to love having the ability to market directly to nft communities, big...
Blockchain payments infrastructure company Roxe plans to go public via SPAC on the Nasdaq, valuing it at $3.6B
- Blockchain payments infrastructure company Roxe has announced plans to list on the Nasdaq via a SPAC called Goldenstone Acquisition. — The company says it will be valued at $3.6 billion after the m...
Binance.US plans to eliminate fees for spot bitcoin trading for all customers, in a bid to attract new investors
Exchange's users can trade bitcoin for the U.S. dollar, tether, other stablecoins without spot trading fees — Cryptocurrency exchange Binance.US said it is eliminating fees on spot bitcoin trading f...
NSO Group General Counsel Chaim Gelfand tells EU lawmakers that at least five EU countries used Pegasus and says the company “made mistakes”
The Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on Tuesday told European lawmakers at least five EU countries have used its software and the firm …
How a quiet partnership between US tech companies, US and NATO intel agencies, and Ukrainian hackers helped blunt Russia's offensive cyber capabilities
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 // (IG): BB //Weekly Sponsor: UNDERWORLD BJJ Mark Halperin / Wide World of News : In the Clearing Stands a Boxer Tweets: @hkanji : “The Ukrainians have gotten really good at r...
Analysis finds HiMama and other popular daycare apps lack 2FA and have privacy-compromising features like trackers that were not disclosed in privacy policies
Last year, several parents at EFF enrolled kids into daycare and were instantly told to download an application for managing their children's care.
Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground signs a first-look deal with Amazon's Audible; Spotify: “we declined to extend our deal”
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The CEO and COO of Pornhub's parent company MindGeek resign, after an investigative report on the site's years of hosting nonconsensual sexually explicit videos
In its first annual report, Meta's Oversight Board says the company has made some progress but needs to improve transparency on content removals
Oversight Board issues annual report outlining the company's compliance with policy recommendations — More than a year after its creation … Source: Oversight Board .
Israeli startup AiVF, which uses AI to increase the predictability and success rates of IVF treatments, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners
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Wikimedia Enterprise, a paid service for reusing and sourcing Wikimedia content in high volume, announces Google and the Internet Archive as its first clients
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The EU says TikTok agreed to curb undisclosed ads by altering its branded content policy and ad reporting options and to ban promoting “inappropriate products”
Katie Collins / CNET : Source: European Commission .
Las Vegas-based Prime Trust, which offers crypto infrastructure tools, raised a $107M Series B, following a $65M Series A in July 2021
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk :
Germany-based Wingcopter, a delivery drone startup for transporting medical supplies, raised a $42M Series A extension, tripling its total funding to $60M+
Jack Daleo / FreightWaves :
Leap, which offers online resources like visa assistance to help Indians study abroad, raised $75M led by Owl Ventures at a nearly $1B valuation
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg :
Accel announces a $4B global, late-stage fund, after announcing $3B across funds for early- and growth-stage startups in June 2021
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch :
After Tesla shifted entirely to online car sales in 2019, other US automakers could follow suit, seeking lower costs and wider distribution
Paul Stenquist / New York Times : Tweets: @allendowney , @dealbook , @erikloomis , @sawyermerritt , @nytimesbusiness , @nytimesbusiness , and @nytimesbusiness Tweets: Allen Downey / @allendowney : I ...
Cambridge, UK-based Gearset, which offers DevOps tools for Salesforce, raised $55M led by Silversmith Capital Partners
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SoftBank Group International CEO Michel Combes is leaving his post after five months and will be replaced by SBGI Managing Partner Alex Clavel on June 30
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Munich-based Personio, maker of cloud-based HR and recruiting software for SMBs, raised a $200M Series E extension at a $8.5B valuation led by Greenoaks Capital
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
The Canadian government approves legislation that will compel YouTube, TikTok, and streaming services to boost domestic content; the law now heads to the Senate
Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @paulvieira See also Mediagazer Tweets: Paul Vieira / @paulvieira : Canada approved legislation that targets what video- and audio-sharing platforms like Y...
London-based CloudNC, which seeks to automate manufacturing using AI, raised a $45M Series B led by Autodesk; other backers included Lockheed Martin and Atomico
Ataccama, which offers enterprise data management and governance tools, raised $150M from Bain Capital, source says at a $550M valuation
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China's Bilibili launches a paywall for some videos, as it seeks to diversify revenue after its market cap dropped from ~$54B in February to $10B+ this month
Josh Ye / Reuters : Tweets: @therealjoshye , @therealjoshye , and @therealjoshye Tweets: Josh Ye / @therealjoshye : Chinese video platform Bilibili , has launched a paywall for some of its videos as ...
Sources: three Better.com senior executives resigned, following other executive departures, mass layoffs, and a lawsuit alleging the company misled investors
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