Google says Hangouts will shut down in November as it begins prompting mobile Hangouts users to move to Chat
It'll start moving mobile Hangouts users to Chat today — After sunsetting Google Hangouts for Workspace users in February, Google's now beginning the process of migrating free, personal Hangouts use...
Analysis of Stardust period tracking app, the top free app on the US App Store on June 25, shows it shares users' phone numbers with analytics company Mixpanel
This Privacy Policy explains how Stardust App LLC. Tweets: @motherboard : Menstrual tracking app Stardust is one of Apple's top three most-downloaded free apps right now. It's also one of few apps tha...
How SCOTUS overturning Roe could be used to curb online freedoms and surveil vulnerable populations, as happened to sex workers following FOSTA/SESTA in 2018
FOSTA/SESTA—laws that deplatformed sex workers—helped build the gallows for overturning Roe v. Wade.
After freezing withdrawals, crypto exchange CoinFlex plans to issue a Recovery Value USD token, offering 20% annual returns, seeking to repay a $47M debt
Cryptocurrency exchange CoinFlex plans to raise funds by issuing a new token that will offer a 20% annual return …
a16z's Marc Andreessen and Packy McCormick failing to coherently explain Web3 use cases demonstrates the hollowness of the space, often obscured by boosterism
I cannot stop watching crypto profiteers get owned. … I cannot stop watching videos of Web3 boosters failing to explain the usefulness of the technology.
Stardust's privacy policy said it may share “anonymized, encrypted” data to third parties “whether or not legally required”, before being changed after pushback
Airbnb makes its ban on parties at rented properties, introduced in 2020, permanent, saying the ban “became much more than a public health measure”
But a 16-person cap on rentals has been removed — In 2020, Airbnb introduced a temporary ban on house parties and events …
A look at Plural, a €250M early-stage fund led by Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, Teleport co-founder Sten Tamkivi, Songkick co-founder Ian Hogarth, and others
Until recently Taavet Hinrikus, cofounder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, cofounder of Teleport, had banded together as a sort of ‘mini Angel brand’ known as “Taavet+Sten”.
Sam Bankman-Fried says there are no active talks for FTX to acquire Robinhood; Robinhood says no acquisition can go through without the founders' approval
SBF praises Robinhood, hints at possible partnerships — Crypto exchange FTX is open to partnering with Robinhood Markets …
Google makes Google Earth Engine, which tracks the earth's surface, available to any commercial or government organization using Google Cloud
For the past decade, researchers in academia and the nonprofit world have had access to increasingly sophisticated information about the Earth's surface.
An interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas on the company's plans to pursue M&A deals and expand hiring following its IPO, after Arm China transitioned its leadership
Chief executive Rene Haas lays out ambitious course of expansion for the UK chip designer despite tech downturn
Amazon's Prime Day shopping event, set for July 12-13, appears to be more low-key than previous years, focused on discounting Amazon-made products
After Twitter gives Elon Musk access to its firehose and historical tweet data, experts doubt the data will provide conclusive answers on spam and bots
Billionaire has access to the company's fire hose of tweets, but data specialists say analyzing it isn't easy
SSD benchmarks show the 256GB 13" MacBook Pro with M2 has ~50% slower read and ~30% slower write speeds than the previous generation 256GB MacBook Pro with M1
Paris-based Kaiko, which offers crypto and DeFi market data to institutional investors and businesses, raised a $53M Series B led by Eight Roads
Blockchain analytics firm Kaiko raised $53 million from new and existing investors in its latest financing round, even as crypto-exposed companies …
A Moscow court fines Twitch, Pinterest, Airbnb, and UPS for refusing to store Russian citizens' personal data in Russia
A Moscow court said it had fined video streaming service Twitch, social network Pinterestand United Parcel Service in three of several cases expected on Tuesday …
Netflix plans to grow its investment in the Asia Pacific, which has 15% of Netflix's subscribers and is forecast to be the biggest driver of further expansion
Netflix Inc. is looking to Asia after its shock first-quarter slowdown, seeking to both maintain growth in the one region … Tweets: @financialreview and @shirleyzhaoxy Tweets: @financialreview : Share...
[Thread] A look at the English Premier League soccer clubs' crypto sponsorships and fan tokens, most of which have tanked in value, exposing fans to big losses
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Amazon plans to host two Prime shopping events in a year for the first time, the second one set for Q4 2022, according to a notice sent to third-party merchants
The Amazon Prime Day dates have been revealed to be July 12 and July 13 … The Signal : Surat's diamonds lost in war Jay Peters / The Verge : Amazon is reportedly hosting a second major Prime-exclusive...
Filing: Google asks the US FEC to green light a program that would exempt campaign emails from spam; the GOP alleges Gmail unfairly flags its emails as spam
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to steer my ship.” Tweets: Nate Silver / @natesilver538 : I barely use email tbh and this might be the thing to get me to swear off it for good. https...
A look at DALL-E Mini, a viral image-generation service by Hugging Face based on OpenAI's DALL-E offering good, absurd fun while showing how AI can warp reality
The viral image-generation app is good, absurd fun. It's also giving the world an education in how artificial intelligence may warp reality. Tweets: @weirddalle , @wired , @gadgetlab , @willknight , ...
Voyager Digital issues a default notice to Three Arrows Capital for failing to repay a $650M+ loan; Voyager accessed $75M of credit from Alameda Research
looks like already priced in. https://www.cnbc.com/... Haralabos Voulgaris / @haralabob : Voyager currently has ~$137m in cash + crypto but somehow managed to lend 3AC 15,250 BTC + 350m USD - Holy fuc...
T-Mobile launches App Insights out of beta, letting marketers target its customers based on apps they have installed and engagement patterns; users can opt out
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Privacy advocates say the SmartLINK app, an alternative to ankle monitors, helped ICE increase the number of people it tracks from <6K to 230K+ in three years
and its privacy risks—with @documentedny: https://themarkup.org/... Kate Morrissey / @bgirledukate : I've seen asylum seekers be given phones from ICE that are only for this check in app, but this art...
Siemens plans to acquire Brightly, a North Carolina-based provider of buildings and infrastructure management cloud software, from Clearlake Capital for $1.58B
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FrontApp, which offers the Front customer communications tool, raised $65M led by Salesforce and Battery at a $1.7B post-money valuation, up from $859M in 2020
Customer communication software maker FrontApp Inc. is now valued at $1.7 billion after receiving $65 million in financing led by Salesforce Ventures and Battery Ventures.
Opaque Systems, which is developing tools to work with data in trusted execution environments, raised a $22M Series A led by Walden Catalyst Partners
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
New York-based Gloat, an AI-powered internal jobs board, raised a $90M Series D led by Generation Investment Management, bringing its total funding to $192M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
UK regulators investigate Kristo Käärmann, CEO and co-founder of money transfer company Wise, after tax authorities alleged he failed to pay a £720K+ tax bill
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Long-Term Stock Exchange, a Silicon Valley-based rival to the NYSE and Nasdaq, raised $100M from the Walmart family's James Walton and The Space Between
Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @ldrogen Tweets: @ldrogen : This terrible idea still exists? Why? https://twitter.com/...
UK-based Speechmatics, which uses AI to translate speech to text regardless of accent, raised a $62M Series B led by Susquehanna and says it has ~170 clients
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After announcing plans to acquire Blinkit, Zomato's stock dropped 6.6% on Monday and ~8% on Tuesday, 21% below its IPO price, cutting ~$1.1B from its market cap
Ashutosh Joshi / Bloomberg :
New Delhi-based Progcap, a digital bank that provides working capital to SMBs, raised a $40M Series C extension at a $600M valuation, up 3x since September 2021
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
London-based BNPL startup Hokodo raised a $40M Series B led by Notion Capital, following an £8.8M Series A in June 2021
Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News :
Hypercasual video games, with ultrasimple gameplay and low-stakes challenges, are getting more sophisticated as studios fight to retain monetizable players
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal :
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.