Netflix rolls out a button for iOS and iPadOS users to take them directly to its site to sign up, which avoids the App Store cut via an API for “reader apps”
Earlier this year, Apple began allowing “reader” apps to provide external links for customers so they can log in and pay …
Filing: Voyager says the restructuring proposal by FTX and Alameda is “a low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue” that disrupts the bankruptcy process
Crypto platform Voyager Digital LLC said a joint offer proposed by FTX and Alameda is a “low-ball bid” …
Sources: the new “Pro” Apple Watch will have a roughly 7% larger screen, new design, and case with a more durable titanium formulation to make it more rugged
Apple is set to report earnings this week against the backdrop of an economic downturn and a plan to slow hiring.
Intel plans to manufacture chips for Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek, the first major partnership for Intel Foundry Services; MediaTek will still use TSMC
This will be the x86 giant's first major foundry customer — Intel will manufacture chips for Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek …
Apple announces a rare retail discount for the iPhone 13 Pro series, select AirPods, and Watches in China between July 29 and August 1
Apple Inc. announced a rare retail promotion in China on Monday, offering four days of discounts on its top-tier iPhones and related accessories in advance …
Bitfinex and Tether partner with P2P infrastructure developer Hypercore to launch the Holepunch protocol and peer-to-peer encrypted video calling app Keet
- Bitfinex and Tether have launched Keet: a peer-to-peer video calling app. — The two companies have invested $10 million to date …
Layer 1 blockchain Aptos Labs has raised a $150M Series A led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto, bringing its total raised in 2022 to $350M
The team is looking to bring the Diem blockchain back to life. — Layer 1 blockchain Aptos Labs, which is made up of former employees …
China asks 100 companies operating in Shenzhen, including Foxconn, Huawei, and ZTE, to operate in a “closed loop” for seven days to combat a COVID-19 outbreak
China has forced some of its biggest companies, including iPhone maker Foxconn and oil producer CNOOC Ltd. …
Q&A with Microsoft corporate VP Charles Lamanna on low-code/no-code tools and the Power Platform, which he says has 7M MAUs and grew its revenue 72% YoY to $2B+
Despite the fact that enterprise tech is still trying to figure out exactly where it fits, Charles Lamanna is all in on low-code software development.
A profile of crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy, who has amassed ~1.5M subscribers on YouTube by offering jargon-filled advice on cryptocurrencies
Ben Armstrong is one of a handful of influencers who have gained huge followings by offering advice on cryptocurrency. Tweets: @ruskin147 and @goldman Tweets: Rory Cellan-Jones / @ruskin147 : The cryp...
A look at the April 2022 attack on the internet in France; perpetrators surgically cut “backbone cables” in three locations around Paris in around two hours
As new details about the scope of the sabotage emerge, the perpetrators—and the reason for their vandalism—remain unknown.Tweets:@tiagodfand@twshilohTweets:Tiago Dias /@tiagodf:At present, there's lit...
A global shortage of fiber optic cable has driven up prices and lengthened lead times, especially in Europe, India, and China, casting a shadow over 5G rollouts
Rising prices of critical components casts shadow over 5G rollout and development of data centres
New Zealand's internet safety group Netsafe says Meta, Google, Amazon, TikTok, and Twitter have agreed to self-regulate to reduce harmful content in the country
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Meta launches Music Revenue Sharing to let creators include licensed music in their 60+ second Facebook videos and earn a 20% share of in-stream ad revenue
Meta announced today that creators on Facebook can now earn money through their Facebook videos that use licensed music.
European investing app Shares, which launched in the UK two months ago and has 150K+ users, raised $40M led by Valar Ventures, bringing its total raised to $90M
Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures is leading a $40 million financing round into European investing app Shares.
How Apple, Amazon, and Google are trying to win live sports streaming rights by persuading skeptical leagues to switch from traditional TV and cable networks
but not on your TV Tim Baysinger / Axios : Google makes NFL Sunday Ticket a three-way race Mike Florio / NBCSports.com : Report: Google has made a bid for Sunday Ticket Jose Montes de Oca / Newslit Da...
Zomato stock dropped 14%+ to a record low after a lock-in period expired, giving the company a market cap of $4.2B, down from $13.2B on its IPO debut year ago
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London-based Altruistiq, which offers SaaS tools to help companies analyze and reduce their carbon emissions, raised a £15M seed led by Molten Ventures
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A look at the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which privacy experts say might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law
Google employees, kept in the dark about firm's sale of advanced AI tools to Israel, say it could bolster Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestine
Sam Biddle / The Intercept : Tweets: @timnitgebru , @amnestytech , @jathansadowski , and @samfbiddle Tweets: Timnit Gebru / @timnitgebru : “documents indicate that the new cloud would give Israel cap...
Report: CEO of Chinese smartphone brand Honor said the company pulled its team out of India, where authorities have been investigating Chinese smartphone firms
Jiaxing Li / South China Morning Post :
Internal docs from 2017 show Roblox's plan for China expansion: censorship compliance, expecting to be hacked and copied by partners like Tencent, and more
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Analysis: between 2000 and June 1, 2022, Apple applied for and published 248 automobile-related patents, most related to communication and navigation
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An in-depth look at the research collaboration between NASA and the FAA since 2017 to write new US airspace rules for safely accommodating millions of drones
and maybe one day, people https://www.bloomberg.com/... @bw : If drone delivery becomes widespread, the sky could be filled with scores of drones. Go inside the massive undertaking to keep them from c...
How the nearly two-year-old chip shortage upended Detroit's car manufacturing, which a historian says may be the biggest disruption since the 1970s fuel crisis
How China's mass collection of personal info and its new, unevenly enforced data security rules contribute to a thriving underground market for stolen data
A look at China's efforts to grow its chip industry by focusing on the most demanded and basic technologies, such as microcontrollers and power supply chips
most in demand in the shortage. w/ @lizalinwsj https://www.wsj.com/... Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : @DanStrumpf @lizalinwsj China is slated to build 31 major semiconductor factories, known as fabs, b...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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