Disney announces Disney+ Basic, its ads tier for $7.99 per month, launching in the US on December 8, and raises the ad-free price from $7.99 to $10.99 per month
Disney has set pricing and date for the U.S. launch of the version of Disney+ with ads, while also hiking the monthly price of the Disney+ tier with no ads. Source: The Walt Disney Company .
Ethereum's third and final proof-of-stake test merge goes live on the Goerli test network, a dress rehearsal for the mainnet merge planned for September 2022
- Ethereum has passed the final test for proof of stake merge on Goerli. — The event served as a dress rehearsal for the eventual mainnet merge planned in September.
Cisco confirms the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its network in May 2022; Yanluowang claimed to have stolen 2.75GB of data, or ~3.1K files including NDAs
Cisco confirmed today that the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and that the actor tried … Source: Cisco Talos Intelligence Group .
A detailed look at how Facebook and Instagram opening links in a custom in-app browser on iOS lets Meta track every interaction, including entering passwords
The iOS Instagram and Facebook app render all third party links and ads within their app using a custom in-app browser.
Microsoft and CISA warn users about DogWalk, a now-patched actively exploited RCE vulnerability in Windows 7, 10, 11, and Server 2008 through 2022
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two more flaws to its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, based on evidence of active exploitation. Source: Microsoft...
Disney hit 221.1M global streaming subscribers in Q3, surpassing Netflix's 220.7M in Q3; Disney+ had 152.1M subscribers, Hulu had 46.2M, and ESPN+ had 22.8M
The Walt Disney Company reported on Wednesday that total Disney+ subscriptions rose to 152.1 million during the company's third-quarter, posting better-than-expected results. Source: The Walt Disney C...
An in-depth look at US teenagers and social media in 2022: 95% say they use YouTube, 67% use TikTok, 62% use Instagram, 59% use Snapchat, and 32% use Facebook
TikTok has established itself as one of the top online platforms for U.S. teens, while the share of teens who use Facebook has fallen sharply
Google says Search will use its AI model Multitask Unified Model to find consensus among results for info snippets and expands its “About this result” tool
You know that highlighted piece of text at the very top of a Google search results page when you look up a piece of information?
Sources: Elon Musk's lawyers asked the judge in the Twitter case to compel the company to hand over the names of employees who count spam and bot accounts
Elon Musk is accusing Twitter Inc. of hiding key witnesses in their legal battle over whether he must consummate a $44 billion buyout of the company …
Filings: Elon Musk sold ~7.9M Tesla shares, worth ~$7B, between August 5 and 9, Musk says to avoid “an emergency sale” if a judge forces his Twitter acquisition
Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal :
Twitter outlines its election integrity plans ahead of the US midterms, including redesigned tweet labels and “prebunks” for misleading narratives
Twitter is the place to find real-time, reliable information about the 2022 midterms - whether you're looking for breaking news from reporters …
Following the Nebraska abortion case, Meta tests expanded E2EE for Messenger, including backups, and promises a global rollout for messages and calls in 2023
The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case.
Sources: Apple signed a Futuro Studios deal to fund podcast development and production in exchange for the first look to turn any podcast into a film or TV show
Apple Inc., stepping up its spending on original podcasts, signed an agreement with a Pulitzer Prize-winning studio …
Coinbase disclosed in its latest quarterly filing that the US SEC is investigating its token listing processes, staking programs, and yield-generating products
The company told investors it has received “investigative subpoenas” from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Twitter lets Saudi official and MBS aide Bader al-Asaker keep his verified account with 2.1M followers, despite being implicated in a plot to recruit employees
Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents' anonymous accounts
The FTC opens a consultation on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children
Lack of a broad federal law has become a growing concern as online platforms and others amass troves of consumers' search data and other information
Mailchimp co-founder and CEO Ben Chestnut plans to step down after 21 years and transition to a founder-advisor role; Intuit's Rania Succar will take over
Managing Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle — See Correction/Clarification at end of article — Ben Chestnut is stepping …
India's central bank releases guidelines for digital lending, which is projected to reach $350B in India by 2023, after complaints over harsh recovery tactics
Malavika Kaur Makol / Bloomberg : Source: Reserve Bank of India .
The FEC approves a proposal from Google to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam, after GOP lawmakers said Gmail was censoring right-wing emails
It's good news for Republicans facing falling fundraising — On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission approved a new proposal …
A look at livestreamed e-commerce, already popular in China, which TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Amazon, and others want to bring to the US and Europe
Manrika Khaira regularly broadcasts live on TikTok to her following of more than half a million people. She uses the social media platform … Tweets: @aulia , @astaniscia86 , and @mattnavarra Tweets: ...
In documents filed with Brazil's competition regulator, Microsoft says Sony pays for “blocking rights” to “prevent developers from adding content to Game Pass”
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Researchers bought 5G IoT plans from 10 carriers and found security flaws exposing private SIM card data and, in some cases, large streams of other users' data
New research found troubling vulnerabilities in the 5G platforms carriers offer to wrangle embedded device data. Tweets: @lilyhnewman Tweets: Lily Hay Newman / @lilyhnewman : Today at Black Hat 5G sec...
Superblocks, whose drag-and-drop tools help companies build and manage internal apps, raised $37M led by Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks, Spark, and Meritech
The economic downturn prompted a hiring slowdown across the tech industry, forcing CTOs — and the teams that they manage — to do more with less.
In its first known crypto investigation, the FTC seeks information from crypto exchange BitMart about a December 2021 hack that led to $150M-$200M in losses
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the operators of the BitMart cryptocurrency exchange over a December 2021 hack that led …
Omaha-based Pinata, which offers NFT media infrastructure and support for crypto projects, raised a $18M Series A led by Greylock and Pantera and a $3.5M seed
media and IPFS management powering the top marketplaces, NFTs, and dapps in web3. -42x (!) revenue growth YOY -131% increase in user base -expanding into gated content -backed by Greylock, Pantera, Of...
Microsoft open sources its library of 1,500+ 3D emoji, available now on GitHub and Figma, letting creators remix and customize them for free
This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository … Jon Friedman / Microsoft Design : Designing in the Open(Source) — Why we're excited to freely share our emoji for you to remix Luke Jon...
Google launches Get The Message, a campaign to pressure Apple to support RCS over SMS/MMS, highlighting low-resolution photos and videos, no e2ee, and more
FundamentalVR, a cross-platform simulation tool for medical and health care professionals, raised $20M led by EQT Life Sciences, bringing its funding to $30M
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The FCC rejects SpaceX's application for an $885M subsidy to provide Starlink broadband to rural America over 10 years, after tentatively approving it in 2020
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : Source: Federal Communications … .
Docs and sources detail how two men in Phoenix, Arizona ran one of the largest known YouTube music royalty scams, leading to a wire fraud indictment and more
the company accused of stealing $23 million in royalties from Latin artists on YouTube — is here 🙏 please take a read and consider sharing! https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer
Los Angeles-based Boulevard, whose tools let beauty and wellness salons book appointments, message clients, and accept payments, has raised a $70M Series C
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
StradVision, a developer of deep learning-based perception processing software for autonomous vehicles, has raised an $88M Series C from ZF, Aptiv, and others
Brianna Wessling / The Robot Report :
Foxconn reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to ~$50B and ~$1.1B net income, as cloud product sales helped weather supply chain issues and sluggish smartphone demand
Debby Wu / Bloomberg :
Elliptic: cross-chain bridge RenBridge has been used to launder $540M+ in crime-related crypto cash since 2020, including 53M+ by the Conti ransomware group
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC : Source: Elliptic Connect .
As Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave prepares for an IPO, it faces allegations of financial impropriety, a culture of harassment and bullying, and more
Bloomberg : Tweets: @jakerbright , @tori_crandall , @danieltadeyemi , and @habesh_ Tweets: Jake Bright / @jakerbright : The smooth & bumpy parts of @theflutterwave's IPO path. For context, I'd have m...
Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine, which uses machine learning to identify potential drug targets, raised $35M from Prosperity7, bringing its Series D to $95M
Rita Liao / TechCrunch :
NFT startup Dapper Labs hires Nick Grudin, who was at Meta for nearly 12 years and at Newsweek before that, as chief business officer starting in September 2022
Bumble reports Q2 revenue up 18% YoY to $220.5M, vs. $219.4M est., a $6.4M net loss, vs. $2.6M est., and a Q3 guidance below estimates; stock drops 8%+
Denny Jacob / Wall Street Journal :
Beijing-based Geek+, which makes autonomous warehouse robots, has raised a $100M Series E1 from Intel Capital, Vertex Growth, and others at a $2B+ valuation
Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News :
Nightfall AI, which provides cloud data loss prevention services, announces a $40M Series B led by WestBridge Capital, bringing its total funding to $60M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
A look at Invisv's Pretty Good Phone Privacy mobile data service, available in beta on Android, which is designed to separate users from specific identifiers
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.