Former Nintendo female contract testers in the US describe years of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and a lack of advancement opportunities for women
Female game testers at Nintendo had ‘frat house’ experiences within a gaming company known for its wholesome image
Nick Clegg shares Meta's plans to help secure the US midterms, building on Meta's 2020 policies, like restricting new political ads one week prior to the vote
After years of revising and updating its election strategy, Meta Platforms Inc. is pulling out a familiar playbook for the US midterms …
Ofcom: in the UK, those aged 15-24 spent 57 minutes/day on TikTok in 2021, compared to 53 minutes/day watching TV; those 65 or over spent six hours watching TV
Ofcom survey points to challenges for traditional broadcasters in keeping pace with digital and streaming trends Source: Ofcom .
WhatsApp launches a native app for Windows out of beta, usable without linking a phone; WhatsApp is currently working on a native macOS app
You no longer need to connect your phone — WhatsApp's new app on Windows no longer requires you to link your phone to send, receive, and sync messages. Source: WhatsApp .
Google says it is using its most powerful large language model PaLM to help robots from Alphabet X spinout Everyday Robots understand complex human commands
The machine learning technique that taught notorious text generator GPT-3 to write can also help robots make sense of spoken commands.
Nick Clegg says Meta will not move up its January 2023 timeframe for reviewing its decision to suspend Donald Trump, even if he becomes a presidential candidate
TikTok makes its Elections Center available in the US, offering state-by-state info ahead of the midterms, and details its misinformation policies
TechCrunch : Source: TikTok .
Sources: Apple is in talks with its suppliers to mass produce Apple Watch and MacBooks in Vietnam for the first time
Country benefits as tech giant looks to build more products outside of China — TAIPEI — Apple is in talks to make Apple Watches and MacBooks in Vietnam for the first time …
Airbnb introduces “anti-party technology” in the US and Canada to automatically block reservations at a high risk of leading to unauthorized parties
Airbnb is piloting new anti-party technology in the U.S. and Canada in its ongoing efforts to fend off users who are looking … Source: Airbnb Newsroom .
TrendForce: DRAM bit growth, a key barometer for chip market demand that measures memory produced, will rise 8.3% in 2023, the weakest on record
they are using extra exposure to make up for the lack of EUV,” says Douglas Fuller, an expert on the Chinese semiconductor industry. “But it is understood that the yield is terrible.” https://www.ft.c...
Report: Alphabet invested ~$1.5B in blockchain companies between September 2021 and June 2022, the most by any public company, followed by BlackRock with $1.17B
Other notable corporate investors include BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Samsung, and Goldman Sachs, according to a report from Blockdata. Source: Blockdata .
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz sue Triller, alleging the short-form video app owes them $28M+ after acquiring live-streaming music series Verzuz and missing payments
Triller bought music series Verzuz for an undisclosed sum in January 2021. Now its creators say they're still owed money.
As part of its ban on political ads, TikTok will remove paid political posts by influencers; election-related posts will be reviewed and could be throttled
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Genesis Trading CEO Michael Moro steps down after six years and the company will cut 20% of its staff, following huge losses from a loan to Three Arrows Capital
- Genesis Trading CEO Michael Moro is set to leave the firm after seven years; just over six were spent as CEO. Source: Business Wire .
After booming demand during the pandemic and a rapid inventory build-up in 2022, Intel, Nvidia, SMIC, and TSMC face a sudden downturn, perplexing analysts
After dealing with booming demand and global shortages since the start of the pandemic, the semiconductor industry is facing a sudden downturn.
Publicly-traded US bitcoin miners Core Scientific, Marathon Digital, and Riot Blockchain lost $862M, $192M, and $366M, respectively, in Q2 after impairments
The three-largest US publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies lost over $1 billion in the second quarter after taking a series …
Mozilla report flags 18 of the top 25 period and pregnancy tracking apps and wearables, including Clue and Eve, for poor privacy and data management practices
It's concerning in a post-Dobbs landscape — Period and pregnancy tracking apps collect data that could theoretically be used … Source: Mozilla Foundation .
Signal says attackers accessed the phone numbers and SMS verification codes for around 1,900 users as part of the recent Twilio breach
just reasons I don't understand. Can somebody explain those reasons to me? https://twitter.com/... Joseph Menn / @josephmenn : Every time there is a high-end attack on a critical end-to-end encrypted ...
Tencent misses with Q2 revenue down 3% YoY to ~$19.78B, its first-ever quarterly decline, due to China's COVID-19 lockdowns and strict gaming regulations
- Tencent posted its first ever quarterly year-on-year revenue decline as stricter regulations around gaming in China and a resurgence …
Israeli startup DriveNets, which offers cloud-based tools to help build networks more cheaply, raised a $262M Series C, source says at a $2.5B valuation
The Israeli company offers communications service providers (CSPs) and cloud providers a new way to build networks …
Incredible Health, a US-based job-matching service for nurses, raised an $80M Series B led by Base10 at a $1.65B valuation, following a $15M Series A in 2019
Incredible Health, a US-based job-matching platform which made nurses its first focus, has closed an $80 million Series B funding round …
Analysis: in 2022 through July, crypto transaction volumes are lagging behind 2021; illicit volumes are down 15% YoY and legitimate volumes are down 36% YoY
the cumulative number of individual transfers to scams so far in 2022 is the lowest it's been in the past 4 years. https://twitter.com/... @chainalysis : 4/ One type of crime type that's fallen in 202...
Filing: Amazon accuses the FTC of harassing its top executives, including Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, as part of its investigation into Prime membership
Amazon allegedly unfairly complicates the process for customers who want to cancel Prime—is “harassment” per Amazon https://arstechnica.com/... Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang : Amazon fighting FTC demand...
Australia's high court says Google is not a publisher, reversing a lower court decision that said Google was liable for a defamatory article in search results
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 review: excellent multitasking, camera, and performance, but $1,799 is steep, the device is heavy, and tablet app support is weak
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Sources: Apple has laid off about 100 recruiter contractors in the past week, a rare move as part of a push to rein in hiring and spending
The UK's FCA registers Singapore-based Crypto.com, letting the exchange conduct “certain crypto asset activities” starting August 16, 2022
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Study: before 10%-25% of Coinbase listings since 2018, some traders on decentralized exchanges bought more of those tokens, hinting at insider trading
The US charge against a former Coinbase Global Inc. employee may not be the only instance of insider trading at the cryptocurrency exchange, according to a new study. Source: SSRN . Tweets: @smtuffy ,...
World Bank's IFC partners with blockchain startup Chia and others to launch the Carbon Opportunities Fund, using $10M to buy and tokenize carbon credits
Amazon tells merchants using Fulfillment by Amazon to pay a fee of 35¢ per item sold in the US and Canada from October 15 to January 22, citing rising expenses
Reddit announces a developer portal, offering tools and other resources to build third-party extensions and bots, currently in beta
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VidMob, which offers tools for marketers to create digital ads, raised a $110M Series D led by Shamrock, source says at a $500M valuation, up from $290M in 2021
Vidmob closes $110 Million Series D Investment Round to further advance … See also Mediagazer
Pomelo, an international money transfer service that lets US senders offer credit cards to recipients in the Philippines, emerges from stealth with a $20M seed
The first financial technology platform to combine consumer credit and remittance transfer FinSMEs : Pomelo Raises $70M in Funding Tweets: Charlize Alcaraz / @charlizealcaraz : Filipino FinTech startu...
UK payments startup Super, which offers cashback on purchases, emerges from stealth with £22.5M led by Accel and plans to launch later in 2022
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AtoB, which offers a payment system specially designed for truckers, raised a $155M Series B led by Elad Gil and General Catalyst, valuing the company at $800M
Amy Feldman / Forbes :
Analysis: of the US exports to China that required a license in 2020, the Commerce Department approved 94%, or 2,652, applications for tech exports
SAIC Mobility Robotaxi, an arm of state-owned Chinese automaker SAIC that aims to launch an autonomous taxi service, raised a $148M Series B at a $1B+ valuation
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Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce firm Sea reports Q2 sales rose 29% YoY to $2.9B, its slowest growth in five years, and a $931M net loss; stock drops 14%+
Bloomberg : Tweets: @technology and @business Tweets: @technology : Sea posts a bigger loss than expected and withdraws its 2022 e-commerce forecast, joining other online giants struggling to gauge a...
Israel-based Pliops, which makes chips for data centers that boost the performance of databases and other apps that run on flash memory, raised a $100M Series D
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Sources: for years, the SEC and CFTC were hindered by banks' usage of messaging apps like WhatsApp to skirt archiving rules; ~10 banks may be fined ~$2B total
Bloomberg : Tweets: @civicfield , @business , and @cavandy Tweets: @civicfield : Fines for the non-compliant use of @WhatsApp are stacking up... @Barclays - fined $200m @MorganStanley - fined $200m @...
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