Zuckerberg responds to the mockery of the Horizon Worlds selfie, saying it was taken quickly to celebrate a launch and promises major updates to avatar graphics
Earlier this week was supposed to be a celebratory time for the folks at Meta, as its reality-devouring project Horizon Worlds was now available in more countries.
FDIC issues cease-and-desist letters to FTX US and four other crypto firms over making “false representations” that their crypto products might be FDIC-insured
- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said Friday that it sent cease-and-desist letters to five crypto companies …
The House Oversight Committee demands data from eight social media firms about their response to online threats against law enforcement after Mar-a-Lago search
House Oversight Committee leaders called on eight social networks, including Meta, Truth Social and Gab, to turn over details …
Report: TikTok's in-app browser injects JavaScript that can track users' keystrokes and taps into websites; TikTok confirms the code but says it's for debugging
When TikTok users enter a website through a link on the app, TikTok inserts code that can monitor much of their activity …
Twitter CFO Ned Segal told employees in an email that they might receive only half of their annual bonuses as the company grapples with economic uncertainty
The company blamed its financial performance for the potential bonus cut. — Twitter warned its employees on Friday …
Source: Cisco CEO said that the company will increase operating expenses by $1B over the next year, amid employee frustration over wages and high staff turnover
Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins told managers earlier this month that the networking hardware pioneer would increase …
Sources: Elon Musk approached brain-computer interface developer Synchron about a potential investment, after expressing frustration with Neuralink's progress
Elon Musk has approached brain chip implant developer Synchron Inc about a potential investment as his own company Neuralink plays catch …
The US House approved a budget amendment in July requiring the DoD to disclose smartphone or web browsing data purchases; Senate still needs to approve it
The House approved a little-discussed budget amendment requiring the Pentagon to make its data purchases public. Now the Senate will decide its fate. Tweets: @dellcam Tweets: Dell Cameron / @dellcam ...
Match Group COO and CFO Gary Swidler says sign-ups on Tinder “have not returned back to pre-pandemic levels” and “new users remain a challenge”
World's dominant dating app seeks new ways to achieve growth as rivals such as Bumble and Thursday thrive
A look at the challenges ahead for China's e-CNY, as total transaction volume reached $12.3B in May and ~4.6M merchants across China now accept the digital yuan
Expansion will require new rules and huge investment in datacenters and other infrastructure.
An interview with NFT project Loot creator Dom Hofmann, who says it still has ~200 developers despite the project's market cap falling from $180M+ to under $6M
Loot's Dom Hofmann on outlasting the hype cycle, public-domain video games, and why Creative Commons is the future Tweets: @yoda , @caseynewton , @alexhern , and @caseynewton Tweets: Drew Olanoff / @y...
Dealogic: July 2022 was the first month in five years that no new SPACs raised money, after SPAC IPOs peaked in March 2021 with over $36B raised
Welcome, Sandbox friends. — Today's Daily discusses … Tweets: @wsjgraphics : SPAC activity reached the lowest level in five years in July https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ @amyssorrells : SPAC activi...
Lloyd's of London will require insurer groups in its global marketplace to exclude state-backed hacks from stand-alone cyber insurance policies starting in 2023
By 2023, insurer groups must add clauses to cyber policies excluding state-backed hacks that severely affect target nation's infrastructure, insurance marketplace says Tweets: @danielkennedy74 Tweets:...
Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro review: comfortable with good sound quality and ANC, but they lack multipoint Bluetooth and 24-bit audio is limited to Samsung phones
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Keen Technologies, an artificial general intelligence startup from ex-Oculus CTO John Carmack, raised $20M led by ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross
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Report: DoorDash is ending its partnership with Walmart in September, after more than 4 years, sources say to “focus on its long-term customer relationships”
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Two women who worked at SAP say it mishandled their claims of rape by colleagues; seven others say they experienced or witnessed sexual harassment at SAP events
Bloomberg : Tweets: @turnergs and @oliviasolon Tweets: Giles Turner / @turnergs : Here is the 2nd part of our investigation into culture at SAP w/ @athomson6 https://www.bloomberg.com/... Olivia Solo...
Just Eat sells its 33% stake in Latin American joint venture iFood to Prosus for $1.8B; Prosus will now fully own the Brazilian food delivery company
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KeyCare, which is developing a telehealth service that works with medical records provider Epic Systems, has raised a $24M Series A
Annie Burky / Fierce Healthcare :
Ethereum's core developers have set September 15 as the tentative date for the long-awaited proof-of-stake Merge upgrade
and the Planet Grace Benfell / GameSpot : Ethereum Is Ditching Proof-Of-Work Verification For A Less Energy Intensive Process Tweets: Olga Kharif / @olgakharif : Ethereum's Merge date is set in stone ...
Xiaomi misses with Q2 revenue of $10.31B, down 20% YoY, and net income of $305M, down 67%; smartphone sales, which generate 50%+ of its revenue, were down 29%
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TechCrunch debuts a tool to check if an Android device is one of hundreds of thousands hacked by one of several spyware apps, after its probe into TheTruthSpy
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Six ex-Amazon Care employees criticize the company's fast and frugal ways, including prioritizing pleasing patients over providing the best standard of care
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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.