Trademark filings suggest Apple is considering calling its mixed reality headset “Reality One” or “Reality Pro” and its specialized chip “Reality Processor”
Trademark filings suggest that Apple Inc. may be staking claim to potential names …
Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed at MTV's Video Music Awards in Yuga Labs' game Otherside, morphing into the Bored Yacht Ape NFT avatars that they own
Just like the video clip for the song, Eminem and Snoop Dogg performed “From The D 2 The LBC” as their Bored Apes during Sunday's Video Music Awards.
Snap adds a Dual Camera feature to Snapchat for iOS, letting users capture photos and videos using their phone's front-facing and rear cameras simultaneously
Snapchat is the latest app to add dual camera functionality. The app is launching the “Dual Camera” recording feature …
Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January 2023; Tan will step away from his role at his firm Initialized Capital
Y Combinator has tapped an outsider as its next president — sort of. — The storied Bay Area-based accelerator …
Meta partners with JioMart, an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms, to launch a grocery shopping service on WhatsApp in India
Meta and an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms are bringing JioMart grocery shopping to WhatsApp …
Reliance Jio, which has 421M+ subscribers, plans to spend $25B to launch a 5G network in October 2022 and expand to “every town” in India by the end of 2023
Reliance Jio Infocomm, India's top telecom mobile operator, has earmarked a spending of $25 billion on the rollout …
Unlike DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion is open source and can run on high-end consumer GPUs, while its CreativeML Open RAIL-M license “strives for” “responsible” use
A state-of-the-art AI model available for everyone through a safety-centric open-source license is unheard of.
A look at past Apple event invite clues, and what the upcoming event's “Far Out” name might hint at: satellite connectivity, astrophotography mode, and more
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Tribune Publishing says disabling Google's AMP led to very little impact on mobile search referrals, as year-long drops mostly aligned to broader search trends
Ahead of its June 2021 algorithm update, Google made a significant announcement as part of its shift to emphasize overall page experience …Tweets:@kevkdigital,@seldo,@schachin,@rustybrick,@beep, and@k...
Ampere: Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, and Netflix will spend $23B+ in 2023 on original content, up 10% YoY and more than twice the spending of 2019
China opened corruption probes in July 2022 into some top executives in its semiconductor industry, as it rethinks its gold rush approach to chip self-reliance
Wearing a laboratory coat, China's top leader, Xi Jinping, inspected a subsidiary of Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, a national semiconductor company based in Wuhan. Tweets: @brianmannadk , @liyu...
Facebook agrees in principle to settle a lawsuit alleging it violated consumer privacy laws by sharing user data with 3rd parties, including Cambridge Analytica
Dell says it ceased all Russian operations after closing its offices in mid-August 2022; it suspended sales in Russia, Belarus, and parts of Ukraine in February
How Taiwan's centrality in the global chip supply chain may help keep the peace by providing the island with a “silicon shield” against a Chinese invasion
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As Chinese warships rehearsed a blockade of Taiwan this month, they simulated a scenario global leaders … Tweets: @epro , @ldrogen , @jchengwsj , @amfchina , @martijnrasser , @paulmoz...
Tether, which has promised an audit since at least 2017, says one is “likely months” away; former SEC exec: it needs an audit “akin to a corporate colonoscopy”
A profile of Kim Choong-Ki, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology who is revered as the godfather of South Korea's chip industry
Dong-Won Kim / IEEE Spectrum : Tweets: @martijnrasser and @ieeespectrum Tweets: Martijn Rasser / @martijnrasser : “They were called “Kim's Mafia.” Kim Choong-Ki himself wouldn't have put it that way....
Gabe Leydon, a founder of free-to-play game studio Machine Zone that sold to AppLovin for $600M, raised $200M last year for blockchain game company Limit Break
Gabe Leydon was a pioneer of free-to-play mobile games at Machine Zone, which was sold for $600 million in 2020 to AppLovin. Tweets: @gabrielleydon Tweets: Gabriel Leydon / @gabrielleydon : 🚨🚨🚨Here is...
India says it won't restrict Chinese companies from selling smartphones cheaper than $150, after a report said it may do so to boost its domestic industry
India is not proposing to restrict Chinese smartphone manufacturers from operating in the sub-$150 price range, a key minister said Monday …
SEC filing: Triller raised $200M and is targeting a $3B valuation in its IPO before the end of 2022; source: Triller is on track for a $250M run rate in 2023
Triller, a video-sharing social network service, has raised $200 million in financing as it eyes an initial public offering (IPO) of $3 billion before the end of this year. Tweets: @jstrauss and @ltho...
A look at FWB Fest, dubbed the “crypto Woodstock”, attended by Friends With Benefits social club members hoping to change the way people use blockchain tech
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post : Tweets: @karaswisher , @jeffjarvis , @planet_nerf , @telefontelaviv , and @raihan_ Tweets: Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : These are crypto folks to appreciate for the...
A look at the “Palantir Pack”, a group of Palantir alumni who have founded companies and VC firms like Affirm, Anduril, OpenSea, Handshake, Ironclad, and 8VC
Biz Carson / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol , @bizcarson , and @bizcarson . Thanks: @owenthomas Tweets: @protocol : Unlike PayPal, which saw its early employees leave after eBay bought the company and ...
Ahead of the launch of Passkeys, which requires enabling two-factor authentication, Apple says 95%+ of active iCloud users have 2FA enabled on their accounts
The bubble that Masayoshi Son blamed for SoftBank's $23B loss in Q1 2022 is the one that he helped create through Vision Fund, which distorted the VC market
Mobile commerce, one-click checkouts, and short-form video have enabled “drops” to spread beyond the fashion world, turning product launches into marquee events
Sources: EU regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping a €997M fine against Qualcomm for allegedly paying Apple billions to use only Qualcomm chips
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Google launches Cross device SDK to let developers build experiences across Android phones and tablets, coming later to other Android and non-Android devices
An overview of Ethereum's proof-of-stake upgrade, The Merge, which is expected to cut the crypto platform's energy use by 99%+, and some of the risks involved
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.