Tyler “Ninja” Blevins says he will be simultaneously streaming on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter
The mainstays of Twitch's ‘Fortnite’ era recently made big moves. The receptions were quite different. — Not so long ago, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins was nigh-inescapable on Twitch.
Roblox plans to add age guidelines to its games and announces a new in-game ads system for brands to advertise via interactive billboards, posters, and more
And it's bringing digital billboards and age guidelines to do it — Roblox rode a wave of pandemic-era growth to a seven-fold value increase …
Apple's iOS 16 webpage now lists iCloud Shared Photo library as “coming later this year”; the feature was also removed from the latest iOS 16 betas
Apple announced iCloud Shared Photo Library as part of iOS 16, but it appears that the feature won't arrive in the iOS 16 release on September 12.
In a letter to Twitter, Musk's legal team cited Twitter's ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko as a violation of the merger agreement and a reason to end the deal
He sent a letter to Twitter on Friday — Elon Musk has sent a third letter to Twitter attempting to terminate his $44 billion acquisition of the company.
Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which combine timestamps and Facebook Identifiers, to deter unauthorized data scraping
Takeaways — We changed how we use Facebook Identifiers (FBIDs) after we observed that unauthorized scraping often involves guessing content IDs or using purchased FBIDs.
CEO Dave Baszucki says Roblox sees 2M+ daily active users in Russia, while competitors like EA, Nintendo, and Ubisoft have slowed or ceased sales in the country
Roblox Corp.'s popularity in Russia is increasing even as almost every other publicly traded gaming company has retreated from the country after its invasion of Ukraine. Tweets: @business Tweets: @bus...
Middle Eastern on-demand trucking platform TruKKer, which matches shippers and freight carriers, raised $100M from Investcorp and others ahead of a planned IPO
Middle Eastern logistics startup TruKKer raised $100 million from investors including Bahrain-based asset manager Investcorp …
The White House unveils six proposals for tech policy reform aimed at competition, algorithms, and safety on social platforms, and suggests Section 230 changes
for a Good Reason Alfonso Maruccia / TechSpot : White House consults experts, lays down a six-point plan to increase Big Tech accountability GovTech : White House Outlines Guiding Principles for Big T...
NYC-based Regal, an outbound call and text messaging tools provider to brands, raised a $38.5M Series A led by Emergence Capital at a $350M post-money valuation
Getting prospective customers to answer sales calls and texts can feel like a Sisyphean task.
Some ex-staff say Patreon laid off its entire cybersecurity team this week, raising user concerns; Patreon says the move will have “no impact” on its security
Tonya Riley / CyberScoop :
Small US carriers say Apple making eSIM the only option for iPhone 14 models in the US “democratizes connectivity” by letting users switch networks easily
Mint Mobile, Boost Mobile and US Mobile see room for growth as eSIM technology could make switching networks even easier.
One-click checkout service Bolt is no longer buying crypto payments service Wyre; the deal was worth about $1.5B
One-click checkout company Bolt is no longer acquiring Wyre, the crypto payments company that it had agreed to buy for about $1.5 billion back in April.
Sources: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, is in talks to raise $100M; Coatue proposed a $500M valuation and Lightspeed offered a $1B valuation
With the image generator Stable Diffusion, you can conjure within seconds a potrait of Beyoncé as if painted by Vincent van Gogh … Tweets: @kenrickcai , @spencerdailey , @vatsofgoop , @schwabkatharine...
Alphabet's Verily raised $1B led by Alphabet; founder and CEO Andy Conrad will become executive chairman as President Stephen Gillett becomes CEO in January
Davey Alba / Bloomberg :
How Wikipedia's editors worked after Queen Elizabeth II's death, debating what pictures to use and what to call Charles, creating new articles, and more
Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Tweets: @jodyserrano Tweets: Jody Serrano / @jodyserrano : When Queen Elizabeth died, Wikipedia editors sprang into action. They had to switch out photos, change tenses, and ...
Isovalent, the creator of cloud-native, open-source networking and security software Cilium, raised a $40M Series B from Thomvest Ventures, Google, and others
Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat :
Pinduoduo's net income has more than tripled in Q2 2022 and its shares have soared 43% over the past month, as it emerges as a big winner amid China's lockdowns
As Chinese consumers curb their spending in a pandemic-stricken economy, one discount e-commerce firm is emerging as a clear stock-market winner.
Amazon acquires Cloostermans, a Belgian mechatronics company that makes tech to move and stack heavy palettes as well as robotics for packaging product orders
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright infringement lawsuit over Pulp Fiction NFTs and say they may collaborate to release more NFTs in the future
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak :
Web3 game publisher Revolving Games raised $13.2M+ from Pantera Capital, Animoca Brands, Polygon, and others, bringing its seed funding to $25M+
Ornella Hernandez / Blockworks :
FTX Ventures buys 30% of Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital for an undisclosed amount; SkyBridge will use some of the funds to buy $40M in cryptocurrencies
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk :
France-based Gravitee.io, a popular open-source API management service, raised $30M led by Riverside Acceleration Capital, bringing its total funding to $41M
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
Indian music streaming app Gaana says it has switched to a paid subscription model after buyout talks failed; sources: the potential acquirer was Bharti Airtel
Reuters : Tweets: @dattaameet See also Mediagazer Tweets: Ameet Datta / @dattaameet : Reminder that #Gaana does not pay royalties to Indian songwriters/music creators & music publishers reflecting a ...
Revolut plans to launch one-click payment feature Revolut Pay, and has signed up Shopify, Prestashop, WH Smith, and Funky Pigeon
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg :
Robinhood launches a monthly Investor Index to track the performance of the 100 most popular stocks in its app, weighted by percentage of stocks in portfolios
the “Robinhood Investor Index” Top 5 stocks rn: Tesla Apple Amazon Ford AMC @WSJmarkets @RobinhoodApp @aosipovich https://www.wsj.com/... Parker / @pt : I hope one day we get laws requiring brokerages...
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.