A Facebook user shares a video of an alleged “Meta Quest Pro” VR headset, claiming Meta left the device, labeled “engineering sample”, in a hotel room
A prototype of Meta's VR headset has surfaced — Images and, later, a video of a “Meta Quest Pro” virtual reality …
Researchers discover Shikitega, a strain of Linux malware that uses polymorphic encoding and abuses legitimate cloud services to infect servers and IoT devices
With polymorphic encoding and a multistage infection chain, Shikitega is hard to detect. — Researchers this week unveiled …Source:AT&T Alien Labs.
iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not perfect, are an instant upgrade and the myriad other changes make the iPhone more functional and easier to use
The story of iOS 16 is all the things that your phone does when you're not using it. Apple has been saying for years that we need …
Nintendo says Splatoon 3 for Switch sold 3.45M total copies in Japan in its first three days, beating Animal Crossing: New Horizons' first-week record by 600K
Splatoon 3 has smashed Nintendo Switch software launch records in Japan, the company has announced.
Binance-linked crypto exchange WazirX says India's Enforcement Directorate has “unfrozen” or restarted its bank account; the ED raided its office on August 5
The account was frozen in relation to the “illegal loan apps” scam investigation, which has come under the national spotlight.
Starbucks announces Starbucks Odyssey, a loyalty program and NFT community built on the Polygon blockchain, launching broadly sometime in 2023
Starbucks is today officially introducing Starbucks Odyssey, launching later this year — the coffee chain's first foray into building with web3 technology.
At Code, CEOs and politicians voiced concerns about TikTok's power, rapid growth, and surveillance potential, as some called for the app to be banned altogether
At the Code Conference in LA, tech and media CEOs and politicians all expressed concerns about the Chinese-owned app — as a competitor, and as a national security risk.
Twitter rejects Elon Musk's claim that a $7.75M severance payment to Peiter Zatko violated the acquisition deal, ahead of a shareholder vote on September 13
- Twitter said Monday payments to a whistleblower did not breach any of its obligations under the $44 billion acquisition proposed by Elon Musk …
Sources: the US government plans more curbs on US shipments to China of chipmaking tools and chips for AI, affecting Lam Research, Applied Materials, and others
The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence …
Roku updates its $30 Roku Express streaming player, launches the $130 Roku Wireless Bass subwoofer, and details Roku OS 11.5, including a short-form content hub
Roku unveiled a software update to its streaming operating system — OS 11.5 — that among other features will introduce …
A look at Aalyria, founded by Google veterans to develop a high-speed network to connect satellites, boats, and more using lasers, building on the Loon moonshot
In an earlier period of its history, Google became famous for pursuing a range of long-shot projects, such as space elevators …
Report: ransomware gangs are using intermittent encryption, where files are partly encrypted, to evade detection tools looking for intense file I/O operations
A growing number of ransomware groups are adopting a new tactic that helps them encrypt their victims' systems faster while reducing …Source:SentinelOne.
In an interview, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan details the company's decision to rebrand Zoom Chat as Team Chat, seeking to better compete with Slack, Teams, and others
It's nice to be synonymous with a product category. But Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that expanding on its video-calling ubiquity is both an opportunity and a challenge.
Internal Meta documents detail Instagram's struggle to compete with TikTok; users spend 17.6M hours per day watching Reels, far below TikTok's 197.8M hours
Reels faces formidable competition from the leading short-video platform; creators follow the views Tweets: @sal19 , @mrinaldesai , @stevekovach , @jeffhorwitz , @newley , @newley , @newley , @reaganb...
Digital World Acquisition Corp., seeking to take Truth Social public via a SPAC, fails to gain shareholder approval and sets an October 10 deadline for a vote
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The US SEC plans to add an Office of Crypto Assets to review company filings involving crypto assets, providing “greater and more specialized support”
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Meta plans to hand over control of its PyTorch AI framework to the Linux Foundation's new PyTorch Foundation, which includes Meta, Google, AMD, Azure, and AWS
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Tractor maker Deere, which plans self-driving tractors in 2022, predicts that 10% of its revenue will come from software fees by the end of the decade
including cutting grass, churning it to dry, laying fertilizer, and harvesting — will be entirely automated. https://twitter.com/...
Analysis: Amazon is projected to spend ~$15B on programming including sports in 2022, ahead of Netflix's $13.6B, Disney+'s $9.5B, and Apple's $6B
Good afternoon from Los Angeles. I am headed to Singapore and Seoul at the end of the month. If there is anyone I should meet while I am there … Tweets: @lucas_shaw , @lucas_shaw , and @astaniscia86...
A look at the increasing efforts of device manufacturers, telecom companies, and satellite operators to connect smartphones to satellites in remote locations
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Wall Street firms are gaining ground in the talent war as hiring freezes impact Silicon Valley and computer engineers move from big tech and crypto to finance
Computer engineers are returning to finance after a reversal of fortune in the war for talent — After years of fighting … Tweets: @pkedrosky , @hkanji , and @carlquintanilla Tweets: Paul Kedrosky / ...
Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games exclusively for Netflix: Mighty Quest 2, Valiant Hearts 2, and a new Assassin's Creed title
A look at concerns for women at Launch House, an a16z-backed startup promising “community” to young tech founders, such as sexual assault and a lack of security
Rebecca Jennings / Vox : Tweets: @nikmilanovic , @taylorlorenz , @juliarubin , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: Nik / @nikmilanovic : honestly the least surprising story of the year https://www.vox.com/... ...
North Carolina-based Diveplane, which helps create synthetic data to train AI systems and find anomalies, raised a $25M Series A led by Shield Capital
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Insider Intelligence: US online sales will rise just 9.4% to $1T in 2022, the first single-digit YoY growth, including slower Amazon sales, up 9% to $400B
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg : Tweets: @andycwest , @seattletimes , and @reformed_trader Tweets: Andy West, PhD / @andycwest : Some unique anecdotes here pointing to a consumer slowdown crescendo-ing in...
Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ in October 2021 to ~$28B, shuts some Latin American operations and cuts hundreds of gaming jobs in Shanghai
A look at the two-day Crypto Policy Symposium on September 5, the world's first conference for crypto skeptics, from policymakers and journalists to programmers
Some CSOs say ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan did nothing wrong and his trial tests criminal penalties they may face over security lapses or challenges in gray areas
An overview of the trends for 223 startups in YC's Summer 2022 Demo Day batch: enterprise made up the bulk at 39%, followed by fintech and developer tools
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.