Apple plans to increase the price of apps and IAP on the App Store in all territories that use the euro and some Asian countries, starting October 5
Apple announced on Monday that it will soon raise App Store prices in multiple countries, including Japan, South Korea, and many others in Europe. Source: Apple Developer .
Crypto market maker Wintermute says hackers stole $160M from its DeFi operations but the firm remains solvent; in total, 90 assets were stolen, most worth <$1M
- Crypto market making firm Wintermute has been hacked. — The firm maintains that it is solvent.
Apple says a software update is coming next week to fix the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max camera shake issue in third-party apps
Apple will be releasing a software update to fix the camera shake issue affecting iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models.
A study by Mozilla using YouTube recommendation data from 20,000+ users and 500M+ videos finds the “dislike” and “not interested” buttons have little impact
Even when users tell YouTube they aren't interested in certain types of videos, similar recommendations keep coming, a new study by Mozilla found.
SpeedSmart: iPhone 14 Pro has faster 5G upload/download speeds than the 13 Pro, with peak 5G download speeds of 255.91 Mbps on T-Mobile vs 13 Pro's 173.81 Mbps
The iPhone 14 Pro features faster 5G speeds on the T-Mobile and Verizon networks in the United States compared to the iPhone 13 Pro …
Some iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max owners say the camera physically shakes and rattles when taking photos in third-party apps, like TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram
Here's What To Do Jon Fingas / Engadget : Apple will fix iOS 16's annoying copy and paste prompts David Price / Macworld : iPhone 14 Pro afflicted by ‘slow-opening Camera app’ Mitchell Clark / The Ver...
Nvidia announces the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 GPUs; the RTX 4090 is 2-4x faster than the 3090 Ti, comes with 24GB GDDR6X memory, and arrives October 12 for $1,600
Nvidia is officially announcing its RTX 40-series GPUs today. After months of rumors and some recent teasing from Nvidia, the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 are now both official.
In a federal lawsuit against crypto influencer Ian Balina, the SEC claims the entire Ethereum network falls under the US government's purview
In a civil complaint against a crypto influencer, the SEC suggested that it believes the U.S. government has jurisdiction over all Ethereum transactions.
Sources: Nasdaq is exploring an institutional crypto custody service, pending regulatory approval, and a crypto-focused division called Nasdaq Digital Assets
- Nasdaq has been plotting a move into crypto custody, according to several sources. — The move is in line with its broader mission …
Spotify launches an audiobooks service in the US with 300,000 titles, letting users purchase and download individual books to play in its app
The audio giant, which is offering 300,000 audiobooks for purchase at launch, is positioning its books service as separate from its Premium subscription for music and podcasts.
An in-depth look at AI image-creation tools like Imagen, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney; Midjourney users are making concept art for clients and using stock art less
How we work — even think — changes when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.
Slack announces Canvas, a collaborative tool that presents contextual information for each channel, helps users edit documents in-app, and more, coming in 2023
Slack is becoming a document editor. The Salesforce-owned company announced today at its developer conference that it is building …
A GTAForums user uploads 90 gameplay videos of Rockstar's upcoming GTA VI, claiming they were behind last week's Uber hack and may leak GTA V and VI source code
East Coast supermarket chain Wegmans plans to temporarily stop using its Scan self-checkout app, introduced during the pandemic, due to theft and losses
Many grocery stores started using self-checkout technology during the pandemic. Experts say the technology makes it easier for shoplifters to sneak by.
Nvidia announces Drive Thor processors with 77B transistors for self-driving vehicles, arriving in 2024 for cars coming in 2025
Centralized Car Computer Unifying Cluster, Infotainment, Automated Driving, and Parking in a Single, Cost-Saving System Oliver Peckham / EnterpriseAI : Nvidia Assembles Its Next-Gen Centralized Car Co...
Chamath Palihapitiya plans to shutter two SPACs, the $1.15B Social Capital Hedosophia VI and $460M Social Capital IV, after failing to find acquisition targets
Chamath Palihapitiya said he is winding down two special purpose acquisition companies, including his largest ever …
Court filing: Alameda Research plans to repay ~$128M in bitcoin and ~$70M in ether to bankrupt crypto lender Voyager and will reclaim ~$160M in collateral
- Crypto trading firm Alameda Research will repay two large loans demoninated in bitcoin and ether. — Once repaid, Alameda will reclaim some $160 million in collateral.
OpenAI starts letting DALL-E 2 customers upload and edit people's faces, after first banning photos depicting real people such as celebrities and public figures
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
A teardown of the iPhone 14 reveals a redesigned internal metal midframe, allowing access from the front and the back, which should make repairs easier
UK-based digital banking and stock trading app Revolut says a cyberattack exposed personal details on 50,150 customers, according to a breach disclosure filing
Fintech startup Revolut has confirmed it was hit by a highly targeted cyberattack that allowed hackers to access the personal details of tens of thousands of customers.
South Korean prosecutors ask Interpol to issue a red notice for Terraform's Do Kwon and the government to revoke his passport; Kwon denies he is “on the run”
Rockstar confirms a “network intrusion” by “an unauthorized third party”, leading to the GTA VI leak, and says the game's development will continue “as planned”
Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle : Source: @rockstargames .
Global wearables shipments declined 6.9% YoY to 107.4M units in Q2 2022, weighed down by rising inflation and other factors; Apple's share declined to 25%
The wearables market faced another challenging period in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) as global shipments declined 6.9% year …
Google plans to launch a pilot program this week to keep political campaign emails from going to Gmail's spam folder, following pressure from GOP politicians
Ashley Gold / Axios :
Indonesia's parliament passes a personal data protection bill into law, including corporate fines and imprisonment for mishandling data, after a series of leaks
Stanley Widianto / Reuters :
Responding to last week's hack, Uber says a contractor's account was breached by Lapsus$-linked hackers and exposed HackerOne bug reports were remediated
Uber Newsroom :
A look at Brian Armstrong's GiveCrypto, which started to financially empower those in need and aimed to raise $1B but turned into a mess of misplaced assurances
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FORTUNE; ORIGINAL PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES — Christian Maloba needed a job. Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @justindoom , @leomschwartz , @leomschwartz , and @jeffjohnroberts Tweets: Tay...
Sardine, a fraud detection service for crypto and fintech clients, raised a $51.5M Series B led by a16z, after a $19.5M Series A in February 2022
As fintechs become more efficient, so too do fraudsters. — “Faster instant payments mean faster fraud,” Sardine CEO and co-founder Soups Ranjan told TechCrunch.
The SEC fines Morgan Stanley $35M for an “astonishing” failure that exposed 15M customers' data over five years by auctioning off machines containing the data
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New York and the DOJ urge a federal appeals court to reinstate an antitrust suit against Meta by 48 state AGs that alleged a scheme to “buy or bury” rivals
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg :
A look at Finland-based Crea Nova, an internet service company that hosted hate and conspiracy-filled websites, and its connections to Russia
Elina Lappalainen / Helsingin Sanomat : Tweets: @elinalappalaine and @gossithedog Tweets: Elina Lappalainen / @elinalappalaine : Now in English: This is how 8kun and Daily Stormer, known for their ne...
India-based DotPe, which helps businesses get online, raised a $58M Series B led by Temasek, and says it will introduce digital lending to merchants
Priyanka Iyer / Moneycontrol :
Filing: Twitter's lawyers will depose Elon Musk behind closed doors on September 26 and 27, with an option of a third day; Musk's attorney will also be deposed
Tina Davis / Bloomberg :
India-based Zopper, which offers insurance infrastructure APIs to banks and other financial institutions, retailers, and mobility firms, raised a $75M Series C
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
London-based Sequence, which offers APIs and other tools for pricing, billing, and related services, raised a $19M seed led by a16z
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Internal memo: Amazon saw the “biggest three hours for US Prime signups ever” in its first exclusive stream of Thursday Night Football
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Marketplace Pulse: funding for startups that acquire and grow third-party Amazon sellers drops to $2B+ in 2022 so far, down from $12B+ in 2021
Financial Times : Tweets: @daveleeft Tweets: Dave Lee / @daveleeft : Ecommerce downtown has left the Amazon aggregators agitated. Deals have slowed; VC funding almost dried up. FOMO no more. “I would...
The creator of Kiwi Farms, a hub for online harassment campaigns, says the forum site was hacked and users' emails, passwords, and IP addresses were compromised
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Conservative video platform Rumble, backed by Peter Thiel, closed up 39.62% after going public via a SPAC merger at a $2.1B valuation, raising $400M
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg :
Seattle-based Swiftly, which makes grocery store retail software and branded apps, raised a $100M Series C at a $1B+ valuation, after a $100M Series B in March
Mexico City-based used car marketplace Kavak, which is Latin America's biggest startup, raised $810M in debt financing, potentially rising to $1.2B in 2022
Michael O'Boyle / Bloomberg :
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
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