After a streamer admits to scamming viewers, Twitch plans to prohibit streaming unlicensed gambling sites with slots, roulette, or dice starting on October 18
As the conversation concerning Twitch and the platform's allowance of gambling streams continues to swirl, the platform has struck its first blow.
YouTube plans to expand its Partner Program to give 45% of Shorts ad revenue to creators with 1,000+ subscribers and 10M views on Shorts within a 90-day period
YouTube just announced a major change to its Partner Program that will allow its short-form video creators to make a lot more money from its platform.
Starting June 1, 2023, Twitch says subscription revenue above $100K will be split 50/50, not 70/30, for streamers on premium deals, citing hosting costs
Hello, Twitch community. I'm Dan Clancy, President of Twitch and responsible for the day-to-day operations of the service.
Apple Watch Ultra review: comfortable, good battery life, action button, and durable, but no offline maps, more aspirational than hardcore, and too big for some
A new player has entered the multisport watch game … The Apple Watch Ultra is big, a lil' chunky, and goes hard on features …
Framework and Google partner to launch the $999 Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition, a user-upgradeable model running Chrome OS, shipping in early December
Framework and Google have announced the new Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition. As the name implies, this is an upgradable …
A New York judge orders Tether to produce documents related to the backing of USDT in a lawsuit claiming Tether conspired to issue USDT to pump bitcoin prices
The order relates to an ongoing lawsuit that alleges that unbacked USDT issuances have caused $1.4 trillion in damage to the market.
A teardown of the iPhone 14 Pro Max shows the new X65 satellite modem and a similar internal design to the 13 Pro Max, making the device difficult to repair
The iPhone Pro Max 14 is out, and the general consensus among tech reviewers seems to be that it's better than the last one …
TikTok expands its political content rules to limit fundraising by politicians and political groups, ahead of a full ban on fundraising
Starting Wednesday, TikTok is expanding its elections rules to make it harder for politicians and political groups to fundraise using the platform — and plans to ban all fundraising activity soon.
As Meta shapes its response to regulatory scrutiny, the company begins touting its declining market value, down 60%+ since the spring, to deny having a monopoly
As Meta shapes its antitrust defense, it has begun pointing out its plummeting stock price as a sign that competition is alive and well in its market.
An analysis of Twitch streams from October 2020 to August 2022 shows Twitch's moderation tools often failed to stop children streaming and adults grooming them
The gaming platform's design enables people to find and exploit kids in real-time — Graphics and illustrations by Rachael Dottle
Nvidia unveils RTX Remix, a free AI modding tool built on Omniverse that lets modders quickly create RTX mods for supported DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 games
RTX Remix just made modding a whole lot easier. — Audio player loading... Hear that? That's the sound of modders applauding …
Google begins rolling out a “results about you” tool on its Android app to let users see and remove results that contain their personal identifiable information
At I/O 2022 in May, Google announced a new tool to streamline the process of removing Search results that contain …
Getty Images bans the upload and sale of AI-generated images using tools like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, citing concerns over legal challenges
Getty Images has banned the upload and sale of illustrations generated using AI art tools like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion.
Amazon refreshes its Fire HD 8 lineup for the first time in two years and adds a Tap to Alexa feature to control the assistant using touch
Amazon is revamping its 8-inch tablets for the first time in two years, but their biggest improvement might rest in the software.
Salesforce announces Net Zero Marketplace, which will aggregate offset providers and rating agencies for carbon credits, launching in October 2022 in the US
Salesforce Inc. is launching a marketplace for carbon credits that will aggregate offset providers and rating agencies …
Amid protests over police brutality, the Iranian government restricts access nationally to Instagram, one of the last remaining social networks in the country
Network data from NetBlocks confirm a near-total disruption disruption to internet service in parts of Kurdistan province …
Salesforce unveils Genie, a real-time data integration model for the entire Salesforce platform that the company claims will lead to better customer experiences
Good morning! We sent Workplace reporter Lizzy Lawrence … Salesforce News : Salesforce Announces Genie - a New Data Platform Powering the World's First Real-Time CRM Joel Khalili / TechRadar : Salesf...
Microsoft plans to expand Windows 11's support for 20K+ Android apps and games via the Amazon Appstore to 31 countries “within the next few weeks”
WhatsApp announces an “expanded partnership” with Salesforce to let businesses manage their WhatsApp conversations with customers from the Salesforce platform
WhatsApp on Tuesday announced an ‘expanded partnership’ with Salesforce to get their business customers up and running on the messaging app.
Nvidia unveils its first SaaS and IaaS offering, Omniverse Cloud, a services suite for artists, developers, and enterprise teams to build and run metaverse apps
Nvidia today announced its first software- and infrastructure-as-a-service offering — Nvidia Omniverse Cloud …
Nvidia announces the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 GPUs; the $1,599 RTX 4090 is 2x-4x faster than the 3090 Ti, comes with 24GB of GDDR6X memory, and ships on October 12
YouTube unveils Creator Music, which lets creators browse a catalog and use songs by buying rights or sharing revenue, launching out of beta in the US this fall
In addition to the groundbreaking news that YouTube would begin to monetize Shorts videos and revamp its Partner Program …
Microsoft releases Windows 11's first major update, adding Start menu folders, more Snap Layouts, dark mode improvements, Live Captions, Voice Access, and more
Today, Panos Panay announced the release … Mike Nelson / Xbox Wire : The Windows 11 2022 Update is Available Today Laurent Giret / Thurrott : Windows 10 Version 22H2 is Coming in October Anyron Copema...
Q&A with Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on building a supply chain software business, managing large customers, scaling the company, the shipping industry, and more
The Flexport CEO's tweetstorm changed how a major US port moves your stuff — Ryan Petersen is currently the CEO of Flexport. Tweets: @skupor , @flexport , @yuris , and @liron Tweets: Scott Kupor / @...
Nvidia unveils the RTX 6000, its new flagship GPU for the professional visualization market, offering up to 2x-4x the performance of the previous gen RTX A6000
Nvidia unveils new ProViz flagship: Old name, new board. — In a rather unexpected move, Nvidia introduced
Documents: multiple US military branches have bought access to Team Cymru's Augury internet monitoring tool, which claims to cover 90%+ of internet traffic
The “Augury” platform includes highly sensitive network data that Team Cymru, a private company, is selling to the military. “It's everything. Tweets: @keegan_hamilton , @shotgunner101 , @motherboard...
India expands its incentives for chip and display manufacturers, including covering 50% of capital expenditure when setting up a semiconductor plant
India's government on Wednesday raised fiscal support for new semiconductor facilities to cover 50% of project costs and said it will remove …
Nvidia announces the Drive Thor processor with 77B transistors for self-driving vehicles, arriving in 2024 for cars coming in 2025, starting with Zeekr's 001 EV
DC-based Pie Insurance, which uses data and analytics to sell insurance to small businesses, raised a $315M Series D, bringing its total funding to $615M+
Pie Insurance has raised yet another staggering round of funding to create new lines of business for the tech-enabled insurance firm.
An interview with Alabama Securities Commission Director Joe Borg on why US state regulators protected investors from crypto fraud more quickly than the SEC
Joe Borg, Alabama's chief financial watchdog, has emerged as a captain of a state-led push to protect investors from crypto fraud
Google plans to integrate Google Tasks reminders across G Suite apps including Assistant, Calendar, Docs, and Sheets in the coming months, as opt-in at first
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A profile of Chainalysis and its work with governments and law enforcement to trace crypto transactions; the NY-based company has 700+ clients in 70+ countries
In May 2021 hackers initiated a cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline Co., the company behind the US's largest gasoline pipeline. Tweets: @chainalysis , @ianandrewsdc , @joshuabrustein , and @gladstei...
A leaked draft of the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets legislation urges a “substance over form” enforcement approach, meaning the rules could apply to some NFTs
A leaked draft of the text, reviewed by CoinDesk, shows the rules could apply to fractionalized NFTs.
Coinbase announces Node, a set of APIs to build on multiple blockchains, including support for NFTs; the free plan offers up to 120K daily Ethereum requests
- Coinbase Cloud has launched Node, a developer-focused revamp of its enterprise Query & Transact (QT) platform.
Sources: Binance offered ~$50M for bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital's assets, the leading bid and slightly above FTX's, but neither has been accepted yet
Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal :
Nova Labs and T-Mobile sign a five-year deal to launch Helium Mobile, a 5G MVNO service for smartphones that combines coverage from the two companies' networks
Andrew Hayward / Decrypt :
Messari, which offers Bloomberg Terminal-style reports and data on crypto, raised a $35M Series B led by Brevan Howard Digital
Not bad for a Two Bit Idiot. The “idiot” in question is Ryan Selkis, who uses the tongue-in-cheek monicker for his popular Twitter account …
Lina Khan says she's “extremely disturbed” by Mudge's claim that Twitter misled the FTC about its compliance with a 2011 consent decree and plans to investigate
Miami-based DoorLoop, which offers rental property management tools for small to mid-market landlords, raised a $20M Series A from Alpine Software Group
Katherine Kallergis / The Real Deal New York :
Meta tests letting average users inform its content policies, including February-April 2022 panels asking about “problematic” climate information on Facebook
French industrial giant Schneider Electric agrees to acquire the remaining 40.86% stake in UK industry software company Aveva for ~£3.87B, valuing it at £9.5B
Bloomberg :
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son plans to visit Seoul for the first time in three years “to discuss a strategic alliance for Arm with Samsung”, likely in October
Bloomberg :
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces US, Microsoft, and Twitter investments for a research initiative under the Christchurch Call anti-online hate project
Lucy Craymer / Reuters :
Research: Amazon Air averaged 194 cargo flights daily so far in September 2022, up from 164 in August 2021 and 187 in March 2022, the slowest growth since 2020
Matt Day / Bloomberg :
On-chain data: Wintermute, recently hacked for $160M, has $200M in outstanding DeFi debt, including a $92M Tether loan to TrueFi, due to mature on October 15
MoonPay helps Universal Studios create a “Halloween Horror Nights” NFT scavenger hunt in its Orlando and Hollywood theme parks, planning to mint up to 7M NFTs
MK Manoylov / The Block :
Internal meetings: TikTok employed a two-tiered moderation system with “more lenient” treatment for influencers, celebrities, and other VIPs with 5M+ followers
Pano AI, which uses AI and computer vision to offer active wildfire detection, raised a $20M Series A led by Initialized Capital at a $90M post-money valuation
Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch :
Facebook adds Pages features to let creators endorse each other, make content exclusive to top fans and subscribers, earn “rising creator” labels, and more
Berlin-based Gigs, which aims to help companies become mobile virtual network operators, raised a $20M Series A led by Google's Gradient Ventures
it basically wants to help any company become a mobile network operator, so they can bundle data/SMS/voice plans as part of their own products and services: https://techcrunch.com/...
Malwarebytes raised $100M from private equity firm Vector Capital for a minority stake, weeks after the company laid off 125 employees, or ~14% of its workforce
Carly Page / TechCrunch :
Chuck Schumer and other US lawmakers urge the White House to add China's YMTC to the entity list for violating export rules by supplying NAND chips to Huawei
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times : Tweets: @dimi , @niubi , @dimi , @dimi , and @andykeiser Tweets: Demetri / @dimi : Huawei is using the memory chips in its new flagship foldable phone (Mate Xs...
Adobe's Figma retention package may be the biggest since Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014, exceeding deal packages from Auth0, LinkedIn, Mobileye, and Slack
a key player in the Figma deal, now on the Adobe side. Salesforce couldn't hold on to Tableau's Adam Selipsky, back as CEO at AWS. https://www.forbes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Alex Konrad / @ale...
Tel Aviv-based 4M Analytics, which aims to be the Google Maps of the US' underground utility infrastructure, raised $30M, bringing its Series A total to $45M
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
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.