Apple confirms it removed apps from VK, which owns Mail.ru and Russia's largest social network VKontakte, citing UK sanctions; the apps are still on Google Play
The translated statement says “some VK applications are blocked by Apple” but that it will “continue to develop and support iOS applications.”
Celsius co-founder and CEO Alex Mashinsky resigns from the bankrupt cryptocurrency lender, writing his “role as CEO has become an increasing distraction”
and risky—swing Bessie Liu / Blockworks : Alex Mashinsky Steps Down As Celsius CEO Jana Serfontein / Crypto Daily : CEO Of The Bankrupt Celsius Network Resigns Financial Times : Alex Mashinsky resigns...
Sources: Apple tells suppliers to pull back from increasing the supply of iPhone 14 models by ~6M units in H2, instead aiming for 90M units, on par with 2021
Apple Inc. is backing off plans to increase production of its new iPhones this year after an anticipated surge in demand failed to materialize …
Source: FTX is in the process of raising a $1B round, which hasn't closed, as Sam Bankman-Fried considers bidding for bankrupt lender Celsius Network's assets
Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto billionaire who has been bailing out distressed industry players in recent months …
Intel unveils its 13th Gen desktop CPU lineup using the company's 10nm process, including the $589 flagship Core i9-13900K with 24 cores, shipping on October 20
The US SEC and CFTC fine 16 financial firms $1.1B and $710M in penalties, respectively, for failing to monitor employees using unauthorized messaging apps
US regulators reached settlements with a dozen banks in a sprawling probe into how global financial firms failed to monitor employees' communications …
In a hearing, Twitter says Elon Musk's consultants estimated spam accounts at 5%-11% of users and Musk didn't share Signal texts, including with Marc Andreessen
Social media group seeks sanctions as billionaire attempts to pull out of $44bn takeover deal
Fast Company took its website offline after a hacker used its Apple News account to send two obscene push notifications; Apple disabled the outlet's channel
It's been a little while since we had a high-profile media feed hijacking, but tonight someone sent an Apple News notification …
Cloudflare releases Turnstile, a “privacy-preserving” CAPTCHA alternative that tests the browser, not the user, through JavaScript-based challenges, in beta
The company calls it Turnstile, and it's designed to spare us from performing those mundane click-the-traffic-light kinds …
Court filing: Elon Musk's deposition by Twitter's lawyers has been rescheduled to October 6-7; the five-day trial in Wilmington, Delaware, starts on October 17
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The European Commission proposes the AI Liability Directive, seeking to make it easier to sue the makers of drones, robots, and other AI-based products
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed rules making it easier for individuals and companies to sue makers of drones …
OpenAI plans to remove the waitlist for DALL-E today, giving anyone immediate access; Sam Altman says a public release is an essential step for safe development
None of these photos were taken by a camera. — All of these images were created by the artificial intelligence text …
Tumblr introduces “community labels” to let users tag posts about drug and alcohol addiction, violence, and sexual content; its content rules remain unchanged
Tumblr announced a “community labels” feature this week that will make it easier for bloggers to filter out sensitive content that they may not want to see.
Luxury auction house Christie's launches Christie's 3.0, an Ethereum-based platform for selling NFT art, in partnership with Chainalysis, Manifold, and Spatial
Christie's 3.0 has teamed up with Chainalysis, Manifold, and Spatial to sell NFT artwork on Ethereum.
Intel plans to launch its Arc A770 graphics card for $329 on October 12, hoping to compete with Nvidia's budget GeForce RTX 3060 on price and performance
here's when you'll be able to buy one VideoCardz.com : Intel announces Arc A770 GPU at $329, launches October 12th Taylor Lyles / IGN : Intel's Arc A770 Gets $329 Price Tag and October Release Date An...
Amazon unveils the $340 Kindle Scribe, a Kindle Oasis-like device designed for reading and writing with a 10.2-inch 300dpi display, available for preorder today
The newest Kindle is the first truly new Kindle in years. It's called the Kindle Scribe, and it's both a reading device and a writing one.
Meta details influence operations from Russia, impersonating news outlets to spread anti-Ukraine content in Europe, and from China, targeting the US and Czechia
complete with real reporters' bylines and photos — and promoted them using fake accounts to smear Ukraine, according to a new report by Meta https://www.protocol.com/... Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : NE...
A look at Verily's opioid addiction rehab clinic in Dayton, Ohio, which was meant to highlight a futuristic approach but went low-tech to treat ~5,200 patients
Christopher Boggs started smoking pot in his teens, moved on to cocaine, and finally settled on opioids, which allowed him to evade … Tweets: @miller7 , @jenn_elias , @mhbergen , and @byjulialove Twee...
The latest iPadOS 16 developer beta makes Stage Manager work with older A12X and A12Z iPads, but does not support extending the display to an external monitor
Stage Manager is coming to older iPad Pros Lance Ulanoff / TechRadar : The best iPadOS 16 feature is coming to non-M1 iPads Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : iPadOS 16.1 Beta 4 Released: Stage Manager Now...
Intel announces the Unison app, letting users text, take calls, and transfer files to iOS and Android devices, starting with select 12th Gen PCs in fall 2022
Milan-based Satispay, an independent payment network that bypasses banks and credit card companies, raised a €320M Series D led by Addition at a €1B+ valuation
More signs that the economy is slowing down in Europe, and that costs are going up, are driving merchants and consumers …
As California becomes the latest state to require listing salary ranges in job postings, Meta, Alphabet, Disney, and others will have to comply by January 2023
Ready or not, what your job pays is about to get a lot less private. — California, with its roughly 19 million workers …
Coral, which is building an “xNFT” wallet called Backpack for accessing DeFi apps and assets across blockchains, raised $20M led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto
- Coral, known for creating Solana developer framework Anchor, has raised a $20 million strategic funding round co-led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto.
Stockholm-based PE firm EQT plans to acquire New Jersey-based Billtrust, which offers SaaS tools for businesses to manage billing, for $1.7B in cash
Billtrust, a company developing a platform to automate the invoice-to-cash process, today announced that it agreed to be acquired by EQT …
Adobe's Scott Belsky says the company plans to integrate Figma without changing its pricing or UI, add support for other Adobe tools, and more
Adobe Inc. plans to add technology from its creative software portfolio to Figma without tweaking pricing or simplicity after its acquisition …
Dune Analytics: NFT trading volumes fell 97% from a record $17.2B in January 2022 to $466.9M in September 2022
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Audio: citing security, Meta execs privately told rights groups that a decision “at the highest levels” prevented a more detailed report on hate speech in India
Executives at the Facebook parent privately shared with rights groups their disappointment about the sparse report, according to audio recordings Tweets: @press4change and @newley Tweets: Jeff Balling...
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart warns UK ministers against undermining encryption in the Online Safety Bill, arguing the move would embolden authoritarian regimes
Moves to undermine messaging encryption could embolden hostile nation states, Will Cathcart says Tweets: @webdevlaw , @mattnavarra , @webdevlaw , @webdevlaw , and @pt Tweets: Heather Burns / @webdevla...
The US SEC fines Oracle $23M for allegedly bribing officials in India, Turkey, and the UAE between 2016 and 2019, the second such fine after a 2012 settlement
FTX US President Brett Harrison plans to step down in the coming months and become an advisor after joining in May 2021 to oversee the company's rapid growth
Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on the company's business model, customers, IPO plans, corporate structure, working with TSMC and Apple, building car chips, and more
and whether anyone can catch up to Apple's M-series chips. This exchange was very funny: https://t.co/l2dxSKyuZj https://t.co/R14MqFdKMm Samir Khazaka / @samirkhazaka : Long but very good read. @Arm C...
Un1feed launches The OG App for Android on iOS, letting users create and share Instagram feeds without ads and suggested posts, similar to Twitter lists
Coalesce, which helps model, clean, and govern data in Snowflake's cloud, raised a $26M Series A led by Emergence Capital, bringing its total funding to $31.92M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Cloudflare says Greylock, Bessemer, and 24 other VC firms offered to invest up to $1.25B from existing funds in startups using its serverless computing platform
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch :
The SEC sues two ex-MoviePass CEOs, charging them with misleading investors about profit potential, data operations, studio relationships, and revenue sources
Lyft freezes all hiring in the US through the end of 2022 and began notifying job candidates about the freeze this week; Lyft's stock is down 68% year-to-date
Theo Wayt / New York Post :
Colorado-based Ocelot, which uses AI to help US college students apply for financial aid and other services, raised $117M from K1, its first outside funding
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
A look at tappable podcast ads in mobile games, which trigger episode downloads; source: iHeartMedia got ~6M unique listeners/month through such ads since 2018
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg :
YouTube rolls out narration voiceovers for Shorts on iOS, a popular feature on TikTok
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch :
Netflix's password sharing crackdown sparked protests on social media in Argentina, but a source says the anger didn't translate into a mass subscriber exodus
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US congressional aides say TikTok representatives have largely ignored Republican lawmakers, which could have serious consequences if the GOP retakes the House
Bloomberg : Tweets: @business , @matt_schrader_ , @rmac18 , @caseymlewis , and @birnbaum_e Tweets: @business : TikTok is stepping up its charm offensive in D.C., but is sidestepping its loudest Repub...
China has let dating apps flourish amid its crackdown on tech; data.ai: the number of dating apps with 1K+ downloads is up from 81 in 2017 to 275 in 2022
New York Times : Tweets: @jenniferxie12 , @jenniferxie12 , and @tanyabasu Tweets: @jenniferxie12 : 2/5 Q1: “The trend accelerated in the 2010s with the arrival of dating apps like Momo and Tantan, wh...
Researchers say the Lapsus$ hackers' success reveals how many weaknesses in organizations weren't immediately useful to state-backed actors or cybercriminals
an important key to their success researchers say can't be overlooked. https://www.wired.com/...
MPCH Labs, which is developing a cryptographic technique to split and store private keys for multiple users, raised a $40M Series A led by Liberty City Ventures
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk :
NYC-based Arthur AI, which helps companies monitor the accuracy of their ML models over time, raised a $42M Series B led by Acrew Capital and Greycroft
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.