European Parliament votes 602 to 13 to enforce USB-C as the charging port for most devices by the end of 2024 and laptops by 2026; some small devices are exempt
The European Parliament today voted overwhelmingly in favor of enforcing USB-C as a common charging port across a wide range …
The US Treasury releases a digital assets report asking Congress for more resources to police crypto, regulate stablecoins, legislate crypto tokens, and more
The Financial Stability Oversight Council said that the growing crypto market could pose risks to the broader financial system.
The White House's new AI Bill of Rights, including helping opt out of algorithmic decision-making, is nonbinding and so will have little impact on companies
The draft's tenets include allowing citizens to opt out of algorithmic decision-making, which could reshape federal government—but not the private sector.
Sources: Apple's iPhone exports from India crossed $1B since April 2022 and could reach $2.5B by March 2023, up from $1.3B in the year ending March 2022
Apple Inc.'s iPhone exports from India crossed $1 billion in the five months since April, according to people familiar with the matter …
Google's Nest announces the $180 Nest Doorbell Wired and $200 Nest Wifi Pro with Wi-Fi 6E support, updates the Home app, and confirms support for Matter
Google on Tuesday announced several new products, including a new Nest Doorbell that ditches a battery, a Nest Wi-Fi Pro with support for Wi-Fi 6E …
Some YouTube users say the service is asking them to purchase a Premium subscription to watch videos in 4K, a feature that is currently free for all users
YouTube's Premium paid subscription includes benefits like ad-free viewing, video and song downloads for offline consumption, and background plays.
Mastercard announces Crypto Secure, which uses AI to help banks identify and stop transactions from fraud-prone crypto exchanges, powered by CipherTrace's tech
- Mastercard will on Tuesday launch a new product called Crypto Secure that helps banks assess the risk of crime associated with crypto merchants on its network.
Meta announces AITemplate, an open-source, PyTorch-based unified “inference” system for both AMD and Nvidia GPU hardware, helping code run 4x-12x faster
Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O)said on Monday it has launched a new set of free software tools …
Samsung details a five-year roadmap for mass producing advanced chips, including second-generation 3nm chips in 2024, 2nm chips in 2025, and 1.4nm chips in 2027
Samsung Electronics Co. announced an aggressive five-year plan to lure US chip buyers with more advanced technology …
Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China, one of the last remaining services the company provides in the country, citing “low usage”
The service was one of Google's last remaining offerings in the country. — Steven Musil — Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News.
Micron plans to spend up to $100B over 20 years to build a chipmaking complex in upstate New York, helped by federal and state government incentives
The company is planning a giant complex in Clay, N.Y., a sign that the government's investments in semiconductors are steering firms' decisions.
Xiaomi announces the flagship €599 12T, featuring a 108MP camera, and €759 12T Pro, featuring a 200MP camera, both with 6.67-inch displays, available October 13
Xiaomi has officially announced its flagship smartphone lineup for the second half of the year — the Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro.
A federal court rules that the CFTC appropriately served Ooki DAO through a website help bot and forum post, in a lawsuit over violating federal trading laws
The ruling came the same day a group of crypto lawyers and developers filed to join the CFTC's case against Ooki DAO.
Despite Elon Musk offering Iranians access to Starlink, experts say quickly building the infrastructure and evading government censorship will prove difficult
Elon Musk said the satellite-internet system was activated in the country last month — Watch: Iranians Clash With Police During Violent Wave of Protests
Apple's supplier list shows 48 had manufacturing sites in the US as of September 2021, up from 25 in 2020; 30+ sites were in California, up from <10 in 2020
Partners of iPhone maker seek to stay nearby as pandemic makes travel to China difficult — U.S. Companies Are Reshoring Jobs From China at Record Levels
Kim Kardashian will pay the SEC $1.26M for not reporting a $250K payment to promote EthereumMax on Instagram and won't push crypto securities for three years
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The NLRB says Activision Blizzard withheld raises from QA testers over their union activity; Activision is negotiating with Raven testers who voted to unionize
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South Korean internet giant Naver plans to acquire Poshmark for $17.90/share, representing an enterprise value of ~$1.2B; Poshmark's stock jumps 10%+
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The Vice Society ransomware gang publishes data allegedly stolen from the Los Angeles Unified School District, after the school system did not pay the ransom
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Sources: talks between the US and TikTok over a national security agreement have accelerated ahead of the midterms as Republicans vow to hold hearings
Plan to secure user data is nearing conclusion, sources say, but hurdles remain and Republicans warn against concessions to video app's Chinese owner
Memo: Tiger Global's John Curtius, who backed 250+ startups in five years, is leaving in June 2023; a source says Curtius plans to launch his own firm
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Twitter rolls out its edit button, letting users edit five times in 30 minutes, to Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, coming soon to the US
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A look at the Internet Archive, as the preservation project grows from 2TB in 1997 to ~100PB now, and issues with scraping paywalled news sites and social media
Within the walls of a beautiful former church in San Francisco's Richmond district, racks of computer servers hum and blink with activity. Tweets: @brianroemmele and @ftmag Tweets: Brian Roemmele / @b...
Sensor Tower: Apple's App Store net revenue fell by around 5% in September, the steepest drop since 2015, as gaming revenue declined by 14%
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Sources: as soon as this week, the US is likely to limit access of several Chinese AI and supercomputing companies and labs to US tech, machinery, and software
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How Indonesia's premium streaming video service Vidio is outperforming Netflix and Disney+ in terms of consumption in the world's fourth most populous country
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg : Tweets: @lucas_shaw and @lucas_shaw Tweets: Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw : Netflix, Amazon and Disney dominate online video in almost every major market. But in Indonesia, they a...
Nvidia, which had suspended shipments to Russia, plans to close its Russian offices and offer employees the option to continue their jobs in other countries
Denny Jacob / Wall Street Journal :
Some guests and hosts say Airbnb permanently banned them after background checks by third-party company Inflection revealed minor offenses or old misdemeanors
until @maxwellstrachan and @samleecole asked about it, which inspired a frantic unbanning spree and at least one cash payout: https://www.vice.com/... @vice : Airbnb users are being banned for complet...
Horizon Blockchain Games, which develops the Sequence developer platform, Niftyswap marketplace, and Skyweaver trading card game, raised a $40M Series A
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Walgreens is setting up a network of automated drug-filling centers, expecting robots to cut pharmacist workloads by 25%+ and save the company $1B+ per year
or fewer #pharmacists? @sharonterlep https://www.wsj.com/...
Securiti, which helps companies manage data privacy, security, governance, and compliance, raised a $75M Series C, bringing its total funding to $155M
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Golden, which is building a Web3 data protocol expected to fully launch in Q2 2023, raised a $40M Series B led by a16z, bringing its total funding to $60M
Catarina Moura / The Block :
BrandTotal and Unimania agreed to a permanent injunction banning them from using and scraping Facebook and Instagram, and will pay a “significant financial sum”
TechCrunch :
DeFi investment discovery and risk assessment service Exponential raised a $14M seed led by Paradigm, with Haun Ventures, FTX's VC arm, and others participating
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.