Sources: Twitter agreed to delay a deposition of Elon Musk by its lead litigation attorney on October 6 in Austin, as both sides hash out the $44B deal
Tesla chief and social media group are negotiating end to legal fight to finalise $44bn buyout — Twitter has agreed to delay …
Google announces the Pixel 7 Pro with a 6.7-inch 120Hz LTPO display, updated “camera bar”, Tensor G2, up to 256GB, Android 13, and face unlock, starting at $899
At the latest Made by Google launch event, Google has fully detailed the Pixel 7 Pro following a number of early looks, leaks, and teases.
Google unveils the Pixel 7 with a 6.3-inch display, Tensor G2, updated 50MP and 12MP rear cameras, Wi-Fi 6E+, face unlock, and Android 13, starting at $599
The Google Pixel 7 just went official as Google's “affordable flagship” for 2022. What's new? Tensor G2, an updated camera setup, and more, but all for the same price tag.
A US federal court jury finds ex-Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan guilty for not disclosing a 2016 breach of customer and driver records to regulators
A jury found Joe Sullivan, who led security at the ride-hailing company, guilty on two different counts.
Google announces the Tensor G2 SoC, giving Pixel users new camera features, like Night Sight and Face Unblur, while retaining a similar architecture to the G1
As expected, Google today launched its newest line of Pixel phones and — finally — the Pixel Watch.
Google says Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users will get free access to Google One's VPN service later in 2022, but other Google One features require a subscription
here's why that's great news for your privacy and security Dave LeClair / PCMag : Security-Focused Pixel 7, 7 Pro Powered by Second-Gen Google Tensor Chips Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Google Announces ...
iPhone 14 Plus review: multiday battery, bright screen, and lightweight, but hard to use one-handed, no ProMotion, and adopting eSIM will be painful for some
Excellent battery life and a large display make the 14 Plus upgrade-worthy … This is the new iPhone that most people want.
Google announces the Pixel Watch with a 41mm case, circular, domed display, Fitbit-based health features, and more, starting at $350, preorders open today
Google gets into the smartwatch game for real with the $350 Wear OS device — 2021 was the Pixel's year.
Elon Musk's Twitter deal comes as the company is weakened by macroeconomic trends and Musk's own actions; analysts expect just 4.5% revenue growth in 2022
One quick thing: India's competition watchdog The Competition Commission of India … Insider : Elon Musk stands to be the biggest loser in his Twitter deal Peter Kafka / Vox : Elon Musk can't fix Twitt...
Sources: Google has requested manufacturers to make 8M units of its Pixel 7 range, its largest-ever order, aiming to double smartphone sales in 2023
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Sources: in the weeks before Elon Musk's revived $44B bid, his representatives asked Twitter about doing the deal at an up to 30% discount, or a ~$31B valuation
Before Mr. Musk renewed his $44 billion proposal, he and the company haggled in discussions that ultimately did not advance.
Elon Musk's revived $44B Twitter acquisition could rely on banks providing $12.5B at a time when offloading risky debt is difficult, leading to potential losses
Fake LinkedIn executive profiles, which pair AI-generated photos with text from real accounts, are becoming headaches for HR departments and invite-only groups
A recent proliferation of phony executive profiles on LinkedIn is creating something of an identity crisis for the business networking site …
Elon Musk claims that buying Twitter “is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app”; in August 2022, Musk teased launching X.com as a social media site
Google unveils two text-to-video AI generators: Imagen Video, a higher image quality system, and Phenaki, which prioritizes coherency and length over quality
Not to be outdone by Meta's Make-A-Video, Google today detailed its work on Imagen Video, an AI system that can generate video clips given …
Court filing: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon, and CTO Nuke Goldstein withdrew $30M+ between May and June 2022 before the lender's bankruptcy
Ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon and CTO Nuke Goldstein pulled bitcoin, ether, USDC and CEL holdings from their custody accounts in May …
An interview with Google's SVP of Hardware Rick Osterloh on the new Pixel Watch, integration with Fitbit, ambient computing, and more
Google has been right about wearables for nearly a decade. Now, the company swears it's serious about them, too. — Why did Google take so long to build a smartwatch?
Pixel Watch hands-on: feels like a round Apple Watch with Wear OS 3.5 taking some cues from watchOS but its band mechanism might take some getting used to
Victoria Song / The Verge :
What to expect from the “Made by Google” event on October 6: Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and potentially Nest hardware and previews of Pixel devices
Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 servers are “experiencing a mass DDoS attack”, preventing users from joining the game's early access launch
Source: a Paris court lowers a 2020 antitrust fine against Apple from €1.1B to €372M; the fine was related to alleged behavior within its distribution network
A French court on Thursday substantially lowered a fine against iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) for alleged anti-competitive behaviour …
An investigation shows Amazon, Microsoft, and others destroy millions of data storage devices each year, creating huge waste when software wiping methods exist
Companies like Amazon and Microsoft routinely destroy used hard drives in the name of data security — but industry insiders say there is a better option Tweets: @halvarflake , @financialtimes , @pt , ...
DeFiLlama: Circle has burned a record ~$9B of its USDC stablecoin in the past 90 days, decreasing supply from $55.55B to $46.57B, as DeFi yields decline
- The USDC supply has dropped about $9 billion since early July. — This decline is due to an uptick in USDC redemptions for the U.S. dollar. Tweets: @mdudas , @whale_alert , @whale_alert , and @whale...
Amazon plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, the same as in 2021, ahead of the holidays; Walmart plans to hire 40,000, down from 150,000 in 2021
Bloomberg :
Meta details updates to the Facebook Feed that let users show more or fewer posts from friends, Groups, and Pages, helping improve Meta's AI-based ranking
Minnesota-based Arctic Wolf, which offers cybersecurity tools and on-site experts, raised $401M in debt, after raising $150M at a $4.3B valuation in July 2021
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Global VC funding in Q3 2022 was $81B, down 53% YoY from $171B and 33% QoQ from $121B, the lowest level since $70.6B in Q1 2020
The big global venture capital pullback we were all expecting is truly here. — Venture and growth investors in private companies scaled …
DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to solve a matrix multiplication problem by building a 3D TensorGame board game, beating a record that has stood for 50+ years
Two weeks ahead of China's 20th communist party congress, censors seem to be blocking TLS-based circumvention tools that locals use to bypass the Great Firewall
TechCrunch :
Twitter makes notes on tweets from its crowdsourced fact-checking program Birdwatch visible to all US users
Introducing Birdwatch. — Sometimes, Tweets can be misleading or miss important context. Twitter : Helpful Birdwatch notes are now visible to everyone on Twitter in the US Tweets: @birdwatch : Contex...
Sources: to evade US sanctions, Huawei is supporting PXW, a startup based in its hometown Shenzhen that ordered chipmaking equipment for a semiconductor plant
typically 25% — without falling under the restrictions" dont be surprised if that % threshold drops significantly https://twitter.com/... Peter Elstrom / @pelstrom : Exclusive: A low-profile startup i...
After investors bet an estimated ~$100B on self-driving vehicle startups, little progress has been made as companies take shortcuts and losses continue to mount
The first car woke Jennifer King at 2 a.m. with a loud, high‑pitched hum. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, and that wasn't the weird part. Tweets: @trippmickle , @trengriffin , @joelwebersho...
Twitter rolls out its mixed media feature globally, letting Android and iOS users include up to four videos, images, and GIFs in the same tweet
David Cohen / Adweek :
Australia proposes changes to its consumer privacy rules post the Optus hack, enabling telcos to share IDs with banks for better monitoring during data breaches
Renju Jose / Reuters :
Chainalysis: MENA's crypto market grew the fastest from July 2021 to June 2022, with transaction volume up 48% YoY to $566B; Latin America was second at 40% YoY
Montana-based onX, which makes navigation apps for hunting, hiking, off-roading, and other outdoor activities, raised an $87.4M Series B led by Summit Partners
David Erickson / Missoulian : Tweets: @david__erickson , @laura_scheer , and @missoulian Tweets: David Erickson / @david__erickson : The previous record venture capital investment in Montana was $47M...
An illustrated guide showing how Stable Diffusion generates images from text using a CLIP-based text encoder, an image information creator, and an image decoder
Jay Alammar :
A US judge sentences Paige Thompson, who accessed the data of 100M+ Capital One customers in 2019, to five years of probation; the DOJ is “very disappointed”
President Joe Biden has yet to appoint a US CTO after 20 months in office, a position Barack Obama filled within three months
Cristiano Lima / Washington Post : Tweets: @viacristiano Tweets: Cristiano Lima / @viacristiano : So, where is Biden's chief technology officer? 20+ months into his term, Biden has yet to fill a role...
ByteDance's August report to staff says revenue grew 80% to $61.7B in 2021 but operating losses more than tripled to $7.15B as it spent heavily on growth
Social-media giant saw its operating losses more than triple last year to above $7 billion — TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts: Who Will Win the Short-Video Race? Thanks: @sal19
Source: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong commissioned a documentary about his company and himself as he thinks the media has a malicious agenda to smear tech execs
A look at Iranian activists' fight for internet access amid the regime's crackdowns, including using Tor servers inside Iran to bypass internet blockades
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Minneapolis-based NetSPI, which offers penetration testing and attack surface management services, raised $410M from KKR, bringing its total funding to $500M
Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News :
Altana, which uses AI to find supply chain anomalies and identify potential risks and bad actors, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $123M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Fast Company brings its site, Inc, and Mansueto back online after eight days, saying a cyberattack hit its CMS and no customer or advertiser info was disclosed
Brendan Vaughan / Fast Company :
Dutch chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics plans to invest €730M to build a chip materials plant in Italy for a more self-reliant supply chain amid shortages
Lauly Li / Financial Times : Tweets: @chengtingfang Tweets: Cheng Ting-Fang / @chengtingfang : STMicroelectronics is to invest €730mn to build a SiC chip substrates materials plant in Italy -the firs...
Roblox and Discord are accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social media watchdog group
Bloomberg :
Investing via outside VCs for the first time, Amazon plans to give $150M through 2023 to 10+ funds backing underrepresented founders at or before the seed stage
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.