Sources: Apple plans to launch 11" and 12.9" iPad Pros with M2 in October and is working on a Mac mini with M2, Apple TV with A14, and a low-end iPad with USB-C
Apple's next product launch is just days away. Also: The company withholds new employee benefits from its unionized retail store …
Hacker behind the Mango Markets exploit keeps $47M and returns $67M to the DeFi platform after a Mango community vote; he claims his actions were legal
- Eisenberg called the exploit a “profitable trading strategy” and said his actions were legal. — The Mango exploiter said the deal …
Internal Meta docs detail its metaverse struggles; Horizon Worlds has ~200K MAUs vs. a 500K goal by the end of 2022; 9% of worlds are ever visited by 50+ people
Most visitors to Horizon Worlds generally don't return after first month; ‘an empty world is a sad world’
Instead of other newsletter platforms, Substack should be compared to services giving creators direct relationships with fans, like Shopify, Twitch, and Patreon
Or the creator economy, for that matter — When we started Substack in 2017, we told people that we made it simple to start a paid subscription publication.
Elon Musk claims SpaceX will continue subsidizing Starlink in Ukraine “for free” even though the service is still losing money; SpaceX receives government funds
most has been paid by US, Poland, other countries & entities. https://twitter.com/... @bridget123goooo : GMAFB!! You literally cut them off! Children are dying in the streets and you cut their communi...
Razer unveils Edge, its gaming handheld with Android 12, a 6.8" 144Hz screen, and Qualcomm's G3x Gen 1 chipset, available for $400 in January 2023 with Wi-Fi 6E
the Ultimate 5G Handheld Gaming Device Farhan Ali / Appuals.com : Razer Unveils World's First 5G Handheld Gaming Device Sayem Ahmed / Dexerto : Razer Edge 5G handheld announced at RazerCon 2022: Price...
Microsoft admits Windows was not properly downloading and applying updates to the driver blocklist designed to thwart “bring your own vulnerable driver” attacks
Microsoft said Windows automatically blocked dangerous drivers. It didn't. — For almost two years …
International Federation of Robotics: 500K+ industrial robots were installed in 2021, an all-time high, bringing the number of global installations to 3.5M
Robots are spreading at a record pace, from their traditional strongholds like making automobiles into nearly every other human endeavor
Study: AI hiring tools don't reduce bias or improve diversity; they can't be trained to only identify job-related characteristics and strip out gender and race
Artificially intelligent hiring tools do not reduce bias or improve diversity, researchers say in a study. Source: Philosophy & Technology .
New US export controls may affect 43+ senior execs at 16 public semiconductor companies in China, forcing them to choose between US citizenship and their jobs
At least 43 senior executives working with 16 listed Chinese semiconductor companies hold roles from CEO to vice president
Binance's mining service Binance Pool launches a $500M fund to provide 18-to-24-month loans for private and publicly listed Bitcoin miners
The entity is the latest to join the growing ranks of alternative lenders looking to provide capital to the distressed mining industry.
Alphawave IP acquires Banias Labs, an Israel-based optical digital signal processing chip developer for data centers, for $240M
The Israeli startup, co-founded by veteran entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz, develops coherent optical DSP semiconductor technology for data centers
Holding platforms accountable for algorithms promoting self-harm is hard because research linking mental health and social media doesn't establish causation
A British court ruled that teenager Molly Russell died in part because of online content—but holding platforms accountable is complicated.
In response to Meta's rebuttal of its XCheck report, The Wire shares a video of a source using a subdomain, DKIM signatures, and more, but experts are skeptical
& many mainstream foreign journalists also questioned The Wire's work. Now, @thewire_in says it's verified the email via- its DKIM signature. https://thewire.in/... Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : ...
UK-based Zen Educate, a marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, raised a $21M Series A extension to fuel US expansion
Zen Educate, an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, has raised £19.3 million …
BNP Paribas agrees to acquire Kantox, a London-based currency management automation software firm, for €120M after a three year partnership
Fiona Alston / Tech.eu :
The WEEE Forum research estimates that about 5.3B out of 16B mobile phones worldwide will be thrown away in 2022; e-waste will grow to 74M tons per year by 2030
5.3 billion phones to become waste in 2022 Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends : More than 5 billion mobile phones to become waste this year Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Roughly 5.3 billion mobile phones will b...
Seattle-based Diagrid, which offers a fully managed Dapr on Kubernetes service, raised a $20M Series A led by Norwest Venture Partners
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Amsterdam-based Crisp, an app-only supermarket for fresh produce, raised €75M and announced the acquisition of local food supplier Eetfabriek
Vishal Singh / Silicon Canals :
Metalenz, which makes metasurface optics for 3D imaging and sensing, raised a $30M Series B led by Neotribe Ventures, and says it is shipping millions of orders
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :
New York City-based IronVest, which uses biometric authentication and AI to verify the identity of users online, raised a $23M seed led by Accomplice
Tim Keary / VentureBeat :
Fewer than half of the 12+ US and European rapid delivery startups launched in the pandemic are still operating, facing huge losses, a funding drought, and more
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times :
A look at Spotify's podcast exclusivity strategy, which led to 75% audience drops for some Gimlet shows and caused others, like the Obamas, not to renew deals
Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter : Tweets: @aulia , @carnage4life , @davidiadeleke , and @judithflanders See also Mediagazer Tweets: Aulia Masna / @aulia : Never been a believer of podcas...
Stairwell, which scans companies' data to detect if they are currently compromised or were in the past, raised a $45M Series B led by Section 32
Help Net Security : Tweets: @eastdakota Tweets: Matthew Prince / @eastdakota : Proud to be a (small) angel investor. https://twitter.com/...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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