CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40.5% on its first day of trading; Aptos' Layer 1 blockchain was panned for opaque tokenomics and a low transaction throughput
The price of Aptos has crashed more than 40% a day after launch as investors remain wary of the network's widely-panned mainnet rollout.
Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K and i5-13600K review: improved V/F curve and more efficiency cores compared to Alder Lake and highly competitive with AMD Zen 4
Today marks the release of Intel's 13th generation Core processor series, codenamed Raptor Lake.
Google unveils Android 13 Go edition, with Material You, the Discover feed, and Google Play System Updates support, arriving in 2023 on devices with 2GB+ of RAM
Google announced and detailed Android 13 (Go edition) today with several sizable changes to the user experience …
iFixit's Google Pixel Watch teardown: the backplate can be replaced as can the display, after removing the battery; the buttons and crown don't seem replaceable
iFixit shows exactly how difficult it'll be to fix those cracked displays. — What secrets does the inside of the Pixel Watch hold? …
Inside the UST Restitution Group, an association of nearly 4,400 crypto investors trying to track down Do Kwon and who share their findings on Discord
UST Restitution Group is trying to track down Do Kwon after the crash of his terraUSD and luna coins — Kang Hyung-suk's faith …
Google says over 250M monthly active devices now run Android Go, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory
Google has announced that over a quarter of a billion devices that people use each month are running Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory.
DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory proposal suggesting websites facilitating trading on decentralized exchanges should be regulated
- Various individuals in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry are lambasting Sam Bankman-Fried after the FTX CEO shared …
An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition, RCS, government pressure to break encryption, what it's like to hire a new CEO, and more
Signal messages are more private than iMessage and WhatsApp. Here's how. — Meredith Whittaker is the president of Signal …
Meta AI unveils an open-source translator for spoken but unwritten languages, which currently translates one sentence at a time between Hokkien and English
Meta AI built the first speech translator that works for languages that are primarily spoken rather than written. Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Meta Develops New Speech-to-Speech Real-Time ...
SpaceX unveils Starlink Aviation, promising 20ms latency and up to 350Mbps speeds in planes, requiring a $150K Aero Terminal and $12.5K to $25K in monthly fees
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
Public cloud company valuations in the US, Europe, and Israel have fallen from $2.8T to $1.2T in the past year; private market funding fell 42% YoY in Q3 2022
This article was co-authored with my colleagues Richard Kotite and Will Sheldon. The Accel 2022 Euroscape was unveiled earlier today …
Intel previews the next-gen Thunderbolt, based on USB4 v2, with up to 80Gbps both ways, or 120Gbps one way and 40Gbps the other for “video-intensive usages”
Sometimes Sam Medley / Notebookcheck.net : Intel demonstrates next-gen Thunderbolt protoype capable of up to 120 Gbps Lisa Marie Segarra / PetaPixel : Intel Shows Off Prototype for the Next Generation...
India fines Google $161.9M for requiring Android device makers to pre-install Google Mobile Suite and mandating prominent placement of those apps
India's antitrust watchdog fined Google $161.9 million on Thursday for anti-competitive practices related to Android mobile devices in “multiple markets.”
Amazon begins targeting fake review brokers in Europe, starting with Spain and Italy, where it has filed a criminal complaint against a “high-profile” broker
U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Thursday it had filed legal complaints in Italy and Spain as it steps …
Google launches News Showcase in France, partners with 65+ publishers representing 130+ outlets, and will offer “a limited amount” of paywalled content for free
Google has launched News Showcase in France, and it has teamed up with over 65 publishers representing over 130 publications …
Bluesky previews its Authenticated Transport Protocol, formerly ADX, for large distributed social applications and says a Bluesky social app is “coming soon”
Sources: senior Stripe execs have asked managers to restart giving lower ratings on performance reviews to 10% to 15% of staff, seeking to prune its workforce
As the economy slows, more tech companies have been showing employees the door. Now some senior leaders at Silicon Valley fintech giant Stripe …
Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery using quantum physics algorithms and AI, raised a €30M Series A led by Eurazeo and Bpifrance
Patricia Allen / EU-Startups :
Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features in Photos, Assistant, and Nest devices to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without proper consent
State alleges tech giant didn't obtain user consent for biometric-data use — The Texas attorney general sued Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG 2.32%▲ …
Los Angeles-based Eyenuk, which makes AI-powered eye screening tech to detect diabetic retinopathy, raised a $26M Series A, bringing its total funding to $43M+
Katie Adams / MedCity News :
Snap adds new features to its $4/month Snapchat+ subscription app, including “Story Expiration” controls, custom notification sounds, and camera color borders
Steve Dent / Engadget :
Uber launches a global advertising unit, targeting $1B in annual gross ad bookings by 2024, including by displaying ads within its apps and on top of cars
Dave Lee / Financial Times :
YouTube names Leo Olebe, who held executive roles in Google Play's games partnership unit and at Meta, as head of its gaming unit, after an eight-month vacancy
great hire!! Carry the torch forward! Stephen Ellis / @snoopeh : @cecianasta Congrats @LeoOlebe 👏🏻 we started some magic in 2016 against all odds at FB, love seeing you back in the video ring! LFG 🚀
Analysis in 38 US cities: AT&T, Verizon, and others offer lower-income and least-white areas slow internet for the same price as faster service in other regions
then signed up Chloe Albanesius / PCMag : ISPs Found Charging the Same for Internet Plans With Big Speed Disparities Nathan Yau / FlowingData : Slow internet for the same price as fast internet Kwasi ...
IBM reports Q3 revenue up 6.5% YoY to $14.11B, vs. $13.51B est., software revenue up 7.5% YoY to $5.81B, vs. $5.54B est., and lifts its FY 2022 revenue forecast
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
A study of 1,063 US adults' YouTube browsing experience shows the site is more likely to suggest conservative-leaning videos regardless of the viewer's ideology
Katyanna Quach / The Register :
A look at “gradient accounts” on Twitter that have color gradients as profile pictures, post viral “relatable” content, and are often accused of stealing tweets
with a color gradient as your avatar. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
A book excerpt details how the FBI failed to undertake fundamental reforms to combat cybercrime, including confronting escalating cyberthreats like ransomware
ProPublica : Tweets: @renee_dudley , @propublica , @propublica , and @danlgolden Tweets: Renee Dudley / @renee_dudley : In 2015, a dozen frustrated agents from the FBI's Cyber Division met with then ...
Banyan, whose network of item-level purchase data helps customers automate expense management, has raised a $43M Series A, $28M in equity and $15M in debt
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Celestia, which builds a modular blockchain architecture, raised $55M, a source says in a Series A and a Series B that valued the company at $1B earlier in 2022
Ryan Weeks / The Block :
Malaysian payments technology company Super Apps Holdings plans to go public in the US via a SPAC merger at a ~$1.1B valuation, listed on the Nasdaq under TETE
Niket Nishant / Reuters :
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.