Twitter users globally reported multiple outages for over two hours, including the timeline failing to load on web and mobile; most users could still tweet
Twitter was having difficulties this morning, with users reporting that the site's timelines were inaccessible.
Meta's internal four-year AR/VR roadmap: three Quest headsets, smart glasses with a display and a “neural interface” smartwatch in 2025, and AR glasses in 2027
During an internal presentation, Meta execs laid out plans for three new Quest headsets, AR glasses in 2027, and a ‘neural interface’ smartwatch.
Microsoft releases a Windows 11 update that adds the new AI-powered Bing search to the taskbar, Phone Link for iOS, screen recording, Notepad tabs, and more
here's what it looks like Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Microsoft somehow brings iMessage to Windows, will it last? Brad Linder / Liliputing : Windows 11 update brings AI-powered Bing to the Search Box, t...
After a lengthy, unexplained outage over the weekend due to an update, Solana Labs plans to improve its upgrade process to ensure reliability and uptime
Solana co-founder said last week's 1.14 network update has raised concerns about maintaining stability during major updates.
Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh pleads guilty to six US criminal charges, becoming the third FTX exec close to SBF to plead guilty and cooperate
Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges …
The House Foreign Affairs Committee votes 24 to 16 to give President Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok and other apps; committee Democrats opposed the bill
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok and other apps.
Decentralized social network Bluesky launches in the iOS App Store as an invite-only beta; Twitter started Bluesky in 2019 and spun off the project in 2022
Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access.
How the UK's Online Safety Bill became an overwrought law that may not achieve its aims due to repeated policy changes by four prime ministers since 2019
LONDON — Britain's attempt to rein in the internet has turned into a political omnishambles. — The country's masterplan …
Twitter reverses its violent speech policy to ban users from voicing “wishes of harm” on people and adds rules on threats of damaging homes and infrastructure
Twitter is once again tightening its rules around what users are permitted to say on the platform.
TikTok adds new well-being features for teens and others, including screen time controls, default settings for teens, and expanded Family Pairing
TikTok announced today that it's introducing new well-being features for teens, families and its broader community.
In a letter, YouTube head Neal Mohan outlined his key priorities and teases upcoming features, including generative AI tools for creators and Shorts updates
Neal Mohan, the new head of YouTube, outlined his key priorities and teased some upcoming features for the media platform …
Microsoft's Windows 11 announcement, adding the new Bing “directly into the taskbar”, was wildly misleading as using Bing Chat still requires opening Edge
What the hell, Microsoft? — Yesterday, Microsoft made a big hubbub about a new Windows 11 update that allegedly puts AI …
Mid-to-late stage tech startups will likely face a reckoning in late 2023 to 2024, as companies run out of cash from “free rounds” fueled by low interest rates
The coming reset in mid-to-late stage startups in 2023-2024 is at this point likely largely decoupled from interest rates and inflation.
Sources: Salesforce is still paying Matthew McConaughey $10M a year to act as a “creative adviser” despite thousands of layoffs and multiple activist investors
The $160 billion business-software company has joined the tech industry's retrenchment, laying off thousands
OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit to focus on creating a “positive human impact”, now operates as a closed-source and for-profit entity as ChatGPT explodes
OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships. Will it seek to own its shiny AI future?
A look at Russia's cyberattack on Viasat's KA-SAT network in February 2022, leading some countries and the satellite industry to rethink satellite cybersecurity
Andreas Wickberg loves snowmobiling to the house he built in the icy reaches of Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle.
London-based Revolut reports £636M in 2021 revenue, a third coming from its crypto trading business, and a £26M net profit, up from a £223M loss in 2020
of £39m before tax — for 2021, as Europe's neobanks refocus away from growth at all costs to being in the green. Revenues at the neobank nearly tripled, from £220m in 2020 to over £636m in 2021. https...
Sources: Elliott Management nominated a slate of directors for Salesforce's board, likely including Elliott's Jesse Cohn, ahead of the company's Q4 earnings
- Activist investor Elliott Management has nominated a slate of directors for Salesforce's board, sources told CNBC's David Faber Wednesday.
A survey of 810 Uber and Lyft California drivers: ~66% have experienced deactivation, 30% of whom were never told why, and 43% were sexually harassed on the job
SAN FRANCISCO - A new report released today by the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and Rideshare Drivers United (RDU) …
LastPass says hackers stole password vault data in 2022 by exploiting an RCE flaw in third-party software to install a keylogger on a DevOps engineer's computer
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer :
How the proliferation of shock sites like Goatse, which can be traced back to Rotten.com, defined the modern internet era and informed how we use the web today
We owe the cultural evolution of the internet to the likes of ‘Two Girls, One Cup,’ ‘Goatse,’ and ‘Tubgirl.’ Tweets: @adribbleofink , @doncald , @metallicaisrad , @michaelbarthel , @yacobg42 , @noahjs...
Email: FTX's derivatives exchange LedgerX tells clients to send domestic wire transfers to Signature Bank instead of Silvergate Bank going forward
Volkswagen Group plans to roll out an app store for its car brands soon, including apps from TikTok, Spotify, Yelp, and other third-party car-optimized apps
If you've long felt like the one thing missing from your Audi was in-car TikTok, fret no more. Volkswagen Group is the latest …
Nansen: investors pulled $6B+ out of the BUSD stablecoin in the past month after US regulatory pressure; BUSD was ~40% of Binance's trading volume in December
New York regulatory move accelerates withdrawal from BUSD stablecoin — Investors have pulled more than $6bn …
CodaMetrix, which uses AI to automate the process of translating patient records into codes for health care providers, raised a $55M Series A led by SignalFire
Katie Adams / MedCity News :
Google rolls out fall detection to all Pixel Watch users, four months after its launch, saying the feature “has been extensively tested” to avoid false alarms
Florence Ion / Gizmodo :
A profile of Christos Rammos, a key investigator of the spyware scandal that has engulfed Greek politics and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis since summer 2022
ATHENS — Christos Rammos is turning the screws on Greece's government. — Rammos has been the key investigator of the surveillance scandal … Tweets: @politicoeurope , @nstamouli , @nstamouli , and @e...
Qualcomm and Thales announce the certification of the first commercially deployable iSIM, putting eSIM-like functionality directly into a phone's main processor
Future Phones Could Use More Efficient ‘iSIMs’ Chris Smith / Trusted Reviews : What is iSIM: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 integrated SIM tech explained Thales Group : Thales launches world's first GSMA certifie...
A look at Belarus' once-vibrant tech startup scene, decimated after ruthless repression by Alexander Lukashenko's regime and Russia's invasion of Ukraine
and the country's techies are fleeing in droves. Absolutely fantastic reporting here from @clementgirardot https://restofworld.org/... via @restofworld Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : A fraudulent electio...
Microsoft expands PC Game Pass to 40 new countries, including in Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, taking the service's total to 86
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Dell updates the XPS 15 and 17 laptops with Intel's 13th-Gen H-series CPUs and Nvidia's RTX 40-series GPUs, starting at $2,949 and $3,399, available on March 2
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica :
A profile of BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, who served six months under house arrest for US Bank Secrecy Act violations; sources say he still controls BitMEX
and his huge collection of stuffed animals — during his house arrest in Miami: “Shit happens. Moved on,” he says. New profile out in the latest issue of @NYMag: https://nymag.com/... Joe Weisenthal / ...
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang reports Q4 revenue up 4.9% YoY to $5.33B and active customers up 1% YoY to 18.1M, both below estimates
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg :
Chinese media warns Elon Musk, effectively saying not to bite the hand that feeds you, after he replied to a tweet implying COVID-19 originated from a Wuhan lab
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple restarted work on an iPhone SE 4 with a 6.1" OLED screen and an Apple-designed 5G modem; Ross Young says China's BOE will supply the display
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors :
HP reports Q1 revenue down 19% YoY to $13.8B, vs. $14.1B est., Personal Systems net revenue down 24% YoY to $9.2B, and Printing net revenue down 5% YoY to $4.6B
Yuga Labs unveils TwelveFold, its first Bitcoin NFT project, which consists of 300 limited-edition generative art pieces each attached to an individual Satoshi
Q&A with iHeartMedia's Conal Byrne on overseeing podcasting at the company, the industry maturing, RSS, radio and podcast ads, subscriptions, and exclusivity
Nilay Patel / The Verge :
Typeface, which offers generative AI for marketing copy and images, emerges from stealth with $65M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV, M12, and Menlo Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Three SIM-swapping gangs separately claimed multiple times on Telegram to have phished staff at T-Mobile throughout 2022, far more often than other US carriers
Robotics startup Fulfil, which offers automated micro-fulfillment centers for online grocers, emerges from stealth with a $60M Series B led by Eclipse
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Memo: Dish CEO Erik Carlson tells staff that “certain data was extracted” in a cyberattack that has kept the company's systems down for days; DISH falls 5%+
Memo and sources: Instacart told employees that its Q4 revenue increased 50%+ YoY, Q4 gross profit rose 80%+ YoY, and 2022 revenue grew 39% YoY to ~$2.5B
Wall Street Journal :
US-based MKS Instruments, a little-known but key chip equipment supplier, expects delays from a “ransomware event” on “production-related systems” to continue
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