EU regulators approve Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard deal after the company made concessions over giving rivals access to Call of Duty and other games
The green light follows objections to the blockbuster deal by American and British regulators on the grounds that it would undercut competition.
Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin's Telly opens a waitlist to give away 500,000 55-inch 4K HDR TVs in 2023 with a second screen that constantly shows ads
Would you take a free TV if it constantly ran banner ads beneath everything you watched? — That's the proposition for Telly …
Google's AI-heavy I/O suggests AI is a sustaining innovation for Big Tech; the true fight will be between major players' centralized models and open source
Some things in tech are shocking, but not surprising — think of a CEO of a struggling company losing their job.
Developer logs: Apple tests an M3 with 12 CPU cores, 18 GPU cores, and 36GB of RAM; Meta pulls Messenger from Apple Watch and launches WhatsApp on WearOS
here's why (report) MacDailyNews : Apple's M3 Pro said to sport 12 CPU cores, 18 graphics cores, 36GB of memory João Silva / KitGuru : Apple M3 Pro specifications leak out Christian Zibreg / iDownload...
A profile of Douglas Rushkoff, an internet theorist since the 1990s and a former techno-optimist who all but renounced being a digital revolution spokesperson
The former techno-optimist has taken a decisive political left turn. He says it's the only human option. Tweets: @parismarx , @imjasondiamond , and @thestalwart See also Mediagazer Tweets: Paris Marx...
US crypto tsar Eun Young Choi says the DOJ is targeting exchanges alongside “mixers and tumblers” to stop illicit behavior, aiming to “send a deterrent message”
The justice department is stepping up scrutiny of an industry wracked by scandal and volatility
At I/O 2023, Google Assistant was an afterthought, superseded by Bard, a notable omission after Assistant took center stage at multiple previous I/O keynotes
Google's generative AI chatbot Bard took center stage at the company's I/O conference. The company's answer to Siri was left backstage.
Kenya-based M-KOPA, an asset financing service offering African customers access to “productive assets” and digital payments, raised $55M equity and $200M+ debt
M-KOPA, the asset financing platform that offers underbanked African customers access to “productive assets” …
How Sea, one of Southeast Asia's largest internet companies that burned billions per year for market share, made huge cuts to turn its first profit in 14 years
Just over a year ago, Forrest Li was laid up in bed with Covid, fretting about the future of his company, Sea Ltd. So he propped himself …
The TSA is testing facial recognition tech at 16 US airports, calling the pilot voluntary and accurate, as critics raise bias, privacy, and consent concerns
A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen.
US-based sports merchandise retailer Fanatics agrees to acquire the US assets of Australia-based online sports betting company PointsBet for $150M in cash
Pointsbet outlines that they are 7th in terms of market share … Tweets: Contessa Brewer / @contessabrewer : The ceo of Fanatics Betting and Gaming Matt King said last week that market access is 40-50%...
Nearly half of online footwear, apparel, and accessories brands tracked by Coresight have expanded to physical stores due to rising digital advertising costs
Warby Parker planned to sell glasses online and shake up retailing. Now it's discovered the value of real stores—900 of them, in fact. LinkedIn: Daniel McCarthy and Amjad Ahmad . Mastodon: @carnage4l...
Australia-based gambling machine maker Aristocrat Leisure agrees to acquire Israel-based NeoGames, which builds tech for online real-money gaming, for over $1B
Australia's Aristocrat Leisure (ALL.AX) on Monday said it has entered a deal to acquire Israel-based software firm NeoGames S.A. …
A survey of 60 major crypto companies in Q1 on the state of governance and controls finds many operate outside the norm; around half engage an external auditor
Before it filed for bankruptcy last November, many of the entities in Sam Bankman-Fried's colossal FTX empire had never held a board meeting.
Elliptic: North Korean hackers stole $2.3B in crypto from businesses from 2017 to 2022, including $721M from Japan, $497M from the US, and $281M from Hong Kong
Study finds Japan's $721m loss accounts for 30% of global total since 2017 — According to the Japan External Trade Organization …
London-based Smart, which helps employers and employees manage their pensions, raised a $95M Series E led by Aquiline; reports said Smart sought to raise $123M
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A Delaware judge rules in favor of Oracle founder Larry Ellison in a shareholder lawsuit alleging the company overpaid for Netsuite's $9.3B acquisition in 2016
A Delaware judge has ruled in favor of Oracle founder Larry Ellison in a shareholder lawsuit alleging that he coerced …
A look at TikTok's #medicalmoms, where mothers of disabled and chronically ill kids share parenthood journeys, raising privacy, consent, and autonomy concerns
New York AG Letitia James says three companies accused of falsifying millions of public comments to back the FCC's 2017 net neutrality repeal will pay $615K
US universities are revamping their semiconductor curricula and forging industry partnerships to train staff as the CHIPS Act aims to kickstart US chipmaking
Research finds that AI assistants may be able to influence users without them knowing, akin to humans swaying one another through collaboration and social norms
Swedish cybersecurity company Truesec and experts: Russia-linked “Anonymous Sudan” is one of the most prolific hacktivist groups targeting Swedish organizations
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Sensor Tower: 156 of the 475 top five apps in 95 countries and regions for Q1 2023 were Chinese, up 8% from 2020; the top three apps in the US were Chinese
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
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.