The SEC sues Coinbase, alleging the exchange operated as an unregistered broker since at least 2019 and broke the rules by offering “staking”; COIN drops 15%+
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Coinbase Global Inc. in federal court in New York on Tuesday, alleging the crypto firm for years broke its rules.
Tim Cook unveils Apple Vision Pro, a “spatial computing” headset controlled with the user's eyes, hands, and voice, coming to the US for $3,499+ in early 2024
Apple has announced an augmented reality headset called Apple Vision Pro that “seamlessly” blends the real and digital world.
Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro, which seems to be a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR, offering near perfect eye tracking and gesture control
After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple …
The SEC sues Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao, accusing the company of mishandling billions in customer funds, lying to regulators and investors, and more
Can Pence stand with — and apart — from Trump? Tyler Pearson / DL News : Crypto traders lose $320m in Binance-driven plunge, judge allows bankrupt Genesis mediation extension Christian Encila / NewsBT...
Apple unveils iOS 17 with redesigned contact cards, Live Voicemail, transcription, FaceTime messages, updates to Messages, autocorrect, and AirDrop, and more
Personalize your phone calls — Customize what people see when you call. Apple : iOS 17 makes iPhone more personal and intuitive Shiona McCallum / BBC : ‘Ducking hell’ to disappear from Apple autocor...
Apple Vision Pro will launch with Disney+ and hundreds of thousands of existing iPhone and iPad apps, including Word and Excel, and support Unity game engine
Todd Spangler / Variety :
A task force of ten state regulators, including California and Washington's, issues a Show Cause Order against Coinbase for allegedly violating securities law
Alleges Crypto Trading Platform Operated As Unregistered Exchange Since 2019 Rohan Goswami / NBC News : SEC sues Coinbase over exchange and staking programs Jamie Redman / Bitcoin News : Alabama Secur...
Apple updates the Mac Studio, starting at $1,999, and Mac Pro, starting at $6,999, with M2 Max and M2 Ultra, completing the Mac's transition to Apple silicon
With M2 Max and the new M2 Ultra, Mac Studio is a performance powerhouse in a compact design, while the new Mac Pro combines …
Sequoia plans to split into three firms, Sequoia in the US and Europe, HongShan in China, and Peak XV in India and Southeast Asia, “no later than” March 2024
Venture capital's biggest global brand is breaking up, with Sequoia's China and India and Southeast Asia funds relaunching …
Nansen: investors pulled ~$780M from Binance and $13M from its US affiliate in the past 24 hours, following the SEC's lawsuit
Investors have pulled around $780 million from crypto exchange Binance in the last 24 hours, data firm Nansen said on Tuesday, a day after the world's biggest crypto exchange …
Microsoft agrees to pay $20M to settle FTC charges that the company violated COPPA by collecting personal data from children without their parents' consent
Microsoft (MSFT.O) will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the tech company illegally collected …
In its Binance lawsuit, the SEC cited 12 coins as assets falling under its purview, taking the value of tokens categorized as unregistered securities to $115B+
The list of digital tokens deemed as unregistered securities by the Securities and Exchange Commission now spans over $115 billion …
Apple Vision Pro is incredibly compelling as a product and for its potential use cases; what the device says about society, though, is a bit more pessimistic
It really is one of the best product names in Apple history: Vision is a description of a product, it is an aspiration for a use case …
Apple Vision Pro will take at least five years to supplant the iPhone, reflected by Tim Cook not wearing one; the spatial computing UI is what's most impressive
Hey everyone, it's Mark. Apple introduced the Vision Pro on Monday at WWDC, looking to an era beyond the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Tweets: @markgurman , @kocienda , @kantrowitz , @smashdawg , @markgurman...
Apple Vision Pro specs: 12 cameras, five sensors, and six mics, an M2 and a new R1 chip, a digital crown, 23M pixels, and Zeiss lenses for vision correction
as needed. Top right: For those that wear glasses, Apple is partnering with Zeiss to create inserted lens, that will correct your vision, so you... https://twitter.com/... [image] Benedict Evans / @be...
Apple says iOS 17 will offer a landscape StandBy mode for the lock screen, NameDrop contact sharing, “Siri” as the trigger word instead of “Hey Siri”, and more
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An interview with Craig Federighi on the new privacy and safety enhancements across iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma, working with AI, and more
It used to be just technology journalists and privacy advocates who got excited about the new privacy features that Apple …
Apple unveils an M2 Max with a 12-core CPU, 30-core GPU, and support for 96GB of RAM and M2 Ultra with 24-core CPU, a 60-core GPU, and support for 192GB of RAM
20 billion more than M1 Ultra -800GB/s of system memory bandwidth and -supports 50% more memory capacity, 192GB -24-core CPU is 20% faster -76-core GPU up to 30%... https://twitter.com/... @iamdcinves...
Apple avoided mentioning AI at WWDC, instead referring to machine learning and transformers while describing features; M2 Ultra was touted for training models
Apple prefers using “machine learning,” or just having AI work in the background. — Amid notable new products …
Apple says iOS 17 will include a Sensitive Content Warning feature, which processes content on-device to help adult users avoid unwanted nude images and videos
a new iOS feature that helps users avoid unwanted nudes #WWDC2023 @techcrunch https://techcrunch.com/...
At TSMC's annual meeting, geopolitics took center stage for the first time, as CEO Mark Liu defended the US expansion, saying the plans were “not all downside”
Shareholders question strategy but chair says new foundries outside Taiwan can help it maintain global leadership
Apple announces iPadOS 17, matching many of iOS 17's new features, including lock screen customization, interactive widgets, Live Activities, and a Health app
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Apple announces macOS Sonoma, adding support for desktop widgets, a new Game mode that reduces latency, Safari updates, pinning web apps in the Dock, and more
new video conferencing tools for help presenting material and give reactions to speakers. It will detect a double thumbs up and give a special background [image] @csuwildcat : @jensimmons @codemonkey8...
Apple announces a 15.3-inch MacBook Air for $1,299+, with an M2, six speakers, a 25% brighter display, a headphone jack, and a 1080p webcam, shipping on June 13
Apple announces tvOS 17 with a redesigned Control Center, a way to find the Apple TV remote using an iPhone, and a FaceTime app that requires an iPhone or iPad
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac :
Apple announces watchOS 10 with an updated UI, including new widgets, Group FaceTime Audio, new fitness and health features, mood tracking, and topographic maps
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Reddit defends its usage-based API pricing as covering costs, arguing the company “needs to be fairly paid to continue supporting high-usage third-party apps”
A number of Reddit forums plan to go dark for two days later this month to protest the company's decision to increase prices for third-party app developers.
An overview of updates and announcements that didn't make it into the WWDC keynote, including iOS 17 dropping support for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X
British Airways, the BBC, and others warn staff that their data may have been stolen in Progress' MOVEit tool hack; thousands of companies could be vulnerable
William Turton / Bloomberg :
Counterfeit tech scams run amok on Walmart and eBay because the platforms, despite their resources, have failed to properly vet sellers and products
If I can spot a fake SSD, why can't Walmart? — Online retailers that host third-party sellers, like Amazon and Walmart, have extensive, competitively priced electronics selections.
FIFA report: 50%+ of soccer players in two 2021 tournaments received abuse on social media, a third of which was racist; some players and clubs demand change
Missing penalties in a major international soccer final was bad enough for three Black players on England's national team. Bluesky: @sarahjeong.bsky.social Bluesky: Sarah Jeong / @sarahjeong.bsky.soci...
Enterprise software startup Instabase raised $45M led by Tribe Capital at a $2B valuation, after raising $105M at a $1.05B valuation in October 2019
Business services startup Instabase Inc. has raised a new round of funding that doubles its valuation to $2 billion, a deal buoyed …
Microsoft attributes recent attacks on Progress' MOVEit Transfer tool to the Clop ransomware gang; incident responders: the gang can take weeks to issue demands
Lagos-based Helium Health, which provides SaaS tools, financing, and insights for health care providers and public health organizations, raised a $30M Series B
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :
Bermuda-based Meanwhile, which aims to offer life insurance to US citizens with large BTC holdings, raised $19M across two seeds led by Sam Altman and others
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk :
Intel details PowerVia, a backside power delivery network technology promising performance and manufacturing benefits, set to be introduced in its chips in 2024
Ryan Smith / AnandTech :
Curri, which sells last-mile logistics for construction, raised a $42M Series B, taking its total funding to $48.2M, and launches an API for booking vehicles
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Byju's files a complaint in the New York Supreme Court claiming that lenders “unlawfully” accelerated the terms of its $1.2B term loan B raised in November 2021
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Filing: Intel plans to sell 35M+ Mobileye shares, raising ~$1.48B for its ambitious fab spending plans; after the sale, Intel will retain an ~88% Mobileye stake
Ian King / Bloomberg :
Apple updates AirPods with new features, including Adaptive Audio, which blends noise cancellation and transparency passthrough based on the user's surroundings
what it is and how it works Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors : AirPods Pro 2 Gaining ‘Adaptive Audio’ Feature That Dynamically Adjusts to Your Environment Tweets: Patrick Morgan / @itspatmorgan : @MKBHD ...
Internal 4chan emails, chat logs, and chaotic moderation decisions reveal how the site's moderators, called “janitors”, allowed racism and violence to take over
Justin Ling / Wired :
Draft: a trade group representing the NYT, the Post, Disney, and NBCUniversal tells members that AI tools trained on their archives could break copyright laws
Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew :
Gigabyte releases BIOS updates to remove a backdoor in the firmware of over 270 motherboard models that could let hackers install malware when the PC restarts
Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek :
Court filing: Twitter's lawyers say the “Twitter Files” show no government interference at the company, implying Elon Musk lied about what the files revealed
Mike Masnick / Techdirt : Tweets: @nils_gilman and @digiphile Tweets: Nils Gilman / @nils_gilman : “Twitter's filing is like a beat-by-beat debunking of the conspiracy theories pushed by the dude who...
Stack Overflow moderators strike over last week's announcement to prohibit moderating AI-generated content; the company says 11% of moderators are on strike
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