A look at Apple Vision Pro features based on the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode”
Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC 2023. But even so, there are still a lot of details …
Meta plans to remove news content from Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada after the Online News Act passed Canada's Senate and received Royal Assent
With Bill C-18 on the verge of becoming law, Canadians could soon see news removed from their Facebook pages and Google searches
In a private email, PlayStation chief Jim Ryan said the Microsoft-Activision deal wasn't about Xbox exclusives, countering Sony's public arguments and filings
We're only minutes into the FTC v. Microsoft hearing, and we've already had a bombshell revelation.
Apple releases visionOS SDK for creating Vision Pro apps and plans to open applications for Apple Vision Pro developer kits and developer labs in July 2023
Sources: Apple is in talks to launch Apple Card in India, meeting with HDFC and the RBI; a source says Apple is holding discussions with the NPCI over Apple Pay
This comes in the wake of Apple's decision to stop card payments in India on its App Store and for its iCloud services.
Filing: Microsoft says Xbox “lost the console wars”, with a 16% share of console sales in 2021, behind Nintendo and PlayStation, and a 21% installed base share
The FTC wants to block it because Microsoft might want exclusives. — Which is exactly the strategy Sony and Nintendo employ to greater success. — Oh, and Sony has sold over 30 percent more PS5 con...
Thierry Breton says he sees a “strong willingness” from Twitter to comply with the EU's DSA and the company was the first to undergo a stress test to prepare
Social-media platform did voluntary stress test as a dry run before law takes effect late August
AWS plans to invest $100M in a new program to help companies, like Highspot and Twilio, build generative AI tools by connecting them with AWS AI and ML experts
- Amazon's cloud unit said Thursday that it's allocating $100 million for a center to help companies use generative artificial intelligence.
Over 100 artists including Tom Morello call for a live event facial recognition ban and pledge to boycott venues using the tech, citing privacy and bias risks
The artists are among 100 other performers and venues calling for the ban of facial recognition technology at live events
JPMorgan expands its JPM Coin, launched in 2019 for USD transactions, to euro payments; the bank has used the token to process ~$300B in transactions to date
JPMorgan Chase & Co. expanded one of the most high-profile projects to bring blockchain technology to traditional banking …
TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas quits after five years at the company to refocus on “entrepreneurial passions”; chief of staff Adam Presser becomes head of operations
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Lithuania announces Tech Zity, a €100M tech campus touted as Europe's largest at ~592K sq. ft., with facilities for 5,000 workers, co-living spaces, and more
Lithuania is vying to become one of the major European tech hubs, bolstered by a growing number of so-called “unicorn” …
Argonne and Intel say they installed the Aurora supercomputer, announced in 2015, which will come online later in 2023 with 2 FP64 ExaFLOPS of processing power
I hope this isn't just hubris, and the system really is ready to scale in just a few months. https://twitter.com/... @intelgraphics : The final blade installation for the #Aurora Supercomputer happene...
Internal records undercut claims that Twitter censored pro-Trump views before the Capitol riot and show a reluctance to suspend Trump's account until January 8
In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence. Mastodon: @GottaLaff@mastod...
Apple patches three zero-days in macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS, exploited by the Triangulation iMessage spyware reported by Kaspersky earlier in June 2023
https://www.macrumors.com/... Twitter: Daniel Monastersky / @identidadrobada : Apple fixes software flaws behind hacks that Russia blamed on the United States - The Washington Post https://www.washing...
DuckDuckGo releases its browser in public beta on Windows, over a year after its private beta on macOS, offering Duck Player for YouTube without ads and more
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The EU's Thierry Breton visits California to discuss the DSA with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, and a new AI Pact with Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Jensen Huang
A mistakenly released FDIC doc lists SVB customers before its collapse: Sequoia with $1B, Beijing-based Kanzhun with $902.9M, Altos Labs with $680.3M, and more
When federal regulators stepped in to backstop all of Silicon Valley Bank's deposits, they saved thousands of small tech startups …
Sources: most of the ~12K workers at TSMC's Arizona fab are non-union contractors; workers detail wage theft, accidents of loads dropped from cranes, and more
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Micron plans to invest up to $825M in its first DRAM and NAND assembly and test facility in India, slating a two-phase construction in Gujarat to begin in 2023
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BitGo ends its bid to acquire rival Prime Trust, which in turn halts all deposits and withdrawals; a judge dismissed BitGo's lawsuit over the failed Galaxy deal
Court filing: the US SEC agreed to forego $30M of bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi's $50M fine, for not registering with the regulator, until investors are repaid
For Now Brian McGleenon / The Block : SEC postpones $30 million BlockFi penalty to boost creditor repayments Mandy Williams / CryptoPotato : US SEC Agrees to Forego BlockFi's $30M Fine Until Investors...
NYC-based Captions, an AI-powered video editing app, raised a $25M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins at a $250M valuation, bringing its total funding to $40M
As an investor, one of the most rewarding aspects of my job … Twitter: Jacob Andreou / @jacobandreou : Congrats to the @getcaptionsapp team! Proud to be an early partner to an awesome team using bleed...
YouTube updates its fan channel policy, requiring that operators make their channels' status “obvious” in the name or handle, effective August 21, 2023
The safety of our creators, viewers, and partners is our highest priority. Meera Jacka / Dexerto : YouTuber's channel terminated after the platform mistakenly identifies “graphic nudity” See also Medi...
Sources: Reddit's revenue rose 38% YoY to ~$670M in 2022, a steep drop from 2021's 100%+ growth, adding to IPO uncertainties and suggesting a $3.3B+ valuation
A stark business reality faced Reddit before a user uprising engulfed its site this month: slowing sales growth. Twitter: @austinj , @coryweinberg , and @amir . Forums: r/technology Twitter: Austin Jo...
Precision Neuroscience, founded by a Neuralink co-founder, claims to have conducted its first in-human clinical study to map brain signals via a neural implant
- Founded in 2021 by a co-founder of Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface startup, Precision Neuroscience …
The Biden administration broadens eligibility for federal Chips Act subsidies to include companies providing tools, chemicals, and other semiconductor supplies
Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal :
EvaluAgent, which is developing quality assurance testing software for call centers, raised a $20M Series A led by PeakSpan, bringing its total funding to $21M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Accelerant, which launched a marketplace for insurance underwriters, raised $150M led by Barings at a $2.4B valuation, up from $2.2B in 2022
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Robinhood acquires X1, a startup offering a no-fee income-based credit card with rewards, for $95M in cash; X1 had raised $62M, including $15M in December 2022
Source: CEO Linda Yaccarino intervened to mend Twitter's relationship with Google Cloud over skipping some payments; sources say the bills were $20M+ per month
Google pledges $20M in grants to support and expand the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, aiming to introduce US students to potential cybersecurity careers
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