Starlink's dominance of satellite internet raises alarms about Elon Musk's growing geopolitical sway; Starlink has 4,500+ satellites, or 50%+ of all satellites
The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.
A deep dive into Apple's plans for the new iPhones and Watches coming this fall, including iPhone 15 Pro with 1.5mm bezels, a step towards a borderless iPhone
Apple is just weeks away from introducing the iPhone 15 and next-generation watches. The new lineup will mark another stepping stone toward …
Brian Armstrong says the SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading all crypto except bitcoin without explaining its interpretation of the law, before it sued Coinbase
Request would have meant ‘the end of the crypto industry in the US’, according to Brian Armstrong
Curve, a stablecoin exchange on Ethereum, says bugs in Vyper, a programming language used by parts of Curve, are being exploited; ~$100M of crypto is at risk
More than $100M-worth of cryptocurrency could be at risk due to a bug impacting Curve, a stablecoin exchange at the center of Ethereum's DeFi ecosystem.
Apple confirms a Screen Time bug, letting kids go over the time limits imposed by parents to use apps and games, but doesn't offer a timeline for a fix
Settings aren't sticking; the company says it's working ‘to improve the situation’ — Apple's Screen Time controls are failing parents.
Sources: Tiger Global has completed its exit from Flipkart, in a years-long selloff that led to gains totaling $3.5B
The US fund exits online retailer with a 4% stake sale to Walmart in final deal of phased selloff. — New York-headquartered investment firm Tiger Global informed its limited partners …
After a digital artist opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set, the community made a model copying his style, raising questions around open-source models
More popular than Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci among AI artists, Greg Rutkowski opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set.
Twitter/X threatens to sue Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging the nonprofit made “troubling and baseless claims” to hurt Twitter and its ad business
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter's parent company …
A look at C2PA, a standard that relies on cryptography to encode provenance information of media content, started by Adobe, Arm, Intel, Microsoft, and Truepic
An internet protocol called C2PA adds a “nutrition label” to images, video, and audio. — The White House wants big AI companies …
Tether reports a $850M net profit in Q2, vs. $1.5B in Q1, with ~$3.3B in excess reserves, up from $2.44B in Q1, and $86.5B+ in total assets as of June 30
- In its latest attestation report, Tether said it had a net profit of $850 million in the second quarter.
Worldcoin presents a solution in search of its problem, has a shaky ethical foundation, and lacks decentralization or a robust approach to privacy
Worldcoin doesn't seem to know what problem it's trying to solve, but they want to scan your eyeballs anyway.
A consortium led by PE firms Francisco and TPG agrees to take observability software company New Relic private in an offer valuing the company at ~$6.5B
- A private-equity consortium will take software provider New Relic private at $87 a share, the company announced Monday.
Source: Shenzhen-based Luxshare has won favor and increased business with Apple by being prepared to test “crazy” ideas and is the sole maker of the Vision Pro
Chinese contract manufacturer is sole assembler of Vision Pro mixed-reality headset
An interview with Yael Tauman Kalai, a Microsoft cryptographer who won the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing, on cryptography, “post-quantum” security, and more
Yael Tauman Kalai's breakthroughs secure the digital world, from cloud computing to our quantum future.
Twitter/X reinstates Kanye West's account, suspended in December 2022, and says he won't be eligible to monetize it, and ads won't appear next to his posts
Sources: the Biden admin is looking for malware it believes China hid inside critical infrastructure, mainly aimed to disrupt the military if a conflict emerges
Source: UK Home Office plans to ask the privacy regulator for expanding facial recognition in shops, in contrast to the EU's ban of the tech in public spaces
Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spaces … Twitter: Edwin Haywar...
A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, considered by lawmakers, CEOs, and activists as an essential guide for what's happening in tech
An in-depth look at a January strike at Amazon's BHX4 Coventry warehouse, a carefully planned and legal effort, the likes of which Amazon UK had never faced
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Airalo, which offers affordable eSIM roaming packages for travelers, raised a $60M Series B led by e& Capital at a $250M post-money valuation
Travel is back on the agenda after a Covid-19 hiatus, and today a mobile startup out of Canada is announcing a healthy round of funding to capitalize on that.
Customs data shows China's chip imports fell 22% YoY during H1 2023 and chipmaking equipment imports fell 23% YoY, suggesting US export restrictions are working
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Study: just 2% of Spotify “super listeners” drive over 18% of monthly streams on average for an artist, with the number rising to 30% for the biggest artists
Italy's AGCM says it accepted Google's proposed commitments to end a case over the company's alleged abuse of its position in the user data portability market
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Some Indian broadcasters are using lifelike AI anchors to deliver news, weather reports, and more, raising job loss fears and questions about media credibility
Virtual anchors mean no ‘ego hassles’ in newsrooms, but will they kill jobs? — A screenshot from Odisha TV's YouTube channel shows Lisa … Twitter: @brianroemmele . Forums: r/india See also Mediagaze...
Despite TikTok prohibiting branded content promoting alcohol, some creators say they're sponsored by alcohol brands, and they drink excessively to promote them
A look at nine under-the-radar lobbying firms helping influence US crypto legislation in 2023 on behalf of Binance, Crypto.com, Coinbase, and others
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Japan plans to add ~110K new trainees to acquire digital skills through fiscal 2024, as the government projects a 2.3M digital worker shortage by fiscal 2026
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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.