Microsoft says it has fixed an Azure flaw that could let hackers access sensitive data, following criticism from the CEO of cybersecurity company Tenable
Microsoft has resolved a vulnerability that allows threat actors to gain access to information managed by Azure AD …
Scientists have so far failed to show that a South Korean team's LK-99 material is a claimed room temperature superconductor, which could transform computing
Hi, welcome to your Weekend. Justine Calma / The Verge : The LK-99 ‘superconductor’ went viral — here's what the experts think Moneycontrol : What is room-temperature superconductor? All you need to k...
Global smartphone revenue fell 8% YoY and 15% QoQ to under $90B in Q2 2023; Apple had a record 45% share of global smartphone revenue and an 85% share of profit
- Apple led global smartphone revenues and operating profit with record June-quarter shares of 45% and 85% respectively.
Smartphone shipments in India fell 10% YoY in H1 2023 to 64M; in Q2 2023, Apple and OnePlus grew 61% YoY each, Xiaomi fell 39% YoY, and Realme fell 30% YoY
For more information, contact: — ujoshi@idc.com — mcarreon@idc.com — Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker …
Apple reports Q3 revenue down 1.4% YoY to $81.8B, declining for a third quarter in a row but largely in line with estimates, and net income up 2.3% to $19.9B
https://www.businesswire.com/ ... Twitter: Alexei Oreskovic / @lexnfx : Apple lost $132 billion in market value today. Amazon added $140 billion. Wealth transfer? Eric Jackson / @ericjackson : Anyone ...
X delays its ads revenue sharing program payouts that were set for the week of July 31, saying the volume of people signing up “has exceeded our expectations”
In news that isn't very surprising given the recent history of Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X …
Coinbase asks a judge to dismiss the SEC's lawsuit, arguing that the case “falls outside the agency's delegated authority” as Coinbase doesn't trade securities
we do not offer “investment contracts” as that term has been construed by decades of Supreme Court and other binding precedent. 1/3 https://assets.ctfassets.net/ ... @iampaulgrewal : By ignoring that ...
Amazon reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $134.4B, a $6.7B net income, vs. a $2B net loss in Q2 2022, AWS segment sales up 12% YoY to $22.1B; AMZN jumps 9%+
now 60% of units sold are from third parties. Likely explains the wildly varying quality of what customers receive @thetranscript_ : $AMZN segments net sales Q2 23 YoY growth rates: —North America: +1...
Google will face a scaled-down antitrust lawsuit over search after a judge ruled that state AGs didn't show that Google's search results harmed rivals like Yelp
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg :
To comply with the EU's DSA, TikTok plans to let users turn off personalized recommendations in For You, remove targeted ads for users aged 13 to 17, and more
Martin Coulter / Reuters :
People have few options for protection or recourse when hallucinating AI chatbots create and spread falsehoods about them that threaten their reputations
People have little protection or recourse when the technology creates and spreads falsehoods about them.
SoftBank sues former IRL CEO Abraham Shafi for fraud after investing $150M in IRL in 2021 on user metrics claims; IRL allegedly paid to fill the site with bots
SoftBank sued former IRL CEO Abraham Shafi and five siblings and cousins for allegedly misleading the investor about the messaging app's growth …
A US judge rules former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky must face New York AG Letitia James' lawsuit accusing him of defrauding investors by hiding Celsius' risks
Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former chief of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, must face a lawsuit …
A profile of Window Snyder, who helped secure the early internet while at Microsoft and Mozilla, and pushed Apple to enable encryption by default in its devices
Snyder has made Windows, Mac computers, iPhones, and other technologies more secure for almost 25 years. Mastodon: @Weld@infosec.exchange and @kennwhite@mastodon.social . Bluesky: @arw.bsky.social Twi...
Toyota and Pony.ai, which has robotaxi services in cities like Beijing and Guangzhou, launch a joint venture and plan to spend $140M+ to mass produce robotaxis
Zomato reports Q1 revenue up 71% YoY to ~$292.2M and its first consolidated quarterly net profit at ~$241.9K, vs. a ~$23.4M loss in Q1 2023; ZOMATO jumps 10%+
On August 3, Zomato reported its first-ever consolidated quarterly net profit at Rs 2 crore, on the back of higher order frequency from subscribers of its loyalty programme.
Brave Search updates its image and video search to use Brave's own index rather than Bing's or Google's; some advanced search capabilities are still absent
but this comes at a significant cost to user privacy. We're happy to provide a 100% private and anonymous way for users to find visual content. https://brave.com/... Forums: Leo To / Beehaw : With our...
Some designers say AI tools have made them anxious about the YouTube thumbnail microeconomy's future; creators like MrBeast pay up to $10K for a video thumbnail
Creators like MrBeast pay up to $10,000 for a single YouTube video thumbnail, but the rise of AI tools have some designers anxious about the microeconomy's future. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @...
Coinbase reports Q2 revenue down 12% YoY to $707.9M, vs. $631.2M est., net loss down 91% YoY to $97M, and transaction revenue down 50% YoY to $327.1M
Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, and Infineon form a German company to promote the open-source RISC-V chip architecture, initially targeting auto, and then mobile and IoT
one of Arm's biggest customers—starts a RISC-V joint venture Jon Gold / Network World : Chip makers team up to take on Arm with RISC-V Brad Linder / Liliputing : Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, Infineon and Nor...
Krakow-based Android phone monitoring app LetMeSpy plans to shut down by the end of August 2023 after a hacker breached and deleted its server data in June
Poland-based spyware LetMeSpy is no longer operational and said it will shut down after a June data breach wiped out its servers … Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social . Forums: Hacker News Mastod...
Revolut plans to start closing its US cryptocurrency services on September 2, citing regulatory uncertainty, impacting less than 1% of its crypto users globally
Yogita Khatri / The Block :
How members of the Community, a group of teenage SIM swappers who met on the forum OGUsers, stole millions in crypto in 2018 before turning on each other
Michael Terpin lost a fortune to a phone “SIM swap.” When he went to war to get it back, he found some surprising allies.
SEC filing: Alphabet sold nearly 90% of its Robinhood stake as of June 30, as part of paring back large positions in public companies like 23andMe and Duolingo
Rohan Goswami / CNBC :
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