Q&A with Apple executives Jeremy Sandmel and Tim Millet on the company's gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX's upscaling, game controllers, and more
Apple is really leaning into the “Pro” aspect of the iPhone 15 Pro. — Apple finally announced the iPhone 15 earlier this week, and pre-orders are now live.
One year after Ethereum's Merge, developers approve a change to slow down staking, which has emerged as one of a few reliable ways to earn returns in crypto
- With validators piling in, the network risks getting clogged — Ethereum developers approved a software fix to that Thursday
N. Korea-linked Lazarus Group stole ~$240M in crypto in the past 104 days, as it ramps up hacks and shifts focus from decentralized services to centralized ones
The elite North Korean hacking group Lazarus appears to have recently ramped up its operations, conducting a confirmed four attacks against crypto entities since June 3rd.
Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography is a book of rigorous and dogged reportage, but lacks analysis and often ignores the moments at which Musk's flaws scale
In Walter Isaacson's buzzy new biography, Elon Musk emerges as a callous, chaos-loving man without empathy.
A look at SBF's ~250 pages of reflections and self-justifications while under house arrest, which signal how he may defend himself at his October criminal trial
The FTX founder wrote hundreds of pages of reflections and self-justifications while under house arrest, shedding light …
TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times a week from October
The company is requiring many employees to use an app that tracks their in-person attendance. — TikTok employees …
A profile of Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, whose OpenAI-or-bust strategy rankled some staff who found their AI projects pushed aside and their resources curtailed
Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott spearheaded the tech titan's unlikely partnership with OpenAI — In the tech industry's artificial-intelligence race,
German prosecutors say Elon Musk's X has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests; Twitter used to push back if requests threatened free speech
The social media company has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests from German authorities since Musk's purchase, prosecutors say
Thoughts on Apple's Wonderlust event, including the Mother Nature skit, FineWoven iPhone cases and Watch straps, the iPhone 15 lineup, and the AirPods Pro 2
Was Tuesday's “Wonderlust” event mostly predictable? Yes. Does that mean it was boring? For some people, yes.
Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding the company in breach of GDPR in relation to its handling of children's data and gives three months to comply
most stuff gets fixed with a tap on the shoulder, but the unlawfulness still needs addressing. [image] Caroline Greer / @carolinegreer : The 🇮🇪 DPC decision published today in relation to TikTok focus...
Apple's Mother Nature skit at the Wonderlust event was awkward, but every fact or position put forth is a strategic, money-saving, and innovative effort
about how much innovation goes into optimizing hardware at scale for a challenge like carbon neutrality. Neil Cybart / @neilcybart : I'm intrigued by Apple disclosing they are shipping more finished g...
How Spotify and other streaming services have transformed the sound of music: songs are shorter, albums are longer, and artists collaborate more across genres
To succeed on Spotify and other services, songs are getting shorter, albums are getting longer, and artists are collaborating across genres.
A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don't appear to make any money from the content
The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now — “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms. It was on TikTok first. X: @wsj and @anupamchander . Forums: Hacker News X: @wsj : Face...
Sources: Instacart plans to price its IPO on Monday, September 18 and begin trading on Tuesday, September 19
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Google confirms the company does not offer repair options for cracked Pixel Watch screens; Google's hardware warranty policy does not cover accidental damage
Google makes a big deal out of its partnership with iFixit and the availability of replacement parts for its products, but one Google product that doesn't seem fixable is the Pixel Watch. — https://...
TikTok Shop is planning steep Black Friday deals from October 27 to November 30 by offering to subsidize discounts by up to 50% to entice sellers' participation
- Viral video app launched its Shop tab earlier this week — Social platform is luring sellers ahead of shopping rush
A look at D Billions, a network of YouTube channels run by Kyrgyzstan-based media company AWA and which got billions of views by teaching kids words via songs
Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg : X: @business and @azisabakirov See also Mediagazer X: @business : Some of the most-watched kids' shows on YouTube are actually made in Kyrgyzstan. @ashleevance hangs out wi...
A look at Buenos Aires' legal battle to turn back on a facial recognition system that activists criticized for its misuse and the city shut down in March 2020
A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition—even with laws and limits in place. X: @nunobsoares , @annacat_brigida , @larrondomanuel , @mxsfrt , and @marinawa...
A US judge declines to order Jonathan Kanter's recusal from the DOJ's ad antitrust lawsuit against Google, after the company cited his past work for its critics
The search giant's historic antitrust trial began this week. Washington Post : Judge rejects Google claim that DOJ's Jonathan Kanter is improperly biased Justin Diaz / Android Headlines : Judge says D...
Sources: ByteDance and the US restart their negotiations over TikTok's operations after six months, as calls to ban the app fade ahead of the 2024 US election
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Sources: Goldman Sachs recently made changes to how the bank handles Apple Savings transactions to resolve problems some customers had when making withdrawals
Lauren Tara LaCapra / The Information :
X changes its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature to show contributors other note proposals and see other viewpoints before they submit a rating
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