Kuo: Apple plans to mass produce new AirPods with camera modules by 2026, which will include an IR camera like the iPhone's Face ID receiver, for use in AR/VR
According to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is targeting to begin mass production of new “AirPods with camera modules” by 2026.
Preliminary findings: the EU says Meta's pay or consent ad model breaches the DMA; Meta faces a fine of up to 10% of its global annual turnover if found guilty
Meta Platforms (META.O) was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules …
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, saying neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to take another look at a pair of laws from Florida and Texas …
Sources: Apple is working on bringing Apple Intelligence to the Vision Pro, rejiggers its Vision Pro retail demos, and starts developing its major OSes for 2025
Apple's strategy to make its devices last longer will mean AI and software are even more important to its business.
Interviews with the creator and maintainers of FreeDOS, the only MS-DOS-compatible OS still under active development, about its continued relevance and more
Project's creator talks to Ars about where FreeDOS has been, where it's going. — Two big things happened in the world of text-based disk operating systems in June 1994.
BlackRock acquires Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash; BlackRock expects alternative assets to reach nearly $40T by 2030
The acquisition deepens BlackRock's ability to oversee risks and analyze data across fast-growing markets for private assets …
Circle says it has been granted an e-money license from France, making the crypto startup compliant with stablecoin provisions under the EU's tough crypto laws
Cryptocurrency firm Circle said Monday it's now registered as an electronic money institution, or EMI, in France …
Sources: French antitrust regulators are preparing to charge Nvidia for allegedly anti-competitive practices, after raids in the GPU sector in September 2023
French antitrust regulators are preparing to charge Nvidia (NVDA.O) for allegedly anti-competitive practices …
Sources: Huawei partnered with Chinese foundry Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing to develop HBM chips, marking its latest effort to defy US sanctions
- US-blacklisted Huawei's move into high-bandwidth memory chips would mark its latest effort to defy Washington's tech sanctions
Tokyo-based SmartHR, which offers cloud human resources and labor management software, raised a $140M Series E led by KKR and Teachers' Venture Growth
SmartHR, a cloud-based human resources and labor management software startup, said on Monday that it has raised $140 million …
Singapore emerges as a favorite destination for Chinese AI startups due to less stringent AI regulations and access to Nvidia's latest chips amid the US' curbs
- AI founders lured by access to foreign capital, technologies — Young AI companies finding it hard to go global from China
Kaiko: the proportion of bitcoin traded over weekends has fallen to 16% in 2024 so far, down from a 28% high in 2019, a trend likely accelerated by bitcoin ETFs
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Atos reaches a deal with its creditors, including restructuring €2.9B of loans and bonds into equity, injecting €233M, and letting the creditors take control
The key elements of the restructuring framework (the “Restructuring Framework” … Juliette Jabkhiro / Reuters : Atos reaches deal in principle with creditors on restructuring, says media report X: Domi...
The US finalizes rules requiring custodial crypto platforms to report user transaction info to the IRS; DeFi platforms are exempt amid fierce crypto lobbying
Government data: the value of South Korea's chip shipments hit $13.4B in June, up 51% YoY; exports of display products grew 26% YoY and computers grew 59% YoY
Bloomberg :
SK Hynix plans to invest ~$75B in chips through 2028, allocating ~80%, or ~$60B, to manufacturing HBM chips, as part of the parent company SK Group's bet on AI
hopes for AI business boost DigiTimes : SK Hynix aims to lead HBM Market for AI Chips, invests $75 Billion by 2028 Aamir Sheikh / Cryptopolitan : Korea's SK Group will invest $58 billion in AI chip ma...
Source: Character.AI held talks over research partnerships with Google, Meta, and xAI, to access their computing resources in return for sharing some of its IP
A year ago, Character.AI had the wind at its back. Founded by two artificial intelligence pioneers from Google …
An interview with Plaid's first president, Jennifer Taylor, on expanding beyond its traditional fintech customers as its enterprise customer base crosses 1,000
Chime buys enterprise employee rewards company Salt Labs, sources say in a deal worth up to $173M; Salt Labs had raised $18M and was valued at $80M in December
How Avery Johnson and Warren Brodey, early members of the American Society for Cybernetics, created a lab in 1967 with a utopian vision to personalize computing
European fintech execs say financial services are shunning AI over job loss and regulatory fears, despite evidence that AI will boost productivity and cut costs
EU tech regulators asked Temu and Shein to provide details on how they comply with the Digital Services Act by July 12, following complaints by consumer bodies
Solera, which offers SaaS tools for integrated vehicle lifecycle and fleet management, files for a US IPO; sources: Solera may seek to raise as much as $1.5B
A look at Meta's Oversight Board, which now hopes to help social networks comply with the EU's DSA; sources: it's tried for years to attract clients beyond Meta
"threatened its funding" seems a bit off, when the article itself only says this about future funding (after $280 million in funding to date): https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]
Nigeria's food delivery startups are attracting investors optimistic about the growing demand in a market that could more than double to $2.4B over eight years
Aanu Adeoye / Financial Times :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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.