Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderators on the app
Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly …
The US DOJ sues RealPage, alleging its software helps property managers collude to drive up rental prices on millions of units, violating antitrust law
- Prosecutors allege software drives up prices on rental units — Company says rent software uses anonymous, aggregated data
Some San Francisco city officials say they're not lamenting X's departure from the city, as X bears little resemblance to the company that SF welcomed in 2012
The company, founded in the city as Twitter, is moving its headquarters to Texas as a shadow of its former self.
A look at Apple's robotics efforts; sources: Meta will unveil prototype “Orion” AR glasses, a cheaper Quest, and new AI features for Ray-Ban Meta at Connect
Also: Meta nears the launch of a cheaper Quest; Apple tries a new Vision Pro sales tactic; and the App Store chief is leaving as part of a reorganization.
Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear within 24 hours with a limited number of users, but doesn't say if the experiment is region-specific
Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools …
The US DOJ sues Georgia Tech and an affiliate company, alleging failures since at least 2019 to meet the DOD's cybersecurity standards for contract awardees
Rap sheet spells out major no-nos after disgruntled staff blow whistle — The US is suing one of its leading research universities …
Microsoft plans to hold an event on September 10 with CrowdStrike and other cybersecurity vendors to discuss how to prevent incidents like the July 19 outage
Microsoft said Friday it will hold a conference in September for cybersecurity firms to discuss ways the industry can evolve following …
The problem with Xbox's new vision isn't that it's moving away from console-exclusive games, but that its release strategy is confusing and inconsistent
Hi everyone. Today we're trying to figure out just what the heck Xbox is doing, but first... - Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was really into Dreamcast
Sources: Apple plans to unveil new iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches on September 10; developer logs: Apple has ramped up testing of four new M4 Mac models
Here's When the iPhone 16 Will Reportedly Drop Nirit Abermann / Wall Street Pit : Buttons, Brains, and Bigger Screens: Apple's Fall Lineup Revealed Nadeem Sarwar / SlashGear : As Apple's iPhone 16 Eve...
An interview with Nomad List and Photo AI founder Pieter Levels, aka @levelsio on X, on launching 12 startups in 12 months, the digital nomad life, and more
Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful.
Meta says a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts linked to the Iran-backed hacking group APT42 targeted people affiliated with the Biden and Trump administrations
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An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic revamp of Twitter Blue, including Elon Musk's haphazard planning and Esther Crawford's involvement
By Nov. 9, 2022, anxiety was high among the Twitter employees gathered at the company's San Francisco headquarters. Threads: @oliverdarcy , @kateaconger , @sheerafrenkel , @mac_ryan_ , @thekenyeung , ...
A look at China's humanoids market, after the city of Beijing launched a $1.4B robotics fund in January and Shanghai announced in July plans for a $1.4B fund
China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it's chasing Tesla (TSLA.O) in the race to build battery-powered humanoids expected …
Sources: Meta cancels a premium MR headset codenamed La Jolla, in development since November, that was meant to debut in 2027 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro
Meta responds Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac : Meta just canceled its Vision Pro competitor, reportedly it was too pricey to ‘sell well’ Asma Hussain / iThinkDifferent : Meta cancels Vision Pro competitor...
Midjourney CEO David Holz says anyone can now generate AI images on its website; previously, the site was limited to users who generated 10K+ images on Discord
here's how it works Jacob Siegal / BGR : Now anyone can use Midjourney's website to generate AI images X: Guillermo Rauch / @rauchg : New https://midjourney.com/ looks and feels so good. Reminds me of...
WazirX plans to start allowing limited Indian rupee withdrawals in two phases from August 26, after freezing them in the wake of a $230M exploit in July
Founder Assures ‘Not Bankruptcy or Liquidation’ Crypto Adventure : WazirX Users to Access 66% of INR Balances Amid $230M Cyber Attack Aftermath Hassan Shittu / Cryptonews : WazirX Announces Gradual Re...
A look at Germany-based discount retailer Lidl's foray into offering cloud computing services, signing up clients like SAP and generating €1.9B in sales in 2023
A unit of Europe's largest retailer is offering IT services to companies wary of big providers such as Amazon and Google X: @nilocobau , @raaleh , @modic123 , @trungtphan , @pitdesi , and @danbarker F...
US SEC filing: oilfield services company Halliburton says it has taken some systems offline after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access
Washington, D.C. 20549 — FORM 8-K — CURRENT REPORT Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : US oil giant Halliburton confirms cyberattack behind systems shutdown Suzanne Downing / Must Read Alaska : Oil...
Email: Elon Musk says X plans to award stock options based on employees' anticipated impact, and tells them to submit a one-page summary of their contributions
down down down goes the revenue — is going to screw her stock grants. — RE: https://www.threads.net/... Mastodon: Janko Roettgers / @jank0@sfba.social : @Techmeme but do they need to print out their...
The French AI startup called H, formerly Holistic, says three of its five co-founders are leaving over “operational differences”, after raising $220M in May
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A profile of TollBit, which has raised $7M and aims to create a marketplace where AI companies can pay publishers for their content on an ongoing basis
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Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer vision startup he founded in 2017, and transitions to executive chairman; ex-COO Dan Maloney is named CEO
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Q&A with AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio on advocating for AI regulation, his support for California's AI safety bill, AI achieving human-level intelligence, and more
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg : X: @shiringhaffary and @shiringhaffary . Forums: r/artificial X: Shirin Ghaffary / @shiringhaffary : NEW: I talked to legendary AI researcher Yoshua Bengio about why he'...
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