Apple's Activation Lock for iPhone components will make a huge dent in the market for stolen iPhones, though it introduces another barrier to DIY repairs
Apple's latest theft-prevention measure went live for beta testers yesterday: Activation Lock for iPhone components.
Regulatory reports: India's CCI accuses Samsung, Xiaomi, and other smartphone makers of collusion for exclusively launching products on Amazon and Flipkart
Samsung, Xiaomi and other smartphone companies colluded with Amazon and Walmart's (WMT.N) Flipkart to exclusively launch products …
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold teardown: impressive repairability for a foldable, with a modular design that separates high mechanical wear parts like the USB-C port
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold has come a long way since the first generation Pixel Fold. That's because unlike other foldable smartphones …
A profile of Chase Herro, who calls himself the “dirtbag of the internet” and sources say is the dealmaker behind Trump's crypto project World Liberty Financial
'If you do this right, who f—ing cares if it goes to zero,' Chase Herro once said of crypto.
A look at the US DOJ's divestment case against TikTok, which relies on classified material that TikTok can't review, as oral arguments begin on September 16
Next week, a court will hear arguments about whether the US government can ban TikTok, based on evidence it doesn't want anyone — including the social media company — to see.
In reports dated August 9, Indian antitrust regulator CCI found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers
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An overview of California's AI safety bill SB 1047, which easily passed the state's legislature, as it awaits Governor Newsom's signature or veto before Sep. 30
California's Gavin Newsom has until September 30 to decide whether to sign legislation that will reach far beyond the state
OpenAI should've stuck with the name Strawberry for o1, avoiding user confusion between models named 4o and o1, and helping humanize the tech
5 prompts to try it out Hindustan Times : OpenAI's new o1 model can solve 83% of International Mathematics Olympiad problems Krishi Chowdhary / The Tech Report : OpenAI o1: a New AI Model That “Thinks...
Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of USDC issuer Circle, says the company is moving its global HQ to One World Trade Center in New York City, ahead of a planned IPO
2025 could bring stablecoins into the mainstream, after 2024 introduced a “turning point year in crypto,” according to Circle's Allaire.
How Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are fighting an Ohio power company's proposal to increase the upfront energy costs they'll pay for their data centers
Negotiations between Big Tech and an Ohio power utility could set a national precedent as communities grapple with the energy demands of the data center boom.
Some of the largest custodial banks are interested in crypto custody but are hindered by the SEC rule SAB 121, which establishes accounting standards
- Coinbase, BitGo have been among the dominant service providers — SEC rule seen making it impractical for banks to do custody
Sources: OpenAI's $150B valuation in a $6.5B funding round hinges on whether the company can upend its corporate structure and remove a profit cap for investors
OpenAI's new financing round is expected to come in the form of convertible notes, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter …
Doctor Web: malware dubbed Android.Vo1d has infected ~1.3M TV boxes running OSes based on Android Open Source Project in almost 200 countries, forming a botnet
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Nirvana, which provides insurance verification and cost estimates to healthcare providers and their patients, raised a $24.2M Series A led by Northzone
Nirvana has raised $24.2 million in a Series A funding round to add more specialties to its platform that provides insurance verification …
Sources: Sam Altman told OpenAI's staff that the company plans to move away from being controlled by a nonprofit sometime in 2025
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Kali Hays / @kalihays1 : Sam Altman told staff recently that OpenAI will, in fact, move away from its “unusual” corporate structure that makes it technically a “non-pro...
Sam Bankman-Fried asks for a new trial in an appeal to the 2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals and directly attacks US District Judge Lewis Kaplan for alleged bias
and never changed his mind— was Michael Lewis. Jacob Shamsian / @jayshams : truly I don't really understand why advice-of-counsel was excluded. because the lawyers were fooled by SBF? seems like a q f...
Maryland-based Aembit, a non-human identity and access management provider, raised a $25M Series A led by Acrew Capital, bringing its total raised to ~$45M
Aembit has raised $25 million in Series A funding to protect non-human identities and minimize attack surface.
India's new M&A rule for deals exceeding ~$240M could create hurdles for startups that hope to be acquired in their early years to access funding and scale
“Not even gypsies with crystal balls can predict whether a small company being acquired … Menaka Doshi : Killer Acquisitions ...Dead? — A new anti-trust rule put into place this week is set to up th...
Boston-based AceUp, which offers AI-powered business coaching and performance analytics services, raised a $22.5M Series A led by PJC
Is a business coach really worth the investment? Execs often seek coaches to bolster aspects of their work, like communication skills and their productivity.
An EEOC analysis finds women made up 22.6% of US workers in high-tech roles in 2022, similar to the 22% in 2005, even as the number of lucrative jobs has soared
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Google ad trial: an ex-Facebook ad exec testifies the company signed the 2018 Jedi Blue deal with Google because it couldn't compete against Google's “monopoly”
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg :
Some former CrowdStrike employees say they raised concerns about executives rushing deadlines and quality checks, more than a year before the July 2024 outage
I noticed in CrowdStrike's post mortem report that they didn't say a thing about management. … Forums: Hacker News : CrowdStrike ex-employees: ‘Quality control was not part of our process’
Recent announcements from Apple and Google show that AI is most useful as a feature in devices and software we already use, rather than a standalone product
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal :
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.