Sources: Apple aims to debut iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on October 28 and unveil a new iPad mini and Macs in late October; some could ship from November 1
Apple is inching away from its annual product upgrade cycle, a move that could lead to more frequent releases and fewer jarring delays.
SCOTUS rejects X's appeal over Special Counsel Jack Smith's secret DOJ search warrant for records related to Donald Trump's account and upholds a $350K fine
The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Elon Musk's X Corp., steering clear of a clash over a secret Justice Department search warrant …
Ukraine says the country's hackers carried out a cyberattack that took down the online broadcasts of 20+ Russian broadcasters on Vladimir Putin's 72nd birthday
- Russian state media reported ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack — Disruption coincided with Russian president's 72nd birthday
Samsung says it is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business; sources say it has struggled to win big orders to fill chip capacity
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business …
Substack, which still isn't profitable but has added 1M+ paid subscribers over the past year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid
The News — Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business.
UN report: cyber crime syndicates raked in as much as $37B in 2023 and are growing in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and across Southeast Asia despite police efforts
- Operations are becoming more professionalized with use of AI — Casinos, hotels and SEZs being used by cyber crime groups
An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, AWS' AI chatbot Q, shutting down services, investing in open source, open sourcing projects, and more
It was quite a surprise when Adam Selipsky stepped down as the CEO of Amazon's AWS cloud computing unit.
Investigation: police in 15 US states used facial recognition in 1,000+ cases since 2020 and routinely failed to tell defendants about their use of the software
A Post investigation found that many defendants were unaware of the technology's role in linking them to crimes, leading to questions of fairness.
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 agree to a deal with Amazon to put free streamer Freely, developed by joint venture Everyone TV, on Amazon's smart TVs
Agreement with US tech company is set to provide a boost to broadcasters' new platform Freely — BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 …
Among US companies founded in the past 20 years, only Meta and Uber have become “scale insurgent”, with $10B in annual revenue and $1B of operating cash flow
More companies are reaching the $1bn valuation milestone, but growing from horned foal to winged steed is getting tougher
Some US ride-hailing drivers are using Teslas with FSD as makeshift robotaxis, saying FSD lets them work longer hours by reducing stress, amid safety concerns
Taiwan, which is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, is struggling to meet its chip industry's energy demands; TSMC uses ~9% of Taiwan's electricity
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SportQuake: crypto companies, exempt from tighter gambling rules, have spent a record of almost £130M on Premier League sponsorship deals for the 2024/25 season
a helpful new source of revenue as clubs seek to sunset gambling deals. (yes, i finally managed to write a feature about football) https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Filing: KoBold Metals, which uses ML to help it sift through datasets to identify large deposits of various metals, has raised $491M of a targeted $527M round
Earlier this year, Kobold Metals found what might be one of the largest high-grade copper deposits of all time … X: @mattrosoff X: Matt Rosoff / @mattrosoff : Humongous round for a startup that uses A...
Amkor and TSMC sign an MOU to collaborate on advanced chip packaging for AI, HPC, PC, and mobile processors at Amkor's planned $1.6B facility in Peoria, Arizona
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eMarketer expects Google's share of the US search ad market to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, Apple, and others make gains
Biggest US antitrust victory since Microsoft could still be too little … Yahoo Finance : Google's grip on search slips as TikTok and AI startup mount challenge Radhika Saraogi / TipRanks Financial : A...
How Chinese e-commerce companies like Pinduoduo pushing to lower prices are making China's deflation worse; HSBC says ~60% of Chinese consumers use e-commerce
New York Times : X: @michaelxpettis and @michaelxpettis X: Michael Pettis / @michaelxpettis : 2/2 Their activity forces a compression of business profits in favor of expanding real household income o...
How Malaysia's Johor went from a backwater to having one of the world's biggest AI data center construction projects, with an estimated ~$3.8B invested in 2024
Blackstone and TikTok's parent are among those investing in data centers in Malaysia's Johor, known for palm-oil plantations
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are increasingly eyeing nuclear reactors, which provide steady “baseload” power, as their carbon emissions climb due to AI tools
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A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI videos in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 of hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others
Wall Street Journal : Forums: Hacker News Forums: Hacker News : Teenage hacker became a legend attacking companies, then his rivals attacked him
Dealroom: US VCs provided 65% of VC money for European defense startups in 2024, up from 18% in 2023, for $458M total YTD, or 3x+ more than in any prior year
Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times : X: @elenlazarou and @pluralplatform X: Elena Lazarou / @elenlazarou : “The US provided more than 65 per cent of venture capital defence tech investment in Europe so...
A look at the fall of Byju's, India's most valuable startup in 2022 at an estimated $22B, as the edtech startup faces insolvency and Indian and US lawsuits
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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.