How RISC-V, the US-developed, open-source chip instruction set architecture, became a central tool for Chinese companies and governments, leading to US concerns
A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China's ambitions. Washington is debating whether and how to limit the technology. X: @basche42 and @anaswanson . Forums: Slashdot X: ...
Apple's app tracking transparency pushes publishers like Zynga to acquire or build their own ad tech, creating first party walled gardens that Apple can't touch
Eric Benjamin Seufert / Mobile Dev Memo : Tweets: @carnage4life , @eric_seufert , @matthausk , @erosresmini , @eric_seufert , @skwilder , @basche42 , @benedictevans , @benedictevans , and @benedictev...
Amazon has done little to improve Goodreads, which has basically remained a list-making app with design flaws and features that don't help avid readers
Despite Amazon's innovation elsewhere, Goodreads has stagnated for 12 years, and its problems are endless Tweets: @patchworkbunny , @css , @crapshoot101 , @basche42 , @mckinneykelsey , @mka_ultra , @m...
The panic over FaceApp highlighted how public attitudes about the internet have changed amid a widespread reckoning over data privacy and election interference
But Its Privacy Policy Has People Worried Charlie Warzel / New York Times : FaceApp Shows We Care About Privacy but Don't Understand It Jeff Elder / Avast EN : Is FaceApp safe? Clearing up confusion a...
Sources: Alibaba suspends plans, announced in 2015, to expand its cloud business to the US, will focus on serving US multinationals that need cloud in China
Kevin McLaughlin / The Information : Tweets: @basche42 Tweets: Ben Basche / @basche42 : Pretty obvious move. Baba will fight Amazon outside of China and the US for the rest. Amazon already won the US...
Analysis: Amazon Channels, which resells subscriptions to HBO, Showtime, and others, now accounts for 55% of à la carte direct-to-consumer video subscriptions
Amazon has quietly become a major player in the subscription video sales business: Amazon Channels, the company's platform … Tweets: @basche42 Tweets: Ben Basche / @basche42 : Amazon is new cable Netf...
PayPal launches Money Pools feature to help you pool money for group payments
or get paid back Tweets: Ben Basche / @basche42 : That reminds me: Keep an eye on what Airbnb does with Tilt http://twitter.com/... Ingrid / @ingridlunden : This is more like Tilt than GoFundMe, PayPa...
Algorithmic feed was a boon for Instagram's and Twitter's growth; Snapchat should evolve
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine , @joshconstine , @basche42 , @benedictevans , @benedictevans , and @benedictevans Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Algorithmic feed sorting ...