A look at the collapse of dating apps' usability, which can be blamed on the paid subscription model and the near monopoly the apps have over the dating world
Magdalene J. Taylor / New York Times: A look at the collapse of dating apps' usability,...
In a company blog post, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan acknowledged “unease” among VMware customers and partners after making sweeping post-acquisition changes
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: In a company blog post, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan acknowledged “unease”...
FTX's collapse exposed problems with crypto that are just as relevant today, including a lack of decentralization and companies' persistent regulatory battles
Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: FTX's collapse exposed problems with crypto that are just as relevant...
A profile of former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, whose trial begins on March 18 in SF, where federal prosecutors have accused him of defrauding HP of billions
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: A profile of former Autonomy CEO Mike...
Apple researchers detail MM1, a series of multimodal LLMs with up to 30B parameters they say achieve state-of-the-art performance across multiple AI benchmarks
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Apple researchers detail MM1, a series of multimodal LLMs with up to...
Epic's antitrust cases against Apple and Google in Australia, which were paused in April 2021, are set to be heard at the same time over the next five months
Josh Taylor / The Guardian: Epic's antitrust cases against Apple and Google in Australia, which were...
An excerpt from the book Behind the Startup details how an unnamed Silicon Valley-based unicorn's push for rapid growth left little time for actual engineering
Benjamin Shestakofsky / IEEE Spectrum: An excerpt from the book Behind the Startup details how an...
Lotte Rubæk, a psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm, quits, accusing Meta of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram
Miranda Bryant / The Guardian: Lotte Rubæk, a psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and...
How Elon Musk courted Don Lemon to show that X isn't a right-wing tool, as the breakup highlights Linda Yaccarino's thankless task of trying to assure brands
Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: How Elon Musk courted Don Lemon to show that X...
LinkedIn confirms it is working on adding puzzle-based games; a researcher says it is testing ranking companies in the games based on the scores of employees
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: LinkedIn confirms it is working on adding puzzle-based games; a researcher says...
Sources: US prosecutors in Virginia, with FDA's help, are investigating whether Meta's platforms are facilitating and profiting from the illegal sale of drugs
Wall Street Journal: Sources: US prosecutors in Virginia, with FDA's help, are investigating whether Meta's platforms...
A look at a potential TikTok US sale, with an estimated valuation of $100B, or $40B without the algorithm, as Steven Mnuchin and others form investor groups
Axios: A look at a potential TikTok US sale, with an estimated valuation of $100B, or...
Sources: SpaceX's Starshield is building a network of spy satellites under a classified, $1.8B contract with the US spy agency National Reconnaissance Office
Reuters: Sources: SpaceX's Starshield is building a network of spy satellites under a classified, $1.8B contract...
Filing: SBF wrote a Google doc in which he floated “bad ideas” to improve his image, including going on Tucker Carlson and coming out “against the woke agenda”
Matt Novak / Gizmodo: Filing: SBF wrote a Google doc in which he floated “bad ideas”...
Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury's, were hit with technical issues on Saturday; Sainsbury's blames a software update
Bloomberg.com: Two of the UK's biggest supermarket chains, Tesco and Sainsbury's, were hit with technical issues...
Oil companies are increasingly using AI and remote operations to drill faster, suggest better ways to frack, and predict when active well pumps will fail
David Wethe / Bloomberg: Oil companies are increasingly using AI and remote operations to drill faster,...
How Facebook Marketplace keeps Gen Z users coming back to the Facebook app, which they see not as a place to socialize but as a place to score some deals
Melissa Rohman / New York Times: How Facebook Marketplace keeps Gen Z users coming back to...
How Amazon refund fraud gangs, which promote their schemes on Reddit, TikTok, and Telegram, are exploiting lenient refund policies at the company
Annie Palmer / CNBC: How Amazon refund fraud gangs, which promote their schemes on Reddit, TikTok,...
Researchers detail a side channel that can be used to read encrypted responses from AI assistants, except Google Gemini; OpenAI and Cloudflare implemented fixes
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail a side channel that can be used to read...
El Salvador moved ~$400M worth, or “a big chunk”, of its bitcoin into a cold wallet this week; public trackers had estimated El Salvador's trove at under $205M
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: El Salvador moved ~$400M worth, or “a big chunk”, of its bitcoin...
Bethesda, Maryland-based HiLabs, whose AI-powered tools provide clean data for health care organizations, raised a $39M Series B led by Eight Roads and Denali
The Economic Times: Bethesda, Maryland-based HiLabs, whose AI-powered tools provide clean data for health care organizations,...
Taiwan is building its own satellite internet network, as China's threats, Ukraine war, and Elon Musk's total control over Starlink make Taiwan's leaders wary
New York Times: Taiwan is building its own satellite internet network, as China's threats, Ukraine war,...
Sources: the US plans to award over $6B to Samsung to help the company expand beyond its $17B chip fab in Taylor, Texas, under the 2022 Chips and Science Act
Bloomberg: Sources: the US plans to award over $6B to Samsung to help the company expand...
Zephyr AI, which uses AI to generate insights into improving patient care and research in oncology and cardiometabolic diseases, raised a $111M Series A
Robert Barrie / Pharmaceutical Technology: Zephyr AI, which uses AI to generate insights into improving patient...
An investigation into Onerep.com, which helps people remove their personal data from people-search sites, suggests its CEO founded dozens of people-search sites
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: An investigation into Onerep.com, which helps people remove their personal...
The FCC raises its broadband speed benchmark to 100Mbps for downloads and 20Mbps for uploads, from the previous standard of 25Mbps and 3Mbps set in January 2015
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: The FCC raises its broadband speed benchmark to 100Mbps for downloads...
Small-business owners and activists who rely on TikTok say the US House measure forcing a sale or ban would damage their livelihoods and harm their communities
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: Small-business owners and activists who rely on TikTok say the US...
The US pushes for global AI regulations at the UN, with a draft resolution calling for “effective safeguards”; the push contrasts with a lack of US regulations
Augusta Saraiva / Bloomberg: The US pushes for global AI regulations at the UN, with a...
Adobe reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.18B, vs. $5.14B est., Digital Media revenue up 12% YoY to $3.82B, and Q2 revenue guidance below est.; ADBE drops 10%+
Jordan Novet / CNBC: Adobe reports Q1 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.18B, vs. $5.14B est.,...
In an email to the European Commission, Spotify says Apple is holding up an iPhone app update that adds pricing information and links to subscriptions
Emma Roth / The Verge: In an email to the European Commission, Spotify says Apple is...
A look at the costs of a smartphone-based childhood, as Gen Z struggles with poor mental health and lags behind previous generations on many important metrics
Jonathan Haidt / The Atlantic: A look at the costs of a smartphone-based childhood, as Gen...
Filing: Microsoft agrees to settle a patent lawsuit by Caltech, which settled lawsuits with Apple and Broadcom over some of the same Wi-Fi patents in 2023
Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: Microsoft agrees to settle a patent lawsuit by Caltech, which settled...
The fate of TSMC plants in Japan and the US highlights two different approaches toward high-tech investment; TSMC says the two projects should not be compared
Wall Street Journal: The fate of TSMC plants in Japan and the US highlights two different...
ByteDance investors reassessing what the company's value would be without TikTok, estimate that TikTok lost several billion dollars in 2023 on revenue of ~$20B
The Information: ByteDance investors reassessing what the company's value would be without TikTok, estimate that TikTok...
Sources: Google's Search Generative Experience could cut organic search traffic to publishers by 20% to 60%; Google says it is premature to estimate the impact
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: Sources: Google's Search Generative Experience could cut organic search traffic to publishers...
Gerald M. Levin, former Time Warner CEO who oversaw the merger with AOL, widely considered the worst corporate merger in US history, died on March 13 at age 84
Chris Kornelis / New York Times: Gerald M. Levin, former Time Warner CEO who oversaw the...
A deep dive into Vision Pro by Meta's ex-VP of VR Hugo Barra: the audacity of Apple's hardware decisions, a dull software story, how Meta can respond, and more
Hugo Barra / Hugo's Blog: A deep dive into Vision Pro by Meta's ex-VP of VR...
Kaiko: trading volume for the top crypto memecoins reached ~$80B in the past week, the highest since October 2021; total market value of memecoins topped $60B
Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: Kaiko: trading volume for the top crypto memecoins reached ~$80B in the...
On the web's 35th birthday, there are two issues to address: power concentration, which contradicts decentralization, and exploitation of personal data
Tim Berners-Lee / World Wide Web Foundation: On the web's 35th birthday, there are two issues...
The US Treasury is investigating ~$165M in crypto-linked transactions that may have helped finance Hamas before the group's October 7 attack against Israel
Wall Street Journal: The US Treasury is investigating ~$165M in crypto-linked transactions that may have helped...
Amazon rolls out a generative AI feature that creates a product page, including a description and images, using information from a seller's external website
Emilia David / The Verge: Amazon rolls out a generative AI feature that creates a product...
Lenovo plans to release the Legion Tab, an 8.8'' Android gaming tablet currently available in China, in EMEA and other Asian markets this month, starting at €599
Dashiell Wood / TechRadar: Lenovo plans to release the Legion Tab, an 8.8" Android gaming tablet...
Anthropic releases Claude 3 Haiku, tailored for high-volume, latency-sensitive applications, saying it's “the fastest and most affordable model” in its class
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Anthropic releases Claude 3 Haiku, tailored for high-volume, latency-sensitive applications, saying it's...
Block starts shipping Bitkey, its $150 bitcoin wallet debuted in 2022, with a hardware device, mobile app, recovery tools, and Cash App and Coinbase integration
Emma Roth / The Verge: Block starts shipping Bitkey, its $150 bitcoin wallet debuted in 2022,...
YouTube revamps its TV app to make the viewing experience more interactive and giving greater prominence to chapters, comments, and video descriptions
Chris Welch / The Verge: YouTube revamps its TV app to make the viewing experience more...
Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are storing, instead of selling, second-hand chipmaking machines over fears of breaking US export controls and sanctions
Financial Times: Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are storing, instead of selling, second-hand chipmaking machines over...
As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge Google to remove the biggest deepfake sites from search results entirely
Matt Burgess / Wired: As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge...
Meta sues ex-VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for allegedly stealing documents related to employee pay and private contracts before leaving for a stealth AI startup
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta sues ex-VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for allegedly stealing documents related to...
Eye Security, which provides cyber protection, incident response, and cyber insurance tools, raised a €36M Series B, led by JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners
Isaac Taylor / Wall Street Journal: Eye Security, which provides cyber protection, incident response, and cyber...
Sources: Apple is testing an AI-powered ad tool that automatically decides where to place ads within the App Store, similar to Google's Performance Max ad tool
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: Sources: Apple is testing an AI-powered ad tool that automatically decides...