Category Archives: Tech News

SoftBank CFO says the company sold a large part of its stake in Alibaba to "instantly show" investors its finances were solid after a $23B quarterly loss (Financial Times)

Financial Times: SoftBank CFO says the company sold a large part of its stake in [...]

21
Aug
A look at the challenges ahead for China's e-CNY, as total transaction volume reached $12.3B in May and ~4.6M merchants across China now accept the digital yuan (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia: A look at the challenges ahead for China’s e-CNY, as total transaction volume [...]

20
Aug
TechCrunch debuts a tool to check if an Android device is one of hundreds of thousands hacked by one of several spyware apps, after its probe into TheTruthSpy (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: TechCrunch debuts a tool to check if an Android device is [...]

19
Aug
After Mark Zuckerberg shared a screenshot from Horizon Worlds for an announcement, people criticize the graphics and Meta's $10B investment in the metaverse (Paul Tassi/Forbes)

Paul Tassi / Forbes: After Mark Zuckerberg shared a screenshot from Horizon Worlds for an [...]

18
Aug
Former Nintendo female contract testers in the US describe years of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and a lack of advancement opportunities for women (Sisi Jiang/Kotaku)

Sisi Jiang / Kotaku: Former Nintendo female contract testers in the US describe years of [...]

17
Aug
After four high-profile Twitch streamers were "swatted" in a week, Twitch says it is working to mitigate swatting but notes issues around sharing personal data (Nathan Grayson/Washington Post)

Nathan Grayson / Washington Post: After four high-profile Twitch streamers were “swatted” in a week, [...]

16
Aug
Analysis: Google Maps in the US regularly misleads people looking for abortion providers, instead pointing them towards non-medical crisis pregnancy centers (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Analysis: Google Maps in the US regularly misleads people looking for abortion providers, instead [...]

15
Aug
Source: China has blocked Tencent-backed health platform DXY from posting on Weibo, WeChat, and Douyin amid its criticism of China's efforts to fight COVID-19 (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia: Source: China has blocked Tencent-backed health platform DXY from posting [...]

14
Aug
Amazon's new reality show Ring Nation featuring footage from its Ring home security cameras is the company's latest effort to normalize its surveillance network (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)

Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: Amazon’s new reality show Ring Nation featuring footage from its [...]

13
Aug
Dutch authorities arrest a suspected Tornado Cash developer in Amsterdam, two days after the US sanctioned the crypto mixing service (Andrew Rummer/The Block)

Andrew Rummer / The Block: Dutch authorities arrest a suspected Tornado Cash developer in Amsterdam, [...]

12
Aug