Category Archives: Tech News

Inside Twitter, frustrations have mounted about Elon Musk's moderation plans, ahead of elections in Brazil and the midterm election in the US (Kate Conger/New York Times)

Kate Conger / New York Times: Inside Twitter, frustrations have mounted about Elon Musk’s moderation [...]

30
Apr
Filings: Elon Musk sold roughly $4B worth of Tesla stock in two days after agreeing to buy Twitter, at prices between $870 and $1,000 per share (Rebecca Elliott/Wall Street Journal)

Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal: Filings: Elon Musk sold roughly $4B worth of Tesla [...]

29
Apr
Berlin-based Taxfix, which offers a mobile app for filing taxes, raises a $200M Series D led by Teachers' Venture Growth at a $1B+ valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Taxfix, which offers a mobile app for filing taxes, raises [...]

28
Apr
Google Cloud launches Media CDN, which lets media customers deliver content using the same infrastructure that powers YouTube, including tools for ad insertion (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google Cloud launches Media CDN, which lets media customers deliver content [...]

27
Apr
NPD Group: consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories declined 15% YoY to $4.9B in March, and fell 8% YoY to $13.9B in Q1 2022 (Jeff Grubb/VentureBeat)

Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: NPD Group: consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories [...]

26
Apr
DoubleMe, a South Korean startup specializing in converting 2D videos into 3D models for the metaverse, raises a $25M Series A with Samsung among investors (Aditya Hadi Pratama/Tech in Asia)

Aditya Hadi Pratama / Tech in Asia: DoubleMe, a South Korean startup specializing in converting [...]

25
Apr
Elon Musk's bid for Twitter appears to be about preserving Twitter as a means for himself and others to continue influencing vast audiences without interference (Kyle Chayka/New Yorker)

Kyle Chayka / New Yorker: Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter appears to be about preserving [...]

24
Apr
Despite lockdowns and tech crackdowns, China remains the best option for electronic manufacturers due to a comprehensive supply chain ecosystem and lower costs (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Despite lockdowns and tech crackdowns, China remains the best option for [...]

23
Apr
Mandiant: one-third of all hacker groups exploiting zero-days in 2021 were financially motivated criminals as opposed to government-backed cyberespionage groups (Patrick Howell O'Neill/MIT Technology …)

Patrick Howell O’Neill / MIT Technology Review: Mandiant: one-third of all hacker groups exploiting zero-days [...]

22
Apr
Saudi Arabia-based Foodics, which offers restaurant management software including a cloud POS system, raises a $170M Series C (Saeed Azhar/Reuters)

Saeed Azhar / Reuters: Saudi Arabia-based Foodics, which offers restaurant management software including a cloud [...]

21
Apr