Category Archives: Tech News

Inside YouTube Music's plans to compete with Spotify and others by putting the entire music business, including livestreams and tickets, onto a single platform (David Pierce/Protocol)

David Pierce / Protocol: Inside YouTube Music’s plans to compete with Spotify and others by [...]

22
Nov
Zillow usage since March is up 50%+ YoY, as surfing real estate listings on home buying websites becomes a form of escapism amid the pandemic (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)

Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: Zillow usage since March is up 50%+ YoY, as [...]

21
Nov
Apple announces Barbara Whye as its new head of inclusion and diversity starting in early 2021; Whye will arrive from a similar role at Intel (Michal Lev-Ram/Fortune)

Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: Apple announces Barbara Whye as its new head of inclusion and [...]

20
Nov
Google can help remove a strong incentive for criminals to steal and leak emails by rotating and publishing DKIM keys, which provide proof of an email's origin (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts …)

Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: Google can help remove a strong [...]

18
Nov
GitHub reinstates the youtube-dl project, raises its bar for DMCA takedown requests, and creates $1M legal defense fund to help open source devs fight takedowns (Abby Vollmer/The GitHub Blog)

Abby Vollmer / The GitHub Blog: GitHub reinstates the youtube-dl project, raises its bar for [...]

16
Nov
Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, who first began work on the language in 1979 and still remains very much involved in its development (Owen Hughes/TechRepublic)

Owen Hughes / TechRepublic: Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, who first began [...]

15
Nov
AlphaFlow, an online investment platform for real estate assets, raises $10M Series A led by Saluda Grade Ventures (Samantha Hurst/Crowdfund Insider)

Samantha Hurst / Crowdfund Insider: AlphaFlow, an online investment platform for real estate assets, raises [...]

14
Nov
iOS 14.3 beta code indicates Apple may suggest third-party apps to users during the iPhone or iPad setup process, likely to appease antitrust concerns (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: iOS 14.3 beta code indicates Apple may suggest third-party apps to [...]

13
Nov
Local officials, educators, and advocacy groups are frustrated by refusal of ISPs to provide data on how many customers they signed up via low income programs (Cyrus Farivar/NBC News)

Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: Local officials, educators, and advocacy groups are frustrated by refusal [...]

10
Nov
Germany-based challenger bank Vivid Money, which lets customers create sub-accounts called pockets with their own IBAN numbers, raises $17.6M Series A (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Germany-based challenger bank Vivid Money, which lets customers create sub-accounts called [...]

09
Nov