Category Archives: Tech News

Gartner: global chip makers are projected to spend $146B this year, about 50% higher than before the pandemic and double the amount five years ago (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)

Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: Gartner: global chip makers are projected to spend $146B [...]

27
Nov
Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads raises a $313M Series A co-led by Source Code Capital, Shanghai Guosheng Group, and Bohai Sheng Industrial Fund Management (Liya Su/DealStreetAsia)

Liya Su / DealStreetAsia: Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads raises a $313M Series A co-led [...]

26
Nov
Poshmark's market cap is now $1.4B, a 50%+ drop from its January IPO, as revenue growth slowed to 16% in Q3, down from 42% in Q1, amid Apple's privacy changes (Malique Morris/The Information)

Malique Morris / The Information: Poshmark’s market cap is now $1.4B, a 50%+ drop from [...]

25
Nov
Luma Health, which helps health care providers centralize and automate scheduling and communication with patients, raises a $130M Series C led by FTV Capital (Rebecca Torrence/FierceHealthcare)

Rebecca Torrence / FierceHealthcare: Luma Health, which helps health care providers centralize and automate scheduling [...]

24
Nov
Two former Netflix employees, one who just resigned, at the center of protests over Chappelle's special have withdrawn their NLRB charge against the company (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times)

Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times: Two former Netflix employees, one who just resigned, at [...]

23
Nov
Spotify's Findaway acquisition will turn it into an audiobook producer, distributor, and retailer, while making it an all-encompassing audio app (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge: Spotify’s Findaway acquisition will turn it into an audiobook producer, [...]

22
Nov
Twitter's AI ethics researchers on getting public feedback about algorithmic bias, why responsible AI is hard, why they think algorithms can be saved, and more (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer: Twitter’s AI ethics researchers on getting public feedback about algorithmic bias, [...]

21
Nov
Disney adds Disney+ and ESPN+ to Hulu + Live TV, and will raise its monthly price by $5 to $70 for the ad-supported tier and $76 for ad-free, starting Dec. 21 (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

Dade Hayes / Deadline: Disney adds Disney+ and ESPN+ to Hulu + Live TV, and [...]

20
Nov
MediaTek announces the Dimensity 9000 mobile chip, which uses TSMC's 4nm process and supports 5G without the faster mmWave standard, WiFi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3 (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: MediaTek announces the Dimensity 9000 mobile chip, which uses TSMC’s [...]

19
Nov
Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse for news content in Europe as part of a 5-year partnership, the first with a news agency under a 2019 EU directive (Agence France-Presse)

Agence France-Presse: Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse for news content in Europe as part [...]

18
Nov