Category Archives: Tech News

Sources: TTYL, the company that created Poparazzi, is raising a Series A led by Benchmark that could swell up to $20M, at an implied valuation of $135M (Alex Konrad/Forbes)

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Sources: TTYL, the company that created Poparazzi, is raising a Series [...]

27
May
ZipRecruiter closes at $21.10 per share after opening at $20, giving it a valuation of ~$2.8B, up from its 2018 valuation of ~$1.5B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: ZipRecruiter closes at $21.10 per share after opening at $20, giving it a valuation [...]

26
May
VMware patches a new bug in vCenter Server, a virtualization management product used by an estimated 43K organizations, that could allow remote code execution (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: VMware patches a new bug in vCenter Server, a virtualization [...]

25
May
After a similar move against Twitter, Russia tells Google it will slow down its traffic and levy fines if "prohibited content" is not deleted within 24 hours (Reuters)

Reuters: After a similar move against Twitter, Russia tells Google it will slow down its [...]

24
May
Pro-Palestinian activist campaign targets Facebook's app store ratings via 1-star reviews; Facebook's internal chats show Apple declined to remove the reviews (Olivia Solon/NBC News)

Olivia Solon / NBC News: Pro-Palestinian activist campaign targets Facebook’s app store ratings via 1-star [...]

23
May
India's information technology ministry asks social media companies to take down any content that refers to an "Indian variant" of the coronavirus (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)

Aditya Kalra / Reuters: India’s information technology ministry asks social media companies to take down [...]

22
May
Found, which wants to create a one-stop shop for business banking, bookkeeping, and taxes for self-employed, raises $12.75M led by Sequoia (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Found, which wants to create a one-stop shop for business [...]

21
May
Apple implies that Epic may be serving as a stalking horse for Microsoft, seeks an adverse credibility finding for Xbox exec Lori Wright, in Wednesday's filing (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple implies that Epic may be serving as a stalking horse [...]

20
May
WarnerMedia says HBO Max's cheaper, ad-supported tier will cost $10 per month and launch in the first week of June (Joan E. Solsman/CNET)

Joan E. Solsman / CNET: WarnerMedia says HBO Max’s cheaper, ad-supported tier will cost $10 [...]

19
May
Google Cloud launches Vertex AI, a managed machine learning platform for developers to deploy and maintain AI models (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google Cloud launches Vertex AI, a managed machine learning platform for [...]

18
May