Category Archives: Tech News

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
Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout on Tuesday, its second in the past four months, demanding CEO Bobby Kotick step down after a WSJ report (Shannon Liao/Washington Post)

Shannon Liao / Washington Post: Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout on Tuesday, [...]

17
Nov
Bird reports Q3 revenue of $65.4M, up 63% YoY, vs. $65.7M expected, and a net loss of $36.9M, down from $43.8M YoY, in its first public earnings (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch: Bird reports Q3 revenue of $65.4M, up 63% YoY, vs. $65.7M expected, and a [...]

16
Nov
Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that send users to their apps in the App Store, to protect its cut by decreasing web signups (John Koetsier/Forbes)

John Koetsier / Forbes: Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that [...]

15
Nov
Apple agrees to pay its CA store workers $29.9M, settling a 2013 lawsuit for time spent in required security bag checks; Apple dropped the policy in 2015 (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg)

Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: Apple agrees to pay its CA store workers $29.9M, settling a [...]

14
Nov
Cloud backup service Backblaze climbed 24% in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday and 12% on Friday, after raising $100M in its IPO, giving it a market cap of ~$650M (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Cloud backup service Backblaze climbed 24% in its Nasdaq debut on [...]

13
Nov