Category Archives: Tech News

Intel, Microsoft, DARPA announce the DPRIVE program, which aims to make fully homomorphic encryption fast enough for practical use, via custom silicon on Azure (Dr. Ian Cutress/AnandTech)

Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: Intel, Microsoft, DARPA announce the DPRIVE program, which aims to [...]

08
Mar
Kuo: Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 for around $1K, followed by AR glasses by 2025, and "contact lens type" devices by 2030-2040 (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Kuo: Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 [...]

07
Mar
Q&A: WhatsApp's Will Cathcart on the Facebook-Apple feud, WhatsApp's new privacy policy, competing apps, and the debate over message "traceability" in India (Alex Kantrowitz/OneZero )

Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero : Q&A: WhatsApp’s Will Cathcart on the Facebook-Apple feud, WhatsApp’s new privacy [...]

06
Mar
Pitchbook: the median pre-investment valuation for a Series A round in the US has increased sixfold to $37M since 2010 (Kate Clark/The Information)

Kate Clark / The Information: Pitchbook: the median pre-investment valuation for a Series A round [...]

05
Mar
Google says it is speeding up the Chrome release cycle and will ship a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six weeks (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google says it is speeding up the Chrome release cycle and [...]

04
Mar
Facebook says that on Thursday it will lift the ban on political and social issue ads in the US, imposed after the November election (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios: Facebook says that on Thursday it will lift the ban on [...]

03
Mar
eMarketer: Spotify is on track to reach US monthly podcast listenership of 28.2M by the end of this year and surpass Apple's Podcasts for the first time (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: eMarketer: Spotify is on track to reach US monthly podcast listenership [...]

02
Mar
From NBA highlights on Top Shot to Christie's first-ever sale of digital art, a collage fetching $3M bids, the use of NFTs to certify asset ownership is booming (Reuters)

Reuters: From NBA highlights on Top Shot to Christie’s first-ever sale of digital art, a [...]

01
Mar
Modi's government is abetting a vicious campaign against Indian climate activists simply for using organizing tools like shared Google Docs and WhatsApp groups (Naomi Klein/The Intercept)

Naomi Klein / The Intercept: Modi’s government is abetting a vicious campaign against Indian climate [...]

28
Feb
Sources: UK is preparing to announce a new tech visa and a £375M fund, with matching VC funding, to be made available to some promising tech startups (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: UK is preparing to announce a new tech visa and a £375M [...]

27
Feb