Category Archives: Tech News

MoffettNathanson survey: 62% of Apple TV+ subscribers were on free offers in Q4 2020, only 30% said they plan to renew at the regular $4.99/month price (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: MoffettNathanson survey: 62% of Apple TV+ subscribers were on free offers [...]

23
Jan
Report: 70% of Americans now have access to a broadband plan costing $60 or less, up from 52% at the end of 2019 (Joanna Nelius/Gizmodo)

Joanna Nelius / Gizmodo: Report: 70% of Americans now have access to a broadband plan [...]

22
Jan
Oregon-based virtual healthcare startup Conversa has added $8M to its Series B after raising $12M last June, bringing its total raised to $34M (Mallory Hackett/MobiHealthNews)

Mallory Hackett / MobiHealthNews: Oregon-based virtual healthcare startup Conversa has added $8M to its Series [...]

21
Jan
Biden picks former CFTC chairman Gary Gensler, who taught courses on cryptocurrencies and blockchain at MIT, to head the SEC (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: Biden picks former CFTC chairman Gary Gensler, who taught courses on [...]

20
Jan
UK-based Bloom & Wild, an online florist that delivers flowers sourced directly from growers, raises $102M Series D led by General Catalyst for expansion in EU (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK-based Bloom & Wild, an online florist that delivers flowers sourced [...]

18
Jan
Due to Apple's security limitations and additional work required, few developers are bothering to port Chrome extensions to Safari, despite WebExtensions API (Jason Snell/Six Colors)

Jason Snell / Six Colors: Due to Apple’s security limitations and additional work required, few [...]

17
Jan
How Wikipedia, where neutrality is prized above all, struggled to chronicle the Capitol insurrection in real time (Alex Pasternack/Fast Company)

Alex Pasternack / Fast Company: How Wikipedia, where neutrality is prized above all, struggled to [...]

16
Jan
Kuo: 14" and 16" MacBook Pros coming in 2021 with Apple Silicon, MagSafe charging, no Touch Bar, new design with squared-off sides and more built-in IO ports (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Kuo: 14″ and 16″ MacBook Pros coming in 2021 with Apple [...]

15
Jan
Ontario-based Prodigy Education, which offers an e-learning platform and math-focused games for elementary and middle school students, raises $159M CAD Series B (Isabelle Kirkwood/BetaKit)

Isabelle Kirkwood / BetaKit: Ontario-based Prodigy Education, which offers an e-learning platform and math-focused games [...]

14
Jan
YouTube says it has taken down newly posted video content from Trump for violating its policies against inciting violence, bans new uploads for a week (Axios)

Axios: YouTube says it has taken down newly posted video content from Trump for violating [...]

13
Jan