Category Archives: Tech News

How Waymo is converting locals and attracting tourists in San Francisco to pull ahead in the robotaxi race, with ~300 vehicles in the city and global ambitions (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: How Waymo is converting locals and attracting tourists in San Francisco to [...]

19
Oct
Bluesky says it added 500K new users in a day this week after X announced plans for controversial changes, including basically getting rid of the block feature (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Mia Sato / The Verge: Bluesky says it added 500K new users in a day [...]

18
Oct
On Apple Pay's 10th anniversary, Apple adds support for Klarna in the US and UK and plans to expand installment loan options and add reward redemptions (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: On Apple Pay’s 10th anniversary, Apple adds support for Klarna in [...]

17
Oct
FTC data: three crypto super PACs have spent $82M in 19 races, including $40M in Ohio and $10M in Arizona; the ads focus on candidates and rarely mention crypto (Jessica Piper/Politico)

Jessica Piper / Politico: FTC data: three crypto super PACs have spent $82M in 19 [...]

16
Oct
ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far below €5.39B est., and Q3 net income of €2.1B, in results apparently released early; ASML drops 15%+ (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML reports Q3 order bookings down 53% QoQ to €2.6B, far [...]

15
Oct
Samsung rolls out One UI, based on Tizen 8.0, to its smart TVs that were released in 2023, after announcing plans to update the TVs at its developer conference (Asif Iqbal Shaik/SamMobile)

Asif Iqbal Shaik / SamMobile: Samsung rolls out One UI, based on Tizen 8.0, to [...]

14
Oct
A look at Apple's new home strategy and plans to launch a ~$2K headset in 2025, Vision Pro 2 in 2026, and Ray-Ban-like glasses and AirPods with cameras in 2027 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at Apple’s new home strategy and plans to launch [...]

13
Oct
A profile of, and interview with, Meta's Yann LeCun, who says today's AI models aren't intelligent and warnings about AI's existential peril are "complete B.S." (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A profile of, and interview with, Meta’s Yann LeCun, [...]

12
Oct
Steam now tells its users that they’re buying a license, not a game, ahead of a California law that forces companies to do so when customers “buy” digital media (Steve Dent/Engadget)

CoreWeave says it has a new $650M credit line and has raised $12.7B from equity [...]

11
Oct
Farther, which makes software for financial advisers, raised $72M co-led by CapitalG and Viewpoint at a $542M valuation, bringing its total funding to $117M (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Farther, which makes software for financial advisers, raised $72M co-led by [...]

10
Oct