Category Archives: Tech News

Source: Joe Biden intends to pick veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez for the FCC, breaking a two-year deadlock after Republicans opposed an earlier nominee (Todd Shields/Bloomberg)

Todd Shields / Bloomberg: Source: Joe Biden intends to pick veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez [...]

18
May
Sources: the Irish DPC is set to hand Meta a record EU privacy fine and order the company to stop all data transfers to the US that rely on certain clauses (Stephanie Bodoni/Bloomberg)

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: Sources: the Irish DPC is set to hand Meta a record [...]

17
May
Meta spins out CRM company Kustomer, which the company acquired for ~$1B in a deal that closed in 2022; Kustomer raises $60M at a reported $250M valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Meta spins out CRM company Kustomer, which the company acquired for [...]

16
May
Docs: EU regulators begin an informal probe into Azure, asking rivals and customers if Microsoft leveraged market power and partnership info to squeeze rivals (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Docs: EU regulators begin an informal probe into Azure, asking rivals [...]

15
May
Apple tests an M3 chip with 12 CPU and 18 GPU cores, and 36GB of RAM; Meta shows its Apple Watch feelings by pulling Messenger and launching WhatsApp for WearOS (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple tests an M3 chip with 12 CPU and 18 GPU [...]

14
May
Indian streaming service JioCinema adds a Premium subscription plan, offering content from HBO and more for ₹999 per year (Livemint)

Livemint: Indian streaming service JioCinema adds a Premium subscription plan, offering content from HBO and [...]

13
May
Elon Musk names ex-NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, to focus on business operations; Musk will focus on "product design & new technology" (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)

Lillian Rizzo / CNBC: Elon Musk names ex-NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, [...]

12
May
Chinese chipmaker SMIC reports Q1 revenue down 20.6% YoY to $1.46B and net income down 48.3% YoY to $231.1M, both beating analyst estimates (Che Pan/South China Morning Post)

Che Pan / South China Morning Post: Chinese chipmaker SMIC reports Q1 revenue down 20.6% [...]

11
May
Tether reports a $1.5B net profit in Q1, $2.44B in excess reserves, and $81.8B+ in assets as of May 9, including $1.5B in bitcoin and $3.3B in precious metals (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Tether reports a $1.5B net profit in Q1, $2.44B in [...]

10
May
A US judge sentences ex-Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi to two years in prison over NFT insider trading; Wahi pleaded guilty to two counts in February (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

Jody Godoy / Reuters: A US judge sentences ex-Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi to two [...]

09
May