Category Archives: Tech News

In a major policy shift, Google Play now lets developers have tokenized digital assets like NFTs in apps including games (Toby Bochan/CoinDesk)

Toby Bochan / CoinDesk: In a major policy shift, Google Play now lets developers have [...]

12
Jul
US DOJ arrests a security engineer on wire fraud and money laundering charges, saying he "fraudulently obtained" $9M through a DEX by creating fake pricing data (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: US DOJ arrests a security engineer on wire fraud and money [...]

11
Jul
Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling consumers' phone location data, in what could be the first such ban in the US (Byron Tau/Wall Street Journal)

Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on [...]

10
Jul
Evernote lays off most of its remaining staff in the US and Chile, and will relocate nearly all operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2022 (Joshua Bote/SFGATE)

Joshua Bote / SFGATE: Evernote lays off most of its remaining staff in the US [...]

09
Jul
Twitter's biggest struggle is its arcane follow-based system, contrasted with TikTok's algorithmic feed that can allow users with no followers to reach millions (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: Twitter’s biggest struggle is its arcane follow-based system, contrasted with [...]

08
Jul
Less than two days after launch, Mark Zuckerberg says Threads signups reached 70M, which is "way beyond our expectations" (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Less than two days after launch, Mark Zuckerberg says Threads signups [...]

07
Jul
A profile of ex-FTX Chief Regulatory Officer Daniel Friedberg, who had a complex role at FTX that went far beyond legal advice and has no cooperation agreement (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: A profile of ex-FTX Chief Regulatory Officer Daniel Friedberg, who had a complex role [...]

06
Jul
Munich-based EGYM, which sells smart fitness hardware and software to measure how people work out, raised $225M led by Affinity Partners (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Munich-based EGYM, which sells smart fitness hardware and software to measure [...]

05
Jul
A judge issues an injunction blocking key Biden admin officials from contacting social media companies, in a case brought by LA and MO AGs over vaccine posts (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A judge issues an injunction blocking key Biden admin officials [...]

04
Jul
A look at Mukesh Ambani's JioCinema, which had 400M+ viewers on IPL cricket streams, acquired rights from NBC, HBO, and WBD, and is challenging Disney in India (Financial Times)

Financial Times: A look at Mukesh Ambani’s JioCinema, which had 400M+ viewers on IPL cricket [...]

03
Jul