Category Archives: Tech News

TikTok says COO Vanessa Pappas has quit "to refocus on their entrepreneurial passions" (Sara Fischer/@sarafischer)

Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: TikTok says COO Vanessa Pappas has quit “to refocus on their [...]

22
Jun
Intel plans to sell a ~20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication to Bain in a deal valuing IMS at $4.3B; Intel invested in IMS in 2009 and acquired the company in 2015 (Molly Schuetz/Bloomberg)

Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: Intel plans to sell a ~20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication to [...]

21
Jun
Razer Blade 14 (2023) review: powerful chips in a thin body, 16:10, QHD+, 240Hz screen, and RGB keyboard, but absurd pricing at $2,400+ and average speakers (Monica Chin/The Verge)

Monica Chin / The Verge: Razer Blade 14 (2023) review: powerful chips in a thin [...]

20
Jun
Some publishers say they have seen a sharp drop in Facebook traffic since May 2023; Echobox: the share of traffic to publisher sites from Facebook fell ~50% YoY (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo)

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: Some publishers say they have seen a sharp drop in Facebook [...]

19
Jun
Investors of Bengaluru-based Mojocare say they found "financial irregularities" at the health care startup, which has raised ~$23M from Sequoia India and others (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Investors of Bengaluru-based Mojocare say they found “financial irregularities” at the [...]

18
Jun
Reddit's management risks putting the service in a death spiral as users revolt, dedicated moderators quit, and its vibrant content moves to other platforms (Boone Ashworth/Wired)

Boone Ashworth / Wired: Reddit’s management risks putting the service in a death spiral as [...]

17
Jun
Reddit messages some moderators of the communities participating in the API pricing change protest, looking for defectors "willing to work towards reopening" (The Verge)

The Verge: Reddit messages some moderators of the communities participating in the API pricing change [...]

16
Jun
CISA confirms "several" US federal government agencies "experienced intrusions" in the hack of Progress' MOVEit Transfer tool and is providing support to them (Sean Lyngaas/CNN)

Sean Lyngaas / CNN: CISA confirms “several” US federal government agencies “experienced intrusions” in the [...]

15
Jun
Google Shopping gets a virtual try-on clothing feature that uses a diffusion-based generative AI model, letting US users see how items look on many human models (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google Shopping gets a virtual try-on clothing feature that uses a [...]

14
Jun
Q&A with Satya Nadella on the "eureka moment" for generative AI, OpenAI, helping anyone become a developer, pausing AI development, Bing's relevancy, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)

Steven Levy / Wired: Q&A with Satya Nadella on the “eureka moment” for generative AI, [...]

13
Jun