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- Vida Health, a virtual care app for patients with chronic conditions, raises $110M Series D led by General Atlantic, Centene, and AXA Venture Partners (Mallory Hackett/MobiHealthNews)on May 6, 2021 at 3:10 am
- Sources: Tencent is in talks with CFIUS to negotiate agreements that would allow the company to keep its ownership stakes in Riot Games and Epic Games (Reuters)on May 6, 2021 at 1:40 am
- Watch: SpaceX Launch and Landing of Starship SN15by Kenneth Chang and Michael Roston on May 6, 2021 at 1:07 am
- Una Brands, which acquires and consolidates third party sellers across e-commerce platforms in the Asia-Pacific region, launches with $40M in debt and equity (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)on May 6, 2021 at 1:00 am
- Nick Clegg, who shaped Facebook's handling of Donald Trump, will lead the final decision-making process after the Oversight Board handed it back to Facebook (New York Times)on May 6, 2021 at 12:35 am
- Cymulate, which tests clients' networks by running simulated machine learning-based cyber attacks, raises $45M Series C led by One Peak Partners (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)on May 6, 2021 at 12:20 am
- Finnish mobile games company Metacore raises $180M in a debt round from Tencent's Supercell to scale its first game Merge Mansion, which has 800K+ DAUs (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)on May 5, 2021 at 11:50 pm
- Peloton Recalls Treadmills After Injuries and a Child Deathby Lauren Goode on May 5, 2021 at 11:12 pm
- Giant Bidens, Tiny Carters: A Look at Photographic Distortionby Heather Murphy on May 5, 2021 at 10:43 pm
- How to create strong, secure passwords by learning how to crack themby Mark Hachman on May 5, 2021 at 10:39 pm
- Zynga to acquire Chartboost, a mobile programmatic ad service reaching 700M+ MAUs, for $250M in cash; Zynga says deal will help it grow as IDFA changes roll out (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)on May 5, 2021 at 10:30 pm
- What Is the Facebook Oversight Board?by Cecilia Kang on May 5, 2021 at 9:54 pm
- Billboard says it will publish a ranking of the most popular songs in the US based on Twitter conversations; the chart will be updated daily (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)on May 5, 2021 at 9:45 pm
- Uber shows signs of recovery from the pandemic slowdown.by Kate Conger on May 5, 2021 at 9:42 pm
- Twilio reports Q1 revenue of $590M, up 62% YoY, vs. $533.4 est., with loss of $206.5M, up from $94.8M last year, and 235K active customer accounts, up 23.6% YoY (M. Corey Goldman/TheStreet)on May 5, 2021 at 9:20 pm
- PayPal beats with Q1 revenue of $6.03B, up 31% YoY, with record $285B in total payments volume, up 50% YoY, and added 14.5M new active accounts (Emily Bary/MarketWatch)on May 5, 2021 at 9:00 pm
- How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Schemeby Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica on May 5, 2021 at 9:00 pm
- Nick Clegg Steers Facebook's Trump Decisionby Adam Satariano and Cecilia Kang on May 5, 2021 at 8:42 pm
- Lawmakers slam Facebook oversight board’s decision to uphold Trump ban.by Cecilia Kang on May 5, 2021 at 8:21 pm
- Uber Q1: $2.9B revenue, below estimates, as net loss shrinks to $108M from $968M QoQ due to self-driving unit sale; delivery gross revenue up 166% YoY to $12.5B (Jessica Bursztynsky/CNBC)on May 5, 2021 at 8:20 pm
- Trump Ban From Facebook Upheld by Oversight Boardby Mike Isaac on May 5, 2021 at 7:25 pm
- NewsWhip: daily social media interactions on stories about Trump fell from ~49M in early Jan. to ~2M by March, largely due to no Trump tweets for media to cover (Neal Rothschild/Axios)on May 5, 2021 at 7:20 pm
- The Oversight Board's decision on Trump's Facebook ban failed to send a clear message that a powerful public official can't use Facebook to endanger the public (Margaret Sullivan/Washington Post)on May 5, 2021 at 7:05 pm
- Jeff Bezos beat the National Enquirer by bypassing media and appealing directly to regular people, retaliating with the brutal efficiency used to build Amazon (Brad Stone/Bloomberg)on May 5, 2021 at 6:40 pm
- Twitter says it is rolling out improved prompts that discourage "harmful" language, first to iOS and then Android, after studies showed prompts were effective (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)on May 5, 2021 at 6:25 pm
- Oversight Board to Facebook: We’re Not Doing Your Dirty Workby Steven Levy on May 5, 2021 at 5:34 pm
- The Limits of Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’by Shira Ovide on May 5, 2021 at 5:18 pm
- A Facebook panel will reveal on Wednesday whether Trump will regain his megaphone.by Cecilia Kang on May 5, 2021 at 4:49 pm
- Here’s everything we know (and hope) Apple is releasing in May 2021by Jason Cross on May 5, 2021 at 4:13 pm
- The Full Nerd ep. 175: Ryzen 5900X and leaked GeForce Ti GPUs inspire rare hopeby PCWorld staff on May 5, 2021 at 3:52 pm
- I’m So Over DLCby Swapna Krishna on May 5, 2021 at 3:36 pm
- Google Remembers Android Tablets Exist, Adds a New Media Hubby Julian Chokkattu on May 5, 2021 at 3:30 pm
- Trump’s Facebook Ban Is Upheld—For Nowby Gilad Edelman on May 5, 2021 at 2:15 pm
- How to customize your keyboard layouts in macOS 11 Big Surby Roman Loyola on May 5, 2021 at 2:00 pm
- How to make an old PC useful for someone else | Ask an expertby Alaina Yee on May 5, 2021 at 2:00 pm
- Bill and Melinda Gates Are Divorcingby David Gelles, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Nicholas Kulish on May 5, 2021 at 1:08 pm
- How to Power Up Your To-Do Listby J. D. Biersdorfer on May 5, 2021 at 1:00 pm
- Help! How Can I Be a Better Mentor?by Megan Greenwell on May 5, 2021 at 1:00 pm
- The best USB-C hubs for your laptop or tabletby Mark Hachman on May 5, 2021 at 1:00 pm
- Social Apps That Go Suddenly Viral Put Kids at Riskby Ysabel Gerrard on May 5, 2021 at 1:00 pm
- Apple releases critical iOS 14.5.1, macOS 11.3.1 security updatesby Roman Loyola on May 5, 2021 at 12:55 pm
- Apple is fighting an epic legal battle—just how much will it give up?by Jason Snell on May 5, 2021 at 12:42 pm
- The 9 Best Drones for Every Budgetby Scott Gilbertson on May 5, 2021 at 12:00 pm
- How Weird, Bouncy Cell Signals Can Help Track Wildfire Smokeby Matt Simon on May 5, 2021 at 12:00 pm
- Andy Weir’s 'Project Hail Mary' Is 'The Martian,' Againby Amit Katwala, WIRED UK on May 5, 2021 at 12:00 pm
- Forget To-Do Lists. You Really Need a 'Got Done' Listby Stacy S. Kim on May 5, 2021 at 11:00 am
- It Began as an AI-Fueled Dungeon Game. It Got Much Darkerby Tom Simonite on May 5, 2021 at 11:00 am
- It’s Already Time to Stop the Next Pandemic. Can a Prize Help?by Maryn McKenna on May 5, 2021 at 11:00 am
- Windows 10's Clipboard History is the best little tool you're not usingby Jared Newman on May 5, 2021 at 10:38 am
- Do Philips Hue smart bulbs need a hub? No, but here's why they're better with oneby Ben Patterson on May 5, 2021 at 10:00 am
- Proscenic A9 air purifier review: Powerful air flow, questionable odorby Christopher Null on May 5, 2021 at 10:00 am
- Dell security flaw from 2009 affects 'hundreds of millions' of PCs: How to fix itby Brad Chacos on May 5, 2021 at 9:58 am
- How to name your Wi-Fi networks for best Mac, iPhone, and iPad roamingby Glenn Fleishman on May 5, 2021 at 9:30 am
- E.V. Buying Guide: What to Know About Models, Batteries, Charging and Moreby Niraj Chokshi on May 4, 2021 at 11:54 pm
- Coming to Apple TV+: Apple orders ‘Big Man on Campus’ documentary seriesby Jason Cross on May 4, 2021 at 10:44 pm
- tvOS 14 FAQ: Everything you need to knowby Jason Cross on May 4, 2021 at 7:53 pm
- Amazon’s profit soars 220 percent as pandemic drives shopping online.by Karen Weise on May 4, 2021 at 7:47 pm
- How to set up two-factor authentication for your Apple ID and iCloud accountby Susie Ochs on May 4, 2021 at 7:16 pm
- The best CPUs for gamingby Brad Chacos on May 4, 2021 at 5:10 pm
- Stores Still Matter. Where’s Amazon?by Shira Ovide on May 4, 2021 at 4:27 pm
- One Question Will Probably Decide the Epic-Apple Lawsuitby Gilad Edelman on May 4, 2021 at 3:14 pm
- Livedrive online backup review: Elegant, fast, and a bit priceyby Jon L. Jacobi on May 4, 2021 at 3:00 pm
- Apple scoops up ex-Google AI leader to help fix Siriby Michael Simon on May 4, 2021 at 2:59 pm
- Windows 10 shovels dirt on Flash's graveby Brad Chacos on May 4, 2021 at 2:33 pm
- Apple preorder pitfalls: Why you shouldn’t buy these three productsby Brittany Vincent on May 4, 2021 at 1:03 pm
- Facebook Allows Drug Ads to Target Teens, Activists Sayby Sidney Fussell on May 4, 2021 at 1:00 pm
- Made for Love, Handmaid’s Tale, and the Trap of Dystopian TVby Kate Knibbs on May 4, 2021 at 1:00 pm
- The Windmill AC Is Gorgeous and Can Stay Up All Year Longby Adrienne So on May 4, 2021 at 12:00 pm
- Share Your Memories With Our Favorite Digital Picture Framesby Medea Giordano on May 4, 2021 at 12:00 pm
- The Power and Pitfalls of Gamificationby Katy Milkman on May 4, 2021 at 12:00 pm
- No, you can't run Ryzen 5000 on your old AMD motherboard, but maybe that's a good thingby Gordon Mah Ung on May 4, 2021 at 10:23 am
- Anker Nebula Capsule II R2-D2 Limited Edition review: The Force is strong with this oneby Michael Brown on May 4, 2021 at 10:00 am
- The best PCIe 4.0 SSD: If you have this cutting-edge interface, this drive is ready for itby Brad Chacos on May 4, 2021 at 9:55 am
- Mr. Beast, YouTube Star, Wants to Take Over the Business Worldby Taylor Lorenz on May 4, 2021 at 9:00 am
- Apple and Epic Head to Court Over Their Slices of the App Pieby Jack Nicas and Erin Griffith on May 3, 2021 at 10:20 pm
- Google's Back to Office Plansby Shira Ovide on May 3, 2021 at 7:21 pm
- Brie Larson, YouTube Personality. With an Oscar.by Kate Dwyer on May 3, 2021 at 7:02 pm
- Biden Has Elevated the Job of Science Adviser. Is That What Science Needs?by William J. Broad on May 3, 2021 at 6:01 pm
- Google’s Plan for the Future of Work: Privacy Robots and Balloon Wallsby Daisuke Wakabayashi and Cayce Clifford on May 3, 2021 at 5:56 pm
- A Teenager Mistakenly Moved Into a Senior Living Complex. TikTok Loves It.by Jesus Jiménez on May 3, 2021 at 4:22 pm
- Ryzen 5000: Everything you should knowby Alaina Yee on May 3, 2021 at 3:42 pm
- How AMD's impossible-to-find Ryzen 9 5900X somehow made Amazon's top-selling listby Gordon Mah Ung on May 3, 2021 at 10:38 am
- I've fallen in love with this Asus miniLED 4K panelby Gordon Mah Ung on May 3, 2021 at 10:00 am
- Wyze Plug review: A rock-solid indoor, dirt-cheap Wi-Fi smart plugby Christopher Null on May 3, 2021 at 10:00 am
- SpaceX Makes First Nighttime Splashdown With Astronauts Since 1968by Kenneth Chang on May 3, 2021 at 7:32 am
- Has Vitaly Borker, Online's Biggest Bully, Returned?by David Segal on May 2, 2021 at 5:33 pm
- ‘A Perfect Positive Storm’: Bonkers Dollars for Big Techby Shira Ovide on May 2, 2021 at 1:55 pm
- Clubhouse App Creates Space for Open Talk in Middle Eastby Vivian Yee and Farnaz Fassihi on May 2, 2021 at 9:00 am
- ‘Disaster Girl' Meme NFT Sells for $500,000by Marie Fazio on May 1, 2021 at 4:02 pm
- Don’t Ignore Ransomware. It’s Bad.by Shira Ovide on May 1, 2021 at 1:51 pm
- A third of Basecamp’s workers resign after a ban on talking politics.by Sarah Kessler on April 30, 2021 at 11:37 pm
- Cord cutting: A beginner's guideby Jared Newman on April 30, 2021 at 10:46 pm
- Streaming video DVR explainedby Jared Newman on April 30, 2021 at 9:51 pm
- NASA’s Mars Helicopter Flies Again and Gets a New Missionby Kenneth Chang on April 30, 2021 at 9:48 pm
- Excel percentage formulas: 6 common usesby JD Sartain on April 30, 2021 at 9:02 pm
- The Robot Surgeon Will See You Nowby Cade Metz on April 30, 2021 at 7:17 pm
- The best graphics cards for PC gaming: GeForce RTX 3050 and 3080 Ti inbound?by Brad Chacos on April 30, 2021 at 7:00 pm
- Apple’s App Store Draws E.U. Antitrust Chargeby Adam Satariano on April 30, 2021 at 6:31 pm
- How Big Tech Won the Pandemicby Shira Ovide on April 30, 2021 at 4:11 pm
- Ryzen 7 5800U vs. Core i7-1185G7: Everything you need to know before you buy your next laptopby Gordon Mah Ung on April 30, 2021 at 3:00 pm
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- State regulator watching Scripps Health ransomware attack closely
- Microsoft grabs big chunk of north San Jose land
- Google ‘arguably violated’ labor law by illegally firing three workers claims NLRB
- Americans turn to VPNs to prevent online fraud and hacking | ZDNet
- LiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online
- How automation could turn capitalism into socialism - It’s the government taxing businesses based on the amount of worker displacement their automation solutions cause, and then using that money to create a universal basic income for all citizens
- Honeywell Admits Sending F-35, F-22 Part Drawings To China
- SpaceX successfully launches and lands its Starship prototype rocket
- New solar and wind cheaper than 80% of existing coal in the US, report finds
- Data leak makes Peloton’s Horrible, No-Good, Really Bad Day even worse
- Researchers Create Free-Floating Animated Holograms That Bring Us One Step Closer to Star Trek's Holodecks
- Dell is issuing a security patch for hundreds of computer models going back to 2009
- Oversight Board to Facebook: We’re Not Doing Your Dirty Work
- Signal Says Facebook Blocked Ads That Used Highly Targeted Data
- Signal’s smartass ad exposes Facebook’s creepy data collection
- Signal messenger takes aim at Instagram’s ‘hazy’ user data policies with SUPER-SPECIFIC ad campaign, gets its ad account blocked
- After 25 years of trying to close the digital divide, challenges remain - A new report by Deloitte says striving for "broadband for all" would not only provide opportunities for the underserved but also would lead to an overall economic boom in the US.
- Starlink satellite internet service gets 500,000 preorders - Anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand.
- Facebook Allows Drug Ads to Target Teens, Activists Say | The social network has rules about what can be shown to minors. The Tech Transparency Project found that they aren’t being enforced.
- Disqus facing $3M fine in Norway for tracking users without consent
- Used furniture is about to become a $16.6 billion business. Even Ikea is getting in on it
- Reddit's WallStreetBets members were targeted in a scam that reaped Binance coins worth $2 million through Telegram, report says
- American schools' phone apps send children's info to ad networks, analytics firms
- A bill in New York aims to halt bitcoin mining for 3 years until its environmental impact can be assessed
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