Apple hardware chief Dan Riccio stepped down to focus on AR/VR
Enlarge / Former Apple hardware engineering leader Dan Riccio. A couple of weeks ago, Apple announced that longtime hardware engineering chief Dan Riccio will step down from his role to…
Electronic Arts Buys Mobile Game Maker Glu For $2.1 Bn
US video game powerhouse Electronic Arts on Monday announced a $2.1 billion deal to by smartphone-focused game studio Glu Mobile. The acquisition came with Glu’s library of titles including MLB…
Is Your Raspberry Pi Phoning Home to Microsoft?
Photo: AFP / Staff (Getty Images) A new update to Raspberry Pi OS, previously known as Raspbian, has put open-source fans on edge. Why? The new OS is pinging Microsoft…
Adore Me Viral Thread On TikTok Discrimination
“Adore Me has regularly seen the removal of our content on TikTok that features plus-size, Black, and/or differently abled models and women of color. This is unacceptable and discriminatory, and…
A West Virginia newspaper chain is suing Google and Facebook over digital ad revenue
The parent company of a West Virginia newspaper chain has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet, alleging the platforms are siphoning away much-needed digital ad…
Musk-fuelled bitcoin surge triggers cryptocurrency exchange glitches
(Reuters) – Major cryptocurrency exchanges experienced technical issues on Monday as trading volumes soared after billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc revealed it had purchased $1.5 billion of bitcoin and would…
Why Security Teams are Burning Themselves Out
Recently The Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Cyber Chiefs Watch Their People for Burnout as Pandemic Rolls On, which posited that IT security teams are burning out even…
Stats, Trends, Size & Ecosystem Research
With messaging apps on the rise, chatbots are increasing in popularity among businesses and consumers alike. Chatbots are artificial intelligence (AI) systems that enable customer engagement via messaging, text, or…
Automattic’s WordPress VIP acquires Parse.ly to bring web content analytics to the enterprise
WordPress VIP (WPVIP), Automattic’s enterprise-focused content management platform, has acquired Parse.ly, an engagement analytics platform aimed at online publishers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. While Automattic is perhaps…
Facebook, Twitter Outpaced by Smaller Platforms in Fight Against Harmful Content: Agency | Technology News
(Reuters) – Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet’s YouTube made smaller strides than their social media rivals including TikTok and Reddit at battling harmful content such as hate speech and misinformation during…
Hackers Tried to Poison a Florida City’s Water Supply
Screenshot: Lucas Ropek: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Authorities in Oldsmar, Fla., are investigating after someone hijacked the computer system at the city’s water treatment facility and tried to drive up…
Kong raises $100 million for software that scales cloud infrastructure
As APIs and microservices become critical tools to drive innovation and automation for a wider range of companies, they are also creating new management challenges. Enterprises are attracted by their…
Here’s what that glitchy Reddit commercial said during the Super Bowl
If you were reaching for another scoop of nacho dip, you probably missed it. Yet, a five-second-long Reddit commercial that aired during the Super Bowl still managed to make most…
Mexican Senator Proposes Regulating Facebook, Twitter to Protect ‘Freedom of Expression’ | Technology News
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A prominent senator from Mexico’s ruling party has proposed regulating major social media networks, including Twitter and Facebook, to protect “freedom of expression”, according to a…
Another coder has built a COVID vaccine appointment website for Mass. residents
Olivia Adams, a local software developer on maternity leave, made national news for building a website to improve on the process for Massachusetts residents to get COVID-19 vaccine shots. Now,…
SpaceX subpoena battle with the DOJ set for March court hearing
A Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters on January 28, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images The…
Fitbit Is Rolling Out Blood Glucose-Tracking for Diabetic Users
Image: Fitbit Fitbit already gives you the ability to monitor your heart health, stress, and blood oxygen levels on some of its watches. Now the company is eyeing blood glucose-monitoring…
Tesla invests in Bitcoin, will start accepting it as payment soon
Dan Ives, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities, called Tesla’s embrace of bitcoin a potentially “game-changing move.” “This morning’s news formalizes the strategy of Musk and Tesla diving…
Reddit, the Talk of the Internet, Raises $250 Million
SAN FRANCISCO — Fresh off a winning Super Bowl ad and a role at the center of a recent stock market frenzy, Reddit announced on Monday that it had raised…
Should I Rehire an Employee With a Bad Attitude?
Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issues–everything from how to deal with a micromanaging boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body…
Clubhouse blocked in China as censors shut down rare space for sensitive political debate
It gave a brief and tantalizing glimpse into what a free Chinese internet might have looked like. © Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/Shutterstock Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (11751637k) In…
Nvidia, Semiconductor Stocks Climb on Dialog Deal, Chip Shortage
Nvidia (NVDA) – Get Report and other semiconductor companies were rising Monday, following news of Dialog Semiconductor’s DLGNF acquisition by Renesas Electronics RNECY and an ongoing chip shortage. Nvidia was up…











































