Spotify launches Spotify Island on Roblox, the first music streaming brand on the service; artists and fans can go on quests, unlock content, and buy merch — Spotify announced today it will become the first music streaming brand to have an official presence within Roblox, with the launch of …
Sources: the UK has shelved plans to empower the CMA's digital markets unit, announced in 2020, hampering its ability to set rules and impose fines — Government not expected to include legislation to beef up CMA's digital markets unit in Queen's Speech — The UK is poised to shelve plans …
The SEC plans to add 20 investigators and litigators to its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, created in 2017 to monitor crypto fraud, taking it to 50 personnel — Agency to add 20 staffers to help tighten scrutiny of unregulated $1.7 trillion cryptocurrency market
In a filing, Twitter says Elon Musk's bid could make it difficult to attract and retain key employees, decrease productivity, and halt changes to its business — Twitter Inc.'s $44 billion deal to be acquired by Elon Musk means it risks losing advertisers and employees, who may be concerned about the company's uncertain future.
Amazon tells staff it will pay up to $4K in travel expenses annually for non-life threatening medical treatments including abortions, following Yelp and others — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, told its staff on Monday it will pay up to $4,000 …
Google confirms it fired AI researcher Satrajit Chatterjee; sources: he was fired after Google declined to publish his paper rebutting a celebrated Nature paper — The researchers are considered a key to the company's future. But they have had a hard time shaking infighting and controversy over a variety of issues.
In a preliminary view, the EU says Apple has abused its dominance in mobile payments by limiting competitors' access to the NFC chips in iPhones — EU preliminary findings say US group limits rivals' access to ‘tap and go’ technology — Brussels regulators have charged Apple …
Apple's Q2 warning that supply shortages could hurt sales by up to $8B is a sign of overdependence on China for final device assembly, testing, and packaging — Apple products are primarily assembled in China, and that's brought headaches in recent years—including supply-chain woes in its latest quarter.
The Wikimedia Foundation decides to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations following community feedback, citing Mozilla's similar move in January 2022 — The announcement follows a vote by the Wikimedia community in which 71.2% voted in favor of a proposal to stop accepting cryptocurrency.
Cogni, a digital bank aimed at users aged 18-to-35 with plans to launch crypto and Web3-focused banking services, raises a $23M Series A — Digital banking startup Cogni is joining the ranks of companies hopping on the crypto bandwagon. The mobile-based platform, founded in 2016 …
A look at Jony Ive's evolving responsibilities and his frustrations at Apple, which eventually led to his departure, adapted from the book “After Steve” — The man who helped give the world candy-colored computers walked out the door as Tim Cook took charge.
CommandBar, an in-app search and navigation tool that lets web apps personalize user onboarding and offer shortcuts for common actions, raises a $19M Series A — Thanks to the explosion of low- and no-code development tools, building web apps from scratch has become easier — and cheaper — than it once was.
Government data: China's internet companies raised $3.51B in Q1 2022, down 76.7% YoY from $15B+, while the number of fundraising deals declined 38.3% YoY — Plunge in funding follows an intense period of regulatory action that has targeted some of China's biggest internet companies.
A look at the challenges Apple is facing as it develops its own wireless modem, expected to replace Qualcomm chips in 2023 iPhones — A series of moves by the tech giant, as well as signals from its suppliers, make clear that it aims to start designing the modems of the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 202...
