Sunday, May 8, 2022
Watch the 'Gold-plated Nintendo Wii' that was once meant for British Queen Elizabeth
South Korean startup Bucketplace, known for its home decorating app Ohouse, raises a $182M Series D, sources say at a post-money valuation of around $1.4B (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
South Korean startup Bucketplace, known for its home decorating app Ohouse, raises a $182M Series D, sources say at a post-money valuation of around $1.4B — During the worst days of the pandemic, when people were stuck at home and starving for some form of entertainment beyond streaming …
After halting Android app and subscription purchases in Russia over sanctions, Google Play now also blocks "downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps" (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
After halting Android app and subscription purchases in Russia over sanctions, Google Play now also blocks “downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps” — Google is now blocking Russian users and developers from downloading or updating paid applications from the Google Play Store starting Thursday due to sanctions.
Opinion: Apple has the technical chops to safely open up its NFC chip for third party payments apps, and the main reason it is not doing it is the revenue (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Opinion: Apple has the technical chops to safely open up its NFC chip for third party payments apps, and the main reason it is not doing it is the revenue — Apple's latest antitrust battle is all about Apple Pay and how the company reserves the tap-to-pay feature for its own service.
Profile of AltStore, which has been downloaded 1.5M times since its launch in 2019, as it rolls out a curated section to make sideloading apps on iOS easier (Jared Newman/Fast Company)
Profile of AltStore, which has been downloaded 1.5M times since its launch in 2019, as it rolls out a curated section to make sideloading apps on iOS easier — The best way to install apps from outside Apple's App Store was only made possible because Riley Testut wanted to play Pokémon on his iPhone.
Some tech workers in Latin America advocate for Spanish-language training and a Spanish programming language, even as the best IT jobs still require English (Leo Schwartz/Rest of World)
Some tech workers in Latin America advocate for Spanish-language training and a Spanish programming language, even as the best IT jobs still require English — Non-English speaking devs are getting more coding jobs than ever — but Spanish can only get them so far. — • MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Sleuth, an AI-powered tool that integrates with software development toolchains to measure developer productivity, raises a $22M Series A led by Felicis (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Sleuth, an AI-powered tool that integrates with software development toolchains to measure developer productivity, raises a $22M Series A led by Felicis — As knowledge workers including software engineers shifted to remote work during the pandemic, executives expressed a concern that productivity would suffer as a result.
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Anonymity is an 'inherent risk' in the use of blockchain: Finance Minister
UK pushes tough tech rules for Google, Facebook and other tech firms under new watchdog
Why Elon Musk may become Twitter's CEO temporarily after the takeover
Shareholder sues Elon Musk, Twitter over the $44 billion takeover
Amazon Summer Sale 2022 Live: Robot vacuum cleaners from top brands under Rs 30,000
China orders internet services to tighten controls to stop under-18s from tipping live streamers or becoming live streamers themselves without guardian consent (Brenda Goh/Reuters)
China orders internet services to tighten controls to stop under-18s from tipping live streamers or becoming live streamers themselves without guardian consent — China on Saturday ordered internet platforms to step up governance of how under-18s use their livestreaming services as part …
The US Treasury says Robinhood and BNY will work with the federal government to handle tax-sheltered "Trump Accounts" for children when they launch this summer (Stacy Cowley/New York Times)
Stacy Cowley / New York Times : The US Treasury says Robinhood and BNY will work with the federal government to handle tax-sheltered “Tru...
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The first project we remember working on together was drawing scenes from the picture books that our mom brought with her when she immigrate...
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg : South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; ...
