Sunday, August 7, 2022
Fitbit will end desktop syncing for PC and macOS in October, moving file transfers to its smartphone app, and local music and playlists to Deezer and Pandora (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Fitbit will end desktop syncing for PC and macOS in October, moving file transfers to its smartphone app, and local music and playlists to Deezer and Pandora — One way you synced the very first Fitbit devices was by connecting a dock to your desktop computer and plugging in the tracker.
An examination of data collected by Tesla: what information its vehicles record, how Tesla uses this data to develop Autopilot, and who actually owns the data (Mark Harris/IEEE Spectrum)
An examination of data collected by Tesla: what information its vehicles record, how Tesla uses this data to develop Autopilot, and who actually owns the data — Logs and records of its customers' journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets — You won't see a single Tesla cruising …
Sources: employees at many Apple stores continue to discuss unionization, Apple started to record September event; opinion: iPadOS delay was probably worth it (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Sources: employees at many Apple stores continue to discuss unionization, Apple started to record September event; opinion: iPadOS delay was probably worth it — Apple made the right call to push back iPadOS 16, but the move could create new issues for users and developers.
At least four top executives associated with a Chinese state-run semiconductor fund, which has invested $30B in total, have been arrested on corruption charges (Zeyi Yang/MIT Technology Review)
At least four top executives associated with a Chinese state-run semiconductor fund, which has invested $30B in total, have been arrested on corruption charges — The arrests of several top semiconductor fund executives could force the government to rethink how it invests in the sector.
Saturday, August 6, 2022
How Coinbase went from a triumphant IPO to facing challenges with international expansion, global competition, revenue diversification, and staffing adjustments (New York Times)
How Coinbase went from a triumphant IPO to facing challenges with international expansion, global competition, revenue diversification, and staffing adjustments — In just over a year, the United States' largest cryptocurrency exchange went from a triumphant public offering to a “crypto winter” of cost cutting and layoffs.
U.S. lawmakers urge joint use of funds for broadband and EV charge stations
Analysis: Binance, Crypto.com, Coinbase, FTX, and other crypto companies have committed $2.4B+ to sports marketing in the past 18 months (Kim Bhasin/Bloomberg)
Analysis: Binance, Crypto.com, Coinbase, FTX, and other crypto companies have committed $2.4B+ to sports marketing in the past 18 months — For fans of professional sports, the insistent overtures from the crypto industry have become almost impossible to miss: The names of exchanges …
Internet use & sleep loss: Researchers feel AI could help in measuring snooze time
Friday, August 5, 2022
North Korea-based hackers may be reading some users’ Gmail
Berlin-based LiveEO, which offers analytics tools for geospatial data from satellites, raised €19M led by MMC Ventures, following a €5.25M Series A in 2021 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Berlin-based LiveEO, which offers analytics tools for geospatial data from satellites, raised €19M led by MMC Ventures, following a €5.25M Series A in 2021 — When it comes to geospatial and mapping data and how they are leveraged by organizations, satellites continue to play …
How to translate your Instagram DMs into your preferred language
Amazon Freedom Sale: 'Super saving’ deals on new smartwatches priced under Rs 5,000
Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)
New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...
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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; ...
