Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Apple undecided on display technology, size of upcoming iPhone SE 4: Report
Toronto-based TouchBistro, which offers payments tools for restaurants globally, raised CA$150M led by Francisco Partners, bringing its funding to ~CA$433M (Keerthi Vedantam/Crunchbase News)
Toronto-based TouchBistro, which offers payments tools for restaurants globally, raised CA$150M led by Francisco Partners, bringing its funding to ~CA$433M — TouchBistro, a restaurant point-of-sale system, announced on Tuesday it nabbed $110 million (CAD $150 million) …
Netflix begins rolling out its Basic with Ads tier; sources say licensing negotiations with Disney, Comcast, Sony, Warner Bros., and Lions Gate are ongoing (Wall Street Journal)
Netflix begins rolling out its Basic with Ads tier; sources say licensing negotiations with Disney, Comcast, Sony, Warner Bros., and Lions Gate are ongoing — Disney, NBCU and Sony are among the companies still negotiating licensing with the streaming service
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
China releases its first VR plan, aiming for its domestic industry to ship over 25M devices by 2026; IDC says China shipped just over 500K VR devices in H1 2022 (Josh Ye/Reuters)
China releases its first VR plan, aiming for its domestic industry to ship over 25M devices by 2026; IDC says China shipped just over 500K VR devices in H1 2022 — China released its first action plan dedicated to virtual reality on Tuesday, with an aim its industry ship more than 25 million devices …
YouTube rolls out Primetime Channels in the US, with shows and movies from 35 partners, including Paramount+ and Epix, and plans to add NBA League Pass soon (David Pierce/The Verge)
YouTube rolls out Primetime Channels in the US, with shows and movies from 35 partners, including Paramount+ and Epix, and plans to add NBA League Pass soon — Streaming services are coming to YouTube. The company is rolling out a new feature called Primetime Channels that will bring shows …
Uber reports Q3 revenue rose 72% YoY to $8.34B, beating $8.1B estimates, as gross bookings rose 26% YoY to $29.1B, including $13.7B from Uber Eats (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)
Uber reports Q3 revenue rose 72% YoY to $8.34B, beating $8.1B estimates, as gross bookings rose 26% YoY to $29.1B, including $13.7B from Uber Eats — Uber Technologies Inc. reported revenue that beat analysts' expectations, fueled by a recovery in driver supply that supported increased ridership …
Elon Musk's plan to monetize Twitter verification would generate marginal revenue, even at $20/month, and create myriad problems, including enabling spammers (James Ball/New Statesman)
Elon Musk's plan to monetize Twitter verification would generate marginal revenue, even at $20/month, and create myriad problems, including enabling spammers — Elon Musk's latest brainwave risks alienating the users Twitter depends on and would expose it to lawsuits.
Gartner forecasts public cloud spending will grow 20.7% to $591.8B in 2023, including SaaS spending up 16.8% to $195.2B and PaaS spending up 23.2% to $136.4B (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
Gartner forecasts public cloud spending will grow 20.7% to $591.8B in 2023, including SaaS spending up 16.8% to $195.2B and PaaS spending up 23.2% to $136.4B — Worldwide spending on public cloud services will grow 20.7% in 2023, to $591.8 billion, according to a new Gartner Inc. forecast released today.
China Covid lockdown: Apple supplier Foxconn quadruples staff bonuses
Monday, October 31, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India plans to begin testing its CBDC on November 1, with nine banks participating, and a retail version by the end of November (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)
The Reserve Bank of India plans to begin testing its CBDC on November 1, with nine banks participating, and a retail version by the end of November — A pilot for a retail version will start within a month. — India's central bank will introduce a pilot wholesale central bank digital currency …
Doreen Bogdan-Martin's election to the UN's ITU, beating the Russian candidate, signals support for a US-backed open internet, but significant issues remain (Justin Ling/Wired)
Doreen Bogdan-Martin's election to the UN's ITU, beating the Russian candidate, signals support for a US-backed open internet, but significant issues remain — Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership.
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Sources detail the twists and turns in Elon Musk's $44B Twitter takeover, starting in March, falling apart, and then closing late on October 27 (Financial Times)
Sources detail the twists and turns in Elon Musk's $44B Twitter takeover, starting in March, falling apart, and then closing late on October 27 — Even as his $44bn buyout came down to the wire, Elon Musk kept Twitter guessing. — Normally, lawyers and advisers on each side …
The White House welcomes officials from 36 countries, the EU, and private companies for a two-day summit on ransomware attacks, the second such event (Associated Press)
The White House welcomes officials from 36 countries, the EU, and private companies for a two-day summit on ransomware attacks, the second such event — The White House is bringing together three dozen nations, the European Union and a slew of private-sector companies for a two-day summit starting Monday …
Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions (Gleb Bryanski/Reuters)
Gleb Bryanski / Reuters : Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in i...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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