NOYB files a privacy complaint against Mozilla with the Austrian data protection authority, accusing the Firefox maker of tracking users without consent — Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB on Wednesday said it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority against Mozilla accusing …
Raspberry Pi reports H1 2024 revenue up 61% YoY to $144M, gross profit up 47% YoY to $34.2M, and unit volume up 31% YoY to 3.66M; RPI jumps 5%+ pre-market — Shares rise after UK microcomputer maker publishes first earnings report since June IPO — Shares in Raspberry Pi jumped on Tuesday …
Similarweb: daily X users in the UK fell from 8M in May 2023 to 5.6M now, with 33%+ of the fall coming after the summer riots; US DAUs fell by ~20% in that time — The great migration from Elon Musk's X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo
A profile of SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, who transformed the Japanese tech conglomerate into a global investment group and is criticized for high-risk investments — He has won and lost fortunes with his bets on technology. So is the investor a visionary — or a gambler who got lucky?
Law enforcement agencies shut down a service offered by iServer, a phishing-as-a-service platform, which was used to unlock 1.2M+ stolen or lost mobile phones — iServer provided a simple service for phishing credentials to unlock phones. — A coalition of law-enforcement agencies …
Thoughts on the iPhone's slowing pace of hardware innovation, first impressions of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, and a closer look at Apple Intelligence roll out plans — The new iPhone has tantalizing camera improvements, but the device is emblematic of Apple's slower pace of hardware innovation.
With the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which can easily slot into people's lives, Meta has exceeded expectations in a year when many AI gadgets flopped — The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses exceeded expectations in a year when AI gadgets flopped. But can it keep the momentum going?
A look at Jony Ive's work with LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF's Jackson Square and could raise ~$1B with Sam Altman by end of 2024 for an AI device — Many people have wondered what Jony Ive has been up to since he left Apple five years ago.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times
A Google threat analyst says the hacker behind the Snowflake breach recently broke into a “handful” of new orgs and is likely a male based in Canada in his 20s — Cyber investigators are tracking alleged scammer in connection with a string of compromises
California Gov. Newsom signs Senate Bill 976 to protect minors, banning “addictive feeds”, barring social media notifications from 12am to 6am, and more — California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature …
A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall's domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023 — Rest of World received exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese online censorship.
Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft data centers — Constellation to invest $1.6 billion to restart dormant reactor as data-center power demand surges.
Sources: Thrive Capital has already provided $1B+ to OpenAI as part of the $6.5B round; OpenAI's existing backers a16z and Sequoia Capital are not participating — Venture groups believe ChatGPT-maker will eventually be the world's dominant AI company and worth trillions of dollars
Indian edtech startup Physics Wallah raises a $210M Series B led by hedge fund Hornbill Capital at a $2.8B valuation, up from $1.1B valuation in June 2022 — An Indian edtech startup has secured $210 million in fresh financing amid a tough funding environment for edtech companies …
Putin's administration resumed posting to YouTube in the past two weeks for the first time in six months, even as the Kremlin throttles YouTube access in Russia — President Vladimir Putin's administration resumed posting videos on the channel in the past two weeks for the first time in six months.
New York Times : Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force...
