Thursday, February 17, 2022
Epic Games says its game accounts crosses 500 million
An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input (Eric Benjamin Seufert/Mobile Dev Memo)
An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input — This morning, Google announced plans to bring a Privacy Sandbox effort to Android. Google's original Privacy Sandbox initiative …
Firefox's market share decline is pushing Mozilla to diversify its revenue, such as through browser personalization, as it seeks independence from Google deals (Matt Burgess/Wired)
Firefox's market share decline is pushing Mozilla to diversify its revenue, such as through browser personalization, as it seeks independence from Google deals — Mozilla's privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web. — At the end of 2008, Firefox was flying high.
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Relame 9 Pro 5G, Realme 9 Pro+ 5G smartphones launched in India: Price, features and more
Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave raises a $250M Series D at a $3B valuation, making it Africa's most valuable startup, led by B Capital (Neil Munshi/Financial Times)
Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave raises a $250M Series D at a $3B valuation, making it Africa's most valuable startup, led by B Capital — Payments company becomes the most valuable start-up in Africa as investors bet on continent's scene — Nigerian payments company Flutterwave has raised $250mn …
Google search quality is declining because of too many ads, SEO, and "smart" AI, prompting people to append "reddit" to queries to get more authentic results (DKB)
Google search quality is declining because of too many ads, SEO, and “smart” AI, prompting people to append “reddit” to queries to get more authentic results — Reddit is currently the most popular search engine. The only people who don't know that are the team at Reddit …
Tesla could face penalty in South Korea, here's why
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Finland-based Swappie, which refurbishes and resells used iPhones through its marketplace, raises a €108M Series C, bringing its total funding to €149M (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)
Finland-based Swappie, which refurbishes and resells used iPhones through its marketplace, raises a €108M Series C, bringing its total funding to €149M — Finland-based Swappie refurbishes and resells used iPhones, taking care of the entire process, and selling the refurbished devices via …
Starlink services now have 250K users: Elon Musk
Indian robotics firm Addverb Technologies expands US footprint
Intel plans to acquire Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor for around $5.4B, or $53 per share; the deal is expected to close in 12 months (Ian King/Bloomberg)
Intel plans to acquire Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor for around $5.4B, or $53 per share; the deal is expected to close in 12 months — Intel Corp. agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor Ltd. for about $5.4 billion, part of Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger's push into the outsourced chip-manufacturing business.
Foldable smartphone shipments may cross 30 million mark in 2024: Report
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 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the out...
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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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It’s that time of year, Silicon Valley’s investor technocrati and advice-giving Twitter celebrities descended upon Pier 48 in San Francisco ...
