Sunday, April 25, 2021
Facebook's Oculus and EA win an Oscar, a first for FB and the videogame industry, for Colette, a documentary short for VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Facebook's Oculus and EA win an Oscar, a first for FB and the videogame industry, for Colette, a documentary short for VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond — Facebook just won its first Oscar. — “Colette,” from the social giant's Oculus VR group and EA's Respawn Entertainment …
Facebook says it has a policy letting any person initiate a takedown of a post containing an image of their residence, regardless of the post's newsworthiness (Ben Smith/New York Times)
Facebook says it has a policy letting any person initiate a takedown of a post containing an image of their residence, regardless of the post's newsworthiness — The New York Post has complained that Facebook is blocking and downplaying its stories. But the platform doesn't pay any special deference to journalists.
The Missing Basti Project: Indian website records slum lives, evictions to tackle housing crisis
India's government says it ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic; companies complied (New York Times)
India's government says it ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic; companies complied — Aimed at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the move sets up a clash over free speech amid a widening political and public health crisis.
Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on M1 chip in iPad Pro, Liquid Retina XDR display, Center Stage camera capability, and more (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch)
Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on M1 chip in iPad Pro, Liquid Retina XDR display, Center Stage camera capability, and more — Apple SVPs chat about the iPad Pro, merging with the Mac and its new unified processor strategy
Affirm to acquire Returnly, a software startup that allows retailers to offer store credit before an item is returned, for $300M in a cash and equity deal (Anna Hensel/Modern Retail)
Affirm to acquire Returnly, a software startup that allows retailers to offer store credit before an item is returned, for $300M in a cash and equity deal — Buy now, pay later startup Affirm is looking to acquisitions to gain an edge over its competitors.
Rocket Lawyer, which offers online legal documents and virtual attorney meetings to businesses and individuals, raises $223M led by Vista Credit Partners (Aaron Pressman/Fortune)
Rocket Lawyer, which offers online legal documents and virtual attorney meetings to businesses and individuals, raises $223M led by Vista Credit Partners — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
Silicon Labs to sell its auto and infrastructure business to Skyworks for $2.75B in a deal that includes Silicon Labs' power and isolation chips for EVs (Reuters)
Silicon Labs to sell its auto and infrastructure business to Skyworks for $2.75B in a deal that includes Silicon Labs' power and isolation chips for EVs — Silicon Laboratories Inc (SLAB.O) said on Thursday it would sell its infrastructure and automotive business to Skyworks Solutions Inc …
Apple Moving Forward on App Privacy Update Despite Pushback
Saturday, April 24, 2021
As the US market saturates, Netflix, Disney, and Amazon are slowing Hollywood exports and spending billions of dollars to make international content (R.T. Watson/Wall Street Journal)
As the US market saturates, Netflix, Disney, and Amazon are slowing Hollywood exports and spending billions of dollars to make international content — With U.S. market saturated, companies are slowing Hollywood exports and spending billions of dollars to make international content
Ethereurm Co-Founder Donates Over $600,000 in Tokens for COVID-19 Relief
Proximie raises $38M Series B for its AI-based AR tech that enables physicians and surgeons to interact virtually during surgical and diagnostic procedures (Nancy Crotti/Medical Design ...)
Proximie raises $38M Series B for its AI-based AR tech that enables physicians and surgeons to interact virtually during surgical and diagnostic procedures — Digital surgery company Proximie this week announced it has raised $38 million in a Series B equity financing round.
Kyligence, a big data analytics startup founded by the creators of Apache Kylin at eBay in Shanghai, raises $70M Series D, bringing its total raised to $118M (Rick Whiting/CRN)
Kyligence, a big data analytics startup founded by the creators of Apache Kylin at eBay in Shanghai, raises $70M Series D, bringing its total raised to $118M — Kyligence develops an advanced data analytics platform, based on the open-source Apache Kylin analytics engine …
Cherre, which uses AI to index and analyze real estate data from disparate public and private sources, raises $50M Series B, bringing total raised to $75M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
Cherre, which uses AI to index and analyze real estate data from disparate public and private sources, raises $50M Series B, bringing total raised to $75M — Real estate data management and analytics startup Cherre Inc. has raised $50 million in new funding to enable it to expand its platform offering …
SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting with three local health centers (Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters)
Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters : SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting w...
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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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Andrew Tarantola / Engadget : An adapted excerpt from the book “Your Computer Is on Fire”, on how voice assistants like Siri and Alexa al...
