Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Eurora, which uses AI to automate e-commerce shipping compliance in the EU, raises a $40M Series A led by Connected Capital — The e-commerce market has boomed in the last several years, and with that so has the appetite of tax collectors to do their bidding: make rules that make sure
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Google has confirmed that the Pixel 6 series is the fastest-selling Pixel phone line yet. The company didn’t reveal specific sales figures or the most popular model. The Google Pixel 6 series is unarguably the company’s best Pixel phone line yet from a specs perspective, while also bringing competitive
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The first public Android 13 beta brings face unlock references on the Pixel 6 Pro. These are only references and it’s not possible to actually set up and use face unlock yet. It seems like the pending arrival of face unlock on the Google Pixel 6 series is
Read MoreCredit: Front Page Tech The guy who leaked the alleged Pixel Watch prototype has posted more photos of the device. We can now see how the Google smartwatch might look on the wrist. The leaker says it’s a “gorgeous and comfortable watch.” An alleged prototype of the Pixel Watch was bizarrely found abandoned in a
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google Cloud launches Media CDN, which lets media customers deliver content using the same infrastructure that powers YouTube, including tools for ad insertion — This week at the 2022 NAB Show Streaming Summit, Google launched in general availability Media CDN, a platform for delivering content using …
Read MoreWhat is a hacker, if not somebody who comes up with solutions that other just don’t see? All the pieces may be in place, but it takes that one special person to view the pieces as greater than the sum of their parts. As [Chris Staecker] explains in the video below the break, Henri Genaille
Read MoreKurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Filing: Musk is barred from posting tweets about his deal to buy Twitter if they “disparage the company or any of its representatives” — Elon Musk isn’t allowed to post tweets about his deal to buy Twitter Inc. if they “disparage the company or any of its representatives,” …
Read MoreSiva Vaidhyanathan / Slate: Twitter’s board let Elon Musk take over despite his lacking a clear plan to address failures in increasing its revenue, profit, or user base — What if I were to tell you that Twitter is not that important in the world? — Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe it is important.
Read MoreDavid Kirton / Reuters: Chinese drone maker DJI says it will temporarily suspend business in Russia and Ukraine to ensure its products are not used in combat — Chinese drone giant DJI Technology Co Ltd said it will temporarily suspend all business activities in Russia and Ukraine pending a review, it said.
Read MoreSamuel Stolton / Politico: Sources: the EU plans to open a San Francisco office to engage with Silicon Valley tech giants under scrutiny from newly adopted EU rules, such as DMA and DSA — The European Union is planning to open a San Francisco office to engage with Silicon Valley tech giants under close scrutiny
Read MoreBilly Perrigo / TIME: Some Twitter employees fear the acquisition by Musk, who has some followers who carry out targeted harassment, could undercut years spent making Twitter safer — There’s an old joke among Twitter employees that being on the platform is like playing a huge online multiplayer game where every …
Read More[Mark Rober] has a bird feeder in his back yard. Also, squirrels who eat the seed. So, as one does, he built a nine part squirrel obstacle course with a reward of walnuts at the end, and filmed them beating the course. (Spoiler – this is all much better in the video, which we’ve placed
Read MoreDylan Martin / The Register: Silicon photonics startup Ayar Labs, which makes optical interconnect chips for high-performance computing, raises a $130M Series C from Nvidia, Intel, others — The current affairs reporting you’ve been searching for — Ayar Labs believes future chips and systems will be connected …
Read MoreBen Collins / NBC News: Twitter says recent “fluctuations in follower counts” of high-profile accounts after news of Elon Musk’s takeover were “organic”, but is still looking into it — How Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could change the platform — Twitter was flooded with user reports …
Read MoreAnup Roy / Bloomberg: Wipro agreed to acquire SAP consulting firm Rizing Intermediate Holdings for $540M; Wipro expects the deal to close before June 30 — Wipro Ltd. agreed to acquire SAP consulting firm Rizing Intermediate Holdings for $540 million to expand its capabilities in the field …
Read MoreFilipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: New Apple Studio Display beta firmware offers minimal webcam quality improvements, suggesting software is not the issue; the culprit may be the ultra-wide lens — When Apple announced Studio Display, it promised “sensational” webcam quality. However, as customers got their hands on the product …
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: Google releases Android 13 Beta 1, which adds developer features like permissions for more granular access to media files and anticipatory audio routing APIs — The first public beta is here — The first public beta of Android 13 is now available for anyone with a compatible Pixel device …
Read MoreAs with any social media platform, Twitter continues to evolve, and the strategies to connect with an audience change. Brands that develop a bold and unique online personality can quickly amass followers and improve their publicity. Here are the best, relevant strategies you can use to get more followers on Twitter. Read more: How to get
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple is slowing down the hiring of Genius Bar positions for some stores. The company has reportedly told some stores it will not backfill positions. It has also gone back on some verbal job offers. You might want to apply for a different Apple Store position right now. Apple has
Read MoreChemical-based photography can seem like a dark art at times, but it needn’t be so. [Dan K] developed the Simple Enlarger to help spread the idea that classical photographic darkroom tools are fundamentally quite easy to understand and build. The assembled enlarger. A photographic enlarger illuminates a negative with light, and focuses this light on
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has brought back a promotion for Apple Card customers. Referred Apple Card customers can get $75 in Daily Cash after their first purchase. The offer is good through May 10th. Get $75 in Daily Cash. Apple has relaunched a referral offer for Apple Card. In a targeted email to
Read MorePolitico: Sources: in a meeting about Musk’s takeover, Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s legal, policy, and trust lead, reassured staff and cried while discussing potential changes — Vijaya Gadde, a key executive involved in decisions to remove former President Donald Trump and ban political advertising …
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Microsoft says more than 10M people have streamed games over Xbox Cloud Gaming, but does not offer a definition for what counts as a streamed game — It’s a rare meaningful stat about cloud gaming — More than 10 million people have streamed games over Xbox Cloud Gaming …
Read MoreCircular. | Image: u/tagtech414 We’re now getting a look at what the leaked Pixel Watch looks like strapped to somebody’s wrist, courtesy of Reddit user tagtech414, who’s previously shared alleged images of Google’s as-yet-unannounced wearable (via 9to5Google). In the previous pictures, we could only see the little computer puck itself, not attached to a strap.
Read MoreThe new movie was just announced. | Image: Warner Bros. Robert Pattinson’s Batman will make a return, as Warner Bros. is making a sequel to Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Deadline reports Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group exec Toby Emmerich announced the new film at CinemaCon on Tuesday. While my colleague Charles Pulliam-Moore felt that the
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