Author: Tech Support

London-based Harbr raises $38.5M Series A to help businesses exchange and share big data sets securely (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based Harbr raises $38.5M Series A to help businesses exchange and share big data sets securely  —  Organizations today are sitting on mountains of data that they amass and use in their own businesses, but many are also looking to share those troves with other parties to expand their business …

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Filing: Snap UK had revenue of $653M in 2019, up from $403.7M YoY, but losses grew to $435M, and will borrow up to $500M from Snap over the next five years (Michael Cogley/Telegraph)

Michael Cogley / Telegraph: Filing: Snap UK had revenue of $653M in 2019, up from $403.7M YoY, but losses grew to $435M, and will borrow up to $500M from Snap over the next five years  —  The tech giant posted losses of $453m in 2019 but will tap up its US parent for up to

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OpenVault study: 8.8% of US broadband subscribers used at least 1TB/month in Q3, up from 4.2% in Q3'19, and about 1% used at least 2TB/month, up from 0.36% YoY (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: OpenVault study: 8.8% of US broadband subscribers used at least 1TB/month in Q3, up from 4.2% in Q3’19, and about 1% used at least 2TB/month, up from 0.36% YoY  —  Usage increase “confirms the value” of data caps for ISP revenue, vendor says.  —  The number of broadband “power users”

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This open-source AI tool can make your video spectacular with sky replacement effects

Sky replacement tools are extremely popular in the current crop of photp-editing apps. Mobile apps such as Lighttricks’ Lightleap help you put up a new sky on your picture quickly. While for a more refined option, you may want to turn to Adobe Photoshop’s recently-released AI-powered feature. However, there aren’t many commercially available tools for such

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It's hard to believe Craig Federighi's claim that Apple wasn't "remotely considering" touch for Macs, given Big Sur's large controls and iOS apps coming to Macs (Jean-Louis Gassée/Monday Note)

Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: It’s hard to believe Craig Federighi’s claim that Apple wasn’t “remotely considering” touch for Macs, given Big Sur’s large controls and iOS apps coming to Macs  —  Reviews of new Apple Silicon Macs are not out yet.  They’re likely to be good.  But one small disappointment lingers … It's hard

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