Blog

Sources: Canva nears a deal to let longtime staff and investors sell $1B+ in stock to new investors at a $26B valuation, about the same as in a 2023 share sale (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

Cory Weinberg / The Information: Sources: Canva nears a deal to let longtime staff and investors sell $1B+ in stock to new investors at a $26B valuation, about the same as in a 2023 share sale  —  Design software startup Canva is nearing a deal that lets longtime employees and investors at the company sell

Read More
A deal by OECD members, including the US and France, that took effect January 1 says platforms must report users’ earnings made on their services to authorities (Ben Lovejoy/9to5Mac)

Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: A deal by OECD members, including the US and France, that took effect January 1 says platforms must report users’ earnings made on their services to authorities  —  Apps like eBay and Airbnb will be reporting your earnings to tax authorities, under a new global agreement which took effect yesterday …

Read More
Apple released no new iPads in 2023, the first year without a new tablet since the iPad’s launch in 2010; rumors suggest all iPad models will get a 2024 update (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple released no new iPads in 2023, the first year without a new tablet since the iPad’s launch in 2010; rumors suggest all iPad models will get a 2024 update  —  Apple has broken a tradition it maintained for 12 years, releasing no new iPads in 2023 – the first time

Read More
BT says 99% of its UK “core traffic is now being served by non-Huawei kit”, missing the UK deadline to move data flows off Huawei’s equipment after the 2020 ban (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: BT says 99% of its UK “core traffic is now being served by non-Huawei kit”, missing the UK deadline to move data flows off Huawei’s equipment after the 2020 ban  —  – EE-owner BT says remaining 1% is on 2G and 3G networks  — The UK cracked down on Huawei telecoms

Read More
After UK regulators approved Microsoft’s Activision deal in October, Brad Smith rows back on criticism of the UK, saying the CMA has been “tough and fair” (BBC)

BBC: After UK regulators approved Microsoft’s Activision deal in October, Brad Smith rows back on criticism of the UK, saying the CMA has been “tough and fair”  —  Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, has rowed back on criticism he made last year that the UK was “bad for business”.

Read More
In 2023, global premium smartphone sales are likely to grow 6% YoY; Apple had a 71% share, down from 75% in 2022, Samsung had 17%, and Huawei had 5%, up from 3% (Counterpoint Research)

Counterpoint Research: In 2023, global premium smartphone sales are likely to grow 6% YoY; Apple had a 71% share, down from 75% in 2022, Samsung had 17%, and Huawei had 5%, up from 3%  —  – As against the decline projected for the overall global smartphone market this year, the premium (wholesale price ≥$600) …

Read More
2023: As The Hardware World Turns

We’ve made it through another trip around the sun, and for the first time in what feels like far too long, it seems like things went pretty well for the hackers and makers of the world. Like so many, our community suffered through a rough couple of years: from the part shortages that made building

Read More