The merger between Adobe and Figma was announced in September 2022. | Image: Figma Following mounting pressure from regulators in the UK and EU, Adobe and Figma announced on Monday that both companies are mutually terminating their merger agreement, which would have seen Adobe acquire the Figma product design platform for $20 billion. As a
Read MoreReuters: Adobe and Figma agree to terminate their $20B merger, announced in September 2022, after seeing “no clear path” to UK and EU regulatory approval — Adobe (ADBE.O) on Monday shelved its $20 billion cash-and-stock deal for cloud-based designer platform Figma, pointing to …
Read MoreThe Verge / Photo Courtesy of Apple Books There are podcasts, videos, games, live performances — and then there are books, one of the oldest and still most popular ways to learn something new or escape (at least temporarily) from today’s troubled world. We asked the staff of The Verge what their favorite reads were
Read MoreJosh Ye / Reuters: After releasing its DreamStar party game, Tencent placed ~38% of its ads on ByteDance’s Pangolin; Tencent hopes to challenge NetEase’s surprise hit Eggy Party — Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) is relying on one-time bitter rival ByteDance to promote its most important video game release in years …
Read MoreCredit: DavidMa05368498 A new leak suggests AI will be the biggest feature on the Galaxy S24 Ultra, with Galaxy AI smart features expected to take center stage. The leak also mentions that the camera processing has improved, that the device looks better in its titanium grey shade, and that it feels great to hold. We’re
Read MoreTage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Saudi shopping and BNPL startup Tamara raised a $340M Series C led by PIF-owned SNB Capital at a $1B valuation, taking its total funding to $500M since 2020 — Tamara, a buy now pay later platform for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, has raised $340 million in
Read MoreImage: The Verge X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, may have broken the European Union’s tough new Digital Service Act rules, regulators said as they announced the opening of a formal investigation today. A key concern of the investigation is “the dissemination of illegal content in the context of Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israel,”
Read MoreFinancial Times: Tokyo Electron, Asia’s largest chip equipment maker, has largely offset US export controls on China by expanding sales of less advanced chip equipment to China — Japanese group employs two-track strategy to navigate US-China tensions — Asia’s largest semiconductor equipment maker Tokyo Electron …
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: The European Commission opens an official DSA investigation into X, focusing on illegal content, disinformation, transparency, and “deceptive design” in its UI — X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, may have broken the European Union’s tough new Digital Service Act rules …
Read MoreOn Telegram, scammers are impersonating doctors to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other products, showing how criminals are taking advantage of conspiracy theories.
Read MoreWhen Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per square meter of land per day. It’s another ominous sign of how plasticized the environment has become.
Read MoreThe end of the year brings with it festive cheer, and a look forward into the new year to come. For those with an interest in intellectual property and the public domain it brings another treat, because every January 1st a fresh crop of works enter the public domain. We’ll take a look at the
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Nubia has announced the REDMAGIC 9 Pro gaming phone. The phone is powered by the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 flagship processor. Expect to pay a starting price of $649 when the phone goes on sale in early January. Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in October, and
Read MoreAndrew Solender / Axios: Coinbase, a16z, the Winklevoss twins, and others put $78M in crypto super PACs, an immense figure raised in just three months, ahead of the 2024 US elections — Cryptocurrency industry leaders have poured $78 million into super PACs aimed at bolstering and growing the ranks of crypto-friendly lawmakers …
Read MoreCredit: Sonny Dickson on X A new leak lays out the RAM and storage variants of the Galaxy S24 series, starting at 8GB + 128GB for the Galaxy S24 and maxing out at 12GB + 1TB for the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The leak also indicates that the phone will be available in Gray, Black, Violet,
Read MoreImage: May Mobility You probably haven’t heard of autonomous vehicle operator May Mobility because the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company is exceptionally good at avoiding the types of headlines generated by other AV companies. In its six years in operation, there haven’t been any injuries, crashes, blocked intersections, or mass layoffs. While there have been some
Read MoreIt’s no secret that software developers are in demand. Even in uncertain economic times, organizations are eager to find and retain people who know how to code. An important question for development team leaders, then, is what factors make developers happy on the job? Team leaders also need to know what doesn’t work. With plenty
Read MoreBloomberg: IBM plans to acquire data integration platforms StreamSets and WebMethods from Germany-based Software AG for €2.13B in cash, expected to close in Q2 2024 — – Deal will strengthen IBM’s AI and cloud capabilities — Software AG backer Silver Lake also made deslisting offer
Read MoreAirPods Max 2 are coming in 2024, but they won’t be as exciting as you’d hoped.
Read MoreThose with a Flipper Zero have previously managed to show off a major exploit with iPhones that has finally been fixed with iOS 17.2.
Read MoreMichael Acton / Financial Times: The UK NHS partners with Zipline on plans to deliver medical and surgical supplies by drone to 30+ hospitals in northern England in H2 2024, to help cut costs — Silicon Valley group Zipline allies with trust in northern England to drop essential medical supplies
Read MoreThe European Commission has opened a formal investigation into X, formerly Twitter, over concerns it breached the EC’s Digital Services Act on several counts.
Read MoreLucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Streaming TV appears to have entered its franchise era; Netflix plans spinoffs of the Addams Family, Peaky Blinders, and action movie Extraction, among others — Sequels and prequels have already taken over the movie business. Now they’re coming for TV. — Good afternoon from Los Angeles …
Read MoreThese days, cheap removable storage is no problem. USB sticks are virtually free at moderate capacity and not unreasonable, even at relatively large sizes. They are rugged, work across platforms, and don’t require any exotic interfaces. But this hasn’t always been the case. In the 1990s, people wanted to store too much data for floppies,
Read MoreCredit: Lily Katz / Android Authority Apple could bring Active Noise Cancelation (ANC) to non-Pro AirPods in 2024, making it cheaper to get the feature within the company’s lineup. However, only the higher priced non-Pro AirPods 4th gen is expected to get ANC. The AirPods 4th gen is expected in two variants, both with updated
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