Financial Times: SoftBank-backed Arm prices shares at $51 apiece ahead of IPO — Move values UK chip designer at more than $52bn as it prepares to begin trading on Thursday — Shares in UK chip designer Arm have been priced at $51 per share before trading begins on Thursday, giving the company a market valuation
Read MorePhoto by Nilay Patel / The Verge Starlink, the SpaceX satellite internet service, generated $1.4 billion in revenue last year, documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal reveal. That’s up from $222 million in 2021 but $11 billion short of its original projections, according to the Journal. Interestingly, The Wall Street Journal’s report comes the
Read MoreZach Katz, FaZe Nickmercs, and Lee Trink at Parq Nightclub in San Diego, California. | Photo by Cassidy Sparrow/Getty Images for FaZe Clan Faze Clan, a merchandising and influencer marketing agency that was once synonymous with the esports space, has fired CEO Lee Trink. CFO Christoph Pachler will take over for Trink on an interim
Read MoreLucinda Shen / Axios: Chicago-based Kin Insurance, which uses thousands of data points to provide personalized home insurance, raised a $33M Series D extension at a $1B+ valuation — – Lucinda Shen, author of Axios Pro: Fintech Deals — Exit Content Preview — Nearly two years after walking away from a SPAC deal …
Read MoreRyan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: The US Senate’s AI Insight Forum: Elon Musk warned of AI risks, Mark Zuckerberg defended open source, all guests agreed the US needs to regulate AI, and more — Tech leaders debate perils and possibilities of artificial intelligence at closed-door Senate session
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Read MoreBloomberg: The White House is watching China expand its government ban on iPhones “with concern” and says the move appears to be “aggressive and inappropriate retaliation” — – National Security Council is watching issue with concern — Beijing cites problems with the security of Apple devices
Read MoreLouise Matsakis / Semafor: Google cuts hundreds from its global recruiting team, saying “the volume of requests for our recruiters has gone down”, but plans to keep a significant majority — Google is laying off hundreds of people across its global recruiting team as hiring at the tech giant continues to slow.
Read MoreImage: Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally about to leave early access on Mac. Developer Larian Studios said Wednesday on X (formerly Twitter) that the game’s third major patch would be arriving on September 21st “with full support for BG3 on Mac.” Baldur’s Gate 3 is technically already available on Mac, but currently, it’s
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon announces generative AI tools to help sellers write “captivating product descriptions, titles, and listing details” and add to existing descriptions — Amazon today introduced a new set of generative AI tools aimed at sellers which the retailer says will simplify the process of creating product listings.
Read MoreIllustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge QR codes can be very useful, especially when it comes to getting to a webpage quickly and easily. (For example, I’m always resorting to the QR codes at NYC bus stops to find out that I just missed the bus two minutes ago and the next one is
Read MoreCredit: Apple The iPhone 15 isn’t even available to buy yet, but there are a few things we know about it. We know that it’s going to be a very impressive device —the iPhone 14 is a powerful handset that measures up to any Android phone on the market, and its predecessor is expected to
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Read MoreScreenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Now that the iPhone has USB-C ports, Apple is selling wired EarPods with a USB-C connector that you can use with the new smartphones — and, thankfully, a bunch of Apple devices. According to Apple’s page for the USB-C EarPods, they’ll work with iPhones, iPads, and Macs with
Read MoreSuzanne Rowan Kelleher / Forbes: MGM Resorts’ website is still down over 60 hours after being hit by a cyberattack; ransomware-as-a-service group ALPHV, aka BlackCat, reportedly took credit — The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group claimed responsibility for a breach that began, of all places, on LinkedIn.
Read MoreYou can always go out and buy an RC car off the shelf. However, it’s readily achievable to print your own design that has many of the features of off-the-shelf models, as demonstrated by [Jinan]. [Jinan] set about creating a rear-wheel-drive design with a low center of gravity for good handling. Two large 5.2 Ah
Read MoreAlex Ivanovs / Stack Diary: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge get updates to address an actively exploited flaw in the WebP Codec’s library libwebp; many non-browser apps are also affected — A significant vulnerability in the WebP Codec has been unearthed, prompting major browser vendors, including Google and Mozilla …
Read MoreImage: Polestar More video streaming, weather, and web conferencing capabilities are coming to Android Auto and cars with Google built-in. And that includes digital key functions as well. It’s a bit mix-and-match for this announcement. Android Auto users are getting some new stuff, Google built-in customers getting others, and a lot is dependent on which
Read MoreJetBrains is previewing a dedicated IDE for the Rust programming language, called RustRover, which combines coding assistance with an integrated Rust toolchain. Available in preview September 13, RustRover is positioned to simplify the Rust coding experience while “unlocking the language’s full potential,” JetBrains said. Capabilities include real-time feedback, code suggestions, simplified toolchain management, and team
Read MoreEvery version of the iPhone 15 includes a brighter display and Apple’s Dynamic Island feature. | Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge To the surprise of no one, Apple announced the new iPhone 15 during its Wonderlust event on Tuesday, introducing it alongside the new Apple Watch Series 9 and an updated pair of
Read MoreAshton Kutcher and Mila Kunis promoted the Stoner Cats NFTs. | Photo by Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic The Stoner Cats NFTs, associated with a cartoon including the voice talent of Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, were actually unregistered securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission said today. The company behind the NFTs, called Stoner Cats
Read MoreCredit: Joe Hindy / Android Authority Reports are coming in that One UI 5.1.1 is causing Pokemon Go to crash. Developer Niantic has confirmed they are aware of the issue and are investigating. Most of the devices that have been affected appear to be Galaxy S21 handsets. It won’t be long before Samsung Galaxy owners
Read MoreImage: Spotify for Artists Spotify has launched a new tool called Showcase that will let artists pay to promote their music to listeners on the platform’s Home feed. Artists can select a song or an entire album to appear as a mobile banner, which can be set to target a specific type of listener from
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok users — especially young people — are increasingly treating the app like a search engine to find everything from nearby restaurants to news. TikTok search results are, in turn, reflecting that shift. We noticed this week that the app had quietly added Wikipedia snippets to some search
Read MoreA previous IVAS prototype sent to the Army by Microsoft. | Image: US Army The US Army is awarding Microsoft with another order of advanced mixed reality goggles designed for combat situations, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft had sent the Army a batch of 20 updated prototype headsets in late July, which were tested by two squads
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