Bloomberg: Didi has a market cap of ~$14B, one year after its NYSE delisting, and has maintained a ~70% share in China’s ride-hailing market, despite Beijing’s crackdown — A delisting from the US Big Board often marks the end of a company’s traction with big investors. For Didi Global Inc., the story couldn’t be more
Read MoreSergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft researchers detail Cadet Blizzard, a GRU hacking group they claim is behind WhisperGate data-wiping attacks in Ukraine just before Russia’s invasion — Microsoft has linked a threat group it tracks as Cadet Blizzard since April 2023 to Russia’s Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known
Read MoreSmartphones have become extensions of our personalities, and we often want to express ourselves through them. Thankfully, there are now Android Emoji wallpapers, and there are emojis to showcase all types of feelings, situations, activities, and things. If you want in on the fun, today we’ll tell you all about these and how to use
Read MoreBill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Some hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to post fake zero-day proof-of-concept exploits that push Windows/Linux malware — Hackers are impersonating cybersecurity researchers on Twitter and GitHub to publish fake proof-of-concept exploits for zero …
Read MoreArtist rendition of the Parker Solar Probe. (Credit: NASA) Although experimental verification is at the heart of the scientific method, there is quite a difficulty range when it comes to setting up such an experiment. Testing what underlies the formation of the fast solar winds that are ejected from coronal holes in the Sun’s corona
Read MoreIf you haven’t already grabbed your Dad an excellent gift for Father’s Day — get going! Here are a few ideas to inspire you. Lists with some great ideas for Dad 7 Father’s Day Gifts for the Entrepreneurial Dad Best TVs Under $500 of 2023 Best Cameras of 2023 Best Mini Drones of 2023 Best
Read MoreCate Lawrence / Tech.eu: Munich-based Fernride, which develops technology for autonomous driving and remote control of electric yard trucks, raised a $31M Series A — Fernride’s teleoperated yard truck technology platform not only provides a sustainable alternative to diesel-powered trucks but also addresses the challenges posed by driver shortages.
Read MoreAnker Prime 240W GaN Desktop Charger. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Anker presented its updated lineup of USB-C power adapters as a solution to e-waste during a product reveal event on Tuesday in New York City, betting these versatile chargers can swoop in as smartphone manufacturers stop shipping adapters in the box.
Read MoreYou now can write in fields if you install the latest Windows 11 insider preview. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is dropping a new Windows 11 preview build for Insiders in the Dev Channel, and it has a new feature that enables handwriting entries directly into fields throughout the OS. Previously, handwriting-to-text conversion largely worked in
Read MoreIt is always controversial to have home assistants like the ones from Google or Amazon. There are privacy concerns, of course. Plus they maddeningly don’t always do what you intend for them to do. However, if you do have one, you’ve probably thought about something you wanted to do that would require programming. Sure, you
Read MoreIn April, Valve revealed it was overhauling Steam in a big way — not just a fresh coat of paint, but also unifying the codebase between its Desktop, Big Picture Mode and Steam Deck interfaces, adding new features like a handy cloud notepad and pinnable panels in the in-game overlay, revamping its web browser, screenshot
Read MoreVictor Dey / VentureBeat: Canva announces a new SDK, a set of APIs, and a $50M fund to help developers build apps for its marketplace — Canva, the visual communication platform, unveiled its Canva Developers Platform today at Canva Extend, its inaugural developer conference in San Francisco.
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The European Parliament passed the first draft of the AI Act. The final version of the AI Act is expected to be passed later this year. The AI Act would be one of the first major laws to regulate AI. As companies dive head first into AI development,
Read MoreIf you haven’t already grabbed your Dad an excellent gift for Father’s Day — get going! Here are a few ideas to inspire you. Lists with some great ideas for Dad 7 Father’s Day Gifts for the Entrepreneurial Dad Best TVs Under $500 of 2023 Best Cameras of 2023 Best Mini Drones of 2023 Best
Read MoreVictor Dey / VentureBeat: Canva announces a new SDK, a set of APIs, and a $50M fund to help developers build apps for its marketplace — Canva, the visual communication platform, unveiled its Canva Developers Platform today at Canva Extend, its inaugural developer conference in San Francisco.
Read MoreImage: Samsung Samsung is getting ready to release its 49-inch OLED gaming monitor. The Odyssey OLED G9 is the “first OLED monitor to offer Dual Quad High Definition (5,120 x 1,440) resolution with a 32:9 aspect ratio,” says Samsung. It’s available to preorder today priced at $2,199.99 and is expected to ship on June 26th.
Read MoreThe MacBook Air 15-inch reviews are in, and it’s looking good for the bigger MacBook Air.
Read MoreMonica Chin / The Verge: MacBook Air (15-inch) review: big screen, thin and light chassis, excellent trackpad, keyboard, performance, and battery, but limited ports and upgradability — Apple’s first big-screened MacBook Air addresses a long-standing need in the company’s laptop lineup. And it comes with zero surprises and no sticker shock.
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad for The Verge Everybody is talking about smart homes these days — but what exactly does that mean? If you have one or two Amazon Echo smart speakers in your apartment or a Google Nest router along with a speaker, do you have a smart home? Or is your home only
Read MoreBloomberg: India investigates reports of a breach at a portal with COVID-19 vaccine recipients’ data, affecting 1B+ citizens; Telegram removes a bot that pulled the data — India’s government is investigating reports that a health ministry portal containing personal data from anyone in the country …
Read MoreEmployee expenses and expense management are key aspects of financial operations that go beyond simply tracking reimbursement claims and employee-submitted receipts. Businesses are increasingly finding benefits in finance automation solutions with robust expense management capabilities. Today’s finance teams require accurate and up-to-date records of their employees’ expenses to ensure effective financial planning and compliance. At the same
Read MoreTristan Cross / The Guardian: A writer who learned to code after losing his job reflects on AI chatbots, which repackage ideas and lack lateral thinking, and why humans are irreplaceable — Silicon Valley wants to make us believe humans are predictable and our skills replaceable. I’ve learned that’s nonsense
Read MoreBureaucracies generate paper, usually lots of paper. Anything you consider private — especially anything that could get you in trouble — should go in a “burn box” which is usually a locked trash can that is periodically emptied into an incinerator. However, what about a paper shredder? Who hasn’t seen a movie or TV show
Read MoreBrody Ford / Bloomberg: Salesforce renames its AI tools portfolio to AI Cloud, plans to roll out AI features in summer, and doubles its generative AI fund, announced in March, to $500M — Salesforce Inc. is elevating new generative artificial intelligence features in its products and doubling its investment …
Read MoreHelene Braun / CoinDesk: Robinhood reports crypto trading volumes fell 68% YoY to $2.1B in May 2023, daily average trading revenue down 53% YoY, and MAUs fell 28% YoY to 10.6M — The trading platform recently delisted three tokens that were classified as securities in the SEC’s lawsuit against Coinbase and Binance.
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