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Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphone shipments by 1% amid persisting market decline 05.05.2023 4:00

Samsung overtook Apple through a slender 1% lead to secure the top spot in smartphone shipment volumes during the first quarter of 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the US 05.05.2023 3:40

This week, ten-year-old drone company ACSL announced plans to enter the U.S. commercial drone market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ransomware attack forces Dallas to shut down courts, disrupt some 911 services 04.05.2023 4:43

The City of Dallas in Texas has confirmed a ransomware attack has downed key services, including 911 dispatch systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roku touts its new ad products, including an AI that matches campaigns to TV moments 04.05.2023 6:01

In Roku’s recent quarter, the company posted better-than-expected revenue of $741 million, but worried investors with its warning of an uncertain ad market and declining average revenue per user. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Airbnb’s average home prices have gone up, so now it’s refocusing on rooms to give users more affordable alternatives 03.05.2023 5:55

Airbnb started out of an idea of renting out spare beds and rooms in private homes to people as an affordable alternative to hotels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mixpanel moves into marketing data with its latest product 03.05.2023 4:11

Traditionally, Mixpanel has provided information about product usage to product teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Box is partnering with OpenAI to bring generative AI tools across the platform 02.05.2023 3:54

We’ve seen a number of enterprise software companies making announcements related to generative AI in the last six weeks from established companies like Salesforce and Adobe to startups like Ada and Forethought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SpaceX’s Starship didn’t self-destruct immediately as planned during test launch 01.05.2023 2:56

SpaceX’s recent Starship test flight, the first during which it flew with its Super Heavy orbital booster, was a bit more of a mess than it even appeared when it ended with a large explosion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brave Search doesn’t use Bing’s index anymore 01.05.2023 2:32

Brave just announced that it is now exclusively using its own index for its search engine. In other words, it doesn’t rely on third-party solutions like Bing anymore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reddit is testing Discord-like channels for community chat 28.04.2023 3:41

Reddit announced Thursday that it is testing Discord-like chat channels with select subreddits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Energy Dome gets $44M uplift into its CO2 battery for renewable energy storage 28.04.2023 5:21

Italian climate startup Energy Dome, which has developed a “CO2 Battery” for storing renewable energy, has closed a €40 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NBCUniversal reports higher Peacock losses as it shows CEO the door 27.04.2023 3:44

Peacock losses continue to widen this quarter, NBCUniversal parent company Comcast reported Thursday, just days after the company announced that Jeff Shell’s time as NBCU CEO was up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services 27.04.2023 6:52

Smile Identity, a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve, a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UK blocks Microsoft’s planned $68.7B Activision bid, saying it would ‘substantially weaken competition’ 26.04.2023 7:02

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed that it intends to block Microsoft’s megabucks Activision acquisition, concluding that such a merger would create “…the most powerful operator” in the cloud gaming market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With $20M in new funding, Hydrosat preps climate-monitoring satellites for launch 26.04.2023 3:33

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Spotify passes 500M users, but its premium-to-free ratio is falling 25.04.2023 3:24

Spotify now has 515 million monthly active users (MAUs), representing a 5% increase on the previous quarter and 22% increase on the corresponding period last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apigee rolls out new AI-powered API protection features 25.04.2023 4:13

Timed to coincide with the annual RSA cybersecurity conference, Google Cloud announced updates to Apigee, its API management and predictive analytics service, designed to help prevent business logic attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions 24.04.2023 3:37

CorrActions, an Israeli startup that, among other things, built a driver monitoring system that can understand a driver’s cognitive state, today announced that it has raised a strategic investment from Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The IRS is sending four investigators across the world to fight cybercrime 24.04.2023 5:35

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to send four agents who specialize in investigating cybercrime to Australia, Singapore, Colombia, and Germany starting this summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter seemingly now requires all advertisers to have a verified checkmark 21.04.2023 4:10

As Twitter’s legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network’s new paid-for verification system is causing more than a little chaos, with CEO Elon Musk himself stepping in to pay for some celebrities’ verification when they refuse to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Uber and Cartken are bringing sidewalk delivery robots to Virginia 21.04.2023 3:44

Uber is expanding its partnership with sidewalk delivery robot startup Cartken to Fairfax, Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outsourcing giant Capita fears customer data stolen during ransomware attack 20.04.2023 4:13

Capita, the British outsourcing company that provides critical services for the U.K. government, says hackers may have accessed customer data during a cyberattack last month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Salesforce is working on a pair of new generative AI-driven workflow tools 20.04.2023 3:54

One of the promises of generative AI is the ability to create code based on a written request. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ditto raises $45M to help companies keep their data in sync 19.04.2023 5:55

Many apps today assume that data lives in only one location, typically a single cloud database. But the reality is more complex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks 19.04.2023 4:36

Alaska Airlines recently started a 3-year, $2.5 billion project to improve the airport experience at its hubs and focus cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices