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Interview with Samsung VP Jaeyeon Jung on the new Galaxy SmartTag and how it fits into the SmartThings ecosystem, which as of December had 66M active users (Carolina Milanesi/Fast Company)

Carolina Milanesi / Fast Company:Interview with Samsung VP Jaeyeon Jung on the new Galaxy SmartTag and how it fits into…

2 years ago

Nintendo’s global and US presidents discuss Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Switch, and the company’s forays into theme parks, movies, and more (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)

Harry McCracken / Fast Company:Nintendo's global and US presidents discuss Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Switch, and the company's forays into…

2 years ago

Megvii files for an IPO in Shanghai, which may raise at least $922M; Megvii’s HK IPO application had lapsed after it was blacklisted by the Trump administration (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:Megvii files for an IPO in Shanghai, which may raise at least $922M; Megvii's HK IPO application had lapsed after…

2 years ago

Hawkfish, the Mike Bloomberg-funded tech company that first helped his and later Joe Biden’s 2020 election campaigns, is shutting down in May (Theodore Schleifer/Vox)

Theodore Schleifer / Vox:Hawkfish, the Mike Bloomberg-funded tech company that first helped his and later Joe Biden's 2020 election campaigns,…

2 years ago

Q&A: WhatsApp’s Will Cathcart on the Facebook-Apple feud, WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, competing apps, and the debate over message “traceability” in India (Alex Kantrowitz/OneZero)

Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero:Q&A: WhatsApp's Will Cathcart on the Facebook-Apple feud, WhatsApp's new privacy policy, competing apps, and the debate…

2 years ago

Food sharing app OLIO raises $43M Series B led by VNV Global, as the startup tries to tackle food waste, with Tesco adding 2.7K stores to the service in 2020 (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:Food sharing app OLIO raises $43M Series B led by VNV Global, as the startup tries to…

2 years ago

ESET: at least ten, mostly state-backed, hacking groups are exploiting Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities on thousands of servers in over 115 countries (Patrick Howell O’Neill/MIT Technology …)

Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review:ESET: at least ten, mostly state-backed, hacking groups are exploiting Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities on…

2 years ago

A slide from Ignite session video shows that Microsoft is working to move Edge to a common codebase for the desktop, Android, and iOS versions later this year (Abhay Venkatesh/Neowin)

Abhay Venkatesh / Neowin:A slide from Ignite session video shows that Microsoft is working to move Edge to a common…

2 years ago

According to an estimate Apple Watch reached 100M users in December, 30M of which came in 2020; 35% of US iPhone users wear an Apple Watch (Neil Cybart/Above Avalon)

Neil Cybart / Above Avalon:According to an estimate Apple Watch reached 100M users in December, 30M of which came in…

2 years ago

Q&A with Aaron Saunders, VP at Boston Dynamics, on teaching robots to dance and how that informs the company’s approach to robotics for commercial applications (Evan Ackerman/IEEE Spectrum)

Evan Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum:Q&A with Aaron Saunders, VP at Boston Dynamics, on teaching robots to dance and how that…

2 years ago