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Triller didn’t deny the claim from a source that it inflates MAUs to the public and says there’s “no legal definition of MAU/DAU”, ahead of expected SPAC merger (Micah Singleton/Billboard)

Micah Singleton / Billboard:Triller didn't deny the claim from a source that it inflates MAUs to the public and says…

2 years ago

Facebook Oversight Board member told UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis, may seek algorithm access (Dell Cameron/Gizmodo)

Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:Facebook Oversight Board member told UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a…

2 years ago

Despite SolarWinds Cyberattack, Microsoft’s Azure Business Predicted to Benefit

"Microsoft Corp. was wrapped into a massive cybersecurity attack late last year," reports MarketWatch, "but the unprecedented intrusion may actually…

2 years ago

PayPal says it acquired Tel Aviv-based Curv, which facilitates secure storage of cryptocurrency, source says for nearly $200M (Jeff John Roberts/Decrypt)

Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt:PayPal says it acquired Tel Aviv-based Curv, which facilitates secure storage of cryptocurrency, source says for…

2 years ago

Samsung reports Q4 earnings with total revenue of ~$55.2B, up 3% YoY, and operating profit of ~$8.2B, up 26% YoY, but sees mobile sales drop 11% YoY to $19.3B (Reuters)

Reuters:Samsung reports Q4 earnings with total revenue of ~$55.2B, up 3% YoY, and operating profit of ~$8.2B, up 26% YoY,…

2 years ago

JavaScript- (Not Python-) Defined Neutral Networks’ Deno 1.8 Supports WebGPU

InfoQ reports:Deno 1.8 recently shipped with plenty of new features, including WebGPU support, internationalization APIs, stabilized import maps, support for…

2 years ago

A look at Facebook’s “Red Team X”, an internal hacking team founded in 2020, which probes 3rd-party tech Facebook uses for hardware and software vulnerabilities (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:A look at Facebook's Red Team X, an internal hacking team founded in 2020, which probes…

2 years ago

Snap says Spotlight had 100M MAUs in January, two months after its launch, with the feature receiving an average of 175K video submissions per day (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:Snap says Spotlight had 100M MAUs in January, two months after its launch, with the feature…

2 years ago

Cybersecurity company Darktrace rises 32% on its first day of trading on London Stock Exchange, after raising 165.1M in its IPO at a valuation of 1.7B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:Cybersecurity company Darktrace rises 32% on its first day of trading on London Stock Exchange, after raising 165.1M in its…

2 years ago

Cloudflare, which was sued by “patent troll” Sable Networks, is offering a $100K bounty to those who can find evidence of prior art on Sable Networks’ patents (Doug Kramer/The Cloudflare Blog)

Doug Kramer / The Cloudflare Blog:Cloudflare, which was sued by patent troll Sable Networks, is offering a $100K bounty to…

2 years ago