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D-Wave completed its planned SPAC merger last week, the third quantum computing startup after Rigetti and IonQ to go public via a SPAC deal within the past year

Dwave spac rigetti ionq Spacsullivan FastCompany Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: D-Wave completed its planned SPAC merger last week, the third…

2 years ago

Microsoft moves Surface Duo OS, SwiftKey, Phone Link, Microsoft Launcher, and other teams to a new dedicated Android division under EVP and CPO Panos Panay

Memo evp phone link Microsoft launcher Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft moves Surface Duo OS, SwiftKey, Phone Link, Microsoft Launcher,…

2 years ago

CEO Daniel Ek: Spotify plans to use the freemium model for audiobooks; the DOJ is reviewing Spotify’s yet-to-close acquisition of audiobook distributor Findaway

Daniel ek Spotify doj spotify findawayshapiro Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: CEO Daniel Ek: Spotify plans to use the freemium model…

2 years ago

Philadelphia-based Exyn, which develops autonomous drones for GPS-denied environments, raised a $35M Series B from Reliance and others at a ~$107M valuation

Philadelphia-based GPS-denied series reliance 107msinghtechcrunch Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Philadelphia-based Exyn, which develops autonomous drones for GPS-denied environments, raised a…

2 years ago

Parks Associates: 20% of US broadband households currently use ad-supported streaming services and 15% use a freemium service, like Peacock

Associates us Peacock Lukovitz Media Post Karlene Lukovitz / Media Post: Parks Associates: 20% of US broadband households currently use…

2 years ago

Apple and Google could help with child safety online by determining a user’s age at device setup and sharing it with apps implementing child safety features

The Capital Lapowsky protocol Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: Apple and Google could help with child safety online by determining a…

2 years ago

As Uber keeps opposing Spain’s law to treat drivers as employees and lobbies against similar statutes, its CEO claims “any model can work economically for us”

Uber Spain CEO Fang Lee Fang / The Intercept: As Uber keeps opposing Spain's law to treat drivers as employees and…

2 years ago

Twitch downplays last week’s hack, saying it had minimal impact and user login credentials, full credit card numbers, and bank information were not exposed

look raya chayka new yorker Sergiu Gatlan / Bleeping Computer: Twitch downplays last week's hack, saying it had minimal impact…

2 years ago

Global smartphone shipments in Q3 hit 331M, down 6.7% YoY; Samsung was first with 69M units, a 20.8% share, and Apple was second with 50.4M units, a 15.2% share

Global q3 331m Samsung 69m apple IDC: Global smartphone shipments in Q3 hit 331M, down 6.7% YoY; Samsung was first…

2 years ago

How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don’t even provide authenticated responses —

web3 open sea infura alchemy marlinspike Moxie Marlinspike: How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like Open…

2 years ago
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