I’m Glad Discord Isn’t Being Acquired
Dear Discord: Please go public and stay independent instead of being acquired. Love, Brad. I’ve become a huge Discord fan and user of the past year. I’ve got many daily reference points from products that I use for real-time communication.....»»
Apple Shortcuts engineering manager Ari Weinstein departs Apple
Ari Weinstein, a co-founder of the Workflow app that was acquired by Apple and absorbed into the Shortcuts ecosystem, has departed the company.Ari Weinstein on-screen at an Apple Park presentation. [Twitter/AriX]In a post to Twitter on Friday, Ari We.....»»
Workflow cofounder and Shortcuts engineering manager departs Apple
Shortcuts has become one of Apple’s most-loved apps, allowing users to create powerful automations on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Shortcuts is built on the foundation of Workflow, a third-party automation app that Apple acquired in 2017. Now, Workflow.....»»
Socure acquires Berbix to help customers combat online identity fraud
Socure acquired Berbix, a San Francisco-based startup that developed a high-accuracy document verification solution with a patent-pending forensics engine able to detect spoofed IDs – including AI-generated fakes – that are visually indistinguish.....»»
NASA"s MAVEN spacecraft stuns with ultraviolet views of red planet
NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission acquired stunning views of Mars in two ultraviolet images taken at different points along our neighboring planet's orbit around the sun......»»
Rivian acquires route planning app maker Iternio, CEO says
Rivian has acquired Swedish EV route planning app maker Iternio to add its technology to its electric pickups and sport utility vehicles, as well use its data to better expand its own charging network,.....»»
Nura’s personalized earbuds are reborn as the Denon Perl
After Nura was acquired by Denon in April 2023, the company's personalized sound wireless earbuds are now back as the Denon Perl......»»
Lithia makes 2023 revenue progress with 14-store deal
Lithia Motors said it has acquired dealerships representing $3.2 billion in annual revenue so far in 2023. The auto retailer anticipates that figure being $4 billion by year end......»»
Poll: How would you rate Apple Weather accuracy lately?
I’m always surprised when I see people using weather apps packed with ads. The Apple Weather app has gone from good to great over the last decade. It remains the best free weather app that has no chance of being acquired and turned off. Sure, Appl.....»»
Virtana acquires OpsCruise to help users manage complex modern environments
Virtana acquired cloud observability platform, OpsCruise, a purpose-built cloud-native, and Kubernetes observability platform. OpsCruise’s solution empowers ITOps/DevOps/SRE teams to predict performance degradation and pinpoint its cause. This.....»»
Ex-Apple staff are behind hundreds of top tech startups
Many Apple alums have gone on to found startups in climate, health, and other areas, and they attribute their acquired skills and knowledge to their time spent at Apple.Many former Apple employees went on to form startupsApple has played a significan.....»»
Automation giant ABB acquires smart home device maker Eve
Eve Systems, the maker of numerous smart home devices that support HomeKit, has been acquired by automation and electrification firm ABB.Eve MotionConfirmed by ABB on Monday, the purchase of the German Eve Systems brings the company under the ownersh.....»»
Motorola has killed the Razr’s most iconic feature — and I’m glad
Motorola has struck gold with the new Razr Plus design, and it's all due to finally forgetting the past. Here's why this is an essential move for the brand......»»
What the chaos at Twitter means for the future of social movements
Twitter has been a powerful tool for social movements. But since Elon Musk acquired the platform last year, some organizers and digital media experts have been bracing for the impact that his controversial policy changes and mass layoffs may have on.....»»
Exclusive: Why Great Jones, the millennial cool-kid cookware brand, sold itself to a conglomerate
Known for its chic colors, the direct-to-consumer home goods company is getting acquired by the conglomerate Meyer. CEO Sierra Tishgart explains why. Five-year-old instagram-friendly cookware brand Great Jones is getting acquired by one of its inves.....»»
Mira made AR headsets for the US Military -- and Apple owns the company now
Apple has acquired Mira, a company that creates augmented reality headsets for other companies — including the US military.Apple Vision ProA day after it announced Apple Vision Pro, the Cupertino-based tech giant has confirmed its purchase of Mira.....»»
This GPT-powered Discord bot can teach you a new language — here’s how to use it
The Memrise bot allows you to learn language through conversation on Discord......»»
Twitter may be worth only a third of its pre-Musk value, Fidelity says
A Fidelity fund has slashed its estimate of Twitter's value amid ongoing chaos at the company, implying the social media platform may be worth only a third of its value compared to when Elon Musk acquired it in October......»»
I’m glad the Hyundai Ioniq 6 isn’t just a smaller Ioniq 5
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 is finally rolling out, and it offers a pretty different design compared to the Ioniq 5. I think that's a good thing......»»
Robert Downey Jr. met with Marvel for a key Fantastic Four role, and we’re so glad he didn’t get it
Iron Man celebrated its 15th anniversary earlier this month, with Marvel releasing a brand new Iron Man trailer for Disney Plus. That movie made the … The post Robert Downey Jr. met with Marvel for a key Fantastic Four role, and we’re so.....»»
Chinese state hackers infect critical infrastructure throughout the US and Guam
Group uses living-off-the-land attack and infected routers to remain undetected. Enlarge (credit: peterschreiber.media | Getty Images) A Chinese government hacking group has acquired a significant foothold inside critica.....»»