Acer unveils the Swift 3 laptop, starting at $900 with a 14″ OLED display, 12th-Gen Intel Core H-series CPUs, and claimed 10-hour battery life, coming in July (Monica Chin/The Verge)
Monica Chin / The Verge: Acer unveils the Swift 3 laptop, starting at $900 with a 14″ OLED display, 12th-Gen Intel Core H-series CPUs, and claimed…
Taptap Send, which provides cross-border remittances for underserved markets, raises a $65M Series B led by Spark Capital, following a $13.4M Series A in June (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Taptap Send, which provides cross-border remittances for underserved markets, raises a $65M Series B led by Spark Capital, following a $13.4M Series…
Intel names Micron’s David Zinsner as CFO, replacing George Davis on January 17, and announces the exit of Gregory Bryant as GM of its Client Computing Group (Dr. Ian Cutress/AnandTech)
Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: Intel names Micron’s David Zinsner as CFO, replacing George Davis on January 17, and announces the exit of Gregory Bryant as…
Intel announces a Custom Compute Group to design and build blockchain hardware and says it will ship blockchain accelerator chips later this year (Paul Alcorn/Tom’s Hardware)
Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel announces a Custom Compute Group to design and build blockchain hardware and says it will ship blockchain accelerator chips later…
Adobe announces Content Credentials for Photoshop, letting NFT sellers link their Adobe ID to authenticate the artwork using IPFS, coming soon in preview (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Adobe announces Content Credentials for Photoshop, letting NFT sellers link their Adobe ID to authenticate the artwork using IPFS, coming soon…
Indian online healthcare service MediBuddy, which offers doctor video calls and more, raises a $125M Series C led by Quadria Capital and Lightrock India (Deepsekhar Choudhury/Business Standard)
Deepsekhar Choudhury / Business Standard: Indian online healthcare service MediBuddy, which offers doctor video calls and more, raises a $125M Series C led by Quadria Capital…
Sounding Board, which operates a marketplace that connects employees with leadership coaches, raises a $30M Series B led by Jazz Venture Partners (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Sounding Board, which operates a marketplace that connects employees with leadership coaches, raises a $30M Series B led by Jazz Venture Partners …
Roku and Amazon extend their distribution agreement, letting users continue accessing Prime Video and IMDb TV apps on their Roku devices; Roku stock is up 5%+ (Etan Vlessing/Hollywood Reporter)
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter: Roku and Amazon extend their distribution agreement, letting users continue accessing Prime Video and IMDb TV apps on their Roku devices;…
In a letter, 13 Democratic senators ask Mark Zuckerberg why Facebook removed misinformation safeguards ahead of January 6, citing Frances Haugen’s leaked docs (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: In a letter, 13 Democratic senators ask Mark Zuckerberg why Facebook removed misinformation safeguards ahead of January 6, citing Frances Haugen’s leaked…
A look at the Feds’ growing use of facial recognition, including recent contracts from agencies like the FBI and ICE with Clearview AI, Trust Stamp, and others (Tonya Riley/CyberScoop)
Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: A look at the Feds’ growing use of facial recognition, including recent contracts from agencies like the FBI and ICE with Clearview…