China approves Cisco's purchase of telecom equipment maker Acacia, but says they must fulfill contracts with Chinese clients and keep supplying certain products Techmeme · 2 hours ago
AT&T, Verizon, and other bidders have spent a record $80.9B during the 5G spectrum auction, expected to lead to a wave of borrowing for the indebted sector Techmeme · 1 day ago
Social media algorithms amplify the reach of incendiary, misinformation-filled, conspiracy theories, and users have no control over them Techmeme · 1 day ago
Social-Media Algorithms Rule How We See the World. Good Luck Trying to Stop Them. – What you see in your feeds isn’t up to you. What’s at stake is no longer just missing a birthday. It’s your sanity—and world peace. Reddit · 1 day ago
Surging demand for laptops and 5G chips, alongside a boom in car sales, is fueling chip shortages and pushing prices higher, with older chips affected the most Techmeme · 2 days ago
Discord says over the past six months it took steps to make the service safer for kids, including more proactive policing and limiting what minors can access Techmeme · 2 days ago
FAA approves the first fully automated commercial drone flights, letting Massachusetts-based American Robotics operate its drones in rural areas below 400 feet Techmeme · 4 days ago
IBM says it will acquire Taos, an IT firm that helps companies migrate from in-house servers to cloud infrastructure; terms of the deal were not disclosed Techmeme · 5 days ago
Cisco says it has struck a new deal to buy Acacia Communications for around $4.5B, boosting the original purchase price by 64% Techmeme · 5 days ago
TSMC says it will raise capital expenditures to between $25B and $28B in 2021, an increase of at least 47% YoY Techmeme · 5 days ago
Axios says it will launch AxiosHQ, which lets companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, next month, starting at $10K a year Techmeme · 5 days ago
Internal docs: in hours ahead of Capitol riot, user reports of violent content on Facebook jumped 10x, and false news surged to ~40K reports/hour, 4x daily peak Techmeme · 5 days ago
Experts say widespread adoption of RISC-V, which was partly developed with DARPA's backing, could help China reduce its dependence on Western chip technology Techmeme · 5 days ago
Visa is abandoning its $5.3B planned acquisition of fintech firm Plaid after the DOJ sued over antitrust concerns in November Techmeme · 7 days ago
Video-sharing site Rumble, popular among conservatives, sues Google, accusing it of diverting traffic to YouTube Techmeme · 1 week ago
As tensions rise, China has found a subtle way to make life difficult for US tech companies: slowing down regulatory approval for acquisitions and other deals Techmeme · 1 week ago
As CES kicks off, a look at how the mammoth trade show pivoted to a virtual event this year with ~1,900 exhibitors participating, far shy of 2020's 4,500 Techmeme · 1 week ago
Intercontinental Exchange says its crypto venture Bakkt will go public via a SPAC merger at a $2.1B valuation Techmeme · 1 week ago
Amazon, Walmart, and others are using AI to decide whether it makes economic sense to skip returns and let customers keep the products, which is often cheaper Techmeme · 1 week ago
Airbnb, often forgotten in the Section 230 debate, has relied on the law to avoid responsibility for some listings and is lobbying to reshape it Techmeme · 1 week ago
Sources: Stripe will no longer process payments for Trump's campaign website and fundraising efforts, after violations of policies against encouraging violence Techmeme · 1 week ago
FBI, Homeland Security Int. Didn’t Issue Risk Assessment for ProTrump Protests Hacker News · 2 weeks ago
LG Electronics takes a majority stake in Alphonso, a data and ad targeting company for smart TVs; sources say LG invested almost $80M for a nearly 60% stake Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Roku has acquired global rights for Quibi content, sources say for less than $100M, and will make it available free to stream in 2021 on the Roku Channel Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Sources: US is considering prohibiting Americans from investing in Alibaba and Tencent, and is debating the impact on US financial markets of a potential ban Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Shopify takes down online stores run by the Trump Organization and Trump campaign for violating its policy against promoting violence Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Officials say the US judiciary's electronic filing system was likely breached in the SolarWinds hack, putting highly sensitive nonpublic documents at risk Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Amazon commits $2B+ over five years to create and preserve affordable housing in three of its employment hubs, Seattle, WA; Arlington, VA; and Nashville, TN Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
IBM names Gary Cohn, former Goldman Sachs executive and economic adviser to Trump, as its vice chairman and member of its executive leadership team Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Sources: China's regulators aim to force Ant Group, which owns Alipay, to share its consumer-credit data with China's central bank or an entity controlled by it Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Beijing high court rules Amazon can't use its AWS logo in China, as it belongs to a Chinese software company, and must pay compensation, a setback for Amazon Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Because going public via a SPAC is seen as a merger, startups doing so face fewer restrictions on promoting stock vs. normal IPOs, which have a "quiet period" Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
A brief look at the evolution of video chat during 2020, as Zoom, Microsoft, and others added features to make the medium more interactive and easier to use Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Under pressure, Deliveroo, Uber, and others in Europe are looking to reach labor agreements that offer some benefits without making workers full employees Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
An overview of tech to expect in 2021: better webcams, portable UV sanitizers, "assisted reality" glasses, more subscription services attached to hardware Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Top nine streaming services to end 2020 with combined US subscribers up 50%+ YoY; US households now subscribe to 3.1 services on average, up from 2.7 in 2019 Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
France says it has resumed collecting its digital services tax, as the UK and Italy prepare to collect their own; France's 3% levy brought in €400M in 2019 Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Facial-Recognition Tools in Spotlight in New Jersey False-Arrest Case – Black man police detained for more than a week sues authorities after use of technology that some cities have banned over racial bias concerns Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Some US supermarkets say they aren't making money through Instacart due to the service's 10% commission on each order Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
A look at a center for young people with disabilities in Georgia that Google and others have used as a place to test products for accessibility Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Unredacted draft version of the lawsuit filed by 10 states earlier this month details a Google-Facebook ad deal that allegedly constituted illegal price fixing Techmeme · 3 weeks ago