Journals

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Alphabet’s Wing unveils a new drone that can carry up to five pounds, fly a 12 mile round trip, and cruise at 65mph, set for deployment in the next 12 months  —  If drone… Read More »Alphabet’s Wing unveils a new drone that can carry up to five pounds, fly a 12 mile round trip, and cruise at 65mph, set for deployment in the next 12 months (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Amazon now lets US users create AI-generated backgrounds using Alexa prompts on the second-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series  —  Amazon is officially rolling out the ability to create… Read More »Amazon now lets US users create AI-generated backgrounds using Alexa prompts on the second-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Filing: Apple seeks $73.4M in legal fees from Epic, including a 10% discount since Epic prevailed on one of 10 counts, after SCOTUS declined to hear the appeals  —  Apple wants Epic Games to pay $73.4… Read More »Filing: Apple seeks $73.4M in legal fees from Epic, including a 10% discount since Epic prevailed on one of 10 counts, after SCOTUS declined to hear the appeals (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Scotland-based game studio Build a Rocket Boy raised a $110M Series D ahead of the much-anticipated launch of its first titles and immersive open world platform  —  Build a Rocket Boy, a Scotland-headquartered game development company… Read More »Scotland-based game studio Build a Rocket Boy raised a $110M Series D ahead of the much-anticipated launch of its first titles and immersive open world platform (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Venkat Eswarlu / MSPoweruser: Google updates its Chrome Incognito disclaimer after a privacy settlement, saying that Incognito mode “won’t change how data is collected” by Google and others  —  Readers help support MSPoweruser.  When you make a purchase using links… Read More »Google updates its Chrome Incognito disclaimer after a privacy settlement, saying that Incognito mode “won’t change how data is collected” by Google and others (Venkat Eswarlu/MSPoweruser)

Satviki Sanjay / Bloomberg: Google partners with NPCI, which runs India’s Unified Payments Interface, to expand beyond India; the UPI platform had ~$209B in transactions in November 2023  —  Google India Digital Services Pvt. and National Payments Corporation of India,… Read More »Google partners with NPCI, which runs India’s Unified Payments Interface, to expand beyond India; the UPI platform had ~$209B in transactions in November 2023 (Satviki Sanjay/Bloomberg)

Alex Hern / The Guardian: Internet Watch Foundation: over 100K webpages featured self-generated CSAM in the past year, up 66% YoY; a record 275,655 webpages in total had CSAM, up 8% YoY  —  Volume of material children are coerced or… Read More »Internet Watch Foundation: over 100K webpages featured self-generated CSAM in the past year, up 66% YoY; a record 275,655 webpages in total had CSAM, up 8% YoY (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

Financial Times: Lexington, Brookfield and Sequoia Heritage’s Pinegrove, and StepStone are raising billions to buy stakes in VC-backed tech startups via secondary share sales  —  Buyers return after secondary market for private shares was hit by higher interest rates  — … Read More »Lexington, Brookfield and Sequoia Heritage’s Pinegrove, and StepStone are raising billions to buy stakes in VC-backed tech startups via secondary share sales (Financial Times)

Bloomberg: Filing: Kazakhstan-based mobile app provider Kaspi.kz’s CEO and other shareholders plan to sell 9M shares for $873M; Kaspi.kz’s Super App had 13.5M MAUs in 2023  —  At current prices, the shares would be valued at $873 million, according to… Read More »Filing: Kazakhstan-based mobile app provider Kaspi.kz’s CEO and other shareholders plan to sell 9M shares for $873M; Kaspi.kz’s Super App had 13.5M MAUs in 2023 (Bloomberg)

Nick Huber / Financial Times: Omdia: the healthcare sector suffered more cyberattacks than any other sector between January and September 2023, with 241 publicly disclosed attacks  —  The vast amount of information held by health services makes them a prime… Read More »Omdia: the healthcare sector suffered more cyberattacks than any other sector between January and September 2023, with 241 publicly disclosed attacks (Nick Huber/Financial Times)