Twitter changes its official handle to @X
As part of the ongoing rebranding, Twitter has changed its official handle to @X. Other official handles related to the company have either let go...
Google says 2 billion logged in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts
Google said today that more than 2 billion logged-in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts, giving it an edge over competitors like TikTok and Instagram...
Whither Israel? Israeli tech players comment on the impact of the country’s convulsions
As we covered in April, Israel has become convulsed by “reforms” to the judiciary, proposed by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government, which passed yesterday. There is...
Flight tracker Flighty adds a private social network for tracking loved ones’ travels
Popular flight tracking app Flighty, a 2023 Apple Design Award winner, is launching a new version that turns its handy flight information resource into something...
Growth driven by AI will be the metric to watch this earnings cycle
With Alphabet and Microsoft reporting their quarterly results today, there’s going to be a lot of scrutiny on the ability of their investments in new...
Apple’s app tracking triggers statement of objections from French competition authority
Bad news could be brewing for Apple in France, where the national competition authority has issued a statement of objections related to how it tracks...
Google Search is making it easier to find relevant information on women’s sports
Google is introducing a few new ways to make it easier for users to find relevant information when searching for women’s sports, the company announced...
Remember Amazon’s Clubhouse competitor? That’s okay — neither does almost anybody else
At the height of the COVID-19 health crisis, when many of us — forced by quarantine rules and social distancing guidelines — were locked indoors...
Main Sequence hits first close of $450M AUD for its third deep tech fund
Main Sequence, an Australian venture capital firm, said Wednesday it has raised the $450 million AUD (approximately $303 million) first close of its third fund....
AI leaders warn Senate of twin risks: moving too slow and moving too fast
Leaders from the AI research world appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss and answer questions about the nascent technology. Their broadly unanimous opinions...