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The smartphone shipments globally will see a decline of 3.5% to 1.31 billion units in 2022, as per research firm International Data Corp (IDC). The company has significantly reduced its forecast for the year 2022 from the previous projection of 1.6% growth after three consecutive quarters of decline and increasing challenges in both supply and … Read more
Google TV app, which aggregates content recommendations from streaming services and lets users create a universal watchlist of their favorites, is now available on iOS. The tech giant said that it will replace the previous Play Movies and TV app in the App Store, so if users have already got that installed, they should be … Read more
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: MediaTek announces the Dimensity 9000 mobile chip, which uses TSMC’s 4nm process and supports 5G without the faster mmWave standard, WiFi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3 — MediaTek’s new SoC is its most powerful yet — MediaTek has just announced its latest flagship processor: the Dimensity 9000 … Source link
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general said on Thursday they had opened an investigation into Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, for promoting its social media app Instagram while knowing of mental and emotional harms caused by the service. At least 10 states are involved in the investigation, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, … Read more
Brian Heater / TechCrunch: nTopology, which makes software for designing and manufacturing 3D-printed parts, raises a $65M Series D led by Tiger Global, bringing total funding to $135M — Software for hardware design is all the rage in the VC funding world these days. Following recent rounds from Flux and Bild … Source link
Instagram is discontinuing its Snapchat-like messaging app Threads that was launched in 2019. As a result of the update, users will start seeing a prompt to move back to the original Instagram app. Instagram has separately started allowing select users to add music to their feed posts — just like how it’s already possible with … Read more
But mass producing automobiles is a challenge of a different magnitude. Initial versions of the Air cost almost $35,000 more than a top-of-the-line Tesla Model S Plaid. To be profitable, Lucid must appeal to more than just a superwealthy elite. “Lucid’s biggest risks are getting to scale and capacity,” said Daniel Ives, a senior analyst … Read more
Over the years, businesses have increasingly turned to automation and robotics for undertaking many jobs. Since COVID-19 forced people to the confines of their homes, many enterprises introduced robots to perform tasks to help reduce human contact. From cleaning floors to disinfecting, the kind of tasks that robots can do has expanded manifold. Yet when … Read more
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Airwallex, a payments platform for international purchases, raises $100M led by Lone Pine Capital at a $5.5B valuation, adding to its September $200M Series E — E-commerce and other online businesses are becoming increasingly global in their operations and customer bases … Source link
Nina Bambysheva / Forbes: Nym Technologies, which provides network-level privacy through its blockchain-based “mixnet”, raises a $13M Series A led by a16z at a $270M valuation — I cover cryptocurrencies and other applications of blockchain — Working to make the internet more private … Source link