News Elon Musk's Neuralink Raises $205 Million From a Group of Investors The company attracted a record $205 million in investments from Google Ventures, the Dubai fund Vy Capital and several other investors, including DFJ Growth, Valor Equity Partners, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, and Gigafund.
News Zoom Will Pay Users $85 Million for Violating Their Privacy The company made the corresponding decision because of the class action lawsuit claiming that Zoom violated users' privacy rights by sharing their data with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. Thus, hackers could disrupt Zoom meetings.
News Sylvester.ai Developed an App That Determines Cats' Mood and Emotions The developers believe the app will be helpful for both pet owners and young vets who have little experience with animals. However, it is important to remember that one should pay attention to the pet's entire body to know if the cat is okay.
News Mercedes-Benz Will Switch to Electric-Only Cars by 2030 The automaker will unveil three new electric platforms that will form the basis of future cars, trucks, and supercars: MB.EA, AMG.EA and VAN.EA. In addition, the company will build eight factories around the world to achieve the new goals.
News Instagram Will Make Young People' Accounts Private by Default Starting July 28, all Instagram profiles of teens under 16 will be private by default. This means that only those approved by the account owner will be able to view teens' photos and other content.
News Zoom to Acquire Five9 Cloud Contact Center Software Developer for $14.7 billion Zoom expects that the acquisition of Five9 will help it expand its presence on the market and accelerate growth. The company also plans to leverage Five9's customer base and resources for the development of its cloud phone service, Zoom Phone.
News Google's Parent Company Alphabet Creates a Unit to Develop Software for Industrial Robots Robotics has been the obsession of Google for many years, but the initiatives in this area have not brought any commercial results for the company so far. Industrial robots are being developed rapidly today, so the need for software will only grow.
News Instagram Users Can Now Control Sensitive Content in the Explore Feed Instagram notes that sensitive content is now limited by default, but users over 18 now have tools that will allow them to independently decide whether they want to see such posts in their Explore feed.
News Ethereum's Co-Founder Anthony Di Iorio Quits Cryptocurrency In the coming weeks, he plans to sell his company Decentral and refocus on charity and non-cryptocurrency businesses. The entrepreneur expects to quit other startups over time, and he does not intend to fund blockchain projects anymore.
News Microsoft Unveils a Subscription-Based Cloud PC Windows 365 Windows 365 is a PC in the cloud running Windows 10 or Windows 11 with a subscription. It can be accessed through a browser from any device across multiple platforms, or using the Microsoft Remote Desktop app.
News Amazon Acquired Facebook's Satellite Internet Team A team of 12 specialists from Facebook will be working at Amazon to create communication satellites able to provide high-speed wireless Internet throughout the world.
News UN Human Rights Council Adopts a Resolution to Condemns Internet Shutdowns Internet outages during a pandemic exacerbate the situation, as they deprive people of the opportunity to receive important information during a crisis. The UN believes that such restrictions cannot be justified by maintaining public order or national security.
News Apple and Google Announce New Emojis for World Emoji Day July 17 is World Emoji Day. To celebrate the occasion, tech giants Google and Apple introduced a bunch of emoji updates to make them more accessible, universal, and easier to share.
News El Salvador Made Bitcoin a Legal Tender, but Most People Are Not Willing to Use It Since Bitcoin became the official currency of El Salvador along with the US dollar, the government of the country must create all the necessary infrastructure for cryptocurrency settlements within 90 days.
News Joe Biden Signed a Decree to Limit the Monopoly of Big Tech Giants The document contains about 70 initiatives that relate to agriculture, healthcare, and technology companies. These initiatives will help lower prices, raise workers' wages, and promote innovation and rapid economic growth.
News More Than 30 US States Sue Google Over Google Play Store Fees More than 30 US states have filed a lawsuit in California federal court against the tech giant for an alleged antitrust violation on an Android app store and monopoly in the market for Android applications.
News G20 Finance Ministers Support Minimum Global Corporate Tax For Multinational Companies The minimum corporate tax for large companies will help equalize the rights of the countries with different tax regimes. This will prevent corporations from avoiding spending extra money by relocating production to countries with low taxes.
News Microsoft Unveils Nostalgic Windows Backgrounds for Teams Microsoft has released several nostalgic backgrounds for the Teams platform. The new wallpapers include the famous Clippy, Microsoft Solitaire, and Paint. The company also unveiled a Windows XP wallpaper featuring meadows.
News The UK Bans the Operation of the Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange While the regulator's actions only restrict the activities of the largest crypto exchange, which operated without a license in the country, Binance can restore its activities in the UK if it opens its own licensed division in the country.
News Former Google Employees Launch Neeva, A Paid Ad-Free Search Engine Neeva blocks third-party trackers, you can delete the data it collects or prohibit its storage. The service can also be integrated with calendars, mail accounts, and cloud storage platforms.
News Google Will Start Warning Users About Unreliable Search Results If the information in the search results is contradictory, based on rumors or unverified sources, the user will be notified that the information from reliable sources will appear later. Google cited recent UFO sightings in Wales as an example.
News Donald Trump's Team Launched a Twitter Analog Called Gettr The team of the former US president launched the Gettr platform. The social network has an interface similar to Twitter, headed by Trump's former adviser and spokesman Jason Miller.
News A Bank Accidentally Transferred $50 Billion to a Family's Account US realtor Darren James says that the bank has not contacted him. He also assures that since he did not know about the origin of the funds, he did not spend them, and did not even have such an intention.
News People Created Floki, a Cryptocurrency in Honor of Elon Musk's New Dog Elon Musk tweeted about his new pet, and this seemingly harmless tweet unexpectedly launched a chain of events in the cryptocurrency market, raising the value of one of the existing cryptocurrencies and creating a completely new one.
News Microsoft Officially Unveiled Windows 11: Everything You Need to Know The main changes affected the operating system's interface, the Start menu, the desktop, the way of communication, widgets, access to video games, security, sound, applications and other features.
