Meta acquires the Threads.com domain name
Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records of the URL that were updated on September 24.
Users on domain-related forums pointed out this transfer, and technewss confirmed the Whois records of Threads.com separately, which list Meta’s Instagram as the registran
Meta Connect 2024: How to watch the metaverse and generative AI event today
Meta Connect 2024 kicks off today at 10 a.m. PT, with a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The developer event is set to focus on Meta's XR (VR and AR) platforms, the metaverse, and the Facebook parent's open source generative AI platform, Llama. Some new hardware, including the Meta Quest 4
Backyard Baseball ’97 is back, with a re-release coming soon on Steam
The nostalgic ’90’s PC game Backyard Baseball is coming to Steam on October 10, 27 years after its initial release. It’ll cost $10.
The arcade-style baseball game is a cult favorite among sports fans who grew up with the game, many of whom are now in their 20s and 30s (and some,
Supabase, a Postgres-centric developer platform, raises $80M Series C
Supabase, the open source developer platform and Postgres database service that started out as an alternative to Google’s Firebase, on Wednesday announced that it has raised an $80 million Series C round led by Peak XV and Craft Ventures.
With this, Supabase has now raised a total of $196 mi
Raycast raises $30M to bring its Mac productivity app to Windows and iOS
Anyone who works at a computer for eight-plus hours a day will likely know that the amount of tools and “context switching” required to stay productive can be overwhelming. “Where did I put that file?” “How do I manage all my Bluetooth devices?” “How quickl
Tomasz Tunguz’s Theory Ventures bets $12M on Initia, the ‘iOS for web3’
The promise of blockchain to change the world hasn’t materialized. For the most part, the technology has instead enabled people to speculate on a new asset class.
A big hurdle to realizing blockchain’s full potential, web3 proponents argue, is that decentralized services are incredibl
Mozilla hit with privacy complaint in EU over Firefox tracking tech
Mozilla, the nonprofit that develops the Firefox web browser, has been hit with a complaint by European Union privacy rights group noyb, which accuses it of violating the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by tracking Firefox users by default without their permission.
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Radian Aerospace completes ground tests of prototype space plane
Radian Aerospace has moved one step closer to achieving the “holy grail” of spaceflight: a reusable space plane that can take off from an airfield and land on a runway like a conventional airplane. The startup just announced completion of a series of ground tests in Abu Dhabi earlier this summe
Whatfix raises a whopping $125M for its in-app user guides
Digital transformation — upgrading a company’s legacy apps and processes with new tech — has long been a buzzy and lucrative business. But the pandemic supercharged the market.
COVID pandemic lockdowns and the widespread move to work-from-home spurred brands relying on old technology to
Google’s revised ad targeting plan triggers fresh competition concerns in UK
What is going on with Google’s long-touted migration to an alternative adtech stack (aka its Privacy Sandbox proposal)? What indeed. The entire multiyear endeavor to reshape the commercial web looks dangerously close to being killed off after the latest intervention by the U.K.’s antitr
Reddit is bringing AI-powered, automatic translation to dozens of new countries
Reddit is bringing machine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new locales in Europe, Asia, and Latin America in a move designed to open the largely English-centric social network to more users.
The service comes nearly five months after Reddit first introduced site-wide translation for
Automattic sends WP Engine its own cease-and-desist over WordPress trademark infringement
The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks.
Just a day after WordPress hosting service WP Engine sent a cease-and-desist notice to Automattic asking its CEO to stop publicly trashing WP Engine, now Automattic has sent its own cease-and-de
Vsim, founded by Nvidia alums, raises $24M for robotics simulation tech
One of Nvidia’s fundamental breakthroughs has involved processors that power detailed, compute-intensive graphical simulations that can be used for everything from games and industrial development to AI training. Now two of the engineers who helped build those physical simulations for Nvidia
Airtel deploys AI to curb spam, calls for regulatory oversight on WhatsApp in India
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, launched a free AI-powered spam-detection system for all customers on Wednesday, aiming to curb the country’s raging unwanted calls and messages while also calling for stricter regulation of WhatsApp and other messaging platforms.