Nvidia unveils Fugatto, an AI model for generating music and audio that can also modify voices, trained on open-source data, and weighs whether to release it (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

A ransomware attack on Blue Yonder, a major supply chain software provider, is disrupting operations at Starbucks, the UK's Sainsbury's, and other retailers (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A ransomware attack on Blue Yonder, a major supply chain software provider, is disrupting operations at Starbucks, the UK's Sainsbury's, and other retailers  —  Attack strikes operations managed through Blue Yonder, one of the largest supply chain technology providers

Published: 2024-11-26 00:00:48

N-able, which sells software for managed service providers and spun off from SolarWinds in 2021, acquires DC-based cybersecurity company Adlumin in a $266M deal (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: N-able, which sells software for managed service providers and spun off from SolarWinds in 2021, acquires DC-based cybersecurity company Adlumin in a $266M deal  —  N-able Inc., a supplier of software for managed service providers, is acquiring partner Adlumin Inc. to expand its cybersecurity portfolio.

Published: 2024-11-25 22:35:00

Zoom reports Q3 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.18B, vs. $1.16B est., net income of $207.1M, up from $141.2M, and changes its corporate name to Zoom Communications Inc. (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Zoom reports Q3 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.18B, vs. $1.16B est., net income of $207.1M, up from $141.2M, and changes its corporate name to Zoom Communications Inc.  —  Zoom shares were down 4% in extended trading on Monday after the video calling software maker announced strong fiscal third-quarter results …

Published: 2024-11-25 21:55:08

Tron founder Justin Sun invests $30M in Trump's World Liberty Financial, making him the largest investor in the DeFi project (Teresa Xie/Bloomberg)

Teresa Xie / Bloomberg: Tron founder Justin Sun invests $30M in Trump's World Liberty Financial, making him the largest investor in the DeFi project  —  - China-born crypto entrepreneur is project's largest investor  — SEC sued Sun last year for violating securities regulations

Published: 2024-11-25 21:05:01

A US judge sets an April 14 trial date for an FTC lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleging that Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

Jody Godoy / Reuters: A US judge sets an April 14 trial date for an FTC lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleging that Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) will face trial in April over the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's allegations …

Published: 2024-11-25 20:40:01

The US DOJ and Google made their closing arguments in the ad-market antitrust case before Judge Leonie Brinkema, who expressed some skepticism toward both sides (Washington Post)

Washington Post: The US DOJ and Google made their closing arguments in the ad-market antitrust case before Judge Leonie Brinkema, who expressed some skepticism toward both sides  —  Federal prosecutors say Google's dominance of online advertising illegally hurts consumers and small businesses, while the company says it earned its place by being better.

Published: 2024-11-25 20:10:03

Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop "lazy linking" (David Gilmour/Mediaite)

David Gilmour / Mediaite: Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”  —  Elon Musk confirmed that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X in a revelation that renews criticism that the platform …

Published: 2024-11-25 19:55:15

Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default feed, another improvement seemingly sparked by Bluesky competition (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default feed, another improvement seemingly sparked by Bluesky competition  —  Threads will now let users decide what feed they want as their default when opening the app.  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced …

Published: 2024-11-25 18:50:16

Anthropic announces the Model Context Protocol, an open source standard for connecting AI assistants to data sources (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic announces the Model Context Protocol, an open source standard for connecting AI assistants to data sources  —  Anthropic is proposing a new standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives.  —  Called the Model Context Protocol, or MCP for short …

Published: 2024-11-25 18:20:16

Austin-based anti-ransomware startup Halcyon raised $100M at a $1B valuation led by Evolution Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to date to $190M (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Austin-based anti-ransomware startup Halcyon raised $100M at a $1B valuation led by Evolution Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to date to $190M  —  - Texas-based security unicorn is backed by Bain, Evolution  — Halcyon is raising $100 million in funding from investors

Published: 2024-11-25 18:15:00

Instagram adds the ability for users to share their locations with friends via DMs for up to one hour, in select countries (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram adds the ability for users to share their locations with friends via DMs for up to one hour, in select countries  —  Instagram is introducing the ability for users to share their locations with their friends via DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Monday.

Published: 2024-11-25 17:15:00

Sources: the prototypes of the thin iPhone are between 5 and 6 millimeters thick, and may be too thin for a physical SIM, which could dampen China sales (The Information)

The Information: Sources: the prototypes of the thin iPhone are between 5 and 6 millimeters thick, and may be too thin for a physical SIM, which could dampen China sales  —  Apple's desire to make its products thinner could dampen sales in China if its engineers can't overcome a design hurdle …

Published: 2024-11-25 16:55:00

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W review: the new $7 microcontroller is low cost, faster, and adds more RAM and Wi-Fi connectivity, but still uses micro USB (Les Pounder/Tom's Hardware)

Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W review: the new $7 microcontroller is low cost, faster, and adds more RAM and Wi-Fi connectivity, but still uses micro USB  —  The RP2350 finally gets Wi-Fi! … It is fair to say that the Raspberry Pi Pico disrupted the maker community in 2021.

Published: 2024-11-25 16:00:45

Tel Aviv-based Appcharge, which helps game developers build websites to sell gaming currencies and other virtual goods, raised $26M at a $100M valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Appcharge, which helps game developers build websites to sell gaming currencies and other virtual goods, raised $26M at a $100M valuation  —  As Apple and Google continue to battle with regulators and publishers over whether their app stores are monopolistic …

Published: 2024-11-25 15:20:01