A look at the state of community Wi-Fi providers in NYC, including NYC Mesh, a nonprofit covering ~800 households, which seeks to end the “telecom oligopoly”
NYC Mesh, a band of a few dozen tech volunteers, takes on Verizon and the big “incumbent providers,” with the promise of inexpensive community internet. Tweets: @saschasegan , @blissbroyard , and @nyt...
Sources: Apple cuts iPhone 12 mini orders by 70%, targets producing 75M iPhones in H1 and 230M units for all of 2021, reschedules new MacBook production to H2
Device Replacement No More PYMNTS.com : Apple iPhone Mini Production Cut By 20 Pct Max Freeman-Mills / Pocket-lint : Apple to cut iPhone 12 mini production, putting question mark on small phone future...
Clubhouse courted fresh controversy after a conversation with hundreds of listeners devolved into a platform for anti-Semitic comments on a Jewish holy day
Controversial private social app Clubhouse was again the target of criticism on Monday, after a conversation with hundreds … Tweets: @sm , @gartenberg , @saschasegan , @nicoleperlroth , @silvermanjaco...
Stockwell, the AI-based vending machine formerly known as Bodega, which had raised at least $45M, will be shutting down July 1
Stockwell AI entered the world with a bang but it is leaving with a whimper. Founded in 2017 by ex-Googlers, the AI vending machine startup formerly known … Tweets: @kevintkrueger , @iiiitsandrea , @...
How Jolla's Sailfish has survived as an independent mobile OS by targeting government and enterprise sectors in Russia and China which are wary of Google
Alternative mobile operating systems have come and gone over the years, but only Sailfish has survived the iOS and Android duopoly. Tweets: @saschasegan and @jason_koebler Tweets: @saschasegan : Survi...
Inside one Amazon seller's fight with a rival who stole product images, allegedly initiated fake negative reviews, and spoofed customer service emails
Ari Levy / CNBC : Tweets: @saschasegan Tweets: @saschasegan : What Facebook is doing to politics, Amazon is doing to retailing: building a platform where bad actors are immune to laws. http://www.cnb...
How LeEco's efforts to “buy its way into marketshare” in America unraveled, from its attempted Vizio acquisition to its purchase of 49 acres in Santa Clara
In 2016, rising Chinese tech star LeEco made an aggressive move to conquer the unfamiliar US market with cheap gadgets. Tweets: @gizmodo , @rogerwcheng , @saschasegan , and @stevekovach . Thanks: @rav...