Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia discusses working as a DOGE software engineer for the VA and says he was let go after his Fast Company interview was published
Gov't tech workers I spoke to went bonkers when DOGE workers began connecting non-government laptops to their systems. … Jacob Harris / @jacobharr.is : Reading Sahil Lavingia's blo...
Sources: Foxconn's Tamil Nadu plant in India plans to deliver new iPhone 15s only weeks after Chinese factories; previously, output lagged China by 6-9 months
- Apple is diversifying iPhone supply chain away from China — India's push to become a manufacturing hub is bearing fruit
Internal documents: India accounts for $10B of Foxconn's annual revenue, or 4.6% of its 2022 revenue, as its India push shows the limits of “China plus one”
Financial Times : X: @birdyword , @financialtimes , @rmantri , @sushantsin , @pstasiatech , @chadbown , and @conradkbarwa X: Mike Bird / @birdyword : “Liu has said China accounts ...
Biden's Chinese tech EO leaves US VCs and private equity firms trying to work out the impact on their holdings and weighing up strategies to comply or exit
Private equity and venture capital funds targeted in Biden administration's crackdown — After President Joe Biden announced a ban …
Investor letter: Insight Partners slashes the $20B target for its latest fund to $15B, after raising just $2B since June 2022, citing a “great reset in tech”
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What to expect at WWDC: an MR headset that a source calls part “status symbol” and part “future of the computer”, a 15" MacBook Air, iOS 17, macOS 14, and more
Apple Inc.'s most significant product launch event in nearly a decade kicks off Monday …
An interview with Vinod Khosla on how AI will “free humanity from the need to work”, seeing the AI future early, OpenAI investment, AI and geopolitics, and more
At nearly 70, Vinod Khosla is an elder statesman in Silicon Valley but he's been on top of the most cutting-edge trends, including artificial intelligence. Tweets: @mvzelenks , @ra...
Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye and face tracking and color passthrough video for mixed reality, shipping on October 25 in 22 countries
Meta has finally announced the Meta Quest Pro: a $1,499 virtual reality headset it's been teasing for the past year.
Hands-on with Meta Quest Pro: feels like a sophisticated development kit with a thoughtful design, improved controllers, one to two hours of battery, and more
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A defense of blockchains and crypto as they take on the money-transfer and payments industries, the economics of which computer networking has yet to transform
Indian startups are resorting to layoffs, hiring freezes, shutting down non-core verticals, and rationalizing ad spends as a two-year funding spree slows down
Moneycontrol : Tweets: @avlesh , @subramanya_sv , @derzuschauer7 , @adadithya , @nicks103 , @k_p_ganesh , @_prashantnair , @chandrarsrikant , @rmantri , @chandrarsrikant , @aaravm...
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple, ruling that Apple can't prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP
The order opens up a new avenue for purchases on the iPhone — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a permanent injunction …
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple, ruling that Apple can't prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP
A major win for Epic Games and Fortnite — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers issued a permanent injunction in the Epic v. Apple case … Source: United States District Court .
Twitter says it has suspended 500+ accounts in India for violating rules but has not taken any action on accounts of journalists, activists, and politicians
Twitter said on Wednesday it has taken actions on more than 500 accounts and reduced visibility of some hashtags in India …
Sources: China says Ant Group can't proceed with IPOs until it complies with new capital requirements and reapplies for licenses to operate nationwide
- Listing of Jack Ma's fintech giant was halted on Tuesday — Ma criticized regulators for stifling innovation last month
Ant Group says its IPO has been suspended in both Shanghai and Hong Kong, after Chinese regulators summoned Jack Ma and other executives of the company
China Suspends Jack Ma's Ant Group Shanghai IPO After Warning https://www.bloomberg.com/... Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : “Ant has faced scrutiny in Chinese state media in recent day...
Online study company Chegg says its subscribers grew 69% YoY to 3.7M in the last quarter, as many parents from the US turn to online tutors, many from India
helping students work through difficult homework questions—depends on thousands of freelancers, largely from India, to do the answering. It added thousands more in recent months to...
Apple says it will open its online store in India on September 23
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Apple says it will open its online store in India on September 23
Apple announced today that it plans to open its online store in India on September 23. The expansion will bring direct sales and an improved shopping experience to customers in th...
Counterpoint: Apple's AirPods are expected to sell 82M pairs this year, but their worldwide market share of true wireless earphones will drop from ~50% to 35%
- AirPods maker is projected to sell 82 million pairs this year — Wider market growing even faster, driven by cheaper models