Square is rebranding itself as ‘Block’ The blockchain made the company do it. Igor Bonifacic Jeff Greenberg via Getty Images Payments firm Square plans to change its name to Block as cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies become a bigger part of its business. On Wednesday, the company announced it will move forward with … Continue reading Jack Dorsey is heading Square again after its current CEO steps down
Microsoft disputes the data but it’s clear AI hasn’t turned its Bing into the Google-slayer the company hoped for. Danny Goodwin on August 21, 2023 It’s been just over six months since the new AI-powered Bing with Bing Chat launched – but its overall search engine market share is down slightly globally and in the … Continue reading AI boost? Bing’s market share is down 6 months after launch
By Sam Becker July 05, 2023 With companies like Cava Group and Savers Value Village hitting the public markets in recent weeks, it may feel like IPOs are seeing a resurgence after seemingly going dormant for the past year or so. But the most recent Global IPO Trends report from EY, which covers the … Continue reading The IPO market is still down, but EY says an upswing could finally be on the way
Stitcher redesign brings cleaner look and new features to the podcast app Kris Holt| @krisholt Stitcher has revealed a new look for its podcast app, which boasts several useful features and upgrades. The service says the revamped web, iOS and Android app has better user control and navigation along with its more streamlined design. … Continue reading Podcast app Stitcher is shutting down in August
Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic In an interview with The Guardian more than a decade ago, Warren Spector, the director and producer of Deus Ex, said his dream game would take place in one city block. “There are people who are trying to simulate massive worlds at a level of an inch per mile,” Spector told journalist … Continue reading ‘Diablo IV’ and other Blizzard games are down due to a DDoS attack
A Reddit transcription community will shut down over a ‘lack of trust’ in the platform Kris Holt @krisholt A group of Reddit volunteers who transcribe media from other subreddits are shutting down their community, in part due to changes the company is making to its API. The community, r/TranscribersOfReddit, will close its doors … Continue reading A Reddit transcription community will shut down over a ‘lack of trust’ in the platform
Everything you need to know about Amazon Prime Day 2023 Valentina Palladino @valentinalucia This year’s Amazon Prime Day is likely right around the corner, so it’s a good time to start thinking about the things you’ll want to look for once the deal wave hits. Everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities … Continue reading Amazon’s Echo Dot is down to $28, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals
Nick Summers @nisummers Back in the Dreamcast era, I fell in love with a game called Jet Set Radio. It was about a group of rollerbladers who leapt around a colorful, futuristic version of Tokyo spray-painting everything in sight. I consider it a classic and one of the best games Sega has ever published. … Continue reading Sony is shutting down PixelOpus, the studio behind ‘Concrete Genie’
By Chris Morris April 20, 2023 After hemorrhaging cash for years, WeWork is now facing a possible delisting by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company announced this week that it had received a “continued listing standard notice” from the exchange, stating that, since April 11, 2023, it had fallen out of … Continue reading With its stock down 65% this year, WeWork is now at risk of being delisted from the NYSE
News Publishers’ Twitter Ad Spend Down 83%, Study Finds by Colin Kirkland , April 14, 2023 New findings from advertising intelligence platform MediaRadar reveal an alarming 83% year-over-year decrease in news publishers’ Twitter ad spend from January 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023. Since Twitter CEO Elon Musk bought the microblogging platform in October 2022, … Continue reading News Publishers’ Twitter Ad Spend Down 83%, Study Finds
