Monthly Archives: August 2022

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Source: the space between the iPhone 14 Pro display’s pill and hole-shaped cutouts will be bridged by software and show microphone and camera privacy indicators  —  The big Apple news of the day is that the iPhone 14 Pro will apparently use software to make the […]

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: California Assembly passes a bill requiring crypto firms in the state to obtain a license and that stablecoins be issued by a bank; Governor Newsom must sign it  —  The Digital Financial Assets Law, which is similar to New York’s BitLicense, has been criticized by industry […]

Enlarge / Lenovo 16-inch ThinkPad X1 Fold. (credit: Scharon Harding) Lenovo is giving the foldable PC a second shot. The upcoming Lenovo 16-inch ThinkPad X1 Fold announced today attempts to improve on 2020’s ThinkPad X1 Fold with a bigger screen, more powerful specs, and an operating system better suited for […]

Rich Woods / XDA Developers: Lenovo unveils the ThinkPad X1 Fold Gen 2 with Intel 12th Gen processors, a 16.3″ foldable OLED display with 600 nits, available in November 2022 from $2,499  —  Today, Lenovo is announcing the ThinkPad X1 Fold Gen 2, a product that’s been a long time […]

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Lenovo announces an IdeaPad 5i Chromebook with a 16-inch display and refreshes the Tab P11 and Tab P11 Pro Android tablets with updated internals and displays  —  Like many other tech companies this week, Lenovo is at IFA Berlin sharing details about what it has in […]

Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block: Faruk Fatih Özer, CEO of defunct Turkish crypto exchange Thodex who is accused of a rug pull, was arrested in Albania; Thodex’s losses may be as high as $2.52B  —  – Faruk Fatih Özer, the former Thodex CEO who is accused of rug pull, […]

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Landa, whose app lets users invest in rental properties for as little as $5 via fractional ownership, emerges from stealth with an $8M seed and $25M Series A  —  It’s safe to say that millions of Americans dream of becoming real estate investors but can’t […]

Meir Orbach / CTech: Zendrive spinout Fairmatic, which develops AI-powered risk and pricing models for commercial auto insurance, raised a $42M Series A led by Foundation Capital  —  The company, co-founded and headed by Israeli Jonathan Matus, has developed AI-powered risk and pricing models that have been trained …

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Disney explores a membership program similar to Amazon Prime, bundling streaming, theme parks, and merchandise, and adding commerce features to Disney+  —  Entertainment giant looks to package streaming, parks and merchandise offerings together; aims to add commerce feature to Disney+

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Stockholm-based Mavenoid, which offers human- and AI-enabled product support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies, has raised a $30M Series B  —  Mavenoid, a Swedish company that provides both human- and AI-enabled support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies …