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May 11, 2023 • 4min
Study says App Store revenue of small developers grew by 71% in last two years
Apple just released findings from an independent study, which highlighted that the revenue of small developers on the App Store grew by 71% from 2020 to 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 11, 2023 • 8min
Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders
Clearview AI, the US startup that’s attracted notoriety in recent years for a massive privacy violation after it scraped selfies off the Internet and used people’s data to build a facial recognition tool it pitched to law enforcement and others, has been hit with another fine in France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 10, 2023 • 3min
Vast and SpaceX aim to put the first commercial space station in orbit in 2025
Artificial gravity space station startup Vast announced that it intends to put the first commercial space station in orbit in August 2025 via launch partner SpaceX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 10, 2023 • 3min
UK greenlights $7.3B merger between satellite rivals Viasat and Inmarsat
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially greenlighted the proposed $7.3 billion merger between Viasat and Inmarsat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 9, 2023 • 4min
Porsche taps Mobileye for automated driving functions in future models
Porsche has partnered with Mobileye, the autonomous driving unit that Intel spun out into a public company last year, to bring hands-free automated assistance and navigation functions to future sports cars, the companies said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 9, 2023 • 5min
Western Digital tells customers that hackers stole their data
On Friday, a month after the company revealed it had been the victim of a data breach, Western Digital published an update on the incident and notified customers that their data was stolen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 8, 2023 • 4min
Virgin Galactic aims for triumphant return with crewed flight at the end of May
Virgin Galactic will return to the skies later this month, in a crewed mission that the company hopes will bring to an end the nearly three-year gap since its first and only crewed flight in July 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 8, 2023 • 4min
Security researcher finds trove of Capita data exposed online
London-based outsourcing giant Capita left a trove of data exposed online for 7 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 5, 2023 • 4min
Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphone shipments by 1% amid persisting market decline
Samsung overtook Apple through a slender 1% lead to secure the top spot in smartphone shipment volumes during the first quarter of 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 5, 2023 • 4min
Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the US
This week, ten-year-old drone company ACSL announced plans to enter the U.S. commercial drone market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
