Why the stress around Chinese apps in the US is overblown

March 1, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. If you take a look at app stores in the US right now, you might be surprised to find they are dominated by Chinese programs. On Monday, the three most downloaded free apps on Apple’s…

TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing

March 1, 2023

TikTok announced today that it’s introducing new well-being features for teens, families and its broader community. The company is improving its screen time controls with more custom options, introducing new default settings for teen accounts and expanding Family Pairing with more parental controls. Every account belonging to a user under the age of 18 will […]

TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Revolut reports first full year of profit

March 1, 2023

The all-in-one fintech app Revolut has released its annual report for 2021. While 2021 ended more than a year ago, this report includes some significant figures as the company nearly tripled its revenue between 2020 and 2021. Because of this explosive growth trajectory, the company reached profitability for the first time. Revolut’s financial success starts […]

Revolut reports first full year of profit by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

UK provisionally greenlights Viasat and Inmarsat’s $7.3B pointing to competition from Starlink

March 1, 2023

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared the proposed $7.3 billion merger between London-based satellite company Inmarsat and its U.S. rival Viasat. The two companies, which offer myriad satellite services spanning everything from in-flight Wi-Fi to military use-cases, first announced their merger plans back in November, 2021. However, given the size and […]

UK provisionally greenlights Viasat and Inmarsat’s $7.3B pointing to competition from Starlink by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

D-ID unveils new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human

March 1, 2023

D-ID, the Israeli company leveraging artificial intelligence to create unique experiences like Deep Nostalgia, announced today that it’s launching a new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human. The announcement was timed to coincide with Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is taking place in Barcelona this week. The company is currently […]

D-ID unveils new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch