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Bloomberg: Singapore-based Grab reports Q1 revenue rose 6% YoY to $228M, beating analyst estimates, as its net loss narrowed to $435M; Grab stock is down 70%+ from its IPO  —  Grab Holdings Ltd. said revenue rose 6% in the first quarter after the ride-hailing and delivery company won back consumers as the pandemic receded in Southeast Asia.

Efforts to curb the flood of robocalls are starting to make a dent as regulators set their sights on stopping international scams.

Accommodations like remote work and captioning on video calls were a step in the right direction. But more can be done to support employees with disabilities going forward.

Both providers can get your household online with a fixed wireless solution. So how do they compare?

Gentle updates bring HP's popular laptops and 2-in-1s into 2022.

We derive a wealth of benefits from teetering between calmness and mayhem.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why China is still obsessed with disinfecting everything In a one-minute video that went viral in China in early May, three government workers in hazmat suits spray disinfectant all over someone’s home: inside…

The "anti-Instagram" app may actually be even more fun than Wordle (though the friends I roped in would disagree).

The soaring drug fatalities in the U.S. are being fueled partly by fentanyl-tainted pills bought by teenagers and young adults on Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok and other social media apps.

People associate Airbnb with vacation travel. But Airbnb was founded as a service for business travelers. The company began in 2007. Then called AirBed & Breakfast, its founders' business model was simple: Buy three air mattresses, and build a website at airbedandbreakfast.com. Then, invite attendees of the city's 2008 Industrial Design Conference who couldn't find a hotel room to crash at their house. To read this article in full, please click here

Frank Chaparro / The Block: FTX.US launches FTX Stocks, a zero-commission stock trading feature available through the FTX app, rolling out in the US over the coming months  —  - The news comes shortly after Sam Bankman-Fried's acquisition of a 7.6% stake in retail trading giant Robinhood.

Reuters: Sources: TikTok is testing in-app games in Vietnam as part of a push into gaming; TikTok says it has tested HTML5 games in partnership with Zynga and others  —  TikTok has been conducting tests so users can play games on its video-sharing app in Vietnam, part of plans for a major push into gaming …

Bloomberg: Xiaomi beats estimates with ~$10.9B in Q1 revenue, down 4.6% YoY for its first-ever decline, and a ~$87M net loss, as China's lockdown cripples smartphone sales  —  Xiaomi Corp. posted its first quarterly revenue decline on record after Beijing's strict Covid containment policies …

Kim Velsey / Curbed: AirDNA, Inside Airbnb, and Douglas Elliman data: NYC has ~3K to ~13K more Airbnb listings than rental apartments despite Airbnb listings falling in the pandemic  —  The fever isn't breaking.  There are now bidding wars for one in every five Manhattan rental apartments (and one in three luxury units) …

No matter how many iOS or macOS devices you own, Apple offers just 5GB of free storage to iCloud users – a paltry amount given what rivals offer. But there are ways you can avoid paying for more storage space, or at least limit how much extra you pay.[ Further reading: 40 tips to get the most from your Mac (and macOS 'High Sierra') ] Here are easy-to-follow tips on how to put some of the biggest iCloud data-consuming features on a diet and save money on iCloud storage.To read this article in full, please click here

Ryan Felton / Wall Street Journal: NHTSA records show it is investigating over 30 incidents of a Tesla suspected of being on Autopilot mode going on to be involved in a serious crash  —  Wreck under investigation involves a Tesla Model S and left three people dead, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said

If coffee is an essential part of your day, a coffee grinder is just as critical. From Baratza to Oxo, Cuisinart and others, here's what we recommend.

From streaming soundbars to stereo loudspeakers to dedicated Dolby Atmos systems, these are the packages we recommend.

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When it was first released in July 2015, Windows 10 was the best operating system to come along from Microsoft in a long time. A shape-shifter that changed its interface depending upon whether you were using a traditional computer or a touch-based one, it undid the damage wrought by Windows 8, including eliminating the awkward Charms bar and bringing back the long-mourned Start menu.Windows 10 introduced many other key features as well, including the Edge browser, the Cortana digital assistant, links to Microsoft’s cloud-based OneDrive cloud storage service, and plenty more.To read this article in full, please click here

Apple has changed its self-repair program in ways that make a horrible option for consumers, but might make a lot of sense for enterprise IT — especially those wanting to do iOS device repairs, either for company-owned devices or BYOD user devices. It’s worth noting that the need for users to always have their phones coupled with the mass-employee distribution of a remote workforce might make this less attractive. Still, for the non-trivial number of users still in large corporate buildings, it’s an attractive option.Let’s start with the fun part, which is describing how ludicrously bad these changes are for some. MacRumors did a wonderful deep dive into the experience; here are some of my favorite lines.To read this article in full, please click here

Financial Times: Chinese citizens angered by Shanghai's ongoing lockdowns are evading censorship of a viral post and video criticizing the government by minting them into NFTs  —  Growing popularity of decentralised ledger technology presents fresh challenge for country's censors

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Klarna is aiming to raise up to $1B at valuation of around $30B, a ~30% drop from its $46B valuation in its last round led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2  —  Buy-now-pay-later startup, valued last year at $46 billion, could see its valuation fall by one-third in a tough environment for tech companies