Google's AI Wins Fifth And Final Game Against Go Genius Lee Sedol
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — In the final game of their historic match, Google's artificially intelligent Go-playing computer system has defeated Korean grandmaster Lee Sedol, finishing the best-of-five serie...
GM, Lyft announce Express Drive, a short-term car rental program for Lyft drivers, going live in Chicago first
Lyft and GM partner on Express Drive, a rental service that paves the way for autonomous cars — Two months after General Motors announced a $500 million investment …
After 0 successful submissions, Google doubles top reward for hacking a Chromebook to $100,000
Over the past six years, Google has paid security researchers over $6 million (over $2 million last year alone) since launching its bug bounty program in 2010.
Western Digital releases 314GB PiDrive for Raspberry Pi with USB 3.0 interface and BerryBoot bootloader, for $46
Western Digital makes a $46, 314GB hard drive just for the Raspberry Pi — The Raspberry Pi 3 was released earlier this month with some significantly improved hardware …
Here Maps drops support for Windows Phone and Windows 10
Here maps has been a strong part of Microsoft's Windows Phone offering for years, but that's coming to an end later this month. Here is announcing today that it plans to pull its mapping apps for Win...
Verizon launches yearly upgrade program for Galaxy S7, S7 Edge
After launching a similar program for the iPhone last year, Verizon has announced a Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge upgrade program. — Verizon has announced a new program that will allow customers to u...
How Dropbox moved 90% of its files from Amazon's S3 to data centers designed by its own engineers over two-and-a-half years
The Epic Story of Dropbox's Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire — If you're one of 500 million people who use Dropbox, it's just a folder on your computer desktop …
Apple News introduces ad format for sponsored posts that appear in feeds alongside articles, with Apple keeping 30% of revenue
Apple News will soon get ‘native’ ads that look like articles — Apple has introduced a new ad format for sponsored posts that will appear in users' news feeds alongside articles in the Apple News ap...
Sony PlayStation Vue launches “Slim” TV bundles nationwide starting at $30 per month but without live broadcast channels in most markets
Sony PlayStation Vue Launches ‘Slim’ TV Bundles Nationwide Without Live Broadcast Channels — Packages priced $10 per month below ‘full’ TV service …
Study finds smartphone digital assistants mostly fail when users say they're in distress or having a medical emergency
Hey Siri, Can I Rely on You in a Crisis? Not Always, a Study Finds — Smartphone virtual assistants, like Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana …
Last Week Tonight's John Oliver weighs in on Apple's legal battle with the FBI, explains the importance of encryption
to stay “one step ahead” of hackers Todd Spangler / Variety : Watch: John Oliver Rips Into Apple-FBI Encryption Fight Stan Schroeder / Mashable : John Oliver perfectly explains the iPhone FBI encrypti...
Google adds support for Microsoft Office, Facebook at Work, Slack and others to its single sign-on solution
Google doesn't just offer its own web-based productivity apps, but it also offers a service for business users who want to use Google as an identity provider for accessing …
Microsoft says its Windows Store will continue to take Bitcoin payments and that wrong information had been posted to its FAQ
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VR sports and music startup Voke raises $12.5M from Intel Capital, Sacramento Kings, A&E and others
Voke, a virtual realty technology company that specializes in live streams of sports and music events, has raised $12.5 million in venture capital, the company confirmed to GeekWire today.
App Annie acquires app marketing data company AppScotch
But No IPO Plans Yet Stephanie Rogan / PE Hub Blog : VC-backed App Annie acquires AppScotch Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost : App Annie Buys AppScotch To Enhance Data, App Biz Matthew Jarvis / Develop Feed...
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon VR SDK for mobile processors in LG G5, Samsung Galaxy S7, and the Mi 5, expected Q2
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Skype for Web upgraded, now supports dialing mobile phones, landlines and more
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How Michelle Obama uses Vine, Instagram, Facebook, Periscope, and other social platforms to reach young people
Kwame Opam / The Verge : Tweets: @bankoff , @ladywoldu and @ananthkrishnan Tweets: Jim Bankoff / @bankoff : Once again @verge pushes storytelling envelope. 360 Video, iconic photos and insightful int...
Israeli data science startup Alooma scores $11.2M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital
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Zirx, Luxe, and Valet Anywhere shift away from on-demand valet parking model
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Google announces new services for Android game devs, including a recording API for livestreaming and a new ad type to let users trial games directly from search
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