Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps
Netflix Throttles Its Videos on AT&T, Verizon Networks — Streaming service says it limits video quality to protect users from exceeding data caps
How the internet manipulated Microsoft's AI chatbot into learning and repeating hate speech
How The Internet Turned Microsoft's AI Chatbot Into A Neo-Nazi — In a matter of hours this week, Microsoft's AI-powered chatbot, Tay, went from a jovial teen to a Holocaust-denying menace openly cal...
Apple working with Will.i.am on unscripted TV show about apps
Apple's First Foray Into Original TV Is a Series About Apps — Apple's ambitions to go head to head with Netflix and create its own lineup of exclusive movies and TV shows has long been the subject o...
Activist investor Starboard names nine candidates to replace Yahoo's entire board, launching proxy fight
what you need to know in markets Chris Ciaccia / TheStreet.com : Starboard Value Joins Yahoo! Attack Todd Spangler / Variety : Yahoo Board Battle Is On: Activist Investor Starboard Nominates 9 Directo...
Sources: Yahoo seeks $10B bid, Microsoft tells equity firms mulling acquisition it may lend them “significant” funds to maintain good relationship with company
Microsoft Tells Possible Yahoo Buyers It Would Consider Backing Bids With Big Bucks
Oculus begins shipping Rift headsets, which will arrive starting March 28
The Oculus Rift has started shipping — Oculus VR will make good on a promise that's been years in the making: starting next week, the first consumer versions of the company's Rift virtual reality he...
1.5M stolen records for sale of customers of Verizon Enterprise, which confirmed a breach took place
Crooks Steal, Sell Verizon Enterprise Customer Data — Verizon Enterprise Solutions, a B2B unit of the telecommunications giant that gets called in to help Fortune 500's respond …
Report on stalled and struggling Nest says Google is building an Amazon Echo rival
Google is reportedly building an Amazon Echo rival — Google executives have seen and heard all the positive buzz around Amazon's Echo speaker, and now the company is said to be preparing a similar p...
Sources: Snapchat to acquire Bitstrips, maker of personalized emoji app Bitmoji; deal valued “in the ballpark” of $100M says one source
Exclusive: Snapchat Buys Bitmoji Maker — Snapchat has agreed to acquire Bitstrips, the Toronto-based maker of personalized emojis known as bitmojis …
How Jeff Bezos, as owner of The Washington Post and founder of Blue Origin, became a power beyond Amazon
Bezos Prime — Amazon's CEO has driven his company to all-consuming growth (and even, believe it or not, profits). Today, though, as he deepens his involvement in his media and space ventures …
Line to launch Line Mobile MVNO in Japan this summer with free access to Line, Facebook, and Twitter
Line to launch mobile internet service, will include free access to Facebook — Messaging app giant Line revealed today that it's set to launch a mobile internet service using its own SIM cards.
Redesigned DoorDash app helps you choose restaurants based on delivery quality and speed
DoorDash is unveiling new versions of its website and app today, putting each restaurant's delivery experience front-and-center. — That's happening through a new “Delight” score …
Docker introduces Mac and Windows applications in private beta to simplify deploying developer environments
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Square announces plans to offer loans to merchants in partnership with Utah's Celtic Bank; fees to range between 10% and 16% of the amount borrowed
Square's Newest Offering: Bank Loans — Loans through a partner bank will be an add-on service to Square's core payments business
Hulu launches Gear VR app for watching its limited library of 360-degree videos, or any normal video in a virtual living room
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Swarm turns your check-in history into a detailed lifelog
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Mesosphere raises $73.5M round led by HPE, including a significant contribution from Microsoft, at a reported valuation of well over $1B
starting with containers Katherine Noyes / Computerworld : Microsoft and HPE throw their weight behind Mesosphere Amr Abdelrazik / Mesosphere : Beyond orchestration: Taking it to the next level with c...
Sources: Redbox planning to launch a new digital video-on-demand store called Redbox Digital
but this time do it alone, and focus on VOD instead subscriptions http://variety.com/... See also Mediagazer
Verizon study highlights how bad network design, outdated systems, and old operating systems exposed a water treatment plant to inadvertent hacking
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Samsung wants to reform its internal culture to be more like a startup, seeking to be more nimble as growth slows
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Pitchbook: 90 VC funds have raised $17B in Q1 2016 so far, the biggest Q1 in three years, with $10B going to US-based firms
Sarah Lacy / Pando : Tweets: @mkrocks , @bryce and @semil Tweets: Michael Kim / @mkrocks : Vicious cycle: GPs hear LPs using up dry powder so GPs accelerate fundraising & LPs depleted for the year @s...
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