iFixit teardown finds iPhone SE and iPhone 5S screens are interchangeable, but SE battery connector differs from 5s
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Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakenly put GIFs into important emails
Google has reversed one of its April Fools' Day pranks after it caused a number Gmail users to unwittingly insert GIFs into business emails and other important communications.
Reddit deletes surveillance ‘warrant canary’ in transparency report
Social networking forum reddit on Thursday removed a section from its site used to tacitly inform users it had never received a certain type of U.S. government surveillance request, suggesting the pla...
Sources: FBI worked with Israel's Cellebrite to crack the iPhone in the San Bernardino shooting case
FBI Worked With Israel's Cellebrite to Crack iPhone — The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation worked with Israel's Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization Ltd. to crack the iPhone used …
100K batteries from nearly 40 Toshiba laptop models recalled after faulty units overheat and melt
Major Toshiba laptop battery recall issued after faulty units overheat and literally melt — If you bought a Toshiba laptop between 2011 and 2016 you might have a faulty battery pack eligible for a f...
BlackBerry Q4 misses expectations with 600K phones sold, $238M loss on revenue of $464M
Not even Google's Android can pull BlackBerry out of its tailspin … BlackBerry
Jay Z seeks compensation in his $56M Tidal purchase from Schibsted ASA, claiming subscriber numbers were inflated
Jay Z Says Firm That Sold Him Tidal Inflated Subscriber Numbers — Hip hop mogul says he wants some of his $56 million back — A year after acquisition, Tidal still trails Spotify, Apple
FCC votes 3-2 to expand Lifeline program to give low-income Americans $9.25/month subsidy for broadband
America's poor can now get cheaper Internet access — Federal regulators have approved a historic expansion of subsidies for the poor, fleshing out for the first time a set …
MIT paper presents tech that lets a single Wi-Fi access point locate users to within tens of centimeters, allowing room occupancy detection, Wi-Fi geofencing
Wireless tech means safer drones, smarter homes and password-free WiFi — System from MIT's Computer Science …
Sources: Egypt blocked Facebook's Free Basics service after the company refused to let the government spy on users
Exclusive: Egypt blocked Facebook Internet service over surveillance - sources — Egypt blocked Facebook Inc's (FB.O) Free Basics Internet service at the end of last year …
Sidecar co-founder Jahan Khanna leaves General Motors and is joining Uber as the product lead of the Vehicle Solutions growth team
Exclusive: Sidecar Co-founder Leaves General Motors for Uber — In February, General Motors acquired the assets and talent behind ride-hailing startup Sidecar to help it develop its own car service.
Samsung+ customer service app adds Assist, giving support staff remote access to Galaxy phones and tablets
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DraftKings and FanDuel to suspend all college, high school, and youth sports contests indefinitely after this week's college basketball games, in deal with NCAA
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Sources: Amazon discussing deal to buy stake in and provide cloud computing services for HERE
Amazon, Microsoft look for big data role in self-driving cars — Amazon.com and Microsoft are in talks to supply cloud computing to digital mapping business HERE, owned by a group …
FCC advances rules requiring ISPs to get customer approval before sharing their data with advertisers and others
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John Doerr to Step Aside From New Venture Funds at Kleiner Perkins, Become Chair
Friday, April 1 Katie Benner / New York Times : John Doerr to Step Aside and Become Chairman at Kleiner Perkins Alex Konrad / Forbes : VC Firm Kleiner Perkins Is In Transition As Billionaire Leader Jo...
Microsoft launches preview of Azure Functions, its AWS Lambda competitor for serverless computing, and makes Azure Service Fabric generally available
Today Microsoft announced Azure Functions … Mir Juned Hussain / The Tech Portal : Microsoft Launches Event-Driven Computing Service Azure Functions In Preview Jordan Novet / VentureBeat : Microsoft la...
Microsoft integrates Xamarin into Visual Studio for free, will open source Xamarin runtime
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Microsoft denies Edge is getting native ad blocking, says roadmap shown on slide was referring to extension support in the browser
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Facebook to allow muted video ads in Instant Articles and one additional ad unit at bottom of articles
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Uber CEO must face price-fixing lawsuit by passengers: U.S. judge
Travis Kalanick, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc, failed on Thursday to win the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit accusing him of scheming to drive up prices for passengers who use th...
Postmates hits 1M monthly deliveries and launches Plus Unlimited, a $9.99/month service that offers unlimited deliveries of orders over $30
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“Fitbit for dogs” maker Whistle was acquired by Mars Petcare in February, source says for over $100M
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