Samsung Is Working On a Standalone Virtual Reality Headset
Janko Roettgers / Variety : … Samsung's plans for virtual reality go beyond the company's current Gear VR headset: The company is working on a standalone virtual reality (VR) headset that will incorp...
US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper complains that Edward Snowden sped up spread of encryption by seven years
Spy Chief Complains That Edward Snowden Sped Up Spread of Encryption By 7 Years — THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE on Monday blamed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden …
Uber settles with National Federation of the Blind, will pay $225K over 3 years, notify drivers they must provide transport to customers with service animals
Uber agrees to $225,000 settlement in lawsuit alleging discrimination against the blind — Uber has agreed to pay the National Federation …
Triby review: kitchen bluetooth speaker with Alexa integration and an e-ink screen is neat, flawed, and hard to recommend at $199
Triby Review: Alexa on your fridge — The elevator pitch for the Triby is actually a kitchen pitch. 1. Take everything you like about the Amazon Echo speaker …
Huawei P9 review: great camera, design, and build quality but the Android 6.0-based Emotion UI skin and other software tweaks to stock Android hinder usability
Huawei P9 review: Great camera, great design, and ghastly software — Android 6 Marshmallow with Emotion UI 4.1
Sundar Pichai lays out priorities for Google in his first Founders' Letter, with machine learning and AI playing a key role
This year's Founders' Letter — Every year, Larry and Sergey write a Founders' Letter to our stockholders updating them with some of our recent highlights and sharing our vision for the future.
Intel's Changing Future: Smartphone SoCs Broxton & SoFIA Officially Cancelled
The past two weeks have been a busy - if not tumultuous - period for Intel. Driven by continued challenges in various semiconductor markets, culminating in weaker-than-desired earnings in the most re...
LA judge compels woman to unlock iPhone with fingerprint, sparking 5th amendment debate
The government wants your fingerprint to unlock your phone. Should that be allowed? — In a Glendale case, the FBI wants the fingerprint of Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan so her iPhone can be unlocked.
A history of Marissa Mayer's tenure at Yahoo, and why her efforts haven't been enough to turn the company around
Yahoo's $8 Billion Black Hole — These moves haven't mollified investors. In March, Starboard Value, which once got the board of Darden Restaurants replaced by …
FBI uses malware created by an ex-employee of the Tor Project, Matt Edman, to hack Tor users
Former Tor developer created malware for the FBI — How does the U.S. government beat Tor, the anonymity software used by millions of people around the world? By hiring someone with experience on th...
A first-person narrative on the allure and anxiety of working at a Silicon Valley startup
Uncanny Valley — I would say more, but I signed an NDA. — MORALE IS DOWN. We are making plenty of money, but the office is teeming with salespeople: well-groomed social animals with good posture ...
How Uber built its business in London from 5,000 to 1.7M active riders in three years
How Uber conquered London — To understand how the $60bn company is taking over the world, you need to stop thinking about cars — very week in London, 30,000 people download Uber to their phones an...
TV stations agree to sell 126MHz of spectrum in FCC auction, paving the way for fast, reliable 5G
Grant Gross / PCWorld :
Smartwatch shipments grew 223% year-over-year in Q1 2016; Apple had 52% marketshare, down from 63% in prior quarter
and Apple is dominating JC Torres / SlashGear : Apple Watch market share fell to almost half in Q1 2016 Anne Morris / FierceWireless : Strategy Analytics: Apple Watch market share slips to 52%
Cypress Semiconductor buys Broadcom's IoT business for $550M as Cypress CEO steps down
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YouTube responds to music industry's complaints about low artist payments, says it is more like radio than Spotify
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally :
Internet retailers like Adore Me, JustFab, and Birchbox are placing customers into unwanted, hard-to-cancel subscriptions, leading to complaints and lawsuits
Bloomberg :
Vivaldi browser review: ultra customization and clever tab management great for power users, but no mobile version and some glitches in version 1.0
Scott Gilbertson / Ars Technica :
Report: Yahoo reaches deal to sell 48.6-acre undeveloped site in Santa Clara to Chinese tech firm LeEco
Michele Chandler / Investor's Business Daily :
IBM raises its blockchain game with secure cloud services and Docker integration
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
GCHQ Has Disclosed Over 20 Vulnerabilities This Year, Including Ones in iOS
Joseph Cox / Motherboard :
How Google's aggressive lobbying put it in a leadership position to shape regulation for driverless cars
Reuters : Tweets: @reuters and @reuters Tweets: @reuters : Driverless vehicles could save 33,000 American lives a year. And they could kill 2.6 million jobs. http://www.reuters.com/... @reuters : Goo...
Sources: Postmates in talks to raise $100M-$150M, aims to avoid setting too high a valuation target
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