Uber officially confirms testing self-driving Ford Fusion cars in Pittsburgh
Uber is testing its fleet of self-driving Ford Fusion cars on the streets, bridges and hills of Pittsburgh, the ride-sharing company confirmed for the first time Wednesday. — The San Francisco-based...
Apple opens office in Hyderabad, India to develop maps for Apple products, will create up to 4,000 jobs
Apple® today announced the opening of a new office in Hyderabad that will focus on development of Maps for Apple products, including iPhone®, iPad®, Mac® and Apple Watch®.
Google announces Allo, a messaging app with smart replies to image and text messages, Google Assistant, Incognito mode, available this summer for iOS, Android
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TeslaCrypt ransomware shuts down, developers release master decryption key so victims can recover their files for free
In surprising end to TeslaCrypt, the developers shut down their ransomware and released the master decryption key. Over the past few weeks, an analyst for ESET had noticed …
Android apps and the Google Play Store are coming to Chrome OS
It looks like there's a little tidbit of information that might have been originally planned for the keynote (pulled because of time restraints, maybe?). According to a session description now on the...
Zuckerberg meets conservatives, calls to rebuild trust after Trending Topics bias claims
Facebook is courting conservative friends through a Wednesday afternoon meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. — The unusual session with about a dozen prominent conservative commentators and leaders …
Netflix launches Fast.com, a simple ad-free website to test download speeds
Netflix wants you to know how fast your internet connection is, and has today launched a new website, Fast.com, that will give you that information. Basically, it's a simplified speed test website th...
Google announces Duo, a one-on-one HD video-calling app, coming to iOS and Android later this summer
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Google unveils Family Library for Google Play purchases, will allow apps to be shared among six people, likely beginning July 2
We knew it was coming eventually, but just before the Google I/O keynote began, Google updated its developer documentation with more details about Family Library.
Android Auto gets Waze support, “OK Google” wake-up, more; standalone version of Android Auto is coming soon for incompatible cars
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Google unveils Android Instant Apps that launch immediately, no installation required, also works on some older versions of Android
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Android Pay now works at Bank of America ATMs; Android Pay integration now available for all developers
After announcing the expansion of Android Pay in the U.K. earlier today, Google also made a few additional announcements around its mobile payments service at its I/O developer conference today.
Google announces it has built a Tensor Processing Unit, a custom chip for machine learning and tailored for TensorFlow
Posted by Norm Jouppi, Distinguished Hardware Engineer, Google — Machine learning provides the underlying oomph to many of Google's most-loved applications.
Samsung Pay now works with loyalty cards in the US
You can load all of your membership cards right into the mobile payment service on your Galaxy phone. — by , Shara Tibken — Got a ton of pesky loyalty cards you can never find when you need them? ...
Google announces Google Home, an always-listening small speaker to compete with Amazon Echo, coming out later this year, price unknown
For the past year and a half, the tech world has been recovering from Amazon's surprise announcement of the Echo. Now, Google is finally doing what everybody wanted it to do: release a competitor.
Google: 600 new Android phones launched, 65B apps installed via Google Play in the last year; currently more than 100 car models and stereos using Android Auto
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Xiaomi announces the Mi Box, a 4K Android TV set-top box with Bluetooth voice remote, coming to US soon
You might have noticed that there aren't a lot of Android TV boxes around. Aside from the original Nexus Player, the much-recommended NVIDIA SHIELD, and the generally regrettable Razer Forge TV …
Adobe launches Spark ‘visual storytelling’ web app, updates companion iOS apps
Adobe's Spark family provides browser-based and mobile tools that allow anyone to create engaging visual content for deployment on social platforms. — Adobe has provided free iOS apps for creating v...
Interview with Sundar Pichai on Google's new Assistant, messaging apps, more and the company's vision for AI
Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO … Larry Dignan / ZDNet : Google's big bet: Machine learning, artificial intelligence will be its secret sauce, winning formula Glen Tickle / Laughing Squid : Google Home, A...
Google unveils Google Assistant, a conversational virtual assistant that's a big upgrade to Google Now
even though it just released a competing app Chris Preimesberger / eWeek : Google I/O Introduces List of New Consumer-Aimed Services Alexandra Vaidos / Softpedia News : Google Unveils Google Assistant...
Google turns Firebase into a unified platform for developers, with analytics, new notification system, and more; a free plan is now available
Google offers a plethora of cloud services that mobile developers can use to power their apps. With Firebase, which it acquired in 2014 …
Poll of 2K voters under age 45: 25% read about Facebook Trending controversy, 47% were comfortable with social media sites picking news
Meghan McCarthy / Morning Consult : Tweets: @seanmdav , @mlcalderone , @mathewi and @recode . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Sean Davis / @seanmdav : A new poll shows a 68% drop in GOP perceptions about...
Google reveals plans for new VR headset and motion controller slated for this fall, to be part of Daydream, Google's VR platform that's baked into Android N
At its annual I/O developer conference today, Google is showing off a reference design for a new virtual reality headset that builds …
Google takes right to be forgotten battle to France's highest court
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Federal Judge Says Internet Archive's Wayback Machine A Perfectly Legitimate Source Of Evidence
Those of us who dwell on the internet already know the Internet Archive's “Wayback Machine” is a useful source of evidence. For one, it showed that the bogus non-disparagement clause KlearGear used …
117M LinkedIn user emails and passwords from 2012 hack offered for sale on dark web marketplace; LinkedIn is contacting affected users
LinkedIn.com was hacked in June 2012 and a copy … Brian Krebs / Sydney Morning Herald : LinkedIn breach affected more than 100 million users, site confirms MacNN : LinkedIn breach of 2012 found to be ...
Daydream is Google's VR platform, for new Android N phones only, which offers Android VR Mode, a full ecosystem that optimizes phone performance for VR
It's Enabling Everyone Else To Build One Leena Rao / Fortune : YouTube Launches Dedicated App for Virtual Reality Videos Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch : Android N's first beta-quality release gets s...
Google launches Android Studio 2.2 preview with new Layout Editor, Firebase plugin, more
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SEC: Cyber security is the biggest risk facing the financial system; some major exchanges, dark pools, clearing houses do not have adequate policies
Cisco reports Q3 revenue of $12B, up 3% YoY, $2.3B net income, down 4% YoY, and strong Q4 outlook; stock up 5%+ after hours
Nathan Becker / Wall Street Journal :
Jeff Bezos says Amazon is planning more physical stores and new services for Prime, during annual shareholder meeting
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal :
Fitbit acquires “wearable payment assets” from Coin including key personnel and IP; Coin products to no longer be sold; existing Coin 2.0 cards will still work
Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica :
Salesforce tops expectations with Q1 non-GAAP revenue of $1.92B, up 27% YoY, ups fiscal year guidance, subscription, support revenues up 26% YoY; stock up 6%+
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Source: DocuSign's COO, CHO, CGO, and CPO all depart the company following CEO's departure last October
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Android Wear 2.0 hands-on: new interface is much improved and easier to use, third-party complications are useful, but the QWERTY keyboard is not impressive
Dan Seifert / The Verge :
IoT startup Afero, founded by Danger co-founder and Google engineer Joe Britt, raises $20M led by Samsung
Ina Fried / Recode :
Google Photos passes 200M monthly active users, up from 100M users last October
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
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