Apple's new SF flagship store introduces suite of changes that will come to future flagship stores including remodelling of “Genius Bar” as “Genius Grove”
In downtown San Francisco, situated across the street from the city's iconic Union Square Park …
Sources: Verizon and others are expected to bid $2B to $3B for Yahoo's core business, less than $4B to $8B figure reported earlier
Most of previous bids for core business came in the range of $4 billion and $8 billion; bids are due first week of June — Verizon Communications Inc …
IDC analyst says Chromebooks outsold Macs for the first time in the US in the latest quarter
Google's low-cost Chromebooks outsold Apple's range of Macs for the first time in the US recently. While IDC doesn't typically break out Windows vs. Chromebook sales, IDC analyst Linn Huang confirmed...
Samsung and Alibaba announce that Samsung Pay will work with Alipay
South Korean smartphone giant is desperate to revive its position in the Chinese market — Samsung Electronics Co. agreed with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s financial-services affiliate to cooperate o...
Google will compete with its partners and sell its own Daydream virtual reality headsets
Think Nexus, but for VR. — While focusing yesterday on its new virtual reality headset as a design that will be licensed to partners, Google also plans to sell a version of Daydream itself.
Study: 488M, or 1 of every 178 posts, on China's social media each year come from pro-government propagandists
New research exposes a “massive secretive operation” to fill China's internet with propaganda. — They are the most hated group in Chinese cyberspace.
EU to propose rule that video streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime have 20% EU content in catalog
Netflix and Amazon's video streaming services could be forced to devote “at least” 20 per cent of their catalogues to European films and TV shows as part of an overhaul of the EU's broadcasting rules.
Developers can test Android apps on select Chrome OS devices starting in June, wide release planned for September
Google is finally bringing the Google Play store, including its more than 1.5 million Android apps, to Chrome OS. Google Play will first arrive with Chrome OS version 53 …
Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz argues Google split the Java community in two, cost Oracle hundreds of millions of dollars
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Alphabet CEO Larry Page defended Android's use of Java APIs on the stand, saying they were “free and open”
“It was established industry practice,” says Page, as Oracle v. Google nears end. — SAN FRANCISCO—Alphabet CEO Larry Page testified in federal court this morning …
Android's Awareness API lets developers build context aware apps that intelligently respond to situations
With Assistant, Google wants to build technology that is conversational and helpful. Many of the company's services are being updated to be more useful and Google wants third-party apps to be the sam...
Unreal Engine adds full Google Daydream VR support, native Unity support coming this summer
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Now you can embed Reddit posts on other websites
Reddit posts are going to get the chance to live beyond Reddit itself, thanks to new embedding capabilities. — If you're an online writer or publisher, that means you can start including live Reddit...
The FAA has been testing the FBI's drone detection system at JFK airport
The Federal Aviation Authority is still looking for the best way to take down rogue drones. The agency may have introduced new registration rules for quadcopters (signing up nearly 200,000 earlier th...
Hackers stole $9M from Ecuadorian Banco del Austro in 2015 by sending Wells Fargo SWIFT messages to transfer funds, court documents show
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ARM buys computer vision specialist Apical for $350M to bolster its IoT initiatives
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GM's Cruise settles with Jeremy Guillory, acknowledges him as co-founder
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Pew report: 72% of US adults have used a shared or on-demand service, 15% have used a ride-hailing app
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California court certifies lawsuit against Facebook over private message scanning as a class action, but rules out any monetary damages
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Senators introduce bill to block rule that would allow judges to issue search warrants for remote access to computers in any jurisdiction
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Bitcoin exchange Coinbase said it will add Ethereum's ether to its trading platform on Tuesday
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SoftBank Opens Pepper Robot to Android in Bid to Broaden Appeal
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirms “Area 120” corporate incubator plans, says it is about “giving people a chance at 20% time more formally”
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Product Hunt launches a shop to let makers sell their products right on the site
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Google will ban payday-loan ads while Alphabet's venture capital arm GV invests in online payday lender LendUp
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