Sources: Peter Thiel has played a lead role in bankrolling Hulk Hogan's lawsuits against Gawker Media
One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors has been footing a former wrestler's legal bills in lawsuits against a shared enemy. — Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers …
Microsoft is laying off 1,850 to “streamline” its smartphone business, takes $950M charge
Following last week's news of Microsoft selling off its feature phone business for $350 million, today Microsoft turned its attention to smartphones: the company announced it would lay off 1,850 staff...
E Ink develops Advanced Color ePaper, an EPD display that shows up to 32K colors, for digital signage
There's a small glimmer of hope for the seemingly doomed dream of color electronic paper. E Ink, which helped pioneer ePaper by providing the technology for Amazon's Kindle …
EU proposes new rules to protect minors, combat hate speech, and mandate that video streaming services have 20% European content
How do you say “House of Cards” in French? Under new European proposals, you may soon find out. — That's because European officials announced on Wednesday …
Source: Apple opening Siri to third-party apps, preparing a Siri SDK for release at WWDC, and developing an Amazon Echo rival
Apple is upping its game in the field of intelligent assistants. After years of internal debate and discussion about how to do so, the company is preparing to open up Siri to apps made by others.
OtterBox's uniVERSE case works with over a dozen accessory modules such as memory expansion, battery packs, speakers, more, costs $50 for iPhone 6/6s version
OtterBox has partnered with a number of accessory makers to create a new platform for iPhone accessories. CNET goes hands-on with it.
Google confirms the Nexus Player has been discontinued
Google has ceased direct sales of its Nexus Player set-top box. The hockey puck-shaped device, manufactured by Asus, has been unavailable from major third-party retailers like Best Buy for months. A...
LG G5's VR headset, 360 camera and other accessories hit the US
When LG announced its modular G5 phone last month, it also revealed a line of “Friends” companion devices to go along with it (See what it did there?). Included in the lineup are the 360 VR headset, ...
Alibaba says its accounting practices are under investigation by the SEC
HONG KONG — The Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce giant, said it was under investigation by United States securities regulators over whether its accounting practices had violated federal securitie...
Xiaomi launches Mi Drone with 360-degree camera for 4K video, in China for $450
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi officially unveiled its first drone today, ending a week of teasers about it, and the low price of the product might bring some serious competition to the space.
Foursquare releases Marsbot, an app that offers personalized and location-based tips on where to eat and drink before you ask
Foursquare is dipping its toes into the world of bots. — The location discovery company has a new app called Marsbot, which bills itself as …
Coinbase cofounder: Ethereum app development outpacing Bitcoin due to better programming languages, robust developer community, and a focused leadership
We have sat here for the last 3 years seeing only infrastructure apps like wallets and exchanges emerge on top of Bitcoin. Why is that?
Samsung and SK Telecom partner to deploy LoRaWAN-based IoT-dedicated wireless network in South Korea by midyear
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HP Enterprise announces spinoff of its enterprise services unit, which will merge with CSC, meets Q2 expectations with $12.71B in sales; stock up 8%+
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Spotify's Discover Weekly reaches 40 million users and 5 billion tracks streamed
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Toyota to make strategic investment in Uber and team up on auto leasing program
And Automakers Want In Jose Vilches / TechSpot : Toyota to invest undisclosed sum in Uber, collaborate on auto leasing program Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Windows Central : Toyota joins forces with Uber as ...
Reddit, Automattic, Medium, Vimeo, Kickstarter, Foursquare, Mozilla, Yelp, Pinterest, and others urge FCC to formally evaluate broadband caps and zero rating
We've noted how the FCC's latest net neutrality rules do a lot of things right, but they failed to seriously address zero rating …
Atlassian launches Bitbucket Pipelines for continuous delivery inside Bitbucket, releases iOS apps for Confluence and JIRA, will end Bamboo Cloud on Jan. 31
Before you do anything: npm install This README assumes … Rob Marvin / PC Magazine : How Atlassian's New CTO is Thinking Beyond the Bot Serdar Yegulalp / InfoWorld : Bitbucket's Pipelines turns up the...
Rocket League is the first game to support cross-network play between Xbox One and PC
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French government raids Google's Paris HQ as part of ongoing tax investigation seeking €1B+; company says it is working with authorities
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Jon Callas, co-founder of Silent Circle, Blackphone, PGP Corp, was re-hired by Apple in May
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China's Huawei files patent suits against Samsung Elec
break out the popcorn Ina Fried / Recode : Why Huawei is suing Samsung over cellphone patents Wade Shepard / Forbes : China's Huawei ‘Growing Up’ To Become The World's No. 1 Smartphone Brand Russell B...
Google brings new local search ads to Google Maps, will experiment with new formats like promoted pins, supports bids from advertisers for specific device types
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Microsoft Garage updates News Pro with group discussions and a bot that can recommend news based on text input or a selfie
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Sources: enterprise security company Blue Coat is expected to make its IPO filing public as soon as next week
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Victorious, a startup that makes apps for online communities of superfans, raises $25M with existing investors Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures participating
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Google now handles at least 2T searches per year, up from 1.2T searches per year in 2012
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Multi-cloud security startup vArmour raises $41M more, led in part by Telstra
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Some startup employees and shareholders invoke an obscure Delaware law to open up financials and value shares, as some firms push employees to waive that right
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