Nick Denton challenges Peter Thiel to a public debate in open letter, says decade-long campaign by Thiel is out of proportion, asks about ultimate intent
Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag …
Jury in Oracle suit unanimously finds Google's use of Java APIs in Android was fair use; Oracle vows to appeal
Oracle has spent many millions trying to get a chunk of Android, to no avail. — SAN FRANCISCO—Following a two-week trial, a jury has found that Google's Android operating system does …
Peter Thiel acknowledges he spent around $10M to fund a team of lawyers to help Gawker “victims” like Hulk Hogan sue the company, in act of “deterrence”
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Facebook and Microsoft partner to lay highest capacity transatlantic internet cable yet, connecting Virginia and Spain with a bandwidth of 160Tbps
Facebook and Microsoft are laying a massive Internet cable across the middle of the Atlantic. — Dubbed MAREA—Spanish for “tide” …
Facebook starts selling offsite ads targeting non-users too
Facebook's advertising network is already a colossal business — it helped the social network bring in over $5 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter alone — but it is about to take a step towar...
Intel buys computer vision company Itseez, co-founded by two former Intel researchers, in IoT and autonomous car push
Chip maker Intel, in its bid to expand from its core PC and server business to all manner of devices, is buying Itseez, a machine vision specialist co-founded by two former Intel techies.
As Facebook courts publishers, the company and some of its directors decline to comment on board member Peter Thiel's funding of lawsuit against Gawker
And there will also likely be no action, either. — Here's a very good question swirling around Silicon Valley and the media universe today …
Filing: Snapchat raised $1.8B in Series F round; leaked deck reveals $59M revenue in 2015, 110M DAUs in December
Earlier this week, we reported that the messaging app startup Snapchat was raising more money. Now we have more updates for you. An SEC filing has been made today …
ZTE launches 5.5-inch Google Daydream-ready Axon 7 for $450 alongside its first VR headset
ZTE has launched its second Axon-branded flagship, the Axon 7, alongside a compatible virtual reality headset, known as ZTE VR. The 5.5-inch, Android 6. Marshmallow-powered handset aims to deliver to...
Twilio publicly files for IPO, seeks listing on NYSE under ticker symbol TWLO; filing reveals $166.92M in revenue and $35.5M net loss in 2015
Twilio has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public. The telecommunications platform seeks to raise …
Google app on iOS gets faster load times, AMP articles in search, keyboard shortcuts, more
Faster load and search times are the highlight feature of an update to the Google app on iOS. Like on the mobile web and Android, AMP articles will now show up in search results.
Big Win For Fair Use: Jury Says Google's Use Of Java API's Was Fair Use... On To The Appeal
This is somewhat surprising, but good: after a few days of deliberation, the jury in the redo of the Oracle v. Google case concerning Google's use of Java's APIs in Android has resulted …
Twitter's audio cards will now support Spotify, offer 30-second clips in timelines and Moments
Whistle while you tweet with the new partnership between Twitter and Spotify. Now you can listen to 30-second previews of songs in your timeline and Moments thanks to Twitter's audio cards that now s...
Lenovo Q4 profit up 80% to $180M but revenue falls 24% to $9.13B YoY as PC demand slows
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Report: Snapchat's share price did not increase from last year in latest fundraising round
Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider :
Twitter execs Jana Messerschmidt, head of business development, and Nathan Hubbard, head of media and commerce, are planning to leave the company
Kurt Wagner / Recode :
FCC formally fines Chinese firm $34.9M for selling illegal cellphone jammers and a Florida man $48K for using them
Paul McNamara / Network World :
GoDaddy launches Flare, a community app for sharing and rating business ideas
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Intel Capital restructures its investment team, opts not to sell part of portfolio that could have been worth $1B
Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal :
Reddit launches image uploads, ditching alliance with Imgur
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Twitch launches Clips so gamers can quickly share short videos of their favorite moments
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