200+ page dossier on Donald Trump allegedly authored by Democratic strategist Warren Flood leaks a day after Washington Post reported the DNC had been hacked
A 200+ page document that appears to be a Democratic anti-Trump playbook compiled by the Democratic National Committee …
Samsung Electronics to acquire US cloud services firm Joyent; Joyent to retain name and top management, will be integrated into Samsung's mobile division
Acquisition of Joyent shows device maker is pushing to beef up software and services — SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday …
Lucasfilm's ILMxLAB and Magic Leap partner to produce mixed-reality Star Wars content
You're used to C-3PO being diplomatic and prissy, wringing his droid hands over any and every little setback. You're used to him sticking close to R2-D2. What you're probably not used to, though …
Facebook Messenger's home tab on mobile now organizes the app into recent messages, favorites, active users, messages awaiting a response, and birthdays
Facebook wants to make Messenger the app to anchor a post-app Internet that lets you do everything within a chat. Need an Uber?
“Spam King” Sanford Wallace is sentenced to 30 months in prison and a $100K+ fine for bombarding over 550K Facebook users
Sanford Wallace, the self-proclaimed “spam king” who has bedeviled Web users since the dawn of the public Internet two decades ago, has been sentenced …
Pro-ISIS hacker pleads guilty after stealing names of over 1,000 US military personnel
The 20-year-old has admitted pilfering the data before sending it along to ISIS members. — An ISIS supporter has admitted to stealing identifiable information of roughly 1,300 members of the US mili...
Sources: Airbnb secures $1B debt facility from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley
Airbnb Inc. secured a $1 billion debt facility from some of the largest U.S. banks to help the home-sharing company develop new services and fund growth initiatives, people familiar with the matter sa...
Periscope go-live broadcast button available to all in Twitter's iOS and Android apps
Want to livestream for your Twitter audience? You don't have to switch apps to get started. As promised, Twitter's Periscope button is now available to everyone using its Android and iOS apps.
“Deleting” pre-loaded iOS apps removes them from the homescreen and deletes associated user data but the application binary remains on the device
One of the most talked about features in Apple's upcoming iOS 10 is the ability to delete many of the apps that come pre-loaded on your iPhone or iPad.
Apple confirms iPad can be used as a hub for HomeKit
Apple's update for HomeKit may make the Apple TV even more important, with its addition of remote access to control things from afar, but it turns out you don't actually need the set-top box. In an i...
Microsoft Boosts Its Chatbot Future By Acquiring Wand Labs
The startup, which ties together an array of services through a conversational interface, will help build out Satya Nadella's vision. — On Monday, Microsoft made headlines by plunking down $26 billi...
Cavium, chip maker for data centers, buys networking infrastructure provider QLogic, in cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.36B
The two companies aim to scale better and target large customers such as HPE, Dell, Cisco, IBM and others. — Cavium, which makes processors for enterprise data centers …
GAO report raises privacy and accuracy concerns with FBI's facial recognition program, which now has over 173M driver's license photos and 411M photos total
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AT&T brings WiFi calling to Android phones, starting with LG's G4, seven months after introducing it to iOS devices
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Periscope embeds will soon be available anywhere tweets can be embedded, says Alex Khoshnevissan, head of business operations at Periscope
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Microsoft's Project Bletchley is an Azure-powered enterprise blockchain architecture with blockchain middleware and “cryptlets”, which can add info to contracts
Code Issues 1 Pull requests Pulse Graphs Kareem Anderson / WinBeta : Microsoft moves big into blockchain for Azure; introduces Project Bletchley Eduardo Gómez / NEWSBTC : Microsft Presents Project Ble...
Fleksy announces its team is joining Pinterest, its keyboard app will remain in App Store, and it plans to open source some of its technology for the blind
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Uber agrees to settle driver lawsuit alleging company terminated drivers after obtaining background reports without authorization, for $7.5M
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Sources: Tencent nears $9B+ deal to buy Clash of Clans maker Supercell Oy from SoftBank; deal could be disclosed as early as next week
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Meerkat stealth launched its new group video chat app, Houseparty, in February
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YouTube debuts new tools for SMBs to make video ads, including Director, a free app with a number of templates and editing tools
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Asia-Pacific countries aim for new cybersecurity regulations for reporting breaches and securing data, as losses incurred from attacks grow
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X.ai, the virtual assistant that you copy on emails to schedule meetings, comes to Office 365, Outlook; support for corporate accounts is “coming soon”
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Dating app Bumble to let users show music preferences by connecting their dating profile to their Spotify accounts
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