Sources: Apple, like HP, won't provide support or cash to the Republican National Convention over concerns about Trump, in break with past elections
Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party's 2016 presidential convention …
Hacker siphoned $50M+ worth of Ether from The DAO project; the funds are frozen as Ethereum project leaders debate code change to recover the lost Ether
A hacker appears to have moved digital money worth more than $50 million from an experimental virtual currency project that recently raised …
Background on the alternative cryptocurrency Ethereum, investment fund The DAO, and how they were exploited
The news in the Bitcoin world is the Ethereum/DAO hack. I thought I'd write up a simplified explanation. — What is Bitcoin? — I'm sure you know, or have an idea what Bitcoin is …
IBM's Watson allows passengers to communicate with Olli, a self-driving minibus from Local Motors, using natural language
IBM today took the wraps off its first big foray into the world of self-driving cars, not as the driver of them, but as the brain behind making your self-driving journey a little more interesting.
The “theft” of Ethereum from the DAO violated the DAO's intent, but not its smart contract, exposing tensions between blockchain idealism and real world systems
There's a fairly incredible trial going on in London right now. The Libyan Investment Authority is suing Goldman Sachs …
Gear Fit 2 review: Samsung's $179 fitness band/smartwatch improves upon the original with built-in GPS, makes top-tier Fitbits look outdated
Samsung's $179 Gear device improves upon the first and should make others sweat. — It has been a couple of years since Samsung upgraded …
After success of Hack the Pentagon pilot, Department of Defense is expanding the program to include more DoD systems and networks
Wanna hack the military? The Department of Defense is starting to give hackers more opportunities to test its systems without the threat of prosecution.
Sources: Due to objections from Apple and others, Unicode did not approve a suggested rifle emoji in the latest Unicode 9 update coming this June
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Months after DraftKings and FanDuel suspended operations, New York State lawmakers vote to legalize daily fantasy sports, pending Governor's signature
it's legal again in New York Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch : New York has passed a bill legalizing daily fantasy sports Darren Heitner / Forbes : This Week In Sports Law: FanDuel And DraftKings Development...
Behind the scenes at Tumblr after the Yahoo acquisition: new competition, a $240M writedown in February, and an uncertain future
After Marissa Mayer promised ‘not to screw it up’ — Marissa Mayer was running late. This time, it wasn't for a dinner with skeptical advertisers nor …
Twitch files lawsuit against seven makers of “view-bots, follow-bots, chat-impersonation bots” designed to artificially inflate the viewer and follower counts
The legal hammer is being dropped on seven of the most prolific bot-makers. — Twitch has filed a lawsuit …
How Marissa Mayer's spending at Yahoo to spur growth, in defiance of deals with activist investors to cut costs, led to auction of core assets, board shakeup
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Apple ordered to stop iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus sales in Beijing, as regulator finds it violated design patent; Apple says devices are still on sale during appeal
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Acer alerts 34,500 customers of its online store between May 2015 and April 2016 that hackers have stolen their credit card data
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet :
By creating a market for on-demand TV, Netflix spawned its own competitors and is struggling to survive, with a negative cash flow of nearly $1B
It helped to develop all the new ways we watch TV — on-demand, bingeing, mobile. But the Silicon Valley company still has to keep reinventing itself. Tweets: @artypapers , @scottporch and @jonsteinbe...
The history of Napster from rebel file-sharing software in 1999 to a legal music service in 2016
Yesterday afternoon, the Rhapsody music service announced that it will retire the Rhapsody name, and re-brand its service (and the company) under the Napster brand. See also Mediagazer
As pay TV provider group releases “Ditch the Box” proposal to FCC, Google-backed group calls it a delay tactic
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Yahoo sells 48.6-acre Santa Clara site for $250M to LeEco, a Chinese company planning US video streaming service and smartphone launches later this year
Nathan Donato-Weinstein / Silicon Valley Business … :
Pew: entire net growth in digital advertising happening on mobile, with Google and Facebook controlling half of net mobile ad revenue
In the early 1950s, television was popular, but unsophisticated. This was a common sentiment, even among the people who produced it …
A detailed report of a penetration test Palantir conducted; firm says issues are now resolved
Saturday, June 18, 2016 Tweets: Tal Be'ery / @talbeerysec : 1/ Smart defenders treat #RedTeam findings as a growth opportunity, and so we should treat @palantir leaked report http://www.buzzfeed.com/....
Kickstarter paid dividends to its shareholders this spring, an unusual move for a non-public VC-backed startup
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Interview with Medium's Ev Williams on corporate web consolidation, the open web, and centralized platforms
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic : Tweets: @rsarver , @sacca , @billsimmons and @codinghorror . Thanks: @cauchon . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Ryan Sarver / @rsarver : Horrible title, but great feature ...
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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