Sources: Jet CEO Marc Lore will run Walmart's US e-commerce operations after the acquisition closes
Jet.com CEO Marc Lore will also run Walmart.com — Walmart, the world's largest retailer, announced it will acquire two-year-old online retailer Jet.com for $3.3 billion in cash and stock …
Walmart to buy Jet.com for $3B in cash and $300M in stock
Deal Positions Walmart for Expanded e-Commerce Growth and Customer Reach — Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Jet.com, Inc. today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Walmart to acquir...
Every Mac in Apple's current lineup except the 12-inch MacBook is outdated; the 13-inch non-Retina MacBook Pro was last updated in June 2012, still costs $1,099
One thousand, five hundred and fourteen days. Or: four years, one month, and twenty-four days.
Sources: new iPhones to be unveiled next month with haptic feedback on the home button, no headphone jack, and a dual-camera system on the larger model
Apple shifts from two-year redesign cycle for latest models — New camera on larger phone sharpens low-light photographs
Researchers disclose four Qualcomm chipset driver flaws dubbed “Quadrooter” allowing malicious apps to gain root access on Android phones with Qualcomm chipsets
All versions of Android are vulnerable to these flaws, which won't be fully patched until the September security release next month.
Hulu phases out its own free streaming service, inks deal with Yahoo to provide TV episodes to Yahoo View, Yahoo's new ad-supported TV streaming site
Hulu inks deal with Yahoo to provide free, ad-supported episodes of TV shows — Hulu is moving to an all-subscription model …
How Virtual Learning Academy Charter School's focus on student-teacher relationships and offline projects sets it apart from other online schools
Hint: it takes strong relationships and a strong dose of reality — EXETER, N.H. — Emily Duggan, 16, spends most afternoons …
Open-source video platform Kaltura raises $50M from Goldman Sachs, confirms plans to IPO
Open-source video platform Kaltura has raised $50 million from Goldman Sachs, as the New York-based technology company finally confirmed its plans to go public. — Founded in 2006 …
Apple's slow Mac refresh cycle is mostly driven by the low rate of improvements in the PC hardware today
Most of Apple's product lines are severely overdue for a refresh. Apart from the recently refreshed MacBook, many of the company's Mac products are well over a year old.
FTC to crack down on sponsored celebrity social media posts that aren't explicitly disclosed
The agency says brands and the social media stars who promote their products need to be more transparent about sponsored content — Snapchat star DJ Khaled raves about Ciroc vodka.
Elite dealmakers like Carmen Chang and Connie Chan facilitate the deluge of deals between China and Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO — When Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick wanted advice about whom to hire to run his ride-hailing business in China, he asked Carmen Chang … Tweets: @smc90 Tweets: Sonal Chokshi / @sm...
Sources: Amazon Japan raided by Japan's Fair Trade Commission on anti-trust grounds, suspected of having forced price-fixing on partners
TOKYO — Amazon Japan's offices were raided by Japan's anti-monopoly watchdog agency on suspicion of having unfairly forced retailers to favor …
China floods Silicon Valley with cash: $6B+ invested total, $3B+ in the last 18 months; Alibaba's troubled investment in Quixey shows how such deals can go bad
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Hardware makers and credit card firms are speeding up checkout time for EMV cards, but mobile payments like Apple Pay and Android Pay are still the future
Chip cards, also known as EMV cards, are getting faster at the register, but mobile payments like Apple Pay are the real answer Tweets: @brianroemmele Tweets: Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele : @Techme...
Strava adds Beacon safety feature, letting premium users share a live workout with up to three contacts
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Apple's bug bounty program is a good start, focuses on finding high-quality exploits in a few key areas on iOS and iCloud, will grow and evolve over time
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Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom gives full credit to Snapchat for Stories format, and looks at how tech companies build on each others' innovations
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Inside DARPA's first Cyber Grand Challenge, which pitted bot against bot to exploit security holes
Cade Metz / Wired : Tweets: @mcuban and @whatthebit Tweets: Mark Cuban / @mcuban : The future of the future is automating the automated http://www.wired.com/... Stefan Constantine / @whatthebit : Are...
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