Ten former employees shed light on Twitter's 10-year failure to stop abuse on its platform
For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech, it's virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnating ...
Researchers find cryptographic keys shared by millions of Volkswagen vehicles can allow them clone key fobs using cheap radio hardware
In 2013, when University of Birmingham computer scientist Flavio Garcia and a team of researchers were preparing to reveal a vulnerability that allowed …
Facebook rolls out new code to nullify adblock workaround introduced by Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus launched a workaround to Facebook's ad block bypass today that ham-handedly removes posts from friends and Pages, not just ads, according to a statement provided by Facebook to TechCrunch...
Sources: in 2015, then-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive replies to President Obama during a Q&A session
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Twitter says BuzzFeed story contains “inaccuracies in the details” and “unfair portrayals” without offering specifics, pledges to continue making Twitter safer
In response to today's BuzzFeed story on safety, we were contacted just last night for comment and obviously …
Microsoft acquires Beam, a livestreaming service that lets viewers interact with videogame streamers during broadcasts
Microsoft has acquired Beam, a Seattle-based interactive game streaming service that lets viewers play along with streamers as they watch.
Logitech launches Pop Home Switch for smart home control, on sale this month for $99.99
Logitech has a new device called the Pop Home Switch, and it's a bit different from their usual offerings. A company known for Universal Remotes encrusted with physical keys, touchscreen displays …
Source: Arianna Huffington is leaving the Huffington Post because Verizon's acquisition of Yahoo threatened her website's status as a dominant property
Arianna Huffington surprised the media world this morning when she announced that she was leaving the Huffington Post, one of the most powerful properties in digital publishing.
CVS Health launches mobile payments app CVS Pay for iOS and Android, starting in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and nationwide by year end
CVS Health today is launching its own mobile payments solution that will allow customers to pay for products, pick up prescriptions …
Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquires SGI for $275 million
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which split from HP last year, today announced that it has acquired SGI, a company that makes servers, storage, and software for high-performance computing, for $275 millio...
Nvidia Q2 revenue up 24% YoY to $1.43B, with net income $253M, up from $26M one year ago
Chipmaker Nvidia Corp reported its fastest quarterly sales growth in nearly five years, powered by strong demand for the company's processors used in gaming computers and in data centers.
SeatGeek launches ticketing platform Open, that allows artists, teams, and venues to sell tickets directly to consumers
Services such as Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary wield control over ticket sales for some of the country's most popular concerts and sporting events.
Google fined $6.8M for breaking Russian antitrust rules with Android, for favoring its own services over rivals
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Automattic announces Simplenote iOS, Android, and macOS apps are now open source under GPLv2 license
At Automattic, we have a saying: … In this spirit, we are announcing today that all of the official Simplenote client apps are now Open Source Software under the GPLv2 license.
Sources: Bill Maris, the CEO and founder of Google Ventures (now GV), is leaving this week, to be replaced by David Krane
Thursday, August 11, 2016 Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Bill Maris leaving GV (Google Ventures) after 8 years at helm Sumit Passary / Tech Times : Alphabet Loses Google Ventur...
TCP Flaw in Linux Servers Allows Web Traffic Hijacking
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Oppo and Vivo, both owned by BBK Electronics Co., surge to second and third place in China's smartphone market, aided by old-school brick-and-mortar stores
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Taiwan's Foxconn Completes Acquisition of Sharp
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