HP unveils two Windows PCs: the speaker-like Pavilion Wave starting at $550, and the Elite Slice, a modular PC, starting at $949, both coming September
This slideshow requires JavaScript. — With the HP Pavilion Wave, design, entertainment and productivity come together in an exciting new design.
Asus debuts ZenWatch 3, a round Android Wear smartwatch with battery that lasts 2 days and charges to 60% in 15 minutes, coming to US, Germany in Oct. for €229
Today at IFA, Asus has announced the ZenWatch 3, a new Android Wear smartwatch. It jettisons everything that was underwhelming …
Facebook to penalize advertisers whose sites load too slowly, are not optimized for mobile
Social network will limit where and when ads appear if they point to slow-loading sites — Facebook wants advertisers to speed up their mobile websites and plans to limit where and when ads appear ac...
Facebook Messenger adds Instant Video, which lets you quickly share live video within conversations
Open Messenger in iOS or Android, start a conversation with a friend and the app will offer you the option of adding live video to your chat. — The video starts without sound, but you can turn it on...
VC performance report: Andreessen Horowitz lags Sequoia, Benchmark, and Founders Fund, with ROIs of 2.6x, 2.3x, and 1.7x for its three funds
Rare look at startup investors' performance shows Andreessen Horowitz lags Sequoia, Benchmark, Founders Fund — Andreessen Horowitz's …
AT&T's VP of federal regulatory interests writes blog post celebrating Google Fiber's reported troubles and criticizing it for seeking government favors
Google Fiber's reported struggles cause AT&T to take a victory lap. — AT&T celebrated Google Fiber's reported struggles yesterday …
Fantasy sports site DraftKings raises $153M from Revolution Growth and others
DraftKings, the controversial daily fantasy sports site, has raised $153 million in new venture capital funding, Fortune has learned. — New investors include Revolution Growth, an investment firm co...
Google's OnHub router can now control Philips Hue lights, and its price drops $20 to $180
Google today said that its OnHub internet router can now connect to and allow users to control Philips Hue lights. — They're a common example of an Internet of Things (IoT) device …
Lenovo debuts Yoga 910 convertible laptop with 13.9" edge-to-edge display, 14.3mm-thick body, battery life of 15.5 hours, available for $1300 in US this Sept.
Dell first introduced its stunning edge-to-edge display with the XPS 13 last year, and now Lenovo is starting to bring a similar screen to its Yoga range.
Baidu and Nvidia to Build Artificial Intelligence Platform for Self-Driving Cars
Chinese search engine Baidu and chipmaker Nvidia announced a partnership Thursday that will focus on using artificial intelligence to develop a computing platform for self-driving cars.
Lenovo debuts Yoga Book with 1080p touchscreen and touch panel for typing and writing, comes with stylus; Android version starts at $499, Windows 10 around $550
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Sony unveils 5.2" Xperia XZ and 4.6" X Compact camera-focused smartphones with Snapdragon 820 CPU, 3GB RAM
Meet the newest flagship and mini handset from Sony. — On the heels of releasing the Xperia X Performance smartphone a few months ago, Sony is back with another couple of handsets.
Dropbox breach from 2012, which prompted password resets last week, is now known to have affected 68M+ accounts, and leaked user emails, hashed passwords
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The Readability bookmarking service will shut down on September 30, 2016.
After more than five years of operation, the Readability article bookmarking/read-it-later service will be shutting down after September 30, 2016. — If you'd like to save your bookmarks, please foll...
Jessica Alba joins Gwyneth Paltrow, will.i.am, Gary Vaynerchuk as exec producer and mentor on Apple's Planet of the Apps; Lightspeed commits $10M in prizes
Lightspeed Venture Partners commits $10 million to fund winning apps — Jessica Alba has boarded “Planet of the Apps” …
Samsung shareholders anxious as company confirms Galaxy Note 7 shipments have been halted to South Korea's mobile carriers amid quality control issues
exploding batteries suspected Adario Strange / Mashable : Samsung Galaxy Note7 shipments delayed amid reports of exploding batteries Brad Ward / TalkAndroid.com : Galaxy Note 7 battery explosions migh...
Box hires team behind data analytics startup Wagon; Wagon app to shut down October 3
Cloud file syncing and sharing software company Box today announced that it has acquired the team from Wagon Analytics, a startup that built an application analysts could use to query and analyze thei...
Lenovo unveils $400 Moto Z Play phone, with 3510 mAh battery, 3.5mm jack, supports snap-on accessories, coming to Verizon in September
Moto Mods plus a headphone jack Brad Linder / Liliputing : Motorola unveils $400 Moto Z Play smartphone, $299 Hasselblad camera module Alex Wagner / PhoneDog.com : Moto Z Play debuts alongside Hasselb...
Box beats estimates in Q2 with $95.7M in revenue, up 30% YoY, vs $94.65M expected
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Uber tests fleet of 50 electric cars in London in partnership with BYD and Nissan
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Coursera for Business launches to tap the billion-dollar corporate e-learning market
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Samsung unveils Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier smartwatches; Frontier model includes LTE as well as WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS; price and availability TBA
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How WoSign, a Chinese CA, issued a valid SSL cert for GitHub's primary domain to a subdomain user, and didn't revoke it even after vulnerability was reported
Stephen Schrauger / Schrauger.com : Tweets: @filosottile , @returnstring , @kennwhite and @juliocesarfort Tweets: Filippo Valsorda / @filosottile : I untrusted the WoSign root, well prepared to some ...
GoPro's launching 32 original shows by early 2017, some later this year; source says a cloud-based service for hosting or editing video is coming this year
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