US Consumer Product Safety Commission formally recalls about 1M Samsung Galaxy Note7 phones after 26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage in US
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission officially recalled the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in a Thursday announcement.
iPhone 7 Plus teardown reveals 2,900 mAh battery, 3GB RAM, bigger Taptic Engine occupying space created by removal of headphone jack
As it does every year, device repair site iFixit is putting all of Apple's new devices through the teardown process. This year, the site is tearing down the iPhone 7 …
Samsung to use green battery icon on new Note7 phones, instead of the white icon used on old faulty devices, to differentiate safe units
New Galaxy Note 7s will have different colored battery indicators to differentiate from the original faulty phones, but questions remain whether it will quell safety concerns.
Samsung says Galaxy Note7 replacements will be available no later than Sept. 21 in US at most retailers
replacements will be available September 21 Adrian Diaconescu / Pocketnow : Galaxy Note 7 not safe to use on NY trains and buses, new battery icons prepped for replacements Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : New...
Apple apparently bans specific search terms from iOS 10's Messages GIF search function after porn is displayed in results
Earlier today, our colleagues at Deadspin discovered something strange about the new gif search in iOS 10's iMessage: Inadvertently do the wrong search, for, say …
iPhone 7 Plus outsold 7 in the US in the first 48 hours of availability, Slice Intelligence analysis of 32k receipts suggests
Data from Slice Intelligence just revealed the first online sales figures for the iPhone 7, and early shoppers prefer the Plus.
SwiftKey publicly launches neural network-powered keyboard for Android, available now on Google Play
Last year in October, SwiftKey unveiled an alpha build for the world's first keyboard powered by a neural network. Since then, big things have been happening at SwiftKey, namely the company being acq...
Facebook and Google to provide search data for presidential debates; Facebook to help source questions from public for candidates during town hall debate
Using social media during debates is a natural evolution of the tech — Facebook and Google will have a role in the upcoming presidential debates.
Google, IAB, and others form The Coalition for Better Ads to set, monitor and regulate online ad standards
Google has helped form a coalition group comprising advertising trade associations, advertisers, publishers, and agency groups that aims to rid the web of bad ads.
Apple releases fix for an issue with iOS 10 that was causing some T-Mobile customers with iPhone 5SE, 6 or 6 Plus to lose connectivity
Updated story: Apple has addressed and fixed an issue with iOS 10 that was causing T-Mobile customers with iPhone 5SE, 6 or 6 Plus to lose connectivity this week.
Mode Media, publisher and ad network formerly known as Glam and once valued at $1B, shuts down; company was on track to generate over $100M in revenue this year
The company that used to be called Glam Media generated $90 million last year. Now it's out of business.
Outlook.com now lets you add attachments from Google Drive and share photos from Facebook
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Google releases Verified Access API for enterprise that will cryptographically validate identity of Chrome OS devices
New Verified Access API provides cryptographic guarantees about the identify and security state of Chrome OS devices — Companies will now be able to cryptographically validate …
Oregon accepts settlement deal worth over $100M from Oracle in suits over failed health care website; package mainly consists of software, with $25M in cash
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Apple pays $118M in tax in Japan for underreporting income on some profits sent to Ireland
An Apple Inc iTunes unit in Japan was ordered to pay some 12 billion yen ($118 million) in tax by local authorities after underreporting income, media reported Friday. — The unit has since paid the ...
Oracle reports Q1 revenue of $8.6B, missing expectations, but total cloud revenues up 59% YoY to $969M
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Apple Music head Jimmy Iovine says Apple isn't looking to buy any streaming services, quashing rumors of a Tidal acquisition
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AngelList introduces premium recruiter service, touts 46% unrealized internal rate of return, hopes to raise $1B “rainy day” fund from international investors
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Associated Press, Vice Media, and Gannett sue FBI for information on how the agency broke into San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
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