Oculus's Palmer Luckey funding pro-Trump political organization dedicated to “shitposting” and “meme magic”
A Silicon Valley titan is putting money behind an unofficial Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and circulating Internet memes maligning Hillary Clinton.
Facebook says it overestimated average video viewing time metric by 60%-80% for 2 years, according to information Publicis Media says it obtained from Facebook
Social network miscalculated the average time users spent watching videos on its platform — Big ad buyers and marketers …
Sources: Apple working on Siri-based smart home device to control appliances, lights, curtains, locks, and more
Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login — Product would control appliances, lights, door locks and more — Apple is also trying to improve Siri on iPhones and iPads
Yahoo confirms data from 500M+ accounts was stolen in 2014 by “state-sponsored actor”; info includes email addresses, hashed passwords, security questions, more
Yahoo on Thursday revealed a massive data breach of its services. — Yahoo “has confirmed that a copy …
Sources: Twitter may receive formal bid shortly, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google
Twitter has received expressions of interest from several technology companies and may receive a formal bid shortly, sources said. — The social media company is engaged in conversations …
Brian Krebs' site hit by record 620Gbps sustained DDos attack, nearly twice as big as any previous attack seen by Akamai; the site will be “offline for a while”
Cloud hosting giant Akamai Technologies has dumped journalist Brian Krebs from its servers after his website came under a “record” cyberattack.
Facebook VP of advertising David Fischer explains video metric miscalculation, apologizes, says the mistake had no impact on billing
Many of you may have seen the reports about our video metric miscalculation - I want to provide further clarity on the issue.
Sources: NSA operative left “Shadow Brokers” hacking tools on remote server 3 years ago, admitted error shortly after, but NSA did not inform affected companies
A U.S. investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency is focusing on a theory …
Amazon's market cap has more than doubled to $380B since April 2015 as stock crosses $800, closing at all-time high
Amazon shares on Thursday soared past the $800 mark for the first time, closing at an all-time high of $804.70 per share. — That gives Amazon a market cap of over $380 billion …
Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon are all eyeing up a Twitter bid
Sep 23, 2016, 7:02 amSep 23, 2016, 8:48 am — Twitter continues to inch its way to a sale process, and the latest developments come in the form of alleged bids from potential buyers.
Google launches VR SDK 1.0 out of beta, with support for Daydream
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UPS begins drone delivery tests with CyPhy Works, a robotic startup it invested in and partnered with last fall
On a small, uninhabited island over a mile off the coast of Marblehead, Mass., I quietly waited for a buzzing fleck to appear in the sky. It was a drone made by CyPhy Works …
Apple releases first iOS 10.1 public beta, adding Portrait photo mode to iPhone 7 Plus
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Cloud-based IT management startup Apptio prices IPO at $16 per share, above the expected $13-$15 range, raising around $96M
Bellevue-based Apptio has set the stock price for its initial public offering at $16 per share, above the expected range of $13 to $15 per share.
Sources: Airbnb raises at least $555M in primary equity at $30B valuation, could grow to $850M; WSJ says Google Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures led round
Apple acquires another machine learning company: Tuplejump
Machine learning is Apple's dish of the day, or the year. Manish Singh / Mashable : Apple acquires Indian machine learning company Tuplejump Roger Fingas / AppleInsider : Apple buys out machine learni...
LinkedIn unveils redesigned desktop site and launches LinkedIn Learning, an e-learning portal tailored to individuals, with Lynda.com content and 9K courses
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Sources: DirecTV Now to become AT&T's primary video delivery platform, eliminating need for a cable hookup or satellite dish for broadband users in five years
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg :
Flywheel's TaxiOS, an app that replaces taxi fare meters and payment systems, granted license by New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission
Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune :
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