US government officially blames Russia for hacking Democratic National Committee to “interfere with the US election process”
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday formally accused the Russian government of stealing and disclosing emails from the Democratic National Committee …
Facebook launches standalone Events app on iOS to help you find, track, and manage events; Android version is coming soon
Every day, more than 100 million people use Facebook events to discover things they can do with their friends — from festivals and 5Ks to neighborhood fairs and nightlife.
After Samsung Galaxy Southwest Airlines incident, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile now offer exchange options for Note7 replacement models
A replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started smoking and burned through the carpet on board a Southwest flight this week.
Google is demoting Hangouts to “optional” in the Google Apps package for Android, to be replaced by Duo
In an email sent to Google Mobile Services partners on October 5th, Google outlined a significant change to the core GMS package (AKA gapps) for telephony-enabled Android devices (basically, smartphon...
Microsoft sends invites for October 26 event where its expected to debut an all-in-one Surface PC; sources say Surface Pro and Surface Book won't be refreshed
Microsoft is holding a special Windows 10 and Surface event in New York City later this month.
Source: email scanner installed after government order was not a modified spam filter; Yahoo's security team thought it was a rootkit when they discovered it
The spy tool that the US government ordered Yahoo to install on its systems last year at the behest of the NSA or the FBI was a …
Comcast's 1TB data caps start to roll out nationwide
Go over that amount and you could face overage charges. Unlimited data costs $50 extra. — Comcast's data restrictions are going from testing to reality for most of its customers. Its 'XFINITY Tera...
Verizon to offer data plans for drones and plans on testing drones that could act as aerial cell towers to plug holes in network coverage
Verizon will soon start offering data plans for drones, allowing pilots to connect their devices to the telecom's network to stream video and transmit …
Full panel of US Court of Appeals reinstates $120M verdict Apple won against Samsung in a patent case
Appeals court said panel was wrong to toss verdict in February — Supreme Court to consider second Apple-Samsung case next week — Apple Inc. won an appeals court ruling that reinstates …
With many NetSuite shareholders opposing a deal, Oracle extends stock tender deadline until Nov. 4, says it'll walk away if independent shareholders won't sell
Oracle is playing an unusual game of chicken with the shareholders of NetSuite. On Friday, Oracle extended the deadline …
Sources: Fidelity Investments, which owns about 14% of Salesforce, led institutional shareholder campaign against Twitter acquisition
SAN FRANCISCO — The investor pressure began building on Marc Benioff, chief executive of Salesforce.com, two weeks ago.
Internet of things devices, which are often impossible to patch, will remain insecure unless government steps in to regulate the industry
Brian Krebs is a popular reporter on the cybersecurity beat. He regularly exposes cybercriminals and their tactics, and consequently is regularly a target of their ire.
Spotify and Apple Music add support for user-uploaded remixes after deal with music rights management firm Dubset
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Duolingo launches iPhone-only AI chatbot to help users learn German, French, and Spanish, with more languages coming soon
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Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer arrested in Texas on charges including pimping; two controlling shareholders, Michael Lacey and James Larkin, also face charges
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BMW, Toyota, and insurance provider Allianz invest undisclosed amount in self-driving tech startup Nauto and will share safety data with each other
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode :
Google opening a Made By Google pop-up store in NYC on October 20 for its hardware, and its web site suggests more stores may be on the way
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How indie bookshops are using the internet to boost retail sales, through free shipping, social media, personalized recommendations, online characters, and more
Amy Haimerl / New York Times : Tweets: @craigmod Tweets: A Walking Man / @craigmod : “The number of independent bookstores has risen 21 percent from 2010 to 2015.” http://www.nytimes.com/... http://t...
FCC to vote Oct. 27 on broadband privacy rules, requiring users to opt in on sharing sensitive data like location, children's information, and browsing history
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
AT&T and Amazon sign multi-year deal for use of AWS on AT&T's network, with a focus on IoT, security, and more
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Twilio files for $400M secondary offering with majority of shares sold coming from existing shareholders before 180-day lock-in expiration in December
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Inside Rocket Internet, an incubator that's much better at starting new companies than running them, and whose stock price has fallen 53% since its IPO in 2014
Bloomberg : Tweets: @satariano , @thenextwoods and @business Tweets: Adam Satariano / @satariano : Among Rocket's troubles, a furniture-delivery company that struggles delivering furniture. http://ww...
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