Three reports of replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7s catching fire have surfaced in the past week
It sent a man to the hospital with smoke inhalation injuries — Another replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has caught fire, bringing the total to three this week alone.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Leaked Microsoft videos show redesigned Paint app for Windows 10 with support for 3D objects
Microsoft is building a Windows 10 version of its famous Paint tool. While the software maker has barely updated Paint in recent releases of Windows, the new Paint app will be completely overhauled.
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...
How a co-founder of a startup called Luka built an AI chatbot, trained on past messages, for texting with her deceased friend
When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence — When the engineers had at last finished their work, Eugenia Kuyda opened a console on her laptop and began to type.
Review of GoPro's new Hero5 Black and Hero5 Session cameras, which bring overdue improvements, and GoPro Plus, the $5/month cloud storage service
Recently, GoPro unveiled an entirely new product lineup. Not just the new Hero5 Black ($399) and Hero5 Session ($299), but also the Karma drone …
Sources: Fidelity Investments led institutional shareholder campaign against Twitter acquisition; one source says potential deal has been halted
SAN FRANCISCO — The investor pressure began building on Marc Benioff, chief executive of Salesforce.com, two weeks ago.
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 …
Regulatory filing reveals Walmart has nearly doubled its stake in China's Alibaba rival JD.com to 10.8%
Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login — JD.com shares jumped 12 percent before filing was disclosed — Wal-Mart increases JD shares to 11 percent to boost ties
$30 Roku Express review: large channel selection but performance is sluggish; pricier alternatives like Chromecast are a better value
Roku has created its most affordable streaming … David Katzmaier / CNET : Roku Express: Is Roku's $30 streamer its best value yet? Not so fast Christina Warren / Gizmodo : Roku Express Review: All the...
Comcast's 1TB data caps start to roll out nationwide
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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
How Yahoo risked user security … Regina Festin / Tech Times : Google, Microsoft, Apple And Facebook Deny Spying On Emails And Other Messages Neema Singh Guliani / American Civil Liberties Union : The ...
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
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Full panel of US Court of Appeals reinstates $120M verdict Apple won against Samsung in a patent case
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Spotify and Apple Music add support for user-uploaded remixes after deal with music rights management firm Dubset
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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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BMW, Toyota, and insurance provider Allianz invest undisclosed amount in self-driving tech startup Nauto and will share safety data with each other
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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...
Internet of things devices, which are often impossible to patch, will remain insecure unless government steps in to regulate the industry
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Twilio files for $400M secondary offering with majority of shares sold coming from existing shareholders before 180-day lock-in expiration in December
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