Samsung offers $100 credit to exchange Galaxy Note7 for another Samsung phone, $25 for other brands; expands recall to include original and replacement devices
In an attempt to keep users, Samsung is issuing a $100 credit to exchange the defective Galaxy Note 7 for a Galaxy S7 Edge or other Samsung device.
Samsung says it won't refurbish Note7s, choosing to “safely dispose” of them, which creates waste, loses rare earth elements, and could harm the environment
Lost in the hype about Samsung permanently pulling the plug on its exploding phone is this: The failure of the Galaxy Note 7 …
Samsung cuts profit forecast by 33% for Q3 from $7B to $4.6B, revenue expectations from $44B to $41.8B, following Galaxy Note7 crisis
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HP refreshes Spectre x360 with Intel's Kaby Lake processors, a bigger battery, Thunderbolt 3, and Windows Hello support, available now for $1,050
HP's Kaby Lake refresh adds some great features to one of our favorite laptops. — We really liked HP's Spectre x360 Ultrabook when we reviewed its first Broadwell version last year.
Apple wasted its lead with Siri and now has an intelligent assistant that is too limited and unreliable to be an effective tool in coming AI wars
I've been familiar with Siri longer than most people. Way back in 2009 — two years before Apple incorporated the intelligent digital assistant …
Interview with Barack Obama and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito on AI and its impact on society, medical research, self-driving cars, and more
IT'S HARD TO think of a single technology that will shape our world more in the next 50 years than artificial intelligence.
Google releases Sprayscape, an experimental 360-degree VR collage camera app for Android
With Android Experiments, Google is giving itself the freedom to experiment with quirky little apps that show off some interesting technologies but don't really have any other real purpose.
Sources: Snap Inc. has chosen Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as the lead bankers for its IPO, which is expected as soon as March 2017
Company's public market listing could happen as soon as March — JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Allen & Co. also involved in offering
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell launches Modal VR, which makes room-scale wireless VR headsets and plans to provide immersive experiences in large open areas
So Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese, is launching a new virtual reality company called Modal VR …
The Washington Post tracked Facebook's Trending Topics section over three weeks, uncovering five fake stories and three profoundly inaccurate ones
The Intersect ran a little experiment a few weeks ago: During the work day, we'd check in with Facebook each hour, on the hour …
Twitter is testing an “Explore” tab in place of “Moments” on its mobile apps, highlighting news, trending topics, and more
Twitter may be getting ready to make some big changes to its app. — The company is now testing a change that replaces the Moments tab …
Twitter teams up with Buzzfeed to stream a live election night broadcast, hopes to capitalize on high level of youth engagement in the presidential race
Editor-in-chief Ben Smith hopes to reach political junkies and bring transparency to the “mystical” process of declaring election winners.
How hacktivist group RedHack subverted the Turkish government's notorious censorship tactics in order to release a government email archive
The Turkish government blocked Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and even Github to stop leaked emails of Energy Minister, Berat Albayrak …
Verizon and Google say Verizon's Pixels will get OS updates and security patches at the same time as those sold by Google
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Goldman Sachs launches its new online lending platform Marcus, which is limited to email invitees and offers unsecured loans of up to $30K
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Facebook's voter registration reminder, displayed for four days in Sept., caused near-record levels of registration, at least nine secretaries of state say
Tech Roundup Paul Mutter / GeekTime : US voter registration surges with Facebook reminders Lucinda Shen / Fortune : Facebook's Voter Registration Reminder Actually Worked Michael Nunez / Gizmodo : Fac...
Google to shut down location-based photo sharing platform Panoramio on November 4, 2016, gives users until November 2017 to export photos
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Intel unveils Falcon 8+, a drone with a top speed of 35mph, weighing only 6 pounds, and a design aimed at industrial jobs; pricing, availability not disclosed
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Pandora launches Pandora Plus, its $5/month ad-free service that also gives users offline playback, more song skips and replays
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Google, Facebook, Pacific Light Cable Network partner to lay undersea cable between LA and Hong Kong which will transfer data at 120 terabits/sec, open in 2018
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Meal-delivery startup Munchery is looking to replace its CEO, Tri Tran, as it struggles to raise money during a search for a profitable business model
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Interview with Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe on room-scale VR, the Rift's shelf life, all-in-one headsets, merging of AR and VR
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