Sources: Twitter may cut 8% of workforce, or 300 people, as soon as this week
Twitter Inc. is planning widespread job cuts, to be announced as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. — The company may cut around 8 percent of the workforce, or about 30...
Xiaomi unveils 6.4" all-ceramic Mi Mix flagship phone with edgeless screen, Snapdragon 821, 4400mAh battery, goes on sale in China November 4 for $516
The Mi Mix is a 6.4-inch lucid dream that's going on sale in China next month for $520 — Nothing says sci-fi like a bezel-less screen …
Uber's Otto self-driving truck makes its first delivery of 50K beer cans in a 120-mile run across Colorado
Walt Martin is kneeling, legs folded behind him, butt resting on his heels. “I've got to practice my yoga,” he says, clearly joking. Never mind that we're in the cab …
Google Pixel XL teardown reveals little HTC branding, a 6/10 repairability score due to fragile screen, but most components are modular and easy to replace
Tools Featured in this Teardown — Introduction — Today marks our first ever teardown of a phone designed entirely by Google: the Pixel XL.
What to expect at Microsoft's October 26 event: Surface all-in-one PC, details of upcoming Windows 10 updates, Microsoft Paint app with 3D, new HoloLens demos
Microsoft is returning to New York City this week to host a special press event on October 26th.
Samsung: South Korean customers who exchanged their Galaxy Note7 for an S7 will be able to trade for Galaxy Note8 or S8 next year at 50% of the cost of their S7
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it is offering an upgrade program to Galaxy Note 7 customers in South Korea who trade …
Wi-Fi Alliance begins certification process for short-range WiFi standard WiGig, also known as 802.11ad, which supports transmission speeds of up to 8 Gbps
The superfast wireless tech hasn't caught on widely, but that could change as ordinary Wi-Fi clogs up. — Enlarge Image
Twitter to report 2016 Q3 results pre-market instead of post-market on Thursday October 27 at 4am Pacific Time
A lot of the industry watchers that follow Twitter are out here on the West Coast, where the company is based. And for good reason! The Twitter diaspora exists in a large force …
Google acquires Eyefluence, an eye-tracking tech firm for AR and VR
tl;dr: Google has acquired Eyefluence, which has developed a suite of eyeball-sensing technologies for AR and VR, for an undisclosed sum. — Today, Eyefluence quietly announced on its website that it...
Google Maps for iOS update brings option to order food from delivery services directly from the app
Google today is rolling out an update to Google Maps on iOS that bumps the app to version 4.24 and brings a few useful new features for users. Now, users can more quickly order food …
IHS estimates Pixel XL 32GB model, which retails for $769, has a total materials and manufacturing price of $285.75, beating Apple's margin on the 32GB iPhone 7
Google's new line of Pixel phones have the shape, pricing, and some of the features of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, but critically for investors, they also have Apple-like margins.
Paxata gets $33.5M Series D led by Intel Capital for machine learning for information management, with Microsoft Ventures, In-Q- Tel, Accel, more participating
Paxata today announced it has raised $33.5 million to bolster the machine learning and semantic analysis foundations of its enterprise information platform.
Navdy's smartphone-connected heads-up display for your car starts shipping for $799
We got our first glimpse of Navdy's smart heads-up display for cars back in 2014, when the company crowdfunded its way to around two and a half million dollars. — Two years and around $26 million …
Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan, and Harj Taggar's VC firm Initialized Capital raises $115M for its third fund for early stage startups
Initialized Capital, an early stage venture capital firm started by former Y Combinator partners Alexis Ohanian, Harj Taggar, and Garry Tan, has raised $115 million for its third fund.
Cloud monitoring software firm Wavefront raises $52M Series B led by Tenaya Capital, to accelerate product roadmap and expand in North America, Europe
The investment will help the company accelerate its product roadmap and expand its operations in North America and Europe.
Amid Note7 fiasco, hundreds file class action lawsuits against Samsung, and new Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee faces pushback from investment groups
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Intel Capital leads $15 million round for Chronocam to develop visual sensors for cars, drones, and robots
Tuesday, October 25 Kieren McCarthy / The Register : Intel throws the ball long with sports, VR and IoT cash injections Lucas Matney / TechCrunch : Chronocam secures $15M to power its ‘biological eye’...
The New York Times acquires online consumer guide The Wirecutter, founded by former Gizmodo editor-in-chief Brian Lam; sources say NYT will pay more than $30M
maybe the — way to go for journalism startups. Brian Lam / @blam : All this love, thank you! Ben French / @benfrench : The Times opened 9 jobs today for @wirecutter, including GM, design, technology a...
Apple releases iOS 10.1 with the iPhone 7 Plus' Portrait mode, which is still in beta
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MasterCard links MasterPass to Android Pay, Samsung Pay, Microsoft Wallet to let cardholders more easily complete purchases online using device authentication
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Alibaba's Jack Ma urges China to use big data to combat crime in speech televised to 1.5M legal and domestic security officials
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InContext raises $15.2M from Intel Capital, others, to expand its VR products for retail and manufacturing, and look beyond web-based VR solutions
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Facebook Messenger, which currently only supports debit cards, will get new PayPal payment option in US; users will also get in-app PayPal payment notifications
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Microsoft will raise cloud computing prices in UK by up to 22% in January, in wake of Brexit
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Court filings: Magic Leap countersues two ex-VPs over IP who sued for wrongful termination; SF offices appear in disarray relative to Florida operations
Kif Leswing / Business Insider :
Uber to deliver up to 5 free flu shots and a free care pack to users in 17 cities on October 25; last year the flu care package cost $10
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Profile of “Silicon Valley's favorite political fixer” Bradley Tusk, who helped Uber overcome regulatory hurdles in major cities across the US
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