AMD details the specs of Radeon Pro 450, 455, and 460 graphics cards used in 15" MacBook Pro
Spoiler: Don't expect to do much gaming on your shiny new MacBook Pro. — Following the announcement of the new Apple MacBook Pro, AMD has launched the Radeon Pro 400 series of power-efficient graphi...
“Celebgate” hacker Ryan Collins sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal hacking charges and admitting to a two-year phishing scam
Ryan Collins ran a two-year phishing scam to gain the passwords of more than 100 people, including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Avril Lavigne
UK employment tribunal rules Uber drivers are workers and are entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks, and National Living Wage
Uber drivers in the UK have won an employment tribunal case which ruled they are workers rather than self-employed. — The decision means drivers …
MacBook Pro is a hybrid system where modified watchOS on ARM-based T1 securely runs Touch Bar, Apple Pay, Touch ID, and more, while Intel CPU handles macOS
When will Apple ship a MacBook with an ARM processor? This is a question that has been top of mind for observers of the company ever since …
Apple raises the prices of most Macs in UK, including older unchanged models, by £100 to £500, as the pound weakens after Brexit
New laptops significantly more expensive and already-existing machines have prices raised by hundreds of pounds as Apple adjusts for new US dollar-pound sterling rate
Comma.ai cancels Comma One after receiving NHTSA letter asking for detailed information about the $1K self-driving kit
Renowned iPhone hacker turned entrepreneur George Hotz (aka geohot) has cancelled his autonomous driving startup's first official product, the Comma One aftermarket add …
Vine struggled to monetize and compete with Instagram and Snapchat amid executive churn, while failing to find strategic benefits for Twitter
Closing the loop — The thing about Vine becoming the internet's premiere tool for making short-form videos is that it happened almost completely by accident.
Vine lost its lead, stars, and audience to Snapchat and Instagram after its 2014 peak as Twitter did little to help it evolve
The app will close in the ‘coming months’ Olivia Solon / Guardian : Vine stars mourn the app that brought them their six seconds of fame Alex Leininger / CNN : In memoriam: 10 of the best Vines John K...
ProPublica's report on Facebook's “ethnic affinity” ad targeting explored the potential for abuse, but was misleading and failed to show actual abuse
“Ethnic Affinity” targeting has been offered for nearly two years, has real benefits and is legal for many types of ads.
Heads of EU country data protection authorities, Article 29 Working Party, ask Facebook to stop using WhatsApp data
Yahoo also gets warning over breach of accounts in 2014 — European Union privacy chiefs said Facebook Inc. must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service …
Facebook launches election tool with information on national, state, and local candidates and issues, lets voters choose to share choices for specific races
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg accuses Wix of copying WordPress for its mobile app, skirting GPL requirements of attribution and public release of code
Anyone who knows me knows that I like to try new things — phones, gadgets, apps. Last week I downloaded the new Wix (closed, proprietary, non-open-sourced, non-GPL) mobile app.
IBM execs say years of huge investments in Watson, which employs 1K people, are yielding profitable opportunities in markets like healthcare and manufacturing
Watson, can you grow into a multibillion-dollar business and become the engine of IBM's resurgence? — IBM is betting its future that the answer is yes.
Mozilla announces Project Quantum, an effort to develop a faster browser engine that will power Firefox beginning in 2017
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Amazon launches Prime in China for $57 a year with free shipping for international orders above $30
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Apple updates Final Cut Pro X & iMovie with support for Touch Bar in new MacBook Pros
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Health data of 550K Australian blood donors made public in Red Cross data breach, believed to be Australia's largest ever leak of personal data
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Facebook starts testing Snapchat-style camera effects, ephemeral private photo sharing from main app in Ireland
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Sources shed light on how Dubai-based surveillance firm DarkMatter is helping the UAE government track, locate, and hack its citizens
n July, Simone Margaritelli, an Italian security researcher, boarded a Boeing 777 in Rome headed for Dubai, a city now billing itself as a tech startup hub. Tweets: @theintercept Tweets: The Intercept...
PlayStation Vue now available on Android TV; support for Macs and Windows PCs coming soon
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Sources: CenturyLink and Level 3 in advanced talks to merge in deal that could value post-merger company at $50B
Blackline up almost 40% on a first day of trading after raising $146M in an IPO
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Premium Wi-Fi chip designer Quantenna Communications raises $107M in an IPO, closes down 3% on a first day of trading valuing company at about $508M
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