Apple offers qualified users $150 repairs for iPhone 6 Plus devices with “touch disease” or unresponsive screens, will give refunds to users who have paid more
Apple today launched a new repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus, addressing complaints about a manufacturing issue …
President Barack Obama weighs in on fake news, warning it could poison politics so that “we won't know what we're fighting for”
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Mark Zuckerberg responds to fake news controversy and outlines projects Facebook is working on to combat the issue
A lot of you have asked what we're doing about misinformation, so I wanted to give an update. — The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously.
Intel details its vision for AI chips, mostly based on Nervana technology, but the strategy remains incomplete until the Movidius deal closes
AI strategy incomplete without Movidius — SAN FRANCISCO - Intel rolled out its intentions for a soup-to-nuts offering in artificial intelligence …
Surface Studio review: impressive screen and design, old CPU and GPU a slight letdown, Dial needs more app support, but overall the device is good for artists
Touch, pen, and Dial all in one display — The last desktop PC I owned was a 2009 iMac. I now use a laptop every day for work …
DraftKings and FanDuel agree to merge; DraftKings CEO Jason Robins to run the new company, and FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles to become chairman of the board
DraftKings and FanDuel, the two largest companies in the daily fantasy sports market that exploded into national consciousness last fall …
A look at how fake news on Facebook has impacted foreign elections and political movements in Indonesia, the Philippines, Germany, Spain, and elsewhere
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Nest updates mobile apps with “instaclips” to easily share video, brings live video feeds to Android TV, and says Apple TV support coming soon
Nest announced a big update to its Nest Camera application on Friday that's focused on sharing video clips you've captured.
Facebook SEC filings reveal $6B stock buyback program that starts Q1 2017, and chief accounting officer's resignation, effective February 17
Facebook today said it is authorizing a $6 billion stock buyback that will go into effect in the first quarter next year.
AT&T customers will be able to send messages via Echo after Amazon adds the Send Message skill to Alexa on November 19
Alexa's on a quite a roll of late. Amazon's AI assistant is adding new skills all the time, and this week the company's adding one of its highest profile partners.
Airbnb launches 500+ guide-led experiences called Trips, available in-app to guests; initial set includes samurai lessons in Japan, running in Kenya, more
Airbnb shook up the hotel business by giving anyone with a spare bed and a mobile phone a way to start a business.
Inside New York City's $10M digital crime lab, where analysts and researchers crack devices, use big data, and more to gather evidence to help solve crimes
Where phone hacking and big data solve crimes. — The cell phone at the police station contains evidence of a crime …
IRS seeks identities of Coinbase US customers who traded bitcoin between 2013 and 2015
In bitcoin-related investigations, authorities will often follow the digital trail of an illegal transaction or suspicious user back to a specific account at a bitcoin trading company.
Sources: Intel planning large number of layoffs in New Devices Group, its wearables division
According to sources close to the company, Intel is about to step back from wearables in a big way. — In 2014, the company purchased Basis, a little-known producer of some truly excellent fitness wa...
French IoT startup Sigfox raises $160M Series E, sources say at a $637M valuation; Sigfox says it has around 10M devices registered on its network
Sigfox, the IoT company based out of France that is building a dedicated, global network to connect, monitor and control devices like smart-home alarms …
Amazon expanding Prime Video worldwide in December, promoting the expansion through the show The Grand Tour from former Top Gear hosts
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologizes for neo-Nazi ad, blaming automated system for error
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Heptio, founded by ex-Google Kubernetes founders, launches with $8.5M Series A led by Accel Partners to bring Kubernetes to the enterprise
We could not be more excited to be investing in Heptio. Serdar Yegulalp / InfoWorld : Kubernetes creators launch startup, take on Docker Iris Dorbian / PE Hub Blog : Heptio fetches $8.5 mln in Accel-l...
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is “trying to prepare the company to be IPO-ready as soon as possible” but says there are no plans to “go public in the near-term”
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Sprinklr acquires Little Bird, a tool for finding experts on anything via Twitter, co-founded by Marshall Kirkpatrick
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Any.Do adds real-time sync, integrated calendars, and a personal assistant for select users to its app, available on iOS now and Android soon
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Delaware filing: BuzzFeed authorizes sale of $200M worth of shares at $1.5B valuation, unchanged from last year
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James Clapper on having broader access to data and providers due to post-Snowden legislative changes, on need to adapt classification to the digital age, more
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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