US auto safety regulator NHTSA proposes voluntary guidelines calling on phone makers to limit functionality in their software while users are driving
Apple iPhones and other hand-held devices have long had an airplane mode that shuts off wireless communications to prevent interference …
UMich security expert says Clinton should petition for recount in PA, MI, WI given the insecurity of voting machines and sophistication of state-sponsored hacks
You may have read at NYMag that I've been in discussions with the Clinton campaign about whether it might wish to seek recounts in critical states.
Google says its Neural Machine Translation System translates between language pairs it hasn't seen before, and sees signs of “interlingua” common representation
Posted by Mike Schuster (Google Brain Team), Melvin Johnson (Google Translate) and Nikhil Thorat (Google Brain Team)
Reddit CEO Huffman's decision to delete and alter comments on Trump thread amounts to censorship and has eroded the site's credibility with users
Even those who don't frequent “the front page of the internet” should worry about the implications of this act.
WaPo's Russian propaganda story has dubious sources, little evidence, and too general claims that describe how any news is usually shared on social media
One of the themes that has emerged during the controversy over “fake news” and its role in the election of Donald Trump is the idea …
Google has been warning prominent journalists and professors that their accounts are under attack from “government-backed attackers”
A flurry of social media reports suggests a major hacking campaign has been uncovered. — Google is warning prominent journalists and professors …
Payments provider Stripe raises $150M Series D at a $9B valuation led by General Catalyst and CapitalG, bringing total amount raised by Stripe to about $440M
Stripe — the company that lets websites and apps incorporate payments services by way of an API and a few lines of code …
Amazon limits customers to five reviews per week; verified purchases, books, music, and video are exempt from the cap
Amazon will start capping the number of product reviews any customer can submit in a given week, limiting each person to five/week except for products that have been verified …
Sources: Amazon is in talks to acquire Dubai-based e-commerce website Souq.com for $1B; the website sells 1.5M products in UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
No final decisions have been made, talks could still falter — Middle East e-commerce site initially planned to sell a stake
Analysis shows Amazon deleted 500K+ reviews, 71% of which were “incentivized”, since changing its guidelines last month
Amazon is making good on its promise to ban “incentivized” reviews from its website, according to a new analysis of over 32,000 products and around 65 million reviews.
Experts say election results should be audited to ease lingering doubts about voting systems
Andy Greenberg / Wired :
Microsoft brings its Solitaire Collection to Android and iOS for free, offers $1.99/month option to remove ads
Tom Warren / The Verge :
IT solutions provider Presidio files for an IPO, reportedly at $3B valuation
Business software purveyor AppDynamics may have postponed its plans to go public, but technology services firm Presidio is forging ahead with an IPO, according to documents filed with the Securities a...
SEC filing shows Palantir raised a $20M funding round from a single entity on November 8, bringing total raised to over $2B
Palantir — that $20 billion secretive outfit that provides government, finance, healthcare and other organizations with analytics, security and other data management solutions …
Trae Stephens, a principal at Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, has joined Trump's defense transition team; sources says he won't take an administration role
Trae Stephens will focus on defense plans for president elect — Peter Thiel worked with Stephens at his VC firm and Palantir
Google and its TV and speaker hardware partners are phasing out Google Cast branding in favor of “Chromecast built-in”
new name, same great taste? John Callaham / Android Authority : Google Cast branding is being ditched for ‘Chromecast built-in’ Kellex / Droid Life : RIP, Google Cast. Hello, “Chromecast Built-In.” (U...
Chinese online travel firm Ctrip to buy Scotland-based travel search site Skyscanner in $1.74B deal consisting mainly of cash; Ctrip shares up 9.2% after hours
Ankit Ajmera / Reuters :
Twitter gives Anthony Noto an additional $12M a year in stock over a four year period, for his new job as COO, replacing Adam Bain
Alex Heath / Business Insider :
Sources: GoDaddy is in exclusive talks to acquire European hosting company Host Europe Group, valued at $1.8B
Claire Ruckin / Reuters :
Amazon quietly acquired video messaging app firm Biba for its patents and employees in 2015; sources say Amazon will announce new video chat service this month
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
SV Angel raises $53M for its sixth seed investment fund, exceeding original $40M target
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Profile of Vergence Labs, a small LA startup Snap Inc. acquired in 2014 for Spectacles-related tech
Alex Heath / Business Insider : Tweets: @brianroemmele , @kifleswing , @nbashaw , @ajs , @alexeheath and @lexnfx . Thanks: @mattrosoff Tweets: Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele : Brilliant journalism b...
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