Samsung says next update will stop US Galaxy Note7s from charging starting December 19
Update will be released December 19th and rolled out within 30 days — Samsung will render remaining Galaxy Note 7s in the United States useless and inoperable with its next and final update for the ...
Trump's denunciation of individuals on Twitter, which often leads to harassment by his followers, tests the limits of Twitter's rules against incitement
Last night President-elect Donald Trump used his Twitter account to criticize Chuck Jones, an Indiana union organizer who has been sharply critical …
Obama orders US intelligence agencies to conduct a full review of cyber attacks in the 2016 election, and deliver a report before he leaves office
President Barack Obama directed U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct a full review of cyber attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election …
Michigan just became the first state to pass comprehensive self-driving regulations
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed four bills that regulate the testing, development and eventually the sale of self-driving cars. — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed four bills into law on Friday …
Former Magic Leap employees say planned release won't include tech seen in early prototypes; Magic Leap recruited with video created by a visual effects studio
Reality check — Magic Leap's allegedly revolutionary augmented reality technology may in fact be years away from completion and …
Verizon says it will not push Samsung's Galaxy Note7 disabling update to customers
Comments in this article can be attributed to Jeffrey Nelson, Vice President, Global Corporate Communications, Verizon — In October, Samsung announced a voluntary recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 ...
Gadget companies like Pebble, Jawbone, and Nest are struggling as budget manufactures in Asia undercut prices and smartphones dominate most people's lives
Remember gadgets? — They were little electronic things that did stuff for you. They would play music or record videos or give …
Shigeru Miyamoto explains why Mario runs on his own in Super Mario Run, launching next week on iPhone, and says the game will introduce new players to Nintendo
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How Alphabet has tightened spending on its Other Bets divisions such as Fiber, a strategy enforced by CFO Ruth Porat, leaving some employees frustrated
Alphabet's CFO Ruth Porat wants to bring focus to Mountain View. Can the moonshot factory adapt? — by — Subscribe Reprints
NBC News' alert app Breaking News to shut down at the end of the year due to lack of revenue; all 20+ staff to remain on payroll until January 20
Breaking News, the popular alert app from NBC News, is shutting down at the end of the year. — The entire staff at Breaking News …
Sources: Gene Munster to leave Piper Jaffray to start Loup Ventures, a VC firm that plans to invest in VR, AR, AI, and robotics
Wall Street's sell-side community will be getting a bit of a shake up Thursday. — In addition to word that technology and internet analyst Bob Peck …
YouTube reaches settlement with National Music Publishers' Association over unpaid royalties; sources say deal is worth $40M+
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Google Daydream adds two video apps, NextVR and HBO, which will let subscribers watch TV on a virtual big screen; Netflix is listed as coming later this month
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Facebook investor lawsuit alleges Marc Andreessen aided Zuckerberg's interests instead of shareholders'; documents show Zuck interested in government service
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Tinder launches M&A branch Swipe Ventures; Sean Rad steps down as Tinder CEO, is named chairman of Tinder and Swipe, as Match CEO Greg Blatt named CEO of Tinder
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Many Pebble customers are left without a warranty or technical support after the Fitbit acquisition
Pebble, one of the best-known smartwatch brands, is dead. Rumors about the company's demise have been swirling since The Information reported a potential Fitbit buyout last week.
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson defends AT&T-Time Warner merger at Senate subcommittee hearing, saying deal won't hurt customers or competitors
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Facebook is testing a pop-up chat-like feature for comment threads on desktop
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Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
I'm retiring from the greatest job I ever knew—but I still believe that journalism will thrive … Yes, I'm retiring from the New York Times. Tweets: @digiphile , @kimmaicutler , @laurengoode , @backchn...
Anonymous social network Yik Yak lays off about 30 of its 50 staffers as growth stalls; sources say the remaining employees are mostly engineers
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Secret co-founder David Byttow launches IO, an anonymous platform for longer-form “authentic publishing”
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