Canada's telecom regulator CRTC declares internet an essential service, mandates 50Mbps down, 10Mbps up for all, creates $750M fund to subsidize rural rollout
With its declaration that high-speed Internet a basic service, Canada's telecom regulator is shifting its regulatory focus from voice to broadband.
Raspberry Pi Foundation releases free experimental version of its desktop environment PIXEL for PCs and Macs
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Employee lawsuit claims Google violated labor laws that say employees must be allowed to discuss workplace conditions; company could face up to $3.8B in fines
A Google product manager has filed suit against the company, claiming an internal spying program that relies in part …
Apple accuses Nokia of collusion with patent trolls in anti-trust lawsuit; Nokia sues Apple for 32 patent infringements, claims Apple declined licensing deals
Nokia today announced that it has filed several complaints against Apple in Germany and the United States, accusing the Cupertino company of infringing on Nokia patents.
Uber stops San Francisco self-driving pilot as California DMV revokes registrations on its vehicles; Uber says it will look to deploy vehicles elsewhere
Uber has confirmed that it will stop its self-driving pilot in San Francisco, following a meeting today with the California DMV and Attorney General's office.
Honda says it has entered into formal talks with Alphabet's Waymo to add self-driving tech to its cars, will provide modified vehicles initially
Honda Motor Co Ltd's R&D unit said on Wednesday it has entered into formal talks with Alphabet Inc's Waymo to add self-driving technology to its vehicles.
NYC Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen announces plans for $250M, 254K square-foot tech hub near Union Square, which could open as early as 2020
Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen lays out the city's vision for the new development, anchored by Civic Hall, which could open as early as 2020.
Apple indefinitely extends January 1, 2017 deadline requiring App Transport Security support in all apps submitted to the App Store
Over the summer, Apple informed developers that all apps would be required to securely connect to servers by January 1st, 2017.
Sources: Baidu planning $1B IPO for iQIYI, one of China's top video streaming platforms, in either Hong Kong or US, valuing it at up to $5B
The IPO could value the video-streaming unit at up to $5 billion — HONG KONG—Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc. is planning an initial public offering …
Zuckerberg, after saying Facebook is not a media company in August, now suggests it is a media firm, just not a “traditional” one
Mark Zuckerberg gave new insights about how he sees Facebook's role in informing the world today during a Live video one-on-one year-end chat with COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Beijing and Shanghai announce that Chinese ride-sharing services can only hire local residents as drivers
BEIJING — Fresh from school with a degree in hotel management, Luo Haichao left his hometown and moved to Beijing to look for a bigger paycheck. He eventually found one in a different sector: driving...
Open Whisper Systems, the developers behind Signal, use “domain fronting” for its Android app to bypass censorship in Egypt and UAE, with iOS update coming soon
Any subversive software developer knows its app has truly caught on when repressive regimes around the world start to block it.
Subsidiary of French postal service DPDgroup cleared to start delivering mail by drone once a week along one nine-mile route
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Six of ten executives in Twitter's “leadership team” have left this year, including the CTO, COO, VP of Product, VP of Engineering
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eMarketer cuts growth forecasts for US smartwatch market in 2016 from 60% to 25% YoY, citing lack of clear use case
can it recover? Kaya Yurieff / TheStreet.com : Fitbit Holiday Inventory Levels Need to Slim Down: Pacific Crest Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear : People just don't want smartwatches Jon Fingas / Engadg...
Interview with Paul Hunt, a type designer who helped bring gender inclusive emoji to Unicode 10, on his approach and the process
Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge : Tweets: @venkatananth Tweets: Venkat Ananth / @venkatananth : Good read on the emoji creation process. How an emoji goes from pitch to product. http://www.theverge.co...
Facebook says government requests for account data rose 27% YoY globally; requests to remove posts that violate local law drop 83%
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Facebook updates Live broadcasting in its celebrity-focused Mentions app with comment moderation, broadcast status console, more
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Law experts say US government is looking to loosen Constitutional protections against arbitrary governmental surveillance, such as bulk Yahoo email scanning
they're trying to expand it. http://www.reuters.com/... Edward Snowden / @snowden : REUTERS: “Part of a growing push by officials to loosen constitutional protections Americans have.” http://www.reute...
Facebook partners with 17 universities, including MIT, Stanford, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins, to speed up collaboration on new projects
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WhatsApp is being used by many immigrants and migrants to stay in touch with family members and friends back home, thanks to its security, simplicity, ubiquity
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times : Tweets: @sub8u , @nytimesbits , and @melissarfleming . Thanks: @ravichandrans25 Tweets: Subrahmanyam KVJ / @sub8u : Whatsapp has probably helped make a stronger case ...
How Nvidia used the growing need for powerful GPUs in AI, self-driving cars, and data centers to rapidly expand, after missing out on smartphone chips
Ian King / Bloomberg : Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @ericnewcomer , @labboudles , and @mcbridesg Tweets: Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer : Nvidia net income 2012: $740.4M 2013: $611.3M 2014: $825.3M 2015: $...
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