How the shutdown of Cyanogen services and the forking of CyanogenMod to Lineage OS will affect one of Android's most stable custom distributions
The King is Dead, Long Live the King! — Cyanogen Inc. has finally delivered a bullet to the brain - of CyanogenMod.
HandBrake 1.0.0, an open source cross-platform video transcoder, released after 13+ years of development
HandBrake 1.0.0, a new version of the popular open source cross-platform video converter, was released on December 24, 2016. — I reviewed HandBrake for the first time in the year 2007 …
Report: Snap acquired four-year-old Israeli AR startup Cimagine Media for $30M to $40M
Snap has reportedly made an investment in augmented reality, purchasing Israeli-based startup Cimagine Media in a deal that's said to be worth between $30 million and $40 million.
Apple publishes an artificial intelligence paper for the first time, after recently promising to open up its AI research
Earlier this month, Apple made a splash when it told the artificial intelligence research community that the secretive company would start publishing AI papers of its own.
Canon Tokki has near monopoly on machines making OLED screens and a 2-year order backlog, raising questions over supply of OLED screens for next year's iPhones
Apple Inc.'s quest to adopt advanced displays for its next-generation iPhone hinges on a single supplier in the Japanese countryside.
Facebook's Safety Check in Bangkok, Thailand falsely triggered by fake news reports about a bomb explosion, was deactivated after about an hour
There was no bomb scare in Thailand — Facebook got fooled by its own algorithm. Today, the social network falsely activated its Safety Check feature …
World's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater, is building an algorithmic model to recreate founder's staff-management style, led by ex-IBM Watson's David Ferrucci
Bridgewater wants day-to-day management—hiring, firing, decision-making—to be guided by software that doles out instructions
California AG Kamala Harris files new criminal charges against Backpage.com CEO and two controlling shareholders, accusing them of pimping and money laundering
Carl Ferrer, from left, James Larkin and Michael Lacey were charged in a pimping case in connection with international classified ad website Backpage.com.
Tencent, Chinese mapping firm NavInfo, and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC buy 10% stake in digital maps company HERE
Chinese mapping firm NavInfo (002405.SZ), internet group Tencent (0700.HK) and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC are buying a 10 percent stake in digital maps company HERE …
Inside Snopes' increasingly prominent fact-checking operation, which added 12 staffers a couple years ago and saw a record ~2.5M uniques the day after election
SAN DIEGO — The last line of defense against the torrent of half-truths, untruths and outright fakery that make up so much of the modern internet … Tweets: @digiphile , @fritinancy , @brooklynmarie , ...
China's “Uber for trucks” Huochebang raises $115M at $1B valuation from Tencent, others
Tencent-backed Huochebang raised $115 million for expansion — IFC, All-Stars Investment co-led the new funding round — Truck Alliance Inc., an Uber-type service for trucks known …
Despite efforts, the diversity of Wikipedia's overwhelmingly white and male editorial pool has been slow to improve
The ubiquitous reference site tries to expand its editor ranks beyond the Comic Con set. — by — Subscribe Reprints — Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is a 53-year-old British …
Dutch regulator rules that T-Mobile's “zero rating” music streaming service is illegal; T-Mobile says it will appeal, will offer service until court verdict
Diana Goovaerts / Wireless Week :
Samsung Gear VR Internet app gets WebVR support
JC Torres / SlashGear :
Chinese connected device OS maker Thundersoft buys Rightware, a Helsinki-based automotive system UI developer, for $68M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Google algorithm change appears to be moving Holocaust-denial and other controversial sites down in search results
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land :
Report: 79% of US consumers have shopped online, up from 22% in 2000, while 51% have shopped using a mobile phone, 15% buy something online weekly
Pew Research Center :
Jawbone says Fitbit is no longer seeking to block sales of its products
Ina Fried / Recode :
After launching on PlayStation VR, Jaunt's app with 150+ VR experiences is now available on all major VR platforms
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Apple's patent battle with Nokia escalates rapidly: Nokia now suing Apple over 40 patents in 11 countries as Apple adds Nokia as defendant in antitrust suit
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents :
Talkspace therapists reveal major issues with the therapy-by-text service, which blurs employee/contractor distinction and has a problematic anonymity policy
Cat Ferguson / The Verge : Tweets: @biocuriosity Tweets: Cat Ferguson / @biocuriosity : the big take-aways are: anonymous therapy can be dangerous, and the gig economy is coming for medical professio...
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