Samsung says original Note7 fires were caused by design flaws in one supplier's battery, second supplier introduced manufacturing defects after first recall
The company opens up about the source of one of history's worst tech product recalls. — Sure, blame the batteries. But it's not quite that simple.
Sprint buys 33% of Jay Z's TIDAL streaming music service, “will make TIDAL available” to its 45M customers; Jay Z and the artist-owners will still run TIDAL
TIDAL and its artists to deliver exclusive content to help Sprint acquire new customers, reward current customers
Samsung says it won't unveil Galaxy S8 smartphone at Mobile World Congress, suggesting the flagship may launch later than last year's version
Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it will not unveil its Galaxy S8 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show this year …
Hugo Barra steps down as international vice president at Xiaomi, will remain an advisor, and return to the US
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is losing its head of international and primary English-language spokesperson Hugo Barra after he announced his exit from the company.
All Chromebooks debuting in 2017 and beyond will run Android apps
The Play Store is on its way to even more Chromebooks. — Less than a year ago, Google announced that the Play Store and Android apps would be supported on Chromebooks. Now the company has made this...
ASUS launches $73 Tinker Board, a Raspberry Pi competitor with 4K video, gigabit Ethernet, quad-core processor, and more, available in Europe and UK
It doesn't matter if you want a computer the size of a card, a thumb drive or dice box — there's a manufacturer out there that has you covered.
WSJ: SEC is investigating whether Yahoo should have disclosed company's data breaches sooner
Yahoo is facing an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to its failure to promptly disclose to investors information about the two massive data breaches the company re...
Nintendo says Super Mario Run will launch on Android in March
Android users can sign up to be notified when the game is released — Super Mario Run, Nintendo's first real foray into mobile gaming, won't be available on Android until March, the company announced...
Sources: Sprint's 33% stake in TIDAL cost $200M, valuing TIDAL at $600M
Well, well, well. — Less than a day after MBW ruminated on whether TIDAL would be able to secure some outside help with its funding - and survive without it - a major development has been confirmed.
Data management startup Collibra raises $50M Series C led by ICONIQ
Jan 18, 2017, 5:03 amJan 19, 2017, 3:07 am — Data governance and management startup Collibra — originally founded in Belgium but now based out of New York to help businesses in sectors like finance ...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologizes for errors migrating @POTUS followers, says the issues, which affected about 560K people, have been fixed
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Australia-based employee management software firm Deputy raises $25M Series A from OpenView; Deputy says it has 28K clients, including Amazon, Nike, and NASA
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IBM Security to acquire risk management firm Agile 3 Solutions for an undisclosed sum and will also acquire its subcontractor Ravy Technologies
Big Blue says the deal will give decision makers a deeper understanding of cyberattacks and the risk they pose.
Open letter signed by ~70 security experts calls for The Guardian to retract story about alleged WhatsApp backdoor vulnerability
the scope & implications of a threat; what options people have—shouldn't report on security. Filippo Valsorda / @filosottile : In our little bubble we can afford to quibble about imperfect crypto. Out...
Researchers at Google, OpenAI, MIT, and other organizations say they are making progress on automating the development of AI software using AI software
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Alphabet's smart home brand Nest expands to Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain
As Amazon, Apple and others tee up smart home strategies with apps, hubs and new devices, Google is also turning up the temperature, so to speak, on its own ambitions. Today, Nest — the smart home bu...
Casual dating app Down, formerly Bang With Friends, acquired by Singapore-based dating startup Paktor
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Inside Xiaomi's Internet of Things strategy: invest in IoT firms in exchange for 10-20% stake and the right to brand and sell their products
David Pierce / Wired :
Cyprus-based Outfit7, owner of Talking Tom franchise that had 5.6B app downloads since 2010 and amassed 10.3B video views, bought for $1B by Chinese consortium
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
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