Apple's new 175-acre “Apple Park” campus will open in April, 12K+ staff to move in over six months; the 1K-seat auditorium will be named the Steve Jobs Theater
Theater to Be Named for Steve Jobs — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced that Apple Park …
AMD launches flagship Ryzen 8-core desktop CPUs, pre-orderable today, available March 2, starting at $329
AMD is back in the performance game... finally. — SAN FRANCISCO—Oasis' smash hit “Wonderwall” was playing as the throng of journalists assembled in the ballroom of a Grand Hyatt hotel …
Microsoft launching Skype Lite on Android for limited connectivity areas, available in India first, with support for nine regional languages and new chatbots
At its Future Decoded event in Mumbai, India, today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the launch of Skype Lite …
Instagram will open up carousel posts, with up to 10 photos and videos, to all users in the coming weeks
Instagram wants you to share a more complete picture of your experiences in its classic feed, not just its Snapchat Stories clone. Today, Instagram launches the ability to share …
Intel unveils XMM 7560 LTE modem with 1Gbps download speeds, 225 Mbps upload speeds, and CDMA support
The next iPhone could go gigabit. Today Intel announced its XMM7650 modem, which joins Qualcomm's X16 in the gigabit LTE world. Intel's modem is probably the front-runner for this fall's iPhone 7s o...
Verizon will test 5G service in 11 cities by mid-2017 as a replacement for home or office broadband
The company plans to offer 5G to some customers in 11 cities by midyear. It's not full mobile wireless. Instead it's a replacement for fixed broadband. — We're slowly inching toward a super-connec...
Sources: Apple quietly acquired iCloud.net, shutting down the Asian social network that used the domain
It looks like Apple has finally picked up one of the last remaining pieces of internet property linked to one of its key service brands: the iPhone and Mac giant has quietly taken …
Uber CEO Kalanick tells staff in memo that former US AG Eric Holder has been hired to probe sexism allegations, and Uber will begin publishing diversity reports
We're all outraged at Uber - again. Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg : Uber CEO Apologizes for Company Culture After Harassment Claims Arianna Huffington / Uber Global : Update from Arianna Huffington Alexan...
Amazon Go checkout-less store in Seattle will sell alcohol and have staff on hand to check IDs
The Amazon Go store in Seattle also carries sandwiches, salads and snacks. — Amazon's new convenience store of the future has no lines and no cashiers. But it will have someone checking IDs.
AI-powered hedge fund Numerai unveils new digital token Numeraire that collaboratively rewards Wall Street data scientists for the best trading algorithms
Wall Street is a competition, a Darwinian battle for the almighty dollar. Gordon Gekko said that greed is good, that it captures “the essence of the evolutionary spirit.”
Sources: Facebook is in talks to live stream one MLB game per week during upcoming season
Facebook Inc is in talks with Major League Baseball to live stream one game per week during the upcoming season, which could be a key win as the social media platform works to offer more live sports …
Sources: Snap faced tough questions from potential investors in a meeting Tuesday, focusing on the deceleration of user growth and the threat of Facebook
Snapchat executives in New York were peppered with questions on Tuesday about competition from Facebook, user growth for the disappearing-message app …
Sources largely attribute problems at Uber to Kalanick's original directive for HR to focus on recruitment rather than workplace issues
Could allegations of sexual harassment and sexism put the company's future IPO prospects at risk? — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has hired former U.S …
Source: Goldman Sachs, a lead bank for Snap's IPO, is predicting Snap will have revenue of $1.959B in 2018, up from $404M in 2016, and 221M DAUs, up from 158M
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Inside Europe's fight against online disinformation, as Dutch, German, and French elections approach
BRUSSELS — They scan websites and pore over social media, combing through hundreds of reports a day. But the bogus claims just keep coming. — Germans are fleeing their country, fearful of Muslim re...
UPS tests drone deliveries in rural Florida, aiming to make delivery routes more efficient, will wait for regulatory environment to mature before larger rollout
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Uber begins testing self-driving cars in Tempe, Arizona, with more than a dozen Volvos available to riders
Hayley Ringle / Phoenix Business Journal :
Google will let Media Rating Council audit YouTube ad data, as well as ads displayed on non-Google sites purchased via AdWords, DoubleClick Bid Manager
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal :
Kubernetes orchestrator now available on Microsoft's Azure Container Service; preview of Windows Server Containers with Kubernetes also available now on ACS
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Google to discontinue Site Search on April 1, its search tool for publishers' websites, according to email to customers and partners
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Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X20 LTE modem promises 1.2Gbps download speeds on mobile; products using it not expected until first half of 2018
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
GE partners with AT&T and Intel partner to install cameras, sensors, microphones on 3.2K street lights in San Diego, raising privacy concerns
Alwyn Scott / Reuters :
Waze plans to expand ride-sharing service to several US cities and Latin America over the next few months
Waze, a navigation app owned by Alphabet … Eric McCaffrey / Seeking Alpha : Google targeting Waze rideshare expansion Tweets: Martin Beck / @martinbeck : You're such a tease, @waze. How about some rol...
Zuckerberg's manifesto is a sign Facebook's power should be checked
It feels in poor taste to criticize Mark Zuckerberg … Tweets: Aron Pilhofer / @pilhofer : “for Zuckerberg, saving the world is at best a close second to saving Facebook.” A must-read from @benthompson...
Instagram hires Kristina Schake, formerly head of communications for Hillary Clinton's campaign and Michelle Obama, as communications chief
Kurt Wagner / Recode :
Over 1M apps, websites, and bots are now using Facebook's mobile analytics suite, Analytics for Apps, up from 800K in September 2016
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
ARM buys European lightweight cellular tech firms Mistbase and NextG-Com as part of new initiative to offer cellular modems for IoT
Jim McGregor / Forbes :
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