Alphabet's Waymo sues Otto and parent company Uber for trade secret theft, unfair competition, and patent infringement, claiming Otto founder took LiDAR designs
The Alphabet subsidiary is accusing its former employee, Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski, of downloading 14,000 confidential files before he left the company.
Cloudflare fixes bug from September 2016 that leaked private user info, says search engine caches have now been cleared of sensitive info
Service used by 5.5 million websites may have leaked passwords and authentication tokens. — Cloudflare, a service that helps optimize the security …
Apple says iOS 10.2.1 reduced unexpected shutdowns of iPhone 6, 6s devices by more than 70%
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Google announces more carrier support for its implementation of RCS, rebrands Messenger to Android Messages, makes app default on phones from LG, ZTE, others
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Samsung announces Exynos 9 8895, a 10nm octa-core SoC with dual-camera system support; integrated Samsung LTE modem supports 1 Gbps downloads, 150 Mbps uploads
Even though Mobile World Congress doesn't kick off for another few days, Samsung isn't wasting any time in getting started.
Early Uber investors Mitch and Freada Kapor speak out after private appeals reached a “dead end”, say current Uber investigation team is too conflicted
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Google unveils “practical” SHA-1 collision using nine quintillion computations, releases two different PDFs with identical hashes, urges sunsetting of protocol
Cryptographic hash functions like SHA-1 are a cryptographer's swiss army knife. You'll find that hashes play a role …
Tech giants including Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Yahoo criticize Trump's reversal of protections for transgender students
Companies from Apple to Lyft have issued statements following the administration's announcement on Wednesday. — by
HPE misses Q1 estimates with $11.4B revenue, down 10% YoY, as main units, including Servers and Networking, decline; stock down 6%+ after hours
HPE's Q1 revenue was $11.4 billion, down 10 percent from a year ago. — Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is taking a hit after hours …
Google updates Gboard for iPhone with support for voice typing, 15 new languages, Google Doodles, and iOS 10 emoji
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Open source compliance firm Fossa raises $2.2M seed round led by Bain Capital, with participation from Marc Benioff and YouTube co-founder Steve Chen
Open source code can be a nightmare for engineers who are developing software. Fossa, which announced today a seed round of $2.2 million …
Facebook begins testing ad breaks in partner videos, sharing 55% of ad revenue; Live videos from Pages with 2K+ followers will get an ad break option
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Amazon fights against search warrant for Echo recordings in murder trial, argues First Amendment rights extend to Alexa's captured audio and responses
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FCC votes to lift transparency requirements, such as disclosing network performance and data caps, for ISPs with under 250K subscribers
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Source: Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal lays off 600+ staff, around 7.5% of its workforce, in bid to turn a profit, as company's founders take a 100% pay cut
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Google.org donates $11.5M to 10 orgs focused on racial equality in justice system, including $5M to Center for Policing Equity that tracks police behavior
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K2 Global announces new $183M fund focused on early stage startups aiming to expand globally
K2 Global is announcing a $183 million venture capital fund targeted at early stage startups with global aspirations. The fund is closing significantly larger than the $58 million the firm initially ...
Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt, which has 40M+ registered members, for $36M in cash, including $3M of assumed liabilities
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Source: Amazon considers bundling upgraded WorkMail, WorkDocs, and Chime apps to offer AWS productivity app suite to compete with G Suite and Office 365
Amazon Web Services dominates the market for cloud server and storage services and has made inroads in other enterprise technologies like databases. Tweets: @jasonlk and @jessicalessin Tweets: Jason M...
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