Yahoo's head lawyer Ron Bell was fired over 2014 breach; CEO Marissa Mayer lost cash bonuses from 2016 and stock awards from 2017
The blame for the massive breach falls on Ron Bell and not where it belongs — at the top. — Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer has gotten her pay docked …
Yahoo says forged cookie hack affected 32M accounts, targeted 26 specific accounts, and was connected to the same state-sponsored attackers behind 2014 breach
Nation-sponsored attackers targeted 26 specific accounts. — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said she'll forego her 2016 bonus …
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X review: excellent eight-core workstation performance at half the price of Intel, but weak gaming performance especially in modern titles
Review: an excellent workstation CPU, but it doesn't game as hard as we hoped. — It's finally happened.
Snap starts trading at $24 per share, valuing the company at around $33B, 41% above $17 original price
SNAP starts trading. — Snap, the company that runs Snapchat, opened on the New York Stock Exchange this morning at $24 per share. It raised $3.4 billion in its initial public offering (IPO) at a $2...
Gmail increases size limits for inbound attachments to 50MB but keeps 25MB send size limit
Email really isn't designed to handle massive files being sent along with messages... but then, since the standard has been in use for decades, it's been modified in a lot of ways that weren't origina...
Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell says Mac support for Rift isn't on six month product roadmap
While so many virtual reality hardware companies have been tasked only with selling their own product, Oculus has had the intense challenge of building the entire industry's ecosystem for the last sev...
Microsoft unveils Xbox Live Creators Program in preview for indie developers to self-publish games to Xbox marketplace
With the new Xbox Live Creators Program — Microsoft today announced a new initiative to let any game developer create and sell games on its Xbox platform without having …
SEC advisory committee to review Snap's decision to deny shareholders voting rights next week to see if it also reduces disclosures on executive pay, governance
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Microsoft says the Acer Mixed Reality Development Edition tethered headset will ship to devs this month; retail version slated to cost $299
The first Windows Mixed Reality headsets will start shipping to developers later this month, as Microsoft works to distribute the Acer Mixed Reality …
Prisma, which turns your photos into paintings using AI, launches store to download free filters and a desktop tool to create filters based on other photos
Prisma, that app that turns your photos into paintings using AI, is about to get a ton of new filters.
Netflix says its new AI-based video encoding, which matches the level of compression to scene content, delivers higher quality video over slow connections
Annoying pauses in your streaming movies are going to become less common, thanks to a new trick Netflix is rolling out.
Microsoft renames Windows Holographic to Windows Mixed Reality
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Twitter partners with ESL and Dreamhack to broadcast tournaments and e-sports events live starting March 4, will also broadcast 30-minute weekly e-sports show
After making a move into streaming traditional sports, Twitter will now start streaming e-sports.
Google updates Allo with GIF sharing, animated emoji, and one tap to reach Assistant
Google has updated its smart messaging app Allo with three new features. The new version is rolling out worldwide for Android today and is coming to iOS “soon” — you can grab it from Google Play and ...
Facebook releases video app for Apple TV that categorizes video into Shared by Friends, Following, Recommended, Top Live Videos, Saved Videos, and more
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White House official: the administration doesn't want to reform FISA surveillance law, supports its “clean reauthorization”
Docker debuts Enterprise Edition, which includes a container runtime, orchestration tools, and security and management features, for broader corporate adoption
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Enterprise analytics platform Incorta raises $10M Series A led by GV to help deliver its “direct data mapping engine” product
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Box reports Q4 revenue of $109.9M, up 29% YoY, vs $108.9M expected, operating loss down to $36.4M, and, for the first time, positive free cash flow of $10M
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Sources: Instacart in advanced talks to raise $400M in new funding at $3B valuation with Sequoia Capital leading the deal
as other on-demand startups die around it Tweets: Bryce Roberts / @bryce : Messing with drivers pay is “not something that investors apparently believe will have negative long-term consequences” http:...
Pure Storage reports Q4 revenue of $227.9M, up 52% YoY, and a net loss of $1.4M; stock falls 6%+ after hours after worse than expected Q1 outlook
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As was expected, FCC votes to stay a set of privacy rules for broadband providers, adopted last year, which would have come into effect tomorrow
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Medium debuts Series feature for its mobile app, similar to Snapchat Stories, but Series don't expire and users can subscribe to updates
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Octane AI opens up from private beta, launches Convos, which provides way to convert blog into a format suited for bots within Facebook Messenger
Octane AI Convos: It's the script that matters Tim Peterson / Marketing Land : How Facebook Messenger bots can now push out native, episodic content Marketwire : Octane AI comes out of beta and unveil...
Google unveils “playable” ad format for Android game developers that lets users play an in-ad lightweight version of a game and other tools
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Foursquare debuts Pilgrim SDK to license its location data to mobile app devs and improve notifications; pricing will be tiered based on app's number of users
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GitHub debuts $21/month Business offering hosted on GitHub rather than customer servers, and supporting SAML single sign-on, user provisioning, and more
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Oculus drops price of Rift headset and Touch wireless controllers by $100 each, together now $598
Alex Heath / Business Insider :
Udacity buys CloudLabs, a five-person startup that built interactive coding environments, in its first-ever acquisition
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