Sources: Uber has a program to identify enforcement officers and stealthily prevent them from successfully hailing cars, to help drivers avoid sanctions
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service …
Uber VP of product and growth Ed Baker has resigned after 3+ years; an anonymous email to Arianna Huffington and reporters included complaint about his conduct
His departure is tinged by allegations made about him to those investigating the ride-hailing company's loose culture.
USCIS says it's temporarily suspending expedited processing of H-1B visas, an option often used by tech companies, for up to six months, beginning April 3
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will temporarily suspend expedited processing for all H-1B petitions starting April 3, according to the agency's website.
Sources and public records shed light on Pentagon program developing cyberweapons to sabotage North Korean missiles before they lift off
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, President Barack Obama ordered Pentagon officials to step up their cyber and electronic strikes against North Korea's missile program …
Appeals court invalidates Smartflash patents that Apple was ordered to pay $533M for infringing
Massive verdict would have been largest ever for a non-practicing entity. — It looked like Smartflash LLC had Apple right where it wanted it after a jury awarded the patent-holding company $533 mill...
As Facebook begins adding “disputed” labels, a look at how Facebook took a full week to label one made-up story from a fake news site as “disputed”
Coming to your feed: A “disputed” label for bogus stories. — That bogus story about Donald Trump your uncle posted on Facebook?
Facebook testing emoji reactions, including a thumbs-down button, on messages in Messenger
Facebook finally has a Dislike button, but it's not where you'd expect. — How do you reply to a specific message in a rapid-fire chat thread? Facebook wants you to attach emojis …
Researchers uncover PowerShell Trojan that uses DNS queries to get its orders
Delivered by “secure” Word doc, pure PowerShell malware fetches commands from DNS TXT records. — Researchers at Cisco's Talos threat research group are publishing research today on a targeted attack...
Microsoft sheds more light on how “Game Mode” in the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update will improve gaming performance
Plus details on strict limitations for UWP apps running on the Xbox One. — SAN FRANCISCO—A few months ago, Microsoft announced that its upcoming Windows …
Facebook adds option for Messenger bots to provide persistent menu instead of text entry field, another move away from text-based conversations for chat bots
Messenger bots can prevent people from typing in text to reply and make them use non-native menu buttons instead.
Snap joins other recent big exits for Lightspeed, which include Nutanix and AppDynamics; Lightspeed also invested early in MuleSoft, The Honest Company, Affirm
A decade ago, Lightspeed Venture Partners was an obscure firm investing in highly technical startups that were mostly unknown outside of Silicon Valley.
Sources: Amazon is testing Alexa-powered devices that can make phone calls and act as intercoms, may launch new devices this year
Jason Del Rey / Recode :
Square buys assets of OrderAhead, a service for placing takeout orders at restaurants ahead of time; Square's Caviar launches its own restaurant pickup service
Selina Wang / Bloomberg :
Hands-on with LG's SteamVR compatible headset prototype, which seems like a strong competitor to HTC Vive
Ben Lang / Road to VR :
NBCUniversal invested $500M in Snap IPO as part of a strategic investment and partnership, making it the only US media company with a stake
Andrew Ross Sorkin / CNBC :
White House taps Michael Kratsios, formerly chief of staff at Thiel Capital, as deputy CTO
Kate Conger / TechCrunch :
How iPhone users clicking on a malicious Twitter link forced their phones to dial 911, overwhelming 911 call centers in atleast a dozen US states last October
(2:21) A girl describes how clicking a link took over her phone — The link's origin wasn't obvious because it had been shortened using … Tweets: @geraldfseib , @msquinn , @sub8u , @antrod , and @rya...
Apple temporarily stopped buying cobalt mined by hand in Congo after Sky News news found continuing problems with child labor and harsh work conditions
Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post :
GM's Maven car-sharing service launches monthly car rentals, with a Chevrolet Tahoe for $1.5K or Chevrolet Volt for $1.1K, including parking and insurance
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Synaps Labs to test image recognition tech in US this summer letting digital billboard owners target ads based on the car you're driving, after trial in Moscow
Nanette Byrnes / MIT Technology Review :
JetSmarter, the “Uber for private jets”, wanted to charge a Verge reporter $2K if they didn't publish a positive story about their flight after service demo
T.C. Sottek / The Verge : Tweets: @harrymccracken , @padresj , @chillmage , @davidmackau , @backlon , @candicechoi , @sarahbuhr , @danawollman , and @benpopper . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Harry McC...
Report: WeChat's “mini-programs” are off to a shaky start just one month after launch, with disappointing user traction and unfavorable developer sentiment
Eva Xiao / Tech in Asia :
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