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Interview with Tim Berners-Lee on his 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award, the recent privacy vote, clickbait, and online advertisements
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Battery life test shows Galaxy S8+ runs for 8 hours between charges, is second only to iPhone 7 Plus which runs for 9 hours, 5 minutes between charges
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Twitch opens up its Steam-like game store, will give partnered streamers 5% of sales that originate from their channel
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Facebook to allow flagging revenge porn for review and removal, prevent further sharing of removed images on Messenger and Instagram using photo-matching tech
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Cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake Computing raises $100M led by Iconiq Capital
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Huawei launches Honor 8 Pro flagship with 5.7-inch Quad HD display, 8-core Kirin 960 SoC, and 6GB RAM for £475, available to pre-order in UK today
There's Huawei, and then there's Honor. While both are technically the same company, the Honor brand takes some of the best bits …
British public to trial driverless shuttle bus in London over next three weeks; Oxbotica has developed the tech for the shuttle, which travels up to 10mph
Members of the British public are getting their first extended trial of a driverless shuttle bus. — Over the next three weeks …
Amazon ends a legal battle with FTC, will begin refunding consumers up to $70M for in-app purchases made by kids
A federal court decision last year found Amazon was liable for in-app purchases children made without their parents' authorization due to a lack of sufficient safeguards.
Google Play Games Services to drop iOS support, remove Gifts, Requests, and more on Android by March 2018
Google Play Games Services (GPGS) has long supported iOS with game analytics tools and social multi-player features. However, as part of a streamlining effort …
Fifth-generation iPad review: a basic but good and inexpensive device with a starting price of $329, offering the best value in tablets
It's not the latest and the greatest, but iPad (5th generation) is the least expensive full-sized iPad ever — and, for some, that's the feature that matters most.
Study of 120K tech job offers finds in 63% of cases, women received lower salary offers than men at same job in same firm, Latina and black women fare worst
According to a new study involving more than 120,000 job offers transacted on Hired, a jobs marketplace for tech workers …
German cabinet approves plan that could fine social networks up to $53M if companies do not remove hate speech quickly
Germany's cabinet approved a plan on Wednesday to fine social networks up to 50 million euros ($53 million) if they fail to remove hateful postings quickly, prompting concerns the law could limit free...
Microsoft outlines diagnostics data collected by Windows 10 and introduces advanced settings to stop collection, available in the Creators Update
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An in-depth look at recent challenges to Google's search reputation, from fake news sites in results, to disturbing answers from Google Home
The past few months have been bad for Google's search reputation. Long considered the “gold standard” in search, Google has seen its search results questioned as never before. Tweets: @randfish . Tha...
VMware to sell its cloud business vCloud Air to French IaaS provider OVH; OVH to continue providing service as vCloud Air Powered by OVH
Yevgeniy Sverdlik / Data Center Knowledge :
LG G6 review: well designed, which allows for a big screen, but OS updates will be slow, it's expensive, and will likely be outclassed by the Galaxy S8
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Aurora Innovation, founded by ex-CTO of Google's self-driving car project Chris Urmson, has raised $3.1M+ last month, according to an SEC filing
Aurora Innovation, the stealth startup founded by the former CTO of Alphabet's self-driving car project, has raised over $3 million in venture capital funding, according to an SEC filing.
Apple updates its Apple Music for Android app with on-screen lyrics and refreshed iOS 10-style design organized around Library, Browse, For You, Radio sections
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Amazon's marketplace for business customers, Amazon Business, which earned $1B+ in US in year one, opens to £96.5B online business-to-business market in UK
Recently unsealed exhibits in Waymo-Uber suit point to Otto co-founder Lior Ron as second executive facing legal action
Dara Kerr / CNET :
US district judge in Seattle temporarily halts law letting Uber and Lyft drivers unionize, after hearing arguments in case brought by US Chamber of Commerce
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New York's top court rejects Facebook's challenge of 381 search warrants, writing it's up to targets of warrants, not third parties, to argue warrants' validity
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Microsoft launches Sprinkles, an iOS photo editing app that uses AI to suggest photo captions based on subject's emotion and age
but there's no need for Snapchat to panic Chris Burns / SlashGear : Microsoft Sprinkles camera app is fun and not at all depressing Adnan Farooqui / Ubergizmo : Sprinkles Is Microsoft's New AI-Powered...
New bipartisan legislation would outlaw warrantless phone searches of US citizens at the border and prohibit unreasonable delays by law enforcement
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Sources: Square is in talks to “acquihire” Yik Yak's team, with one source saying another firm is also interested; founders likely won't join new company
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Amid falling cash reserves, CFO of Indian online retailer Snapdeal says firm is looking to raise $100M from SoftBank and others
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Yelp acquires Wi-Fi marketing company Turnstyle Analytics for $20 million
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Sources: Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco delayed payroll for US employees this month amid cash squeeze, as some high-profile execs depart to Samsung
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Outsourcing firms with lower-skilled staff may get fewer H-1B visas, leaving more for big US tech firms; Google says changes won't affect its software engineers
Bloomberg : Tweets: @r_bolla , @robertjwash , @nathangenez , and @alantonelson Tweets: Ram Bolla / @r_bolla : H1B's made tougher! @narendramodi @PMOIndia @SushmaSwaraj I guess US just did it!! This w...
How Aadhaar, India's national ID program that includes citizens' biometric data, has reached ubiquitous integration into society and services, worrying critics
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @delitzer , @pranavdixit , @nitashatiku , and @pranavdixit . Thanks: @pranavdixit Tweets: Dan Elitzer / @delitzer : Repeat after me: centralized identity repositorie...
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