Latest Shadow Brokers dump includes evidence NSA hacked SWIFT transaction system in the Middle East, has new exploits for older Windows versions up to Windows 8
For eight months, the hacker group known as Shadow Brokers has trickled out an intermittent drip of highly classified NSA data.
Microsoft says Windows exploits disclosed by Shadow Brokers have been patched on all currently supported versions of Windows
Microsoft says it has already patched the Windows exploits released by the Shadow Brokers group. The hacking tools, likely originating from the NSA …
Apple received permit to test autonomous vehicles in California; DMV spokesman says Apple applied to test three 2015 Lexus RX450h vehicles
Apple has received a permit to test autonomous cars in California, the first official confirmation that the maker of the iPhone sees the century-old automobile …
Robert Taylor, the innovator who played key roles in the invention of Arpanet, the Alto computer, and the computer mouse, dies at 85
Like many inventions, the internet was the work of many inventors. But perhaps no one deserves more credit for that world-changing technological leap …
Microsoft confirms that just 13 Windows Phone models will officially support the Windows 10 Creators Update
Microsoft is rolling out a new test builds for Windows 10 to phone Insiders (and to PC users), while acknowledging that only a dozen or so Windows Phone models will get Windows 10 Creators Update.
Uber shares Q4 2016 numbers: gross bookings up 28% QoQ to $6.9B, net revenue up 74% QoQ to $2.9B, net loss up 5% to $991M
The ride-hailing giant opens up its books for the first time in an interview with Bloomberg. — by — Uber Technologies Inc. isn't required to report its finances publicly …
VMware says it is acquiring Wavefront, a cloud monitoring company that had previously raised $63.5M
VMware said it is buying Wavefront, a startup that specializes in metrics monitoring for cloud networking. The acquisition lets VMware “leapfrog into application management …
Stanford and Princeton researchers create ad-blocker that uses computer vision, can evade all known anti ad-blockers; available as a proof of concept on Chrome
A team of Princeton and Stanford University researchers has fundamentally reinvented how ad-blocking works …
Deep learning AI systems, which may help make important decisions in the future, are neither understandable to their creators nor accountable to their users
No one really knows how the most advanced algorithms do what they do. That could be a problem.
Microsoft reveals first FBI National Security Letter in transparency report, says US foreign intelligence surveillance requests doubled from H2 2015 to H1 2016
Microsoft published its biannual transparency report on Thursday, revealing its first National Security Letter from the FBI.
Uber tells restaurants using UberRush to switch to UberEats by May 8; spokeswoman says UberRush will focus on backend delivery logistics for merchants
Uber, Travis Kalanick's smartphone-based … Catherine Shu / TechCrunch : Report: UberRush will stop handling restaurant deliveries Tweets: Alison Griswold / @alisongriswold : A former employee told me ...
Facebook rolling out tech that analyzes patterns to find fake accounts that can spread misinformation, malware, and falsely boost page rankings
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Japan's NHK: Apple considering multibillion dollar investment in Toshiba's chip business for stake of more than 20%
Google retires the Octane JavaScript benchmark, since developers are making optimizations to boost scores at the expense of real world performance
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New Zealand's isolation, plus political upheaval in the US and Europe has made the country a draw for tech talent
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — In the South Pacific, software no longer needs a hard sell. — New Zealand has long wanted to be a tech hub, but distance was an issue.
A look at the opportunities and challenges facing Uber in India, where rival Ola, weak infrastructure, and under-educated drivers test the company's ambitions
BANGALORE, India — Nandini Balasubramanya's office here on the southern edge of India's technology capital does not look … Tweets: @gopalsathe and @deepakshenoy Tweets: @gopalsathe : Yes @nytimes - be...
UBS report analyzing 1M+ listings in 127 markets quantifies negative impact of regulations on Airbnb's business; stricter regulations hit NYC, Barcelona hardest
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Peloton raises $60M Series B from Omnitracs, Intel Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, Volvo Group, and others for its driver assist system for fleets of trucks
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A look at adversarial images, which target and trick AI systems into misidentifying people or objects
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Blink Health, an app that helps people save money on prescription medications, raises $90M Series B led by 8VC, bringing total raised to $165M
Lydia Ramsey / Business Insider :
Inside troubled cybersecurity firm Tanium, which was valued at $3.5B in the latest round in 2015, and has had 9 senior executives leave in the past 8 months
Bloomberg :
PagerDuty, provider of performance monitoring and notification tools for mission-critical applications, raises $43.8M Series C from Accel, a16z, Bessemer, more
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