Leaked document shows recommended minimum specs for Windows 10 Cloud OS devices: quad-core Celeron or better CPU, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, 40 WHr+ battery
A new low-cost Surface device and Windows 10 Cloud OS combo could do some serious damage to Google's Chromebook ambitions in U.S. schools.
Sources: Apple hired two executives who worked on satellites at Google, held talks with Boeing about investment or partnership in Boeing's satellite venture
Apple said to have held talks about investing in Boeing satellite broadband project — After revolutionizing phones …
Samsung and Google partner to make Google Play Music the default music service on new Samsung phones and tablets worldwide, starting with Galaxy S8 and S8+
Samsung and Google today announced a new partnership that will make Google Play Music the default music player and music service including …
Waymo filing: during deposition this week, Uber engineer “was forced to admit” that Uber was working on a second, more Waymo-like Lidar and hid it from court
An Uber self-driving Volvo drives in Pittsburgh Friday, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Qualcomm CEO: first Windows 10 PC with Snapdragon 835 is scheduled for Q4 2017
But don't expect a flood of Windows 10 PCs based on ARM chips — If you want a Windows 10 PC that doesn't have an x86 chip from Intel or AMD, your wish will be granted in the fourth quarter.
IHS estimates Samsung's Galaxy S8, which retails starting at $720, costs $307.50 to manufacture, $43.34 more than it cost to make the Galaxy S7 last year
The Galaxy S8 bill of materials reaches $301.60 — Samsung's Galaxy S8 is more expensive than last year's Galaxy S7 …
The Guardian confirms it has stopped publishing its articles to Apple News and Facebook Instant Articles
Publishers aren't happy with the deal platforms are cutting them. Now, the Guardian has dropped both Facebook's fast-loading Instant Article format and removed its content from Apple News.
Quora raises $85M round led by Y Combinator to expand internationally and develop its ads business; CEO Adam D'Angelo says the platform has 190M monthly uniques
EXCLUSIVE: — Quora is known for being an under-the-radar company. But in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat …
YouTube says 12M videos, including those with LGBTQ+ topics, are now available in Restricted Mode after fix, adds way to report videos wrongly excluded
YouTube today claims to have fixed an issue with its service that was causing it to incorrectly filter content in “Restricted Mode” …
Sources: Google and partners in Coalition for Better Ads are working on a tool designed for publishers to filter some ads; IAB head says tool isn't ad blocker
A Chrome feature to filter ads is coming — just don't call it an ad-blocker. — After seven months of work …
Machine learning data management startup SafeGraph raises $16M Series A from IDG Ventures and 100+ high-profile individual investors
San Francisco-based machine learning data management startup SafeGraph Inc. has raised a $16 million funding round led by IDG Ventures USA but including …
Sources: after performing some pilot work, Palantir never signed full-fledged contract with NSA; Palantir CEO called CIA “recalcitrant” in 2015 staff meeting
Palantir Technologies, the Silicon Valley data company co-founded by billionaire investor Peter Thiel …
Elon Musk reveals plans for his startup Neuralink, says initial focus is on developing neural implants for treating brain injuries, to explore telepathy later
This is the craziest thing I've read in a while. Gina Hall / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Musk reveals plans for his Bay Area neural implants startup Matt McFarland / CNNMoney : Elon Musk's new p...
Researchers find 10 vulnerabilities in 20+ Linksys Smart Wi-Fi routers; Linksys issues security advisory to mitigate risks until new firmware is available
Alex Barnsbee / IOActive Labs Research :
Huawei admits it uses slower flash memory chips in some P10 smartphones due to supply constraints
Richard Lai / Engadget :
Verizon delays Bixby Amazon shopping feature in Samsung Galaxy S8
Ben Fox Rubin / CNET :
Netmarble Games prices IPO in Korea, raising as much as $2.3B and valuing company at $11B+
Sam Kim / Bloomberg :
Groq, a stealth startup founded by Google Tensor Processing Unit project engineers and Chamath Palihapitiya, has raised $10.3M
Ari Levy / CNBC :
Duolingo launches $10/month subscription option with no ads and the option to download language lessons for offline use
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Sources: Snapchat acquired geofilter patent from defunct Instagram competitor Mobli for $7.7M
Yaniv Feldman / Geektime :
Beijing-based SenseTime, which develops facial recognition tech, announces $60M round led by Sailing Capital; company had revealed a $120M round in December
Pan Yue / China Money Network :
The Daily Mail has not been banned from Wikipedia as previously reported, but editors are discouraged from linking to it when better sources exist
Nicole Kobie / The Outline : Tweets: @joshuatopolsky Tweets: Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsky : According to Wikipedia editors, BuzzFeed and the Daily Mail are unreliable, but RT and Breitbart are f...
Sources: Facebook is offering publishers a monthly sum in exchange for a minimum amount of produced video, to host mid-roll ads
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