Multiple hospitals across UK hit by ransomware attack, locking staff out of their computers and forcing hospitals to divert emergency patients
Many hospitals having to divert emergency patients, with doctors reporting messages demanding money … Hospitals across England have been hit …
Apple awards Corning a $200M investment from its new Advanced Manufacturing Fund for R&D, capital equipment, and glass processing
$200M Investment Supports Revolutionary Glass Production Methods — Harrodsburg, Kentucky — Apple today announced Corning Incorporated will receive $200 million …
Study by UCSF and Cardiogram app shows Apple Watch paired with deep neural network detects atrial fibrillation, which can lead to stroke, with 97% accuracy
New research conducted by the University of California, San Francisco, in collaboration with Apple Watch app Cardiogram …
Trump signs executive order for extensive review of US government's cybersecurity, but mostly maintains the cyber policy path set by last two administrations
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a long-delayed cybersecurity executive order that is expected to launch sweeping reviews …
Judge in Waymo-Uber suit rejects Uber's bid for private arbitration, sends the case to DOJ for investigation
A judge has denied Uber's request to force Waymo's case against the company into arbitration. — Judge William Alsup's denial is the first major decision in the case since …
Researchers say Conexant audio driver, found on 24+ HP laptops, logs all keystrokes and stores them in an unencrypted file
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Sources: Apple to debut Amazon Prime Video app on Apple TV at WWDC, and Amazon to resume selling Apple TVs
After a fraught few years, Apple and Amazon have reached something of an accord over their rival video efforts. — Sources in position to know tell BuzzFeed News that Amazon's Prime video app …
Microsoft announces Xamarin Live Player, which lets developers run and debug iOS apps directly from Windows, instead of using a Mac
“It's like giving somebody a glass of hell in ice water.” Kevin Gallo / Windows Blog : Windows is home for developers with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : More from Bu...
London-based Improbable raises $502M, led by SoftBank with participation from a16z, to create a platform for building virtual and simulated worlds
Improbable, the London startup that has developed a platform for third parties to build vast virtual and simulated worlds …
Google updates Allo with new image-recognition tool that maps facial features then generates 22 custom emojis
According to Google, the tool could generate 563 quadrillion faces. — Machine learning and artificial intelligence have, for a couple years, been hailed as the death knell …
Microsoft says it's working on bringing Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, and Fedora to the Windows Store
Tech Roundup Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Microsoft brings Fedora, SUSE, and Ubuntu Linux to the Windows Store Terry Myerson / Windows Blog : Build 2017: Sparking the next wave of creativity wit...
Announcements at Build show Microsoft is fully embracing iOS and Android's domination on mobile by focusing on extending Windows experiences to those platforms
An awful lot of people own a Windows PC and an iPhone or Android phone. Rather than being unhappy with that, Microsoft now sees it as an opportunity.
Xiaomi opens first Mi Home store in India in Bengaluru, plans 100 more in two years; the store is being run by a partner to comply with regulations
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is looking to replicate the efficiencies of its online business to offline sales through the launch of physical stores in India.
HP says Conexant keylogging code should not have been included on PCs, issues fix for 2016 models, says fix for 2015 models coming Friday
HP says it has a fix for a flaw that caused a number of its PC models to keep a log of each keystroke a customer was entering.
Sources: Spotify, valued at $13B, plans direct listing on the NYSE in Q4 2017 or Q1 2018; Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Allen & Co. are advising
- Spotify expected to go public as a direct listing on the NYSE between Q4 2017 and Q1 2018, according to sources
Microsoft opens preorders for its Windows Mixed Reality development kits, shipping this summer; Acer's kit costs $299, HP's $329
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Chinese investment into Israel tech companies surged in 2016 as investments into US tech decreased amid increasing regulatory scrutiny
Struggling to seal deals in the United States as regulatory scrutiny tightens, Chinese companies looking to invest in promising technology are finding a warmer welcome for their cash in Israel.
Twitter announces a new deal for year-round NFL content that includes a 30-minute live digital show that will air five nights per week
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Uber to release workplace report to execs in late May before likely releasing to staff on week starting June 5; Huffington will no longer attend Code Conference
Peter Kafka / Recode :
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