Asus launches 13.3-inch Zenbook Flip S convertible with 4K display and 11.5 hours of battery life starting at $1,099, and Zenbook Pro, Zenbook 3 Deluxe laptops
Asus just finished its Computex Taipei 2017 press conference, and in a surprising departure for the Taiwanese company, it was totally straightforward.
AlphaGo retires from competitive Go after defeating world number one 3-0
AlphaGo is going out on top. After beating Ke Jie, the world's best player of the ancient Chinese board game Go, for the third time today at the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, Google's DeepMind unit ...
ARM announces next-generation CPUs and GPUs focused on efficient machine learning; ARM Cortex-A75 is new flagship mobile chip, now with 22% better performance
ML plus AI, AR, and VR — ARM is taking on the full set of trendy initialisms — On the eve of Computex …
How blockchain-based tokens will transform the financing of technology
Tokens are early today, but will transform technology tomorrow. — In 2014, we wrote that “Bitcoin is more than money, and more than a protocol. It's a model and platform for true crowdfunding—open,...
Alfa, a UK-based financial software provider, closed up 30% on its first day of trading Friday, after raising £254M in what was UK's biggest tech IPO since 2015
Stock market capitalisation of financial software group rises to more than £1bn — Read next
14 people who say their names were used as part of 450K anti-net neutrality comments without permission ask FCC for public disclosure, removal of fake comments
FCC should investigate and throw out fake comments, impersonation victims say. — Fourteen people who say their names …
Despite their disruptive potential for powering infrastructure, it is unlikely that blockchains and cryptocurrencies will gain widespread consumer adoption
Cryptocurrencies are booming beyond belief. Bitcoin is up sevenfold, to $2,500, in the last year.
Study: after switching exclusively to HTTPS, Wikipedia saw fewer instances of government censorship
Harvard researchers found fewer instances of Wikipedia censorship after the site started encrypting all of its traffic. — “Knowledge is power,” as the old saying goes …
Prumentum Group wants to combine robo-advisor tech with human advice for wealth management, raises $25M Series A, reveals stake in finance advice firm Plancorp
A new wealth management startup called Prumentum Group is coming to market with a unique value proposition …
Sources: DirecTV Now lost 3K customers in February while growth in March was roughly flat
New subscribers to web-TV service have slowed in early 2017 — AT&T CEO: We've ‘pulled back’ on marketing after fast start — AT&T Inc.'s live online video service, DirecTV Now …
Citizen Lab report details how emails phished from journalist critical of Russia were falsified, then leaked for disinformation campaign; 200+ others targeted
Phishing to Propaganda Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News : Fancy Bear Hackers Tainted Dumped Emails with False Data Andy Greenberg / Wired : Security News This Week: Bug Bounties Pay But Piracy Doesn't T...
Demandbase raises $65M Series H to boost AI capabilities of its targeted B2B marketing cloud service
Businesses spend around $40 billion a year on digital content marketing, and Demandbase, which announced a $65 million financing round on Thursday, is looking to cut itself a slice of the pie.
Samsung Electronics to separate semiconductor foundry business into a new unit and lays out foundry process roadmap, revealing 4nm process generation
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Berlin-based Frontier Car Group, which builds and runs marketplaces for used cars in emerging markets, raises $22M
European founders, adept at launching startups which cross many international borders are fast ganging a reputation for launching in emerging markets.
Sources: Delivery Hero plans to announce by mid-June a Frankfurt IPO at a valuation of about $4.5B
Educated guesses on who the Shadow Brokers are and how they acquired their NSA exploits
Bruce Schneier / The Atlantic :
FDA to open a unit of 13 engineers including devs, experts in AI and cloud computing, to keep pace with changes to medical devices powered by machine learning
FDA's Bakul Patel envisions a new regulatory approach to digital health
As rumors about Apple's glucose tracker intensify, a look at scientific and technological challenges to non-invasive blood sugar monitoring
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Inside DoD's Digital Defense Service, which revamps tools and procedures lagging behind the private sector, and draws Silicon Valley talent for two-year tours
Issie Lapowsky / Wired : Tweets: @mattcutts Tweets: Matt Cutts / @mattcutts : This piece gets to the heart of how & why US tech geeks are helping to improve government. These folks are amazing. http:...
Chetan Sharma: after 17 straight years of QoQ growth, cellular data revenues dropped in Q1 2017
Karl Bode / Techdirt : Tweets: @whatthebit Tweets: Stefan Constantine / @whatthebit : can we get someone to compare this to other mature Western markets? i know in Finland, my phone bill was like $15...
VCs invested over $300M last year in startups building apps, monitoring devices, and services to improve sleep
TechCrunch : Tweets: @raju , @alex , and @louisgray Tweets: Raju Narisetti / @raju : Guaranteed to lose a lot of sleep over about $275 million of that... http://twitter.com/... @alex : Via @jglasner ...
Zillow announces competition with $1M prize for person or team who most improves its Zestimate algorithm, with the final round ending Jan 2019
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How apps like De Dao, fewer entertainment options, and widespread adoption of mobile payments are fueling a paid content boom in China
Selina Wang / Bloomberg : Tweets: @jennijenni Tweets: Jen Ryall / @jennijenni : “For years, China was known mostly for copying U.S. innovations. Now, the copy-catting is flowing the other way.” http:...
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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