Uber fires VP Anthony Levandowski for refusing to cooperate in the Uber vs Waymo case, according to an internal email
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, a vice president of technology and the star engineer leading the company's self-driving automobile efforts …
Nest unveils Cam IQ, a smart home camera with a 4K video sensor that uses Google's AI for facial recognition; preorder now for $299, ships end of June
The Cam IQ presents an intriguing mix of high-fidelity video and smart motion detection and alerts — You'd be forgiven for thinking that Nest …
Microsoft says “Always Connected” Windows 10 ARM PCs are coming from Asus, HP, and Lenovo, and shows Asus and Dell Windows Mixed Reality headsets
This year I had the pleasure of taking the keynote stage with Nick Parker, CVP, consumer and device sales and Matt Barlow, CVP …
Andy Rubin talks about the Essential PH-1 smartphone and Home at Code Conference
Rubin was interviewed live at Code Conference by Walt Mossberg. — Andy Rubin is the creator of Android and built the Danger Hiptop, one of the first devices to merge threaded messaging, email and th...
Essential Home announced as a privacy-focused Amazon Echo competitor, to have a round “auto-display” and be less cloud dependent, reportedly coming late summer
Why rebuild the technology that's already taken over the world? Andrew Myrick / Phandroid : Essential Home looks to take on Amazon's Echo and Google Home Jeff Gamet / The Mac Observer : Essential Home...
Twitter creates Requests inbox that filters DMs from people you don't follow, rollout for iOS and Android apps today, coming to web within months
Twitter may never stop tweaking it's direct messaging function. Last summer, the social network added so many features to the DM tab …
Reddit now lets users tag their posts with location, powered by Foursquare data, coming first to mobile
Reddit has been quietly transforming into a more mature social network, and today it's adding another small but critical piece: the ability to add location tags to posts.
Sony's XZ Premium is available to preorder starting June 12, and goes on sale unlocked from June 19, for $799
Available to pre-order from June 12th and buy unlocked from June 19th — It seems like a long time since Sony unveiled its flagship XZ Premium at MWC in February, but the luxe handset is finally goin...
As China prepares to implement its new cybersecurity law that requires firms to store data in China and more, some experts and businesses worry about its scope
BEIJING — As China moves to start enforcing a new cybersecurity law, foreign companies face a major problem: They know very little about it.
Yandex debuts first self-driving car prototype, which is currently limited to closed-circuit driving, with public tests expected in 2018
When Russia's Yandex revealed that it, too, was working on self-driving cars, it was hard not to be a bit skeptical.
Essential began with a $30M investment from Playground and Redpoint and raised a second round; Tencent, VY, Altimeter, Access Tech logos also visible on site
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Digital drug marketing firm Outcome Health raises nearly $600M from Goldman Sachs, Capital G, and others
Outcome Health says it has nearly closed a $600 million funding round at a multibillion-dollar valuation. The 11-year-old privately held company puts flat screens and tablets …
Uzbekistan bans the import and distribution of 34 computer games, including The Sims to GTA, it deems are “distorting values”
Waze says it's expanding its carpooling service to all of California beginning June 6 after successful tests in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Monterey
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EU agrees to set aside €120M to bring WiFi to 6,000-8,000 municipalities, which currently have limited internet access, by 2020
US Supreme Court rules against Lexmark, finding ink cartridges in printers can be resold despite patent holder restrictions
Yesterday the court added a case … Gene Quinn / IPWatchdog.com : Supreme Court rules Lexmark sales exhausted patent rights domestically and internationally Kate Cox / Consumerist : Why The Supreme Cou...
BlackBerry KEYone will be available in the US May 31 at select Best Buy stores and online from $549.99
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Researchers find 41 Android apps from a single developer with several million downloads that fraudulently click on ads, now removed from Play Store
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Tech and advertiser trade groups helped Congress dismantle Obama-era internet privacy rules
Congressional Republicans knew their plan was potentially explosive. They wanted to kill landmark privacy regulations that would soon ban Internet providers, such as Comcast and AT&T … Tweets: @every...
Google quietly announces it will no longer update or add features to its Nik Collection of free photo editing apps
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Bicycle-sharing is challenging Didi's car-sharing business as China's most popular mode of last-mile transportation
The number of bicycle-sharing users in China will more than double to 50 million by the end of 2017, from 18 million a year ago, according to a forecast. Tweets: @jakeasion , @chintansparikh , @happy_...
Samsung debuts the Notebook 9 Pro with 360-degree hinge, 13.3" and 15" versions, embedded S-Pen, USB-C, more; pricing and release date TBD
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Microsoft Garage launches Your News, a curated news app for Xbox One that streams personalized content from MSN
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Amazon cancels its QVC-like shopping show “Style Code Live”, which launched in March 2016
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Sources: Samsung's Bixby virtual assistant won't debut in the US at least until late June, as it is struggling to comprehend English syntax and grammar
Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @harrymccracken Tweets: Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : Don't ship Bixby until it's great, Samsung. http://twitter.com/...
As Uber proceeds with Eric Holder-led harassment probe, several employees hire personal attorneys amid the mandatory interviews
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