Travis Kalanick resigns as Uber CEO, sources say after pressure from Benchmark, First Round, Lowercase, Menlo, and Fidelity; he will remain on Uber's board
Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and that he built …
Tesla confirms departure of Autopilot VP Chris Lattner, hires AI expert Andrej Karpathy as director of AI and Autopilot
Chris Lattner, who Tesla announced in January was hired from Apple Inc. as vice president of Autopilot software, has left Elon Musk's Silicon Valley auto maker.
Video: Scott Forstall and early iPhone engineers talk about the iPhone's creation, its demonstration to Cingular/AT&T, and more at the Computer History Museum
Don't miss this. Seriously. — Highlights — Steve Jobs hated a guy at Microsoft who claimed their tablet PC …
Snap adds Snap Map to Snapchat, offering global view of friends' locations in Bitmoji form, accessed by zooming out of default camera view
Snapchat's next big feature wants to get you to meet up with friends in real-life rather than just watching each other's lives on your phones.
Spotify now lets users build group playlists with their friends in Facebook Messenger
Spotify is excited to introduce Group Playlists for Messenger, a new experience for creating playlists with friends on a messaging app they already know and love. — With Group Playlists for Messenge...
Pinterest updates its Lens camera app with zoom, tap to focus on an item, and improved camera roll support
Pinterest's camera search tool, Lens, is getting a makeover today with some updated including the ability to zoom in and out and tap to focus, and making it easier to search with Lens from photos they...
“Stack Clash” memory management flaw found in Linux, BSD, Solaris, allows privilege escalation to root; patches are available
An important memory corruption defense in Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris can be bypassed by attackers to obtain root privileges and take complete control of affected systems.
Twitch signs exclusive esports deal that includes 20 Overwatch, Hearthstone, Heroes events and in-game content for Twitch Prime members
If you're paying for Twitch Prime, you're going to be getting free stuff in Blizzard's biggest games thanks to a new deal between the two companies.
White House posts 20 minute video of Trump's American Tech Council meeting with 18 tech execs, notably missing representation from Facebook, Twitter
Silicon Valley is taking a field trip to D.C. — This is “tech week” at the White House, and that means Silicon Valley's tech giants …
Sources on White House tech meeting: Cook and Trump discuss immigration reform, Google talks AI, tech firms push back on tying H-1B visas to high paying jobs
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Microsoft launches Stream, its Office 365 business video service to replace Office 365 Video, integrated into many Microsoft services including SharePoint
Microsoft's replacement for Office 365 Video, a service known as Microsoft Stream, is beginning its phased roll-out globally.
SoftBank invests $100M in Boston-based cybersecurity firm Cybereason, which uses behavioral analytics to detect threats
Cybereason, a Boston-based cybersecurity firm specializing in end-point detection and response to digital security breaches, on Wednesday announced it secured …
Toshiba says it's chosen a Japanese consortium to buy its microchip business, overlooking US-based Western Digital; full details of the deal expected next week
HONG KONG — As Toshiba, the embattled technology giant, battles for survival, it has turned to a group led by the Japanese government …
Etsy to layoff an additional 15% of its global workforce, totaling 22% or 230 jobs this year, expects to incur $12.5M-$16.8M severance charges, other exit costs
Etsy is reorganizing behind-the-scenes, which includes another reduction of 15% to its global workforce.
MongoDB launches Stitch, a new backend as a service product, and Mongo Charts, coming fall; says Atlas now runs on Microsoft Azure and Google's Cloud Platform
MongoDB is hosting its annual developer conference in Chicago this week and no good developer conference would be complete without a few product launches.
Intel discontinues compute modules Edison, Joule, and Galileo, plus Recon Jet Pro Plus eyewear for enterprise, the Recon Jet Pro, and Recon Jet
Intel has killed off several Internet of Things products it once hoped would keep it in the race for connected devices.
Rick and Jill Larson, owners of the studio at the center of the Netflix OITNB leak, reveal what happened when they were targeted by hackers, including extortion
Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @jank0 … Larson Studios president Rick Larson and his wife and business partner …
Adobe Q2 beats forecasts with record $1.77B revenue, up 26.7% YoY, as cloud software revenue hits $4.56B
Read next … Adobe on Tuesday added to its already hefty 2017 gains after the software maker unveiled a bigger-than-expected rise in quarterly sales that reflected continued progress …
OnePlus found to again manipulate benchmarks to maximize scores, this time with OnePlus 5; firm claims benchmark apps “run in a state similar to daily usage”
this time on the OnePlus 5 Mark Wilson / BetaNews : OnePlus 5 cheats in benchmarks for a performance boost Tech2 : By tampering with review units, OnePlus is disrespecting its customers: Here's how it...
Sources: BMC Software and CA consider combining companies to take CA private
New York-based CA has a market value of about $13.2 billion — BMC Software has been owned by Bain, Golden Gate since 2013 — BMC Software Inc. and CA Inc. are considering a potential deal …
Cisco announces service it claims can detect malware in encrypted traffic, amid fierce competition in its switching biz, 6 straight quarters of falling revenue
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A look at AMD's future in servers with today's launch of its EPYC enterprise-class processors, with configurations up to 32 cores and 64 threads per processor
Ian Cutress / AnandTech :
Uber and Lyft have spent up to $2.3M in '17 on lobbying to push for a Texas bill so they could reenter Austin after city rejected Prop 1 fingerprint initiative
The rival companies banded together and spent millions of dollars on political campaigns and state lobbying to get the ride-hailing law they wanted. Tweets: @lionelgeek and @leolaporte . Thanks: @roge...
South Korean web host Nayana agrees to $1M extortion fee after 153 servers hit by ransomware, after negotiating the sum down from ~$1.6M
Alfred Ng / CNET :
German police raid homes of 36 accused of hateful posts on social media including threats, coercion, and incitement to racism, amid push for social media bill
David Shimer / New York Times :
Uber adds option to tip US drivers, starting in 3 cities, and other ways to earn like being paid for waiting on riders to show, as part of “180 days of change”
Posted by Aaron Schildkrout … Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch : Uber adds tipping Louise Matsakis / Motherboard : Uber Will Now Share Its Teen Fee With Drivers Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Uber adds tippi...
Adobe reports net income rising to $374M, up from $244M YoY, revenue up 26.7% to $1.77B
PayPal and Venmo now allow instant bank transfers, amid competition from Square Cash, Zelle, and Apple's P2P payments in iMessages for iOS 11
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Netflix tests interactive episodes for kids which allow different storylines to be chosen, available on select smart TVs, Roku, and iOS devices
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Microsoft Garage debuts Dictate, an add-in for Office that uses Cortana's speech recognition for dictation, competing with Nuance and Windows OS-level solutions
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Department of Labor: Zenefits agrees to pay $3.4M in unpaid overtime to 743 of its employees and let the DoL monitor its labor practices to ensure compliance
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Jaguar Land Rover will fast-track job applicants who perform well in puzzle-based app, echoing a broader industry shift towards screening via apps
Amie Tsang / New York Times :
Kickstarter Gold program debuts to bring back popular projects with a twist for new funding, launching today with 50 projects curated by Kickstarter
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Experts warn that repeated cyberattacks on Ukraine, including mass power outages in Kiev, are evidence of Russia testing its offensive cyber capabilities
Andy Greenberg / Wired : Tweets: @wired and @zekejmiller . Thanks: @gfififi Tweets: @wired : “The people who understand the US power grid know that it can happen here.” http://www.wired.com/... http:...
Misty Robotics, a spinoff of toymaker Sphero, raises $11.5M Series A led by Venrock and Foundry Group to create a mainstream robot for the home
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
Status, a messaging app and mobile browser to help users interact with apps on the ethereum network, raises $44M in its ICO
Corin Faife / Motherboard :
Source: Khosla, Sam Altman, and a16z-backed Teespring, once valued at $650M, was valued at ~$11M in latest round
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @cat_zakrzewski , @westcoastbill , and @caseynewton . Thanks: @patiencehaggin Tweets: Cat Zakrzewski / @cat_zakrzewski : Teespring's valuation plummets...
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