EU Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing search engine dominance by promoting its own shopping service, gives 90 days to end conduct or face penalties
The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules.
Ransomware attack hits Russia's top oil producer Rosneft, several Ukrainian banks, Ukrainian companies including state power distributor and other utilities
Ukraine's government, banks and electricity grid hit hardest by cyber-attack, but companies from Saint-Gobain in France to Rosneft in Russia also affected
Ransomware attack spreads to firms and agencies in Britain, US, and Netherlands, including ad firm WPP, a US law firm, and shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk
A major ransomware attack has brought businesses to a close throughout Europe, in an infection reminiscent of last month's WannaCry attack.
Google says it “respectfully disagrees” with the EU Commission's decision and will review it in detail as it considers an appeal
When you shop online, you want to find the products you're looking for quickly and easily. And advertisers want to promote those same products.
Apple has acquired eye-tracking firm SensoMotoric Instruments, documents show
Apple has almost certainly acquired German computer vision company SensoMotoric Instruments, a provider of eye tracking glasses and systems, based on evidence compiled by MacRumors.
Sources: Sprint enters into exclusive talks with Charter and Comcast on wireless deal, merger discussions with T-Mobile put on hold
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In a new partnership with Microsoft, Box will start offering storage on Azure while its salespeople will pitch Azure to customers
The two companies now have a co-selling agreement. — Box and Microsoft are going to start working together in a new area: Sales.
Zillow sends cease and desist letter to architectural criticism blog McMansion Hell for using its images for parody
Real estate aggregator site Zillow has sent a cease and desist letter to the creator of McMansion Hell, the most popular lampooner of suburban ticky-tacky monstrosities.
Amazon Echo Show review: Alexa takes great advantage of the low-resolution touchscreen, speaker quality is better than Echo; device is a good value at $230
that goes live _whether you want it to or not_. http://twitter.com/... Charlie Kindel / @ckindel : “It...answers questions, sets your timers, & occasionally displays useful information. That's it, & t...
Tim Westergren steps down as Pandora CEO; CFO Naveen Chopra takes over in interim
Senior Music Editor @jemaswad — After a flurry of rumors beginning Sunday that Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren would step down as CEO, the company made the announcement officially on Tuesday mornin...
Amazon rolls out Alexa intercom function, letting users “drop in” on Echo speakers remotely from another Echo device or the Alexa smartphone app
Amazon is taking a big step forward in its quest to turn Alexa into the operating system for the home.
Cloudflare launches an app development platform, Cloudflare Apps, and announces $100M Cloudflare Development Fund for startups
Cloudflare launched a brand new app development platform today called Cloudflare Apps, and announced the $100 million Cloudflare Developer Fund, started by its investors to back some of the better ide...
iOS 11 to display blue status bar more prominently and detail which apps are actively using location data
Apple's new mobile operating systemiOS 11, which ships to the public in September, will give users a better understanding over how apps are using their location data.
Drive.ai raises $50M Series B led by NEA for retrofit kits to bring self-driving to existing fleets
Self-driving technology startup Drive.ai has raised a $50 million Series B funding round, led by NEA and with participation from GGV and previous investors, including Series A lead Northern Light.
iOS 11 preview, as its public beta goes live today: complexity added to features without sacrificing simplicity of iOS, but multitasking is still limited
here's how to get it Carly Page / Inquirer : Apple's first iOS 11 public beta is available now Napier Lopez / The Next Web : iOS 11: The best new features in one handy list Rob LeFebvre / Engadget : A...
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube form Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, building on EU Internet Forum, Shared Industry Hash Database initiatives
Apple leases small fleet of cars from Hertz to test self-driving tech, according to documents from California's DMV; Hertz stock jumps 13%+
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Vimeo says it will not be launching the subscription video service it announced three years ago
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Impressive first glimpses of simple ARKit apps, like a virtual measuring tape, suggest Apple is closer to delivering AR to masses than Google's Tango
PIN Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Comment: Better performance or not, ARKit on iOS 11 is already destroying Google's Tango Andrew Kemendo / TechCrunch : Rumors of the demise of augmented reality developer...
Debian Linux dev reveals Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake processors have hyper-threading bug, which can lead to erratic system behavior including data loss, freezes
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Veteran search marketing reporter Danny Sullivan steps back from chief content officer to advisor role at Search Engine Land, says he's undecided on what's next
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Facebook video ad viewability rates range from 20% to 30%, far below the industry average, according to nine agency execs who started using third-party auditors
Facebook's metrics woes may be far from over. — After fessing up to a string of measurement errors over the past six months … Tweets: @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Facebook v...
Cybersecurity AI startup SparkCognition raises $32.5M Series B led by Verizon Ventures with Boeing HorizonX participating
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Reuters report: ad blocking growth stalls, 18% of 18-24-year-olds in US pay for online news, 33% of same age globally use social media as their main news source
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