Samsung Electronics forecasts record quarterly profit of ~$12B in Q2, up 72% year-over-year
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Friday said its second-quarter operating profit likely rose 72 percent from a year earlier to a new record, beating analyst estimates, as strong memory chip p...
After burying elimination of free plan in ToS update, Photobucket starts demanding $400/year for hosted images, kills client links on Amazon, eBay, other sites
Denver photo-sharing site says it needs to find “sustainable business” … Denver-based Photobucket on Thursday …
Waymo drops 3 of 4 patent infringement claims against Uber, says Uber no longer uses infringing tech; bulk of the case related to trade secrets theft remains
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car division, dropped three of four patent infringement claims in its lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc …
Facebook proposes Willow Campus, “mixed-use village” expansion to its Menlo Park campus with office buildings, housing, retail space, and a grocery store
The proposed village includes offices, home, a grocery store, and parks and plazas — MENLO PARK — Aiming …
Microsoft CIO Jim DuBois departs amid layoffs; Kurt DelBene named chief digital officer
Microsoft's Chief Information Officer Jim DuBois has left his post, the company confirmed Friday. — DuBois was on sabbatical and decided to leave Microsoft as part of the reorganization of its globa...
Qualcomm asks US ITC to ban imports of certain iPhone models using Intel components due to infringement of 6 patents that it claims are not standard-essential
Chipmaker claims infringement by some models and seeks ‘cease and desist’ order — Read next
Amid Unprecedented Controversy, W3C Greenlights DRM for the Web
Early today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards body publicly announced its intention to publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)—a DRM standard for web video—with no safeguards whatsoever ...
Source: Jawbone to be liquidated, as founder Hosain Rahman moves to his new startup, Jawbone Health Hub, providing health-related hardware and software services
Jawbone, the consumer electronics firm once valued at $3 billion, is going out of business. The company has begun liquidation proceedings …
Magistrate judge ruling orders Waymo to disclose details of its deal with Lyft to Uber
A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that Alphabet Inc's self-driving car unit Waymo must disclose documents to attorneys representing Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] about Waymo's partnership with Lyft Inc …
Comma.ai announces Panda, an $88 OBDII dongle that records car performance data, cloud dashcam app Chffr, and Cabana software to interpret collected data
George Hotz, aka geohot, is fidgeting in his living room, wearing dark shades and a giant comma on his t-shirt as he shows …
Dark web market AlphaBay down since Tuesday, prompting fears of law enforcement action or theft of user funds; admins claim the site is down for maintenance
SAN FRANCISCO — The largest online black market for drugs, AlphaBay, has been down for nearly two days, raising questions about whether …
Google and Facebook confirm they will join other companies in a July 12 “day of action” opposing the FCC's plan to change net neutrality rules
The fight over net neutrality just got more interesting as two tech giants said they will step off the sidelines and join a so-called …
Interviews reveal a slow start for Apple's bug bounty program as some feel financial rewards are too small or reporting bugs would prevent research
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Sources: Tencent to launch its most successful mobile game, Honour of Kings, in US, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg :
Amazon Echo Look review: useful for taking hands-free photos and it works well with Alexa, but its outfit analysis needs more work and its speaker is subpar
Lauren Goode / The Verge :
Amazon Prime now has 85M US subscribers, up 35% YoY and double two years ago, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners study finds
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Xiaomi shipped 23.16M smartphones in Q2 2017, up 70% from Q1, says CEO in letter to employees; sales in India increased 328% YoY in first six months of the year
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
SoundCloud cuts 173 employees, or about 40% of its staff, and plans to close its offices in San Francisco and London to cut costs and stay independent
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg :
A look at the changing fortunes of LeEco CEO Jia Yueting, who recently had $181M in assets and $2B in shares frozen and had to step back from his firm
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Sources reveal how UK political parties spent ~£3.2M on online ads during 2017 general election, including efforts to coordinate ad targeting on- and off-line
Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @ruskin147 , @jsavagetweets , @stevenkellow , @josephmdurso , @kadhimshubber , @wallaceme , @g_price , @andydangerfield , and @jimwaterson Tweets: Rory Cellan-Jones ...
After a series of scandals, including a case against news site UploadVR, interviews with people in the VR industry reveal frustration about treatment of women
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