AT&T pretends it loves net neutrality and joins today's Day of Action protest, despite its consistent opposition to it over the years
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Tech giants including Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and many others are rallying today in support of net neutrality
Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google and Twitter are fighting the FCC's changes — Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google …
PayPal added as a payment option on iTunes, App Store, iBooks, and Apple Music in Canada and Mexico, with roll-out in US and other countries soon
Starting today in Canada and Mexico, and rolling out in other countries including the US soon after, PayPal customers will be able to pay for App Store …
Sources: the 2017 Pixel XL, manufactured by LG, will have a 6" AMOLED display with a 2:1 aspect ratio and smaller bezels
The image you see above is what we believe to be an accurate representation of Google's 2017 flagship smartphone, the 2nd-generation Pixel “XL.”
Microsoft officially ends support for Windows Phone 8.1, more than three years after introducing the update, leaving millions of Windows phones unsupported
An end of an era — Microsoft is killing off Windows Phone 8.1 support today, more than three years after the company first introduced the update.
Q&A with Evan Greer of the nonprofit Fight For The Future, who's organizing today's “Net Neutrality Day of Action” protest
Evan Greer is leading a coalition of the world's biggest internet companies to mobilize users to fight the Trump administration's rollback of rules.
Microsoft releases free Seeing AI app on iOS that uses AI to recognize people, objects, and scenes, and narrates the world to blind people
Microsoft has released Seeing AI — a smartphone app that uses computer vision to describe the world for the visually impaired.
Apple to set up first data center in China to comply with new cybersecurity laws, is the first foreign firm to announce amendments to its data storage for China
3 MIN READ — BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday said it is setting up its first data center in China …
Vizio sues financially troubled LeEco over failed merger, alleges only $40M of $100M termination fee was paid, and seeks $60M in damages
Vizio says LeEco had already ‘begun to collapse’ when $2 billion deal was announced — Vizio has filed two lawsuits against troubled Chinese electronics company LeEco …
Logitech acquires headset maker Astro Gaming for $85M in all-cash deal to expand into game console market
The PC peripherals company hopes to crack the console gaming market. — Logitech is one of the best-known brands of keyboards, mice, headphones and webcams, whether you're a gamer or not.
Google announces a new AI-focused early stage venture fund, Gradient Ventures, which promises its portfolio startups access to Google engineers
- The idea is to spur innovation in artificial intelligence while also providing interesting experiences to Google engineers.
Ignition Partners managing partner Frank Artale resigns at firms request after allegations of misconduct
Frank Artale, a managing partner at Bellevue, Wash.-based venture capital firm Ignition Partners, has resigned at the firm's request after allegations of “misconduct” against him …
Google acquires Indian AI startup Halli Labs, which was building AI tools to address “old problems and domains”
Some more M&A news in the world of artificial intelligence. Today it was made public that Google has acquired Halli Labs, a very young (its first public appearance …
Sources: Symantec in talks to sell web certificate business, which it bought from Verisign for $1.28B in 2010, for $1B+
3 MIN READ — (Reuters) - Cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) is considering selling its website certification business, in a deal that could fetch …
UK payments startup Revolut raises $66M Series B led by Index Ventures, adds support for bitcoin
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How Intel's new “Skylake-SP"-based Xeon server chips, launched today, stack up against AMD's EPYC line
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Samsung's Tim Baxter promoted to president and CEO of Samsung Electronics North America, will now be responsible for long-term North American strategy
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Facebook to gradually expand worldwide beta of display ads in Messenger's Home screen, which follow an auction-based model
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat :
1Password moves away from one-time licensing with a local storage option to a cloud-based $2.99/month subscription
security professionals Whitney Merrill / @wbm312 : I used to recommend @1Password, but I can't anymore. They are moving to a subscription only model. YUCK! https://twitter.com/... Crypto Village / @cr...
Stack Overflow announces Channels, a private Q&A space for teams, in beta, and available for free for now
Kristina Lustig / Stack Overflow Blog :
Twitter hires a new CFO: Ned Segal, longtime Goldman Sachs banker and recent Intuit exec, relieving COO Anthony Noto of CFO duties he's held since November
Kurt Wagner / Recode :
E-tailer Brandless launches with flat $3 pricing on household goods, announces $35M Series B led by New Enterprise Associates, with GV, Redpoint among investors
Ina Fried / Axios :
Symantec to acquire mobile cybersecurity startup Skycure, just a week after buying Fireglass, another infosec firm
Cyber security company Symantec (SYMC) … darkREADING : Symantec Snaps Up Skycure in Mobile Security Move Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet : Symantec buys mobile security startup Skycure
Samsung quietly acquires Greek text-to-speech startup Innoetics, which also has voice-to-speech tech that replicates voices, for under $50M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Snap's stock closes at $15.47, down 8.95%, well below its $17 IPO price, after one of its IPO's underwriters, Morgan Stanley, downgraded the stock
Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal :
Ex-Twitter engineers raise $10.5M Series A for microservices management startup Buoyant
Tom Krazit / GeekWire :
Knight First Amendment Institute sues Trump for blocking Twitter users, alleging the practice amounts to an unconstitutional effort to suppress dissent
Dustin Volz / Reuters :
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