Uber and Yandex merge ride-sharing services in Russia in a $3.7B JV, in which Yandex will invest $100M for a 59.3% stake, Uber will invest $225M for 36.6% stake
Yandex to take controlling stake in new combined venture — Deal marks Uber's second major global retreat after China
Source: Apple working on rear-facing 3D laser system for new iPhone that will enable better depth detection for AR apps and improved autofocus
The addition will make future iPhones far better suited to the AR experiences being created by developers using the ARKit development platform.
14M+ records of Verizon users who called customer service, including phone numbers, addresses, PINs, were left exposed for over week after telecom was notified
Customer records for at least 14 million subscribers, including phone numbers and account PINs, were exposed.
Sources: Facebook plans to unveil a $200 standalone wireless Oculus VR headset for 2018, which will be more compact than the Rift and lighter than Gear VR
The new device will work without being tethered to phone or PC — Company bets gadget will popularize VR as Apple did smartphone
Google releases Backup and Sync as a single desktop backup app, eliminating need for individual uploader tools for Google Drive and Google Photos
Google has today announced the launch of its new Backup and Sync tool. This is a feature which is now available for both Windows and Mac …
US General Services Administration removes Kaspersky Lab from two lists of approved vendors used by government agencies to purchase IT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday removed Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab from two lists of approved vendors used by government agencies …
Amazon updates Fire TVs and Fire Sticks allowing users to control them via Alexa-enabled devices such as Echo or Echo Dot
Amazon is rolling out a software update for its family of Fire TV set-top boxes and sticks, which allows users to control them via an Alexa-enabled device, such as an Echo or Echo Dot.
AMD's Ryzen Threadripper CPUs ship in August, with the 12-core, 3.5GHz 1920X costing $799, and the 16-core, 3.4GHz 1950X costing $999; both support 4GHz Turbo
Last night out of the blue, we received an email from AMD, sharing some of the specifications for the forthcoming Ryzen Threadripper CPUs to be announced today.
Apple debuts HomeKit smart home experiences in retail stores worldwide to show off controlling various product like the Philips Hue light bulb with Home app
Unless you've had a chance to try some Apple HomeKit products in someone's home or apartment, it can be hard to understand how it all works.
Early coding school Dev Bootcamp is shutting down, says it couldn't make its business model work; it was acquired by education services company Kaplan in 2014
Dev Bootcamp, the original “coding bootcamp,” is shutting down, the company announced on Wednesday.
Pet-sitting startup Rover raises $65M round led by Spark Capital for international expansion
Typically in today's technology world, startup founders sit on one side of the room, pitch ideas to investors, and hope to land funding for their company. — But when you're growing as quickly as Rov...
Sources: morale at SoundCloud sinks after layoffs, with those fired wondering why there was no warning; the firm says it's “fully funded into Q4”
A tense scene unfolded yesterday as user-generated, music-streaming service SoundCloud held an all-hands meeting to explain …
Q&A with Evan Greer of the nonprofit Fight for the Future, who organized Wednesday's “Net Neutrality Day of Action”
but the rules are still getting scrapped Marguerite Reardon / CNET : Net neutrality fight could end up in court, senator says Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge : AT&T's ‘support’ for net neutrality means ...
New tech allows realistic superimposing of people's mouth movements in video, making them appear to say something they didn't, which could be used to deceive
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic :
EFF appeals W3C director Tim Berners-Lee's EME decision, calls for sandbox auditing, auto-generated accessibility metadata, protection for new market entrants
Cory Doctorow / Electronic Frontier Foundation :
Amazon Prime Day drove record levels of Prime sign-ups and sales, with sales growing 60% YoY; the Echo Dot was the most popular purchase among Prime members
again Nick Vega / Business Insider : These were the top-selling items from Amazon's Prime Day around the world Seth Archer / Business Insider : Amazon reclaims $1,000 after Prime Day Paul Sawers / Ven...
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
Bill Ready / PayPal :
Google wins challenge against $1.3B French tax bill, with court ruling Google Ireland Limited wasn't subject to corporate and value-added taxes from 2005-2010
Microsoft unveils new Outlook for iOS and Android with quick reply, improved sidebar, and improves search to include attachments, travel plans, deliveries, more
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Roku hits 15M MAUs, up 43% YoY, has streamed nearly 7B hours during last six months, a 61% increase over 2016
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Google adds new features to Home, including ability to play music uploaded to or purchased from Play Music, not just songs from Google's online catalog
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police :
Google will allow users to post stories, videos, and photos on Google Earth within the next 2-3 years, says project director Rebecca Moore
Natalia Scalzaretto / Reuters :
Google Play Movies adds HDR playback on 4K movies on Chromecast Ultra
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Microsoft launches Microsoft Research AI lab in Redmond, involving 100+ AI scientists, focused on developing general purpose AI, challenging Google's DeepMind
Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg :
Bitly sells a majority stake to Spectrum Equity for $63M; Spectrum's Pete Jensen and Parag Khandelwal and Bitly CEO Mark Josephson join board of directors
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Report: Amazon is considering giving Alexa developers access to transcripts of what people say when their applications are used
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Responding to Facebook's community plan, Meetup says it's seeking new funding and will build a feature to automatically create groups based on user interests
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : When Facebook comes after your market, you don't deny it & think you're special. You suit up & fight like Me...
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