Amazon has been selling pre-packaged ‘Meal Kits’ to select Amazon Fresh customers, sending Blue Apron's stock down
Amazon's newly-discovered desire to begin offering pre-packaged ingredients for home-cooked meals is already a real thing as a selection of Amazon Meal Kits are available on the company's website.
Google announces Glass Enterprise Edition, which can be used with prescription lenses, has a faster processor and WiFi, an 8MP camera, and better security
Don't call Heather Erickson a glasshole. — Yes, that's Google Glass on her frames. But she's not using it to check her Facebook …
Twitter removes 90K accounts after ZeroFOX researchers found botnet, dubbed SIREN, that had pushed out 8.5M posts with links to dating services
Last week, Twitter's security team purged nearly 90,000 fake accounts after outside researchers discovered a massive botnet peddling links to fake “dating” and “romance” services.
Myspace's account recovery form, which had a flaw that let anyone who knew a user's email, full name, birthday, and username gain access, has now been removed
You may not have thought much about your Myspace page in a long time, but you might want to give it some thought now.
Mira, which raised $1.5M in seed funding from Sequoia, unveils Prism, a mobile AR headset that reflects your iPhone screen onto a lens, ships this fall for $99
Bottom left: COO Matt Stern. Top Left: CPO Montana Reed. Top Right: CEO Ben Taft. Bottom Right: CTO Evan Bovie.
Google publicly launches Hire, a tool to help small and medium-sized businesses manage the job application process, for G Suite users in the US
Google is today lifting the lid on a new app designed to help small and medium-sized businesses find and recruit employees more effectively.
Alphabet's Access CEO Gregory McCray is stepping down after five months as Larry Page reiterates commitment to Google Fiber
McCray had replaced Barratt, who stepped down in October 2016 — Alphabet Inc.'s high-speed internet business is undergoing another shake-up as its leader, Gregory McCray, is stepping down.
China's censors ramp up filtering of photo and video messages, disrupting apps like WhatsApp and WeChat following the death of political dissident Liu Xiaobo
Internet police step up their ability to filter photos — BEIJING—China's already formidable internet censors have demonstrated a new strength …
Jide discontinues Android-based Remix OS for PCs and promises refunds to Kickstarter backers of its Remix IO/IO+ device
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McKinsey: US firms' AI investments in '16 made up 66% of global total, with China next at 17%; tech firms spent $20B-$30B on AI: 90% on R&D, 10% on acquisitions
- Tech giants including Baidu and Google spent between $20B to $30B on AI in 2016, with 90% of this spent on R&D and deployment, and 10% on AI acquisitions.
How Uber's hard-charging corporate culture left employees drained, according to interviews with over two dozen sources
After a highly publicized corporate meltdown this spring, Uber is working to repair a culture employees and observers say is aggressive, cutthroat, and demanding. Tweets: @elcush , @cindygallop , @_am...
TSA lifts laptop ban on Saudi Arabian Airlines, the last Middle Eastern carrier still under the restrictions imposed in March
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Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $2.79B, vs. $2.76B expected, and total streaming subs grew 5.2M to 104M, vs. 3.2M expected; stock up 10%+
For Q2, revenue and operating income were right on forecast. Ben Popper / The Verge : Netflix posts strong earnings and takes aim at traditional movie theaters Michelle Castillo / CNBC : Why Netflix's...
Google announces Transfer Appliance, a new hardware appliance and service for moving up to 480TB from corporate data centers to Google Cloud Platform via FedEx
Google today announced the launch of its Transfer Appliance, a new hardware appliance and service for moving large amounts of data …
Zeta Global acquires Boomtrain, a martech firm that uses machine learning to send personalized notifications to consumers; sources say deal valued at $35M-$40M
Zeta Interactive Corp. today said it's buying Boomtrain Inc., a marketing tech startup marketing that uses machine learning …
Snapchat adds ability to record multiple 10 second Snaps back-to-back, coming first to iOS, as well as Tint Brush for coloring specific objects in Snaps
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UK government announces that porn websites will have to verify UK users are aged 18+ by April 2018; users may be asked to verify with credit card details
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A startup named CoinDash halts its ICO, saying a hacker stole $7M by simply changing the ethereum address on its site that was intended to receive ICO funds
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US appeals court upholds gag orders for national security letters; many tech firms including Microsoft and Twitter have challenged the legality of their use
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In provisional ruling, judge denies US Labor Department's request for full details on Google employees that it sought as part of an equal pay investigation
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Metal 3D printing startup Desktop Metal raises $115M Series D with New Enterprise Associates, GV, GE Ventures among investors
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Snapchat launches its Snap Publisher self-serve ad creation tool, which can convert horizontal videos and websites into vertical video ads
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Interview with Google's Madhav Chinnappa on the goals of the Digital News Initiative, projects like WikiTribune, and natural-language reporting tool Radar
The Drum : Tweets: @estherkeziat and @jason_kint Tweets: Esther Kezia Thorpe / @estherkeziat : Duopoly accusations not accurate & shows misunderstanding of ecosystem, claims Google http://www.thedrum...
How Cloudflare is using a prior art bounty and other aggressive tactics to respond to a suit from “patent troll” Blackbird
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