Microsoft unveils Cortana-powered thermostat called GLAS, in partnership with Johnson Controls, that will run on Windows 10 IoT Core OS
Built by Johnson Controls — Microsoft is partnering with Johnson Controls to build a thermostat. The software giant unveiled the new GLAS thermostat in a YouTube video today.
Department of Justice and Europol announce takedown of dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa Market, both focused on drugs and fraudulent IDs
AlphaBay and Hansa Market are gone, dealing a major blow to the online drug trade — An international law enforcement effort has brought …
Source: Intel has eliminated its wearables division, which made the Basis smartwatch, and the company's New Technologies Group now focuses on AR
- Intel laid off about 80 percent of the team that made the Basis smartwatch in November, and has now eliminated the division entirely, a person familiar tells CNBC.
Ethereum startup Parity warns of flaw in v1.5+ of its wallet software, says three multi-sig wallets have been compromised and ~$30M of Ether have been stolen
Smart contract coding company Parity has issued a security alert, warning of a vulnerability in version 1.5 or later of its wallet software.
Vimeo promotes Anjali Sud, who has been the video company's general manager, to CEO
Anjali Sud gets a promotion; Joey Levin goes back to running IAC full time. — Vimeo has a new boss, after going more than a year without a full-time leader. — Parent company IAC has promoted Anjal...
Google begins rollout of Google Play Protect, that scans apps for malware, to Android devices running Google Mobile Services 11 or later
Google is acting on its promise to further guard your Android phone against rogue apps. The company tells us that it's rolling out its Play Protect home screen …
Twitter says it's taking action against 10x the number of accounts it did a year ago, and that majority of disciplined accounts don't commit a second infraction
But real data is in short supply — A sustained push to reduce abuse on Twitter has shown promising results, the company said …
T-Mobile reports strong Q2 results, with $10.2B revenue, up 10% YoY, beating estimates of $9.81B, and 1.3M net new subs, ending the quarter with 69.6M in total
T-Mobile's second quarter nearly matched its seasonally strong fourth quarter. The uncarrier approach continues to cause headaches for larger rivals.
US court sentences Russian man who helped build Citadel malware, which infected ~11M computers and caused $500M+ in losses, to five years in prison
A Russian man who helped develop and distribute malicious software designed to steal personal financial information was sentenced Wednesday in Atlanta to serve five years in prison.
Viber acquires Chatter Commerce, maker of its shopping keyboard ShopChat; Chatter Commerce's CEO Zephrin Lasker will become Viber's global head of e-commerce
Messaging app Viber earlier this year made its first foray into shopping services with Instant Shopping, a feature that lets …
Urban transport app Citymapper is launching a paid night bus service in East London, starting in late August or early September on weekend nights
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Memo: GoDaddy to shut down its AWS-style Cloud Servers service, launched in 2016, on December 31
As web hosting and domain registration business GoDaddy prepares to report its quarterly results in a couple of weeks, the company is making some moves to reorganise its business.
Sources: Amazon acquired Santa Barbara-based data analytics and search engine startup Graphiq, which has 100+ employees, in May; source says deal is worth ~$50M
Amazon is counting on its Alexa virtual assistant to foster deeper relationships with consumers.
Samsung's Bixby voice assistant is rolling out to all Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus users in the US today
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Qualcomm reports Q3 revenue of $5.4B, down 11% YoY, with $966M profit in line with estimates, as fines and Apple dispute take a toll
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Educational quiz platform Kahoot raises $20M Series A from Microsoft Ventures and others, bringing total raised to $26.5M
and a Spot in the Disney Accelerator
As Twitter rolls out new products to tackle abuse from anonymous accounts, users find their reports are often overlooked or handled in an opaque way
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Workflow automation startup Workato raises $10M Series A with Salesforce Ventures and Workday Ventures participating
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28-country study including democracies and autocracies finds gov'ts and political parties put great resources into manipulating public opinion over social media
Phil Howard / The Computational Propaganda Project : Tweets: @lmneudert Tweets: Lisa-Maria Neudert / @lmneudert : Who is manipulating social media? Look no further than your (democratic!) country's m...
Amazon expands its “Treasure Truck” deals program, where customers pick up items in person from a truck, to all US users in select cities
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Cybersecurity startup StackRox raises $14M Series A led by Sequoia Capital, unveils first product that secures the contents of software containers
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After DHS highlighted major SS7 protocol flaws, Verizon and AT&T lobbying group labelled the flaws “theoretical” in doc sent to Congress, which experts dispute
Joseph Cox / Motherboard : Tweets: @josephfcox , @ericgeller , @josephfcox , and @josephfcox Tweets: Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : The document where CTIA says talking about some SS7 vulns is “unhelpful...
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