Microsoft Paint, first released with Windows 1.0 in 1985, to be “removed or deprecated” in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update; Paint 3D to remain
Long-standing basic graphics editing program, used throughout childhoods since the 1980s, has been marked for death
KKR's Internet Brands to acquire WebMD in $2.8B deal, for $66.50 per share, which is a 20% premium to Friday's closing price
- Prior to the acquisition WebMD ran a five-month auction and solicited bids from more than 100 companies and private-equity firms.
Microsoft designs new AI chip for next version of HoloLens, which will let mixed reality goggles recognize speech and images on device instead of the cloud
New HoloLens processor will let mixed reality goggles recognize speech and images — Tech companies are keen …
As BIP 91 activates, paving the way for scaling of Bitcoin, Jeff Garzik, lead developer of the SegWit2x network upgrade, talks about what's next for Bitcoin
Jeff Garzik has been accused of a lot of things of late. — Since taking the lead on turning the Segwit2x scaling agreement into code …
UK government plans to require drones weighing 250g or more be registered; drone owners will need to take a drone safety awareness test
The UK government has announced plans to introduce drone registration and safety awareness courses for owners of the small unmanned aircraft.
China forces citizens in Xinjiang, a Muslim-majority region, to put spyware on their phones; locals who don't install the Android app could face 10 days in jail
China has ramped up surveillance measures in Xinjiang, home to much of its Muslim minority population, according to reports from Radio Free Asia.
Grab raises $2B from SoftBank and Didi Chuxing, which says the round could expand by $500M, to help defeat Uber in SE Asia; source: Grab valuation now over $6B
Grab, the ride-hailing company competing with Uber in Southeast Asia, has pulled in $2 billion of new financing …
Norwegian companies plan to deploy an electric autonomous container ship by 2020, with testing starting in 2018
The Yara Birkeland, slated for launch late in 2018, will make short trips delivering fertilizer — OSLO—Two Norwegian companies are taking the lead in the race to build …
Some economists say US tech giants are becoming harmful monopolies, need to be broken up; regulators need to consider alternatives to classic antitrust theory
Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook may be contributing to the U.S. economy's most persistent ailments.
Instagram is pushing restaurants to be kitschy, colorful, and irresistible to photographers
When it came time to design their first restaurant, Media Noche, San Francisco entrepreneurs Madelyn Markoe and Jessie Barker found themselves lacking inspiration.
Recruiting software provider Lever raises $30M Series C, bringing the total raised to $62M
Sarah Nahm cofounded Lever five years ago to rethink recruiting for the digital age. The San Francisco-based recruiting software company helps its customers not only track resumes …
BingoBox already has more than a dozen Amazon Go-like unmanned shops open in China, plans to have almost 200 more by the end of August
Wide use of mobile payments propels country's vendors past the likes of Amazon Go — Read next … Like other convenience stores across China …
LinkedIn Lite launches as an Android app in India, coming to 60+ countries soon
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
A history of the quest to solve checkers, headlined by a 1994 matchup between a computer program and the best checkers player ever, Marion Tinsley
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Sizmek to acquire fellow ad tech company Rocket Fuel, whose market valuation peaked at around $2B, for $125M
Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal :
Recent $30M+ hack of Parity wallets shows programmers need to rethink the “move fast and break things” mindset when it comes to blockchain and security
Haseeb Qureshi / freeCodeCamp :
Report: US private equity firm Blackstone Group in advanced talks to buy 40% of Israeli hacking tools maker NSO Group for $400M
Tova Cohen / Reuters :
A look at initial steps by the US Congress towards regulation of autonomous vehicles as the tech nears marketability
Kevin Roose / New York Times : Tweets: @kevinroose Tweets: Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : While everyone was focused on Trump/Mueller/Spicer, Congress quietly took a big step into the self-driving car e...
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