Senators debut a bill requiring IoT devices sold to government are patchable and conform to basic security best practices, like avoiding hard-coded passwords
Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would set baseline security standards for the government's purchase …
PayPal integrates with Skype's mobile app to enable sending money to users in 22 countries including, US, UK, Canada, and others in Europe
The PayPal partnerships keep coming. The still growing payments giant today announced a new deal with Skype that will allow users in 22 countries worldwide …
Instagram says users under 25 use the app 32 minutes on average per day, while half of the businesses on it produced a story in the last month
Instagram Stories has blossomed from a Snapchat clone into an integral part of the world's largest dedicated visual communication app in the first year since its launch.
Report: Snap in talks to buy Zero Zero Robotics, best known for its Hover Camera Passport Drone, which uses facial recognition to photograph users from the air
Snap is still trying to get into the drone business. After reportedly buying LA-based drone company Ctrl Me Robotics earlier this year …
Apple reported Q3 revenue of $45.4B, up 7% YoY, net profit of $8.7B, down from $10.7B YoY, and gross margin of 38.5% vs. 38% last year
Apple today announced financial results for the third fiscal quarter of 2017, which corresponds to the second calendar quarter of the year.
Plex brings its Live TV streaming service and DVR to Apple TV and Android, adds “time-shifting” feature to pause, rewind, and fast-forward through live TV
Plex today is taking its Live TV service, including its DVR, out of beta, while also expanding to Apple TV and Android …
DEF CON hackers find unencrypted data of 650K Tennessee voters, including names, addresses, political affiliation, on a decommissioned poll machine sold on eBay
When 650 thousand Tennesseans voted in the Memphis area, they probably didn't expect their personal information would eventually …
How Facebook unevenly silences posts about discrimination, censoring important conversations, while often allowing racist content to remain
Francie Latour was picking out produce in a suburban Boston grocery store when a white man leaned toward her two young sons and …
US district judge dismisses US Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit against City of Seattle, over law that would give Uber and Lyft drivers the right to unionize
Judge dismisses a challenge to a law that enables ride-hailing drivers to unionize — A federal judge on Tuesday dealt a setback …
Mozilla adds new features to Firefox add-on Test Pilot, including voice search, note taking, and a tool to send self-deleting 1GB files
Firefox is due for a comeback. A lot of the work the team spent on refactoring core parts of the browser is starting to pay off, and …
Apple binds itself more closely to China as it relies more heavily on selling services needing government approval and looks to revive iPhone sales there
Twitter to SEC on why it doesn't disclose DAU count: showing growth is more important, and revealing DAUs would invite unfair comparison to Facebook
Company says rate of growth more important than actual metric — Twitter's monthly user number stagnated in the second quarter
Dell announces 27" Canvas touch display and input system available now at $1799, updates towers, racks, and laptops of Precision Workstation line
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Sources: SoundCloud to sell stakes to Raine Group, a boutique bank, and Temasek, Singapore's state investment firm, by end of this week
SoundCloud Ltd. is close to selling stakes to the Raine Group and Temasek Holdings, deals that would help stabilize the owner of the popular music-streaming service …
YouTube details additional steps to tackle terrorist content, including machine learning-based detection, consultation with wider panel of experts, more
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Sawyer, which develops a platform for booking children's activities, raises $6M Series A from Advance Venture Partners, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, others
At a time when nearly everything is possible to access at the click of a button—or, more likely, the tap of a phone screen …
VSCO launches its first video editing tool for VSCO X members, available on iOS now and coming to Android soon
but you'll have to pay for them Digital Photography Review : VSCO releases its first video editing tool to VSCO X subscribers on iOS Usman / iPhone in Canada Blog : VSCO Releases its First Video Editi...
Sources: Facebook is working on a video chat device with wide angle lens and large touchscreen, which could be announced at F8, and a standalone smart speaker
Facebook wants to put a video chat screen in your home (complete with AI assistant tools) http://www.bloomberg.com/... David Pierce / @pierce : Having to buy a new gadget for each video chat app is a ...
Tim Cook says Apple had no choice in removing VPN apps in China due to local law, but hopes restrictions will be loosened over time
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As Bitcoin splits in two, many exchanges including Coinbase don't support Bitcoin Cash fork
the new digital-currency that surged 122% in less than a day Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Bitcoin price holds as alternative cryptocurrency makes its debut Stan Higgins / CoinDesk : Bitcoin Cash Just...
Microsoft partners with Tobii to add native eye-tracking support, in beta, to Windows 10, helping users with ALS and other disorders
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Cloud-based app management startup Azuqua raises $10.8M Series B led by Insight Venture Partners
Tom Krazit / GeekWire :
Google updates Image Search with badges on certain images highlighting additional information, such as recipes or purchasable products
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Apple and Google remove 300+ financial trading apps after Australian regulator complains, citing lack of information about investment risks
Emily Cadman / Bloomberg :
PayPal, GoFundMe, and Patreon have suspended the accounts of high-profile members of the alt-right, causing a backlash and accusations of political bias
Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed :
Microsoft debuts Surface Plus hardware subscription program for trade-in upgrades after 18 months and no-interest financing for two years
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Lyft partners with Amtrak for first- and last-mile trip tie-ins
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
PitchBook: seed funding down with 900 deals in Q2 '17, after 1.1K in Q2 '16 and 1.5K in Q2 '15; investors blame over inflated valuations, tepid IPO market
Heather Somerville / Reuters :
DAO marketplace District0x raises $9M in ICO, which started on July 18 and ended today but prohibited contributions from US residents
Stan Higgins / CoinDesk : Tweets: @arrington Tweets: Michael Arrington / @arrington : It's not great that crypto companies are avoiding the U.S. because of regulatory uncertainty. http://twitter.com/...
Analysis: only about 100 current or former Snap employees have profited on paper from their stock gains; the remaining employees are currently underwater
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