Facebook to display “related articles” for popular stories, including ones flagged as false by fact checkers, to combat misinformation, after months of testing
Social-media giant will display related articles to limit the damage of false news without censoring posts
How Apple developed new Bluetooth Low Energy Audio tech to stream audio directly from iOS devices to hearing aids and cochlear implants
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Asus ZenFone AR, which supports both Google's Tango AR and Daydream VR platforms, now available for pre-order from Verizon for $648
Not a bad price for both augmented and virtual reality capabilities — Asus' new ZenFone AR, which supports both Google's Tango augmented reality tech …
DigiCert to acquire Symantec's web certificate business for about $950M up front in cash, and a 30% stake in DigiCert stock at close
DigiCert will part with $950 million upfront in cash, and hand Symantec a 30 percent stake in exchange for its website security unit.
Moto Z2 Force review: top-tier performance, shatterproof screen works but is prone to scratches, not actually water-resistant, and battery life could be better
Last year, Motorola pulled off a stunning feat: It built the first modular smartphones worth using.
Smash.gg raises $11M for esports tournament platform, led by Nabeel Hyatt, partner at Spark Capital, along with Accel Partners and Horizon Ventures
Smash.gg has raised $11 million to help local esports fans create their own tournaments. — The idea is to enable organized esports competitions …
Greylock COO Tom Frangione out, due to “inappropriate” relationship according to a source, just weeks after partner Reid Hoffman's proposed a “Decency Pledge”
Tom Frangione has stepped down as chief operating officer of Greylock Partners, after the Silicon Valley …
Fitbit Q2: revenue of $353.3M, down from $586.5M YoY, vs. $341.6M est.; 3.4M devices sold; new smartwatch on track for launch ahead of holidays; stock up 6%+
Fitbit reported quarterly results and revenue that beat analysts' expectations on Wednesday. — Here's how the company did compared to what Wall Street expected:
Uber expands Uber Freight beyond Texas to California, Arizona, Chicago, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina and updates driver's app
Uber Freight, the on-demand trucking service created by Uber and introduced earlier this year, is expanding from its initial market of Texas to areas in California …
Chinese online peer-to-peer lending marketplace Dianrong raises $220M Series D led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong has raised $220 million from Singapore sovereign fund GIC Pte Ltd [GIC.UL] …
Sources at ad agencies say a lack of analytics, disinterest of influencers, and other factors are driving clients from Snap, exacerbated by Instagram's strength
- Several agencies said advertiser interest in Snapchat is flat to dwindling, as many opt to move towards Instagram.
HBO security contractor says hackers stole “thousands of internal documents” in addition to episodes and have leaked personal info of a senior HBO executive
KIND OF WORK: — Unspecified DSLreports : HBO Hacked, Shows, Executive Data Released Selena Larson / CNNMoney : HBO says full email system likely not compromised in data breach Sara Fischer / Axios :...
CBOE partners with Winklevosses to use Gemini data to trade bitcoin derivatives pending regulatory approval; SEC denied Winklevoss' Bitcoin ETF listing recently
(Adam Lashinsky is on vacation this week. Matthew De Silva / ETHNews : CBOE and Gemini Strike Exclusive Global Licensing Agreement For Bitcoin Data John Detrixhe / Quartz : The Winklevoss twins are ma...
Facebook confirms it's testing Stories on desktop, with a wider rollout expected soon
Great news, folks. Facebook Stories, the shameless Snapchat clone that sits above the News Feed on Facebook's mobile app, is now rolling out to Facebook's desktop site.
Bitcoin Cash is now the 3rd most valuable cryptocurrency with market value of ~$7B; Coinbase users threaten to sue over lack of support for Bitcoin Cash
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune :
Tableau reports Q2 revenue of $212.9M, up 7.2% YoY, and a net loss of $42.5M, compared with $47.5M a year ago, says subscription sales are up 16% YoY
Matt Day / The Seattle Times :
Samsung and Apple worldwide smartphone sales were mostly flat YoY in Q2, but Chinese makers saw big growth: Huawei up 20% to ~38M, Oppo up 44%, Xiaomi up 52%
Square beats Q2 estimates with $552M revenue, up 26% YoY, vs. $536.3M est., and $16.4B GPV, up 32% YoY; Square Capital made $318M in business loans, up 68% YoY
Rachel Cao / CNBC :
Apple's shift towards services revenue has limited its freedom to maneuver, as the China-VPN example shows, while creating a formidable business
even at the cost of the user experience...” http://twitter.com/... @stratechery : Apple and the Oak Tree http://t.co/... Services may be Apple's growth driver, but it has its own costs Nilay Patel / @...
Ironclad raises $8M Series A, led by Accel, to ease lawyers' workflows by automating legal contract creation and management
Barb Darrow / Fortune :
Study of 116 unicorns founded after 1994 finds that about half used complex stock mechanics to raise valuation, devaluing employee and early shareholder stakes
Julie Verhage / Bloomberg :
Facebook-Google duopoly in online advertising has survived multiple challenges, such as Snap's rise, increasing worry among publishers and some advertisers
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @alexismadrigal and @larakiara Tweets: Alexis C. Madrigal / @alexismadrigal : Fascinating to consider a world where Instagram and YouTube stay independent. http:/...
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