Uber rolls out out in-app messaging so drivers and riders don't have to share phone numbers; messages to the driver are also read aloud
Thumbs-up emoji: — It was always a bit weird to wait for your Uber driver and then suddenly receive a text from an unknown number. “Where are you?”
Facebook introduces Watch, its redesigned video section for original content, with producers earning 55% of ad revenue, rolling out Thursday
Facebook has a new home for original video content produced exclusively for it by partners, who will earn 55 percent of ad break revenue while Facebook keeps 45 percent.
Consumer Reports pulls its recommendations of Microsoft Surface devices after an issue with their “predicted reliability” based on an annual subscriber survey
NEW YORK— Consumer Reports has removed its coveted “recommendation” designation for four Microsoft Surface laptops it had previously blessed with such status.
Kaspersky Lab to drop its antitrust complaint after Microsoft agrees to make changes to Windows 10 with better visibility, help with compatibility reviews, more
Kaspersky is withdrawing its European antitrust complaint against Microsoft today. The software giant has agreed to make changes …
T-Mobile's Revvl, a $125 phone with Android 7.0 Nougat, fingerprint sensor, 5.5" screen, 13MP camera, 32GB of storage, and more, to launch Thursday
T-Mobile's oft-leaked budget smartphone is now official. The Revvl is launching tomorrow (August 10th) for a mere $125 if paid all at once.
DeepMind and Blizzard release SC2LE, a toolkit which includes an API, for AI research in real-time strategy game StarCraft II
What can computers learn from playing video games? Quite a lot actually — Teaching computers to play games has always been a useful (if somewhat crude) measure of their intelligence.
Tesla developing long-haul, electric, semi-truck with self-driving tech that can move in platoons, according to email about road tests between company, NV DMV
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is developing a long-haul, electric semi-truck that can drive itself and move in “platoons” …
Intel's new server-class SSD with “ruler” form-factor allows for up to 1 PB storage in a 1U server, features hot-swapping, PCIe Gen 5, power, cooling benefits
Intel on Tuesday introduced its new form-factor for server-class SSDs. The new “ruler” design is based …
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki defends firing of memo writer, says she's faced gender-based slights throughout her career
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Flipkart raises undisclosed sum from SoftBank's Vision Fund as an extension of its $1.4B round in April; source says sum is between $2.5-$2.6B
Softbank has invested in Flipkart through its $100 billion technology-focused Vision Fund, the Indian e-commerce company announced on Thursday.
Alt-right steps up protests against perceived liberal bias of tech platform operators, even launching alternative services more welcoming to “free speech”
When James Damore, a Google engineer, was fired this week for writing a 10-page manifesto spelling out his grievances …
AMD Threadripper 1950X review: the High End Desktop platform to beat, better than Intel in almost every way, but needs robust cooling setup and power supply
Cheaper, faster, and more feature-rich than Skylake-X—what's not to love? — If Ryzen was a polite, if firm way of telling …
Microsoft debuts open source Coco Framework to address limitations of enterprise blockchain by making it more scalable, governable, and confidential
Microsoft is working to address some of the current limitations of enterprise blockchain with a new cross-platform framework designed …
How NIST ended up rewriting its 2003 password guidelines from scratch because they were largely ineffective and had a negative impact on usability
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Interview requests from US firms to foreign job applicants have plummeted with Q4 2016 requests down 60% YoY, Q1 2017 down 47% YoY, and Q2 2017 down 37% YoY
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Anker unveils the $35 Eufy Genie, a small Alexa-enabled speaker that is $15 cheaper than the $50 Echo Dot; Bluetooth version coming soon for $40
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Disney CEO Bob Iger says Marvel and Star Wars standalone streaming services are still being considered
it wants to be Disney Jen Thorpe / Geek News Central : Disney is Starting its Own Streaming Services Nate Church / Breitbart : Disney Breaking Ties with Netflix to Create New Streaming Service Mitchel...
Vantiv finalizes $10.4B Worldpay acquisition, says combined company will be called Worldpay
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AWS joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which hosts the Kubernetes project, as platinum member, and AWS' VP of cloud architecture strategy joins the board
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Andy Rubin's Essential Products raises $300M from Tencent, Amazon, and others, says Best Buy and Amazon will be its retail launch partners in the US
Amazon Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Andy Rubin's startup, Essential raises $300 million from Amazon, Tencent and others Philip Michaels / Tom's Guide : We'll Soon Know When the Essential Phone Will Launc...
Following Mobileye acquisition, Intel will build fleet of 100 fully autonomous (Level 4) cars to test in US, Israel, Europe; first cars coming by year's end
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Mozilla unveils the Mozilla Information Trust Initiative, seeks partners to develop technology to combat online misinformation
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Data shows a total of 92 ICOs have collectively raised $1.25B in 2017; Goldman Sachs says ICO funding surpassed angel and early stage VC funding in June, July
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Sources: Birchbox has held acquisition talks with several retailers, including Walmart
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Coinbase raises $100M Series D at a $1.6B post-money valuation; round was led by IVP with participation from Spark Capital, Greylock Partners, and more
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How Facebook uses “early bird” warning system to scout popular new tech, then buy or copy it; sources: take-away from an all hands: “don't be too proud to copy”
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How Palantir made an opaque surveillance network with data from police departments and gov't agencies, locking in clients amid complaints of low transparency
Mark Harris / Wired : Tweets: @nxthompson and @hudsonhongo Tweets: Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson : The amount of data Palantir gives police departments is crazy. And, yes, things can go wrong. http...
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