South Korean court finds Samsung Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee guilty of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury; Lee sentenced to five years in jail, will appeal
SEOUL, South Korea — More than two decades ago, South Korean prosecutors indicted the chairman of the powerful Samsung conglomerate on charges of bribing the president.
Chrome team is experimenting with an option to permanently mute sound on specific websites
A lot of awful things can happen on the internet, but few are as terrible as landing on a website that automatically plays videos with sound. Thankfully, this is something Google is addressing in a f...
UK government to test convoys of semi-automated trucks on public roads by the end of 2018, allocating £8.1M for the project
Government allocates £8.1m to trials of ‘platooning’ which proponents say could cut congestion and hauliers' fuel costs
Uber abandons plans for new 380K square foot Oakland headquarters to cut costs and is exploring various options including a sale of the building
Uber has abandoned plans to move into a massive building in Oakland, California and is instead “exploring several options” for the site, including a sale.
Node.js forks again after a third of technical steering committee members quit over failure to remove a committee member for allegedly violating code of conduct
The tumultuous events this week in the Node.js community were a long time coming. Insiders tell ZDNet how the community is trying to repair …
Facebook debuts On This Day-style monthly or seasonal memory recaps and friendship milestones
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Drones with AI-powered shark detection software to patrol Australian beaches; studies show humans are 20-30% accurate at spotting sharks, AI is ~90% accurate
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Drones equipped with a shark detection system powered by artificial intelligence will start patrolling …
Facebook hires Liz Spayd, former New York Times public editor, as a consultant to help with its “transparency” efforts
She has also worked at the Washington Post and Columbia Journalism Review as a top editor. — Facebook has recently hired former New York Times public editor Liz Spayd …
Amazon Cash comes to UK as Amazon Top Up, letting users load between £5 and £250 onto their Amazon UK account at certain retailers
Amazon has added the ability for UK users to pay for products and services on its ecommerce platform using cash.
Apple, citing US sanctions, starts removing apps from Iranian developers in the App Store; Google allows Iranian developers to publish free apps to Play Store
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Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain interface startup, has raised $27M, SEC filing shows
Elon Musk wants to connect your brain directly to a computer, and investors are ready to make that science fiction a reality. Musk's startup Neuralink has raised the $26.96 million of a technically s...
Judge dismisses lawsuit by a group of Uber drivers against Seattle's unionization law, lifts injunction, allowing city to proceed with implementation
Seattle's first-of-its-kind law that allows drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft to bargain collectively has survived another legal challenge and can now go into effect.
Cubic Telecom raises $46.5M Series C, sources say at $215M valuation, from Audi, Qualcomm, and others to build out its global connectivity service for cars
As automakers ramp up their connected car initiatives, a company that has built a solution to link vehicles up to mobile networks globally …
Facebook's “People You May Know” recommends a relative a reporter didn't know she had, raising privacy questions; Facebook, citing privacy, won't offer details
Rebecca Porter and I were strangers, as far as I knew. Facebook, however, thought we might be connected. Tweets: @kashhill , @mattmcgee , and @zeynep Tweets: Kashmir Hill / @kashhill : Facebook recom...
Otto debuts $699, keyless smart lock, that uses Bluetooth for automatically detecting when doors need opening, available for preorder now, shipping in fall
Otto is designed to be the most secure residential lock on the market. Brian Heater / TechCrunch : Otto is betting people will pay $700 for a premium smart lock Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear : Otto i...
FBI files charges against Yu Pingan, a Chinese malware broker, alleging he provided hackers with malware used in OPM data breach
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Google rolls out its Assistant iOS app to the UK, Germany, and France starting today
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Geospatial analytics startup Descartes Labs raises $30M Series B led by March Capital; the company uses machine learning to derive data from satellite images
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After long ignoring many influencers, Snapchat is starting to verify and proactively engage more internet celebrities
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YouTube's policy changes to crack down on extremist content go into effect this week with new restrictions on viewing, sharing, and monetizing videos
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Majority of donations to Marcus Hutchins' legal defense fund came from fraudulent sources, lawyer managing the fund says; all donations will be refunded
Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @kevincollier Tweets: Kevin Collier / @kevincollier : All cc donations for @MalwareTechBlog's fund to be returned because carders spammed $150,000 in fraudulent mon...
Sources: US government lacks key regulators examining autonomous vehicles, as Trump's advisory board, comprised of key industry execs, has been inactive
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Finnish court orders two founders of Pirate Bay, Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm, to pay IFPI record labels $477K+ in six-year-old case
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