Nest unveils Thermostat E with a new design, a simpler interface, lower $169 price, and almost all the same features, shipping tomorrow
Nest is debuting a new version of its thermostat today, the first truly different model since the product was introduced in 2011.
In first appearance before Uber staff, Khosrowshahi says timeline for Uber IPO is 18-36 months, and he wants to bring in a chairman to be his partner on board
In first appearance before ride-hailing firm's employees, Dara Khosrowshahi says timeline for IPO between 18 to 36 months
Hands-on with LG V30: the phone the G6 should have been, feels polished and focused with snappy performance, clean design, and is great for video shooting
Despite all its resources and technical know-how, LG has always felt like an also-ran in a race dominated by Apple and Samsung.
Logitech unveils Craft keyboard with a customizable creative input dial, for Mac and Windows, available in October for $199.99
Logitech's MX Master mouse has long been considered one of the best options out there for creative and professional users. And now the company is finally making …
Dara Khosrowshahi's email to Expedia employees expresses optimism about his new role as Uber CEO but acknowledges that he's scared
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LG launches flagship V30 phone with a 6-inch QHD OLED display, Snapdragon 835, 16MP and 13MP dual rear cameras, and voice, face, or fingerprint unlock
During its IFA 2017 event today, LG unveiled the LG V30. This is the phone LG hopes will take on Samsung's Galaxy Note8 and Apple's iPhone 8.
Garmin launches $299 Vivoactive 3 smartwatch with Garmin Pay and new sport profiles, and the $199 Vivosport and $199 Vivomove HR activity trackers
Another $300 smartwatch that wants to be the best high-end fitness device. — Ahead of this year's IFA conference, Garmin announced new additions to its Vivo family of wearables.
Instagram says some high-profile accounts have been breached, exposing phone numbers and email addresses via a bug in the API, now fixed
Instagram said at least one hacker was able to steal personal information from high-profile user accounts, blaming the breach on a bug in its system that has now been fixed.
Six big global banks join Utility Settlement Coin, a project aimed at making it easier for central banks to issue currencies on a blockchain
Several of the world's largest banks have today revealed a series of steps to advance a project aimed at making it easier for central banks to issue currencies on a blockchain.
Sony launches $700 Xperia XZ1 and $600 XZ1 Compact smartphones with Snapdragon 835, Android 8.0 Oreo, and a camera with 3D-scanning and super slo-motion video
Snapdragon 835 and a new camera arrive for Sony's mainstream phones — Sony is today announcing the new Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact smartphones …
Leaked audio of Dara Khosrowshahi talking to Uber employees on his decision to become CEO, Daniel Ek's involvement, interactions with board members, more
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Judge sends Benchmark's lawsuit against Travis Kalanick to arbitration, allowing the former Uber CEO to avoid a potentially damaging deposition
Kalanick will likely avoid a deposition and the case will proceed quietly and quickly. — A judge granted former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick …
Lyft expands full coverage to an additional 32 US states, bringing its total to 40, and says it has around 700,000 drivers
DETROIT (AP) — Lyft is driving into the countryside in an effort to raise ridership and steal market share from rival Uber. The much smaller Lyft announced Thursday …
Andy Rubin apologizes for email, misconfigured as a group message, sent to Essential customers requesting personal info, like DOB, to which ~70 replied
now it might have accidentally phished them Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo : Essential's Shipping Issues Have Gone From Bad to Train Wreck Sean Hollister / CNET : Essential admits it accidentally leaked cus...
Apple announces iPhone event on Sept. 12 in Steve Jobs theater
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Amazon and Microsoft partner to let Alexa summon Cortana, and vice versa, by year's end
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Concerns raised after New America Foundation, a think tank funded by Google, fired Barry Lynn, a senior fellow who praised EU's antitrust fine against Google
AMD's New Ammo in Battle Against Intel Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Google-funded think tank fires member after he criticizes the tech giant Yves Smith / naked capitalism : New America Foundation Head Ann...
FDA recalls around 465,000 St. Jude Medical pacemaker models in US, many implanted in patients, for firmware patching of vulnerabilities; OTA fix not an option
Abbott Laboratories' Accent/Anthem … Kate Conger / Gizmodo : If Grandma Has a Pacemaker, Please Take Her in For a Firmware Update Lisa Vaas / Naked Security : Pacemaker gets firmware update - go and s...
Profile of Aaron Cashatt, who used a known bug discovered by researchers in 2012 and $50 in hardware to compromise hotel room locks and commit 75+ robberies
ON A WARM Phoenix night five years ago, Aaron Cashatt walked down the red-carpeted hall of the second floor of a Marriott hotel … Tweets: @mstreshinsky , @a_greenberg , @a_greenberg , @hatr , @nxthomp...
Sources: 17 automotive engineers left Apple for self-driving car startup Zoox after Apple pared back its autonomous car ambitions
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Expedia names CFO Mark Okerstrom as its new CEO, replacing Dara Khosrowshahi, who left for Uber
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Peter Thiel-backed internet monitoring startup Qadium, founded by an ex-CIA analyst, raises $40M Series B led by IVP
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Chinese medical expense crowdfunding platform Shuidi raises $24M Series A from Tencent and others, says it has helped raise $140M for 60,000+ patients
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How rural US communities are finding their own solutions to get fast broadband: using emergency services' unused radio towers, private sector partnerships, more
Kaleigh Rogers / Motherboard : Tweets: @counternotions and @kaleighrogers Tweets: Kontra / @counternotions : There's a ‘market economy and infrastructure buildout’ story in there someplace. http://mo...
PayPal debuts physical credit card that offers 2% cash back on purchases redeemable online via PayPal account
Plastics, someone whispered … PayPal : Earn 2% Cash Back with the PayPal Cashback Mastercard Giovanni Bruno / TheStreet : PayPal Launches 2% Cash Back Credit Card Tweets: Matthew Hughes / @matthewhugh...
How YouTube started using Google Brain's AI to improve video recommendations in 2015, which now drive 70% of videos' watch time
in lieu of netflix — and it's all because of the F E E D https://www.theverge.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : Blown away by the amount Google optimizes YouTube using AI in ways big and small. http:/...
Box reports Q2 revenue of $122.9M, up 28% YoY, vs. $124.3M expected, on operating loss of $39M, or 32% of revenue, compared to 40% a year ago
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Sequoia's Ascent program, which pairs technical women with mentors from other portfolio companies, is increasing number of participants from 50 to 200 this year
Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune : Tweets: @sequoia Tweets: @sequoia : Excited to launch the 2nd Ascent class tomorrow! If you're interested in being a mentor in the future, apply here: https://www.geteverwi...
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