A site, now offline, sold access to hacked Instagram users' contact info for $10 a search; Instagram now says non-verified users may have been impacted
Selena Gomez was first. Who's next? — A bug that exposed users' contact information affected a far greater number of accounts than Instagram originally said.
Microsoft's Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will begin rollout to mainstream users worldwide starting October 17
Microsoft will begin rolling out the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update on October 17. Here's what to expect. — Microsoft officially confirmed on September 1 …
SEC: Roku files for up to $100M IPO; Roku had $399M revenue in fiscal 2016, up 25% from 2015
Streaming device company Roku filed for a public offering on Friday, looking to raise up to $100 million. — Roku has benefited from the explosive popularity of over-the-top TV platforms like Netflix...
Reporter details pressure from Google and bosses to take down 2011 Forbes post criticizing Google practices with Plus and search; Google says info was under NDA
The story in the New York Times this week was unsettling: The New America Foundation, a major think tank …
Tech firms including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft call on President Trump to preserve the DACA program
The letter is organized by Zuckerberg-backed FWD.us, a day before Trump is expected to announce a policy change. — The chief executives of Apple, Amazon …
Sources: Apple is in talks to move its original content division to The Culver Studios, the iconic Hollywood studio where Gone With The Wind was filmed
Apple is eyeing the studio where films from Gone With The Wind to The Matrix were shot, as the base for its big push into Hollywood production.
Changes to Apple exec bio page show that Craig Federighi is now in charge of Siri, instead of Eddy Cue
There's a new executive in charge of Apple's AI assistant, Siri. — Apple updated its leadership page on Friday with new profiles for China managing director Isabel Ge Mahe, and Deirdre O'Brien, Appl...
How publishers' extreme reliance on various Google services gives Google effective monopoly power, stifles criticism, and sometimes results in unexpected losses
An unintended effect of Google's heavy-handed attempt to silence Barry Lynn and his Open Markets program at New America …
Sources: scant digital forensic investigations have assessed the impact on voting in at least 21 states whose election systems were targeted by Russian hackers
The calls started flooding in from hundreds of irate North Carolina voters just after 7 a.m. on Election Day last November.
Alphabet creates XXVI Holdings Inc. through which it will separate “Other Bets” from Google and become direct owner of subsidiaries like Waymo and Verily
Google business to be legally separated from car, health units — Holding company name plays on Page's dream of Other Bets
Facebook has created a map of Earth that can pinpoint any man-made structures to a resolution of 5 meters, to help company's Internet provision efforts
- Facebook used satellite-based data and government census information to map the earth's entire human population.
Google's Search app on iOS gets a Twitter-like Trends feature, faster Instant Answers
Google's search app on iOS is adding a Trending Searches feature, similar to Twitter or Facebook's Trends, with an update that rolled out later in the day on Thursday. According to the app's added …
Apple announces event on September 12 at 10am PT in Steve Jobs Theater at its new Apple Park campus, where new iPhones are expected
Phew. — Has Apple thinned out its press list? Elyse Betters / Pocket-lint : How to watch Apple's iPhone 8 event Raymond Wong / Mashable : We just fondled the crap out of a fake copper gold iPhone 8 ...
Hands-on with €399 Moto X4, which has 5.2" 1080p display, 12MP and 8MP dual cameras, IP68, Snapdragon 630, 3000mAh battery; ships Sept. in Europe, fall in US
Dan Seifert / The Verge :
California DMV website shows Samsung has secured a permit to test self-driving cars
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Sources describe how some Instagram employees are selling account verification through intermediaries for thousands of dollars, but process is getting harder
Kerry Flynn / Mashable :
SRG: enterprise SaaS market up 31% YoY in quarterly revenue to almost $15B; Microsoft still market leader, followed by Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle, SAP
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Lattice Semiconductor to seek President Trump's approval for its proposed $1.3B sale to China-backed private equity fund Canyon Bridge
Sources: Tencent Music plans to sell about 3% stake at $10B valuation to strategic partners like labels to secure music rights in China ahead of an IPO
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg :
OmiseGo and Qtum become first ICO-issued Ethereum ERC20-based crypto tokens to pass $1B market cap
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
A look at the challenges facing OpenTable: nimble competitors, customers' entrenched love of booking over phone, burdensome fees it charges restaurants, more
Stephanie Strom / New York Times :
Lyft expands full coverage to an additional 32 US states, bringing its total to 40, and says it has around 700,000 drivers
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China's Abcfintech raises $30M Series A for its AI software that helps financial firms with securities research and investment decisions
Li Dongmei / China Money Network :
Profile of Bhavin Turakhia, who made millions selling an adtech firm and is now investing $45M of his own money to build Slack rival Flock, which has 25K users
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Tweets: @harrymccracken Tweets: Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : After the first two tech products called Flock failed, you'd think people might conclude the name was a j...
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