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...
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.
Jury awards iLife Technologies $10M in damages after finding that Nintendo's Wii infringed on iLife's motion-sensing accelerometer patents; Nintendo will appeal
Nintendo says it will fight verdict — A jury in Dallas, Texas today awarded $10 million to iLife after finding that Nintendo …
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 …
Huawei announces Kirin 970 smartphone chipset bound for the upcoming Mate 10, with a dedicated neural processing unit
Huawei's Kirin 970 smartphone chipset features mobile artificial intelligence with a dedicated neural processing unit, an 8-core CPU, and a 12-core GPU, along with 5.5 million transistors.
A Roku IPO problem: Netflix and YouTube are huge on Roku, but they don't make Roku any money
The streaming video box company wants to be a streaming video services company. But someone has to pay them for that. — Roku has spent the last few years fighting for your living room …
Qualcomm announces C-V2X chipset focused on handling vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, and vehicle-to-pedestrian communications
Qualcomm's 9150 C-V2X chipset and reference design should bring automakers one step closer to deploying the communications systems needed for fully autonomous vehicles.
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...
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
What if we formed a human chain to let people … Jon Martindale / Digital Trends : Journalist claims Google used strong-arm tactic to get story taken down Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Forbes removed a...
Sources describe how some Instagram employees are selling account verification through intermediaries for thousands of dollars, but process is getting harder
“I mean if Mashable wants to pay for it, I can get you a blue check over night," reads a recent Twitter direct message.
At a KFC outlet in Hangzhou, China, Alipay launches “Smile to Pay”, the first commercial system to use facial recognition to identify payers
Ant Financial, which operates the Alipay electronic payment platform used in Alibaba's Taobao and Tmall online shopping sites …
Seven months after inauguration, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology still has no members; Trump admin says it'll resume work soon
Months later, there's still no one sitting on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Tweets: @tonyromm Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : Scoop: A WH council of science experts ha...
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: 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
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Tech firms including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft call on President Trump to preserve the DACA program
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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
Sources: scant digital forensic investigations have assessed the impact on voting in at least 21 states whose election systems were targeted by Russian hackers
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Google's Search app on iOS gets a Twitter-like Trends feature, faster Instant Answers
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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
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A look at the challenges facing OpenTable: nimble competitors, customers' entrenched love of booking over phone, burdensome fees it charges restaurants, more
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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 :
Lattice Semiconductor to seek President Trump's approval for its proposed $1.3B sale to China-backed private equity fund Canyon Bridge
OmiseGo and Qtum become first ICO-issued Ethereum ERC20-based crypto tokens to pass $1B market cap
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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 :
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