DxOMark gives the iPhone 8 Plus camera a score of 94, the highest ever, 4 points above the Google Pixel and HTC U11; video score of 89 is below Pixel's 91
The Apple iPhone 8 Plus has a main camera system truly worthy of a flagship phone. Similar to the iPhone 7 Plus, it features two cameras …
London transport authority says Uber not “fit and proper” to hold license, cites “Greyball” software, will not renew on Sept. 30; Uber can operate during appeal
Uber has lost its licence to operate in London, the capital's transport regulator has said.
Facebook settles with shareholders, abandons the plan to issue non-voting shares
Facebook has dropped plans to create a new class of non-voting shares that would have protected CEO Mark Zuckerberg's control of the company even as he sells 99% of his shares.
Sources: T-Mobile, Sprint reach “major breakthrough” in merger talks, could sign deal by end of October; Deutsche Telekom will own majority stake
(Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) is close to agreeing tentative terms on a deal to merge with peer Sprint Corp (S.N) …
Imagination Technologies agrees to sell to China-backed private equity firm Canyon Bridge for £550M; its US-based MIPS unit sold to Tallwood VC for $65M
Imagination Technologies has agreed a sale to China-backed private equity firm Canyon Bridge in a deal valuing the British chipmaker at about £550m.
How shady exchange and ICO practices, conflicts of interest in journalism, and other serious issues in cryptocurrencies are largely ignored by the media
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Responding to London license revocation, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in leaked memo to employees says “there is a high cost to a bad reputation”, promises change
Uber chief says the company must act with integrity — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sent a sobering …
Amazon partners with Olo, ordering platform for 200 restaurant brands with about 40K US locations, in an effort to boost Amazon Restaurants delivery service
Company teams up with mobile-ordering and pay platform Olo — Amazon.com Inc. may soon bring Shake Shack burgers and Chipotle burritos …
Microsoft, Facebook, and Telxius complete 160Tbps Marea cable, the highest-capacity subsea cable across the Atlantic
People and organizations rely on global networks every day to provide access to internet and cloud technology. Those systems enable tasks both simple and complex …
EU Commission draft report urges EU to proceed with tax overhaul to prevent digital firms from paying less tax in Europe by routing profits to low-tax countries
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said the EU should proceed with an overhaul of taxes on digital firms even if the rest …
Two Democratic senators seek co-sponsors for bill requiring digital platforms with 1M+ users to keep public files of all political $10K+ ad buys
How Facebook plans to fight election interference — Amid growing concern over Facebook's sale of political ads to Russians …
Department of Homeland Security notified 21 states that their election systems were targeted by Russian government hackers during 2016 election
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Intel Scraps Plans to Launch Project Alloy Reference Headset, Pursuing Other VR R&D
Intel is scrapping plans to launch the Project Alloy headset as an open reference design, citing lack of partner interest. — Intel revealed Project Alloy, an x86-based standalone VR headset …
Facebook's efforts to overhaul political ads on its platform are crucial first steps, but vulnerabilities remain
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Apple says 4K iTunes content cannot be downloaded, only streamed, and that the VP9 codec, which is used by 4K YouTube videos, is not supported on Apple TV 4K
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Analysis of Zuckerberg's nine-point plan to combat election interference on Facebook
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Chinese bike-sharing giant Mobike enters US with Washington DC launch, a month after rival Ofo launched in Seattle
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W3C's approval of DRM for video gives the impression that the standards consortium has been captured by corporations, a view the group's CEO rejects
The organization that sets standards for the web just failed to beat back a stupid, greedy technology. — This week the World Wide Web Consortium …
Sources: freight logistics startup Flexport raises $110M Series C at $800M valuation to build out a warehouse infrastructure supplementing its software platform
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EU competition chief says it's up to competitors to approve Google's remedies in shopping search antitrust case
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Inside Amazon's Indian operation: 124% YoY revenue growth, rapid storage growth to 41 fulfillment centers, and intense rivalry with Flipkart ahead of Diwali
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Sp0n, developer of crime tracking app Citizen, raises $12M Series A led by Sequoia, expands coverage from New York to San Francisco
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