Twitter says it will update public policies to include the newsworthiness of tweets that potentially violate rules after Trump threatens North Korea
Twitter didn't act to remove President Donald Trump's tweet threatening North Korea in part because it is newsworthy, the company said today.
Equifax chairman and CEO Richard Smith steps down effective immediately after massive data breach, having spent more than a decade at the company
The company's shares were halted pending the news. — Equifax chairman and chief executive Richard Smith has stepped down from the embattled …
Apple Watch Series 3 shows little change from Series 2 Watch, some redesign to accomodate LTE, and 1.07 watt-hour battery, up from 1.03 in Series 2 Watch
Tools Featured in this Teardown — Introduction — The Apple Watch is one step closer to a super spy accessory with its Series 3 capable of making phone calls.
Ex-NSA hacker and security researcher at Synack reveals macOS zero-day flaw that exposes Keychain contents to exfiltration by apps, demos it in High Sierra
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High Sierra validates Mac firmware weekly, alerts users to possible security issues
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IHS: base 64GB iPhone 8 includes material costs of $247.51, up from $237.94 for 32GB base model iPhone 7, equaling about 35% of sale price, same as last year
Apple margins stay high as company raises price of new models — Bigger changes to Apple's business formula seen with iPhone X
High Sierra review: macOS is in catch-up mode as eGPUs have been supported by Windows for years, and Apple File System is an overdue replacement for HFS+
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Plex adds personalized, ad-supported news hub to its media player after its acquisition of news video startup Watchup
Media player software maker Plex is today making good on its acquisition of streaming news startup Watchup from earlier this year with the integration of a dedicated news hub within its app.
Apple starts collecting Safari browsing data in macOS High Sierra using differential privacy tech that will help it identify problematic websites
Today's public release ofmacOS High Sierra brings with it some key updates to Safari — including the ability to disable cross-site cookie tracking and turn off autoplaying ads.
Amazon adds Alexa voice control to Music app, available for iOS and Android in the US, UK, Germany, and Austria
Amazon is bringing Alexa to its Music app as it tries to challenge Spotify and Apple, leaders in the streaming music industry. — The Seattle tech giant announced Tuesday that Alexa …
Microsoft plans to release a quantum computing programming language, with full Visual Studio integration, along with a quantum computing simulator this year
now it just needs a quantum computer Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Windows Central : Microsoft eyes the future with quantum computing programming language Tweets: Quantum Resistant / @qrledger : Microsoft “is...
Interview with Satya Nadella and Bill Gates on political climate, how AI, quantum computing, and mixed reality will shape the future as Nadella debuts memoir
On the occasion of the publication of Nadella's first book, out this fall, Nadella and his predecessor talk shop
SEC announces Cyber Unit to police violations involving distributed ledger tech and ICOs, dark web misconduct, cyber threats to critical market infrastructure
It's forming a Cyber Unit dedicated to online financial crimes — The US' Securities and Exchange Commission has to deal …
Microsoft says that Office 2019 will ship in the second half of 2018 and will include improved features for businesses that aren't using Office 365
Yes, Virginia, there will be another version of the Microsoft Office perpetual client, as well as SharePoint, Exchange and Skype for Business Servers …
China has broadly blocked WhatsApp, including basic text messages on the service, following its mid-July crackdown on WhatsApp video chats, multimedia messages
Finding Idealism in the CEO Suite With Intel, Chobani, and Allstate Adnan Farooqui / Ubergizmo : WhatsApp Has Been Blocked In China Shannon Liao / The Verge : China blocks WhatsApp Carl Velasco / Tech...
Sources: Google to create a standalone unit for its shopping unit and require it to bid against rivals for ads, to satisfy EU antitrust concerns
Google Shopping must rely on own revenues to bid for ad slots — EU gave Thursday deadline for Google to comply with order
Vimeo is acquiring live video streaming platform Livestream and launching its own live streaming service, Vimeo Live
After abandoning its plans to launch a subscription video-on-demand business earlier this year, IAC-owned streaming video site Vimeo announced today that it's acquiring …
Seed and early stage VC fund Village launches backed by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Jeff Bezos, Marissa Mayer, Eric Schmidt, and others
We're excited to publicly announce Village, a new early stage venture capital firm. This is Day 1 for us. There is much to do, and much to learn.
IVP announces $1.5B venture fund, its sixteenth and largest yet, bringing the group's total committed capital to $7B
IVP,one of the original late-stage venture capital firms, is announcing its sixteenth fund. And at $1.5 billion, it's the largest yet. This brings the group's total committed capital to $7 billion.
China says it has imposed “maximum fines” on Baidu, Tencent, and Weibo for not censoring banned content like porn and violence on their social media platforms
- Chinese internet watchdog said on Monday that it has imposed maximum fines on tech giants Baidu …
ProsperWorks raises $53M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners for its Google-centric CRM tools
ProsperWorks, a service that offers a set of Google-centric CRM tools, today announced that it has raised a $53 million Series C round led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from GV …
Microsoft launches new machine learning tools including Azure machine learning experimentation, workbench, and model management services
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Global accounting firm Deloitte confirms report that it was breached, downplays impact; source: it affected all company email, admin accounts, occurred in 2016
U.S. government agencies … William White / InvestorPlace : Deloitte Data Hack 2017: Clients' Secret Emails Exposed Michael Moore / IT ProPortal : Deloitte hit by major cybersecurity breach Mohit Kumar...
Verizon discontinues its LTE-enabled Wear24 Android Wear smartwatch after just 4 months
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Didi Chuxing invests $200M in Beijing-based second-hand car marketplace Renrenche.com
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Walmart, the world's largest private employer, says it has joined Facebook's Workplace platform and plans to roll out the software across its whole business
America's largest employer — is using Facebook's enterprise office product, Workplace Julien Codorniou / Workplace Stories : Welcoming Walmart to Workplace PYMNTS.com : Sam's Club Swaps Out Accountant...
Nvidia unveils AI acceleration software, partners with server makers Huawei and Lenovo, and cloud providers Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent in China push
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Cloudflare debuts Unmetered Mitigation service for free protection against large DDoS attacks
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Lyft is updating its app for drivers with 24/7 phone support in English and Spanish, and new “destination” option to help drivers pickup fares to and from work
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Amazon drops prices on 4K titles, now ranging from $5 to $19, whereas some new releases previously cost over $30, following Apple TV 4K's launch
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Trump unveils STEM and coding education push, with $200M grant target from Dept. of Education; sources: tech firms including FB, Google pledge financial support
computer science education as a launching pad to a promising future Donald J. Trump / The White House : Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Education Anna Hensel / VentureBeat : Amazon, Googl...
Pinterest strikes deal with Target to license its camera image search tool for use in the retailer's app
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Intel i9-7980XE review: takes the performance crown, but pricey at $2K; consider AMD Threadripper at half the price unless you can take advantage of TSX/AVX-512
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi apologizes to Londoners in an open letter, says his intention is to “run our business with humility, integrity, and passion”
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YouTube debuts new marketing tools, new ad tech that can target using Google Maps and app install data, and offline ad impact measurement tools with Nielsen
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Waymo clarifies it wants $1.859B in damages from Uber, not $2.6B, as Uber told the court last week
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