Amazon says YouTube is no longer available on Echo Show; Google cites implementation violates TOS, Amazon says there is no technical reason for the decision
Goodbye, cooking lessons and music videos — Amazon and Google are in a not-so-fun fight. Google has apparently decided …
Twitter says it's expanding tweet limit to 280 characters from 140 as part of test for some users
Twitter's 140-character limit died today after a long battle with Facebook. It is survived by brands, publishers and personalities, who will miss its insistence on wit and getting to the point.
Ford and Lyft announce partnership to develop and test autonomous vehicle designs and tech, with aim of putting Ford's self-driving vehicles on Lyft's network
SAN FRANCISCO — For Lyft, winning the race to create the first fully self-driving vehicles on the road is a far from lonely pursuit.
Apple confirms iPhone 8 crackling earpiece issue affects some devices and says a fix is coming
The company acknowledges ‘a small number of cases’ — Some iPhone 8 owners are running into an issue with the phone's earpiece: when they make a call, the earpiece makes a disruptive …
In tweets, President Trump accuses Facebook of always being “anti-Trump” and questions whether it colluded with newspapers and TV networks
President Donald Trump charged on Wednesday that Facebook was “always” opposed to him, suggesting it is part of a network of “collusion” …
T-Mobile acquires Iowa Wireless Service, which has 103 stores and around 75K customers; deal expected to close end-of-year or early 2018
T-Mobile announced today that it has acquired the remaining interest of iWireless, a mobile operator previously owned by Aureon that serves customers in Iowa …
Open Whisper Systems, makers of Signal, are testing a way to scan contacts and then provably delete the data from its servers, rolling out in coming months
THE ENCRYPTED-COMMUNICATION APP Signal has a sterling reputation within the security and crypto community, but its critics point to a nagging flaw …
Comcast launches Xfinity Instant TV streaming service in beta for its broadband customers, starting at $18 per month
Todd Spangler — Todd's Most Recent Stories — Comcast is hoping to bring “cord nevers” into the pay-TV fold with Xfinity Instant TV: The stripped-down bundle …
AWS Pinpoint, which lets developers send and manage push notifications, introduces two-way SMS messaging; Twilio shares close down 6.6% after announcement
Apparently the two-way texting feature was launched last week, but hadn't been properly announced by AWS.
Lidar sensor startup Luminar announces that Toyota Research Institute is using their sensors in the newest version of TRI's autonomous platform
It's a vote of confidence for lidar maker Luminar, facing competition from behemoths like Velodyne. — A startup that makes a key sensor …
Japanese scientists invent new loop-based method to render large number of calculations more efficiently for quantum computing
Japanese scientists have invented an approach to quantum computing that renders a far larger number of calculations more efficiently than existing quantum computers.
Google adds per-second billing for Google Cloud, effective today, before Amazon's per-second billing takes effect on October 2
The cloud wars rage on, and this time, the battle is over billing increments. — On Tuesday, Google announced that its cloud service will offer per-second billing.
Chinese regulator: iPhone X has 3GB of RAM, and a 2,716mAh battery, compared to iPhone 8's 1,821mAh battery, and its A11 Bionic chip has clock speed of 2.4GHz
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Drift, a sales platform and messaging tool, announces $30M Series B led by General Catalyst, adds Sequoia as investor
Being a serial entrepreneur with four exits under your belt can be a double-edged sword. — On the one hand, you have a proven track record, which makes it a little easier to raise new funding.
Cloudflare launches Stream, a service for sites and apps that want to build businesses hosting and streaming videos, combining encoding, delivery, and player
Cloudflare has made a name for itself as a content delivery platform and security company, offering services to help keep websites up and running …
FCC report says mobile market has “effective competition” but some Democrats dissent, claiming entire ecosystem wasn't evaluated
Marguerite Reardon / CNET :
Verily, Apple, Fitbit, and Samsung are among nine firms chosen for FDA pilot program for faster approval of digital health tools
Anna Edney / Bloomberg :
Spokesperson says Facebook can't say yet whether Russians bought election ads in France and Germany but emphasizes company's work removing fake accounts
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed :
Firefox 57 beta, called Firefox Quantum, arrives with major visual overhaul and faster next-generation engine
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Google acquires Bitium to boost its cloud identity management capabilities
Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat :
Instagram introduces new safety features, including tool to limit who can comment on posts
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Crowdsourced hardware maker Quirky, which filed for bankruptcy in 2015, relaunches with a similar focus, but plans to license products for manufacture
Dan Primack / Axios :
Uber says it will stop operating in the Canadian province Quebec next month, to avoid following tough new regulations announced last week
Russia tells Facebook to localize Russian citizens' data in compliance with a data storage law effective in 2015, or it will be blocked next year
Dmitry Solovyov / Reuters :
SEC announces Cyber Unit to police violations involving distributed ledger tech and ICOs, dark web misconduct, cyber threats to critical market infrastructure
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
Behind Google's decision to temporarily ban drug addiction treatment ads on AdWords, which at one time reportedly garnered bids of up to $187 per click
Bloomberg :
Trivago acquires German machine learning startup Tripl, which makes tools that recommend itineraries and offers based on a user's social media activity
Sean Captain / Fast Company :
Facebook signs multiyear deal with NFL to distribute game highlights, other content; NFL Films will produce content packages for Facebook Watch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
As Facebook moves to improve transparency around political ad buys, Twitter says it has nothing to announce now
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @digiphile Tweets: Alex Howard / @digiphile : I hope @Twitter will lead by acknowledging the issue dark ads on social media represent & work with @FEC & Congress:...
How credit agencies like Experian use fear to pitch online identity protection services of questionable value and with onerous ToS including arbitration clauses
David Lazarus / Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @briankrebs , @troyhunt , and @mississippiago Tweets: @briankrebs : http://www.latimes.com/... Experian et al want to sell you FUD. It's all out there for ...
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