Twitter comes under Congressional scrutiny as Russia-linked accounts found to spread misinformation or anti-Clinton stories and stoke furor over NFL protests
SAN FRANCISCO — After a weekend when Americans took to social media to debate President Trump's admonishment of N.F.L. players …
Trump and some liberals say Facebook helped their opponents, but Facebook's role was different: enabling discussions, voter registration, and candidate outreach
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Toshiba signs final agreement to sell its flash memory chip business for ~$18B to group led by Bain Capital, which includes Apple, Dell, SK Hynix, and Hoya Corp
Toshiba Corp. signed a final agreement to sell its flash memory chip business to a group led by Bain Capital for about 2 trillion yen …
Nvidia's Shield TV gets deep integration with Google Assistant voice controls and adds support for Samsung's SmartThings platform
Hands-free voice assistant on your TV — Nvidia is today releasing version 6.0 of its software for the Shield TV set top box, which brings along the Google Assistant.
Facebook is launching a new tool in India on October 1 to help match blood donors with hospitals, blood banks, and individuals in need
In India, people use Facebook for keeping in touch with family, sharing photos and finding blood. — Facebook is launching a new tool in India on Oct. 1 …
Senate committee investigating potential Russian election interference invites Facebook execs to testify on Nov. 1; source says Google and Twitter also invited
Interview with Apple Music's Jimmy Iovine, Zane Lowe, and Larry Jackson on how to continue to grow the service, as it tops 30M paying subscribers
From left: Zane Lowe, Larry Jackson and Jimmy Iovine photographed Sept. 18 at Apple Music's Beats 1 Studio in Los Angeles.
Amazon unveils new Echo with smaller design, cloth surface and multiple color options, improved speakers, multi-room audio, for $100 or $250 for three
they want Alexa everywhere. https://twitter.com/... Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo : The message of amazon's announcement this morning: echo is Amazon's iphone. They're going all in, accelerating on feature...
Amazon launches Alexa-powered Echo Spot alarm clock with videoconferencing, as a smaller and more focused alternative to Echo Show, shipping in Dec. for $130
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
Equifax to launch a new free service by February 2018 which allows users to lock and unlock access to their credit files
New ‘safe and simple’ service to be introduced by January — CEO Barros lays out plan in newspaper op-ed on 2nd day in job — Equifax Inc. will debut a new service …
Amazon debuts updated Fire TV with 4K and HDR support, Dolby Atmos integration, 2160p video at 60 frames per second, available for $70 preorder today
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Amazon now has 5,000 people working on Alexa and Echo, up from 1,000 in May 2016; the company's job site lists an additional 1,500 related openings
- Amazon's hardware chief said more than 5,000 employees now work on the Alexa voice technology platform.
Amazon announces Echo Buttons that link with Echo for playing games like trivia, available for $20 as a two-pack
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
EU regulators say tech giants are still not doing enough to voluntarily remove hate speech and terrorist content, will review rules in six months
European regulators are giving Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube six months to voluntarily get more aggressive about blocking …
Amazon debuts $150 Echo Plus, which comes with built-in smart home hub that has 100 launch partners and ships with a free Hue light bulb; preorders start today
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Microsoft joins the Open Source Initiative as a premium sponsor, joining Google and others
Microsoft today announced that it has joined the Open Source Initiative (OSI) as a Premium Sponsor. The OSI, which launched in 1998, takes a relatively pragmatic approach to open source and advocates...
Sources: Ikea has acquired TaskRabbit and will run it as an independent subsidiary; TaskRabbit has raised around $50M
The Swedish home goods giant is looking for some digital help from the contract labor marketplace — Swedish home goods giant Ikea has bought TaskRabbit, according to sources close to the situation.
Snap announces sponsored 3D World Lenses, with Warner Bros and Bud Light as launch partners
Snapchat is taking its World Lenses augmented reality feature and opening them up to brands. Snap's Imran Khan just announced the availability of the new advertising product on stage at Advertising W...
Profile of Anthony Levandowski, covering his early life and schooling, career before and after Alphabet and Uber, and AI-focused religion, founded in 2015
soon they might have them Olivia Solon / The Guardian : Deus ex machina: former Google engineer is developing an AI god Carl Velasco / Tech Times : Former Uber Exec Anthony Levandowski Built A Religio...
South African media and internet giant Naspers acquires another 13% stake in Berlin-based food delivery firm Delivery Hero for ~€660M from Rocket Internet
Naspers, the South African media and internet giant, has upped its stake in Delivery Hero, the Berlin based food-delivery giant …
Roku sets IPO price at $14/share, valuing firm at $1.3B, begins trading Thursday on NASDAQ
Eugene Kim / CNBC :
Uber shuts down its US auto-leasing business, affecting ~500 jobs, to find “a less capital-intensive approach” after it underestimated the loss per vehicle
“In July, Uber executives discovered the [car leasing business] was losing around $9,000 per vehicle” http://www.wsj.com/... @mikeisaac : i may not have an MBA but this sounds bad http://www.wsj.com/....
Sources: private trades in Spotify ahead of public offering value company at ~$16B, or about 4X its 2016 sales
Sources: Tencent-backed Meituan Dianping, China's largest group-buying and restaurant reviews service, is close to raising $3B+ at a $28B valuation
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg :
Sources: SoftBank agrees to block any plans to elevate Travis Kalanick at Uber, removing an obstacle in ongoing investment talks
Bloomberg :
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