Sources: Facebook, Google, Twitter to tell Congress that Russian election meddling wider than reported; source says 126M Facebook users may have seen content
Read early testimony from Facebook, Google and Twitter before they appear at hearings on Capitol Hill this week.
iPhone X review after one week: fast and powerful, both front and back cameras are great, Face ID works effectively but can't distinguish between some twins
The iPhone X changes everything. But the future is in good hands. — Apple's iPhone X is the beginning of something new.
iPhone X review after 24 hours: gorgeous design and display, notch is ugly but tends to fade away, but it's expensive and Face ID can be spotty in some lighting
Works in progress can still be great — After months of hype, endless speculation, and a wave of last-minute rumors about production delays …
Sources: Apple is designing iPhones and iPads that would exclude Qualcomm modem chips and include Intel or possibly MediaTek chips instead
Company considers building devices only with chips from Intel, possibly MediaTek — AAPL 2.25% Apple Inc., locked in an intensifying legal fight …
iPhone X one week review: great all-screen experience, decent battery life, Face ID is fast, new gestures easy to learn, but software has some weird UX choices
The iPhone X has the 8 Plus's killer cameras, in a size that's much better for small hands. — iPhones have had the same thick borders …
Samsung Electronics' Q3 profits, driven by memory chip demand, nearly tripled YoY to $12.92B on $55.18B revenue, up 30% YoY, mobile sales rose 23% YoY to $2B
The Korean company is making a lot of money from its components business. — Samsung may be known for its phones …
Waymo gives journalists showcase of its autonomous Chrysler vans at its Castle test ground, highlighting progress and hurdles
- Waymo, Google's self-driving car spinoff, showed off its technology to reporters on Monday at its California testing facility.
Analysis of eight Russia-linked Facebook accounts shows they backed 60+ protest events in US via publicity or financing, before and after 2016 election
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal :
Facebook provided political advertisers 14 targeted categories from very liberal “youthful urbanites” to very conservative “great outdoors” during 2016 election
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed :
Microsoft says it will launch business-focused Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced in December for $1,149+
Microsoft today announced that in December it will launch a Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced support to its business customers. Panos Panay, Microsoft's corporate VP for Windows devices …
Source: Google, Facebook, and other tech companies met to discuss congressional concerns ahead of this week's hearings amid populist turn against Silicon Valley
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Support for third-party developers on Apple's HomePod is limited to messaging, lists, and notes via Siri, shutting out services like Spotify and Uber
- Apple's smart speaker, HomePod, will go on sale in December for $349. People will use it by talking to it.
Samsung names three new CEOs: Kim Kinam for device solutions, Hyunsuk Kim for consumer electronics, and Dongjin Koh for the IT & mobile communications division
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Amazon Kindle Oasis (2017) review: beautiful design, excellent e-ink display, but can't use Audible narration while reading and is expensive
Drowning in books — A decade after its release, the Kindle is a curiosity. Tablets — including some made by Amazon — have long since outstripped the e-reader in power and features.
Shopify Q3 earnings top estimates with revenue of $171.5M, overall loss of $9.4M, and gross merchandise volume up 69% YoY to $6.4B
Riding the high of a strong quarter that saw Shopify Inc. beat analyst expectations for the tenth quarter in a row, chief executive Tobias Lutke doubled …
Berlin-based Ada Health, an Alexa-like AI-driven medical app, raises $47M led by Access Industries, Len Blavatnik's global investment group
Ada Health, the AI-driven app which works a little like an ‘Alexa for health’, has raised a $47M (€40M) funding round led by Access Industries, Len Blavatnik's global investment group.
New Skype for desktop, which takes design cues from Skype for mobile, comes out of preview with customizable themes, Reactions, cloud-based file sharing, more
and it's available now Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Skype's new design is coming to your desktop, whether you like it or not John Voorhees / MacStories : Microsoft Aligns Features of Skype's Des...
Coursera has quietly ousted several top-level executives including COO, CFO, and CMO; sources say about 30 to 40 employees have left the company in recent weeks
As many as 40 people have departed the company after raising $60 million just five months ago.
Netflix to cancel House of Cards, its first original series, after season 6, amid allegations against Kevin Spacey
Why Sprint Could Be a Rare Blunder for SoftBank's Masayoshi Son Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter : ‘House of Cards’ Ending With Sixth and Final Season at Netflix Maria Armental / Wall Street Jou...
SoftBank, Facebook, Amazon, and others partner to lay 60Tbps Jupiter undersea cable, to open in 2020, from Los Angeles to Japan and the Philippines
NTT Com to Construct Optical Submarine Cable Connecting … Robert Hackett / Fortune : SoftBank Teams With Facebook and Amazon on Undersea Internet Cable
Remitly is raising up to $115M Series D led by Naspers' PayU to double down on remittances to developing countries across Africa, South America, and Asia
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Microsoft closes Outlook.com Premium to new subscribers, eight months after its launch from public preview, and adds some of its features to Office 365
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com :
Wonder Workshop, which makes robots that kids can program to learn how to code, closes $41M Series C from Tencent and others, bringing total raised to $78M
Lucas Matney / TechCrunch :
Major Chinese e-commerce platforms JD.com and Suning.com discount iPhone 8 by up to 15% to encourage orders
Li Tao / South China Morning Post :
Sony's Q2 beats estimates with profits of $1.8B, up 346% YoY, and revenues of $18.2B, up 22% YoY, boosted by strong PlayStation sales
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
Profile of Senator Mark Warner, who became a millionaire with an early Nextel investment and is now a leading critic of big US internet companies in Congress
Cecilia Kang / New York Times :
Square announces the Register, a $999 point-of-sale device for larger businesses
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
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