Facebook tests hashing to eliminate revenge porn in some countries; users send nude pics to themselves that Facebook will hash so they never appear on its sites
If you've had a nude photo taken, you might be nervous about where it could end up. — Your phone may be hacked …
Sources: Apple ramps up work on AR headset, which has its own display and runs on a new chip and OS, aims to have tech ready by 2019 and ship as early as 2020
Company hopes to have technology ready for 2019; ship later — Breakthrough device will have new chip and operating system
Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer apologizes at Senate hearing for data breach and blames Russian agents for stealing users' data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for a pair of massive data breaches at the internet company and blamed Russian agents …
Snap reports Q3 net loss of $443.2M, vs. last year's $124.2M, and writes off $39.9M in unsold Spectacles inventory
better late than never Stuart Dredge / Music Ally : NOVEMBER 8, 2017:SNAP STOCK DROPS AFTER DISAPPOINTING QUARTERLY RESULTS FOR SNAPCHAT Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC : We were wrong on Snap, so we down...
SEC filing shows China's Tencent bought a ~10% minority stake in Snap; sources say Tencent purchased 145.8M nonvoting shares over the last quarter
- The news comes as a vote of confidence in Snap, one day after the company posted a huge revenue miss for the third quarter.
Uber partners with NASA for its Elevate flying car project, aims to launch aerial taxis in Los Angeles by 2020
Los Angeles will be the third test city, and NASA will provide logistical support — Uber's “flying car” project Elevate came whizzing back into view today with a number …
Evan Spiegel says Snap is redesigning Snapchat to make it easier to use and expects that it will be “disruptive to our business in the short term”
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Amazon Cloud Cam review: affordable, free cloud storage, and crisp 1080p HD video, but continuous video recording is unavailable, no local microSD card support
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Apple Pay Cash launches in iOS 11.2 beta 2, letting users send and receive Apple Pay money in Messages
Apple is soft-launching direct, person-to-person payments in an iMessage today with the Apple Pay Cash beta. The feature, which was announced earlier this year, allows you to send …
Strategy Analytics: Apple captured 30% of smartphone marketshare in Q3 2017, Samsung took 25%, LG 17%, ZTE 12% and Motorola returned to top 5 with 5%
According to the latest research from our Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service, United States smartphone shipments fell 2 percent annually …
Instagram Stories will now let users add photos and videos that are older than 24 hours
Instagram is turning on a feature that many users have asked for, letting users add photos and videos from their camera roll - even if they're older than 24 hours. The limitation in place previously ...
Postmates launches on-demand grocery delivery service Postmates Fresh for $3.99 per order or $9.99 a month, undercutting fees charged by Amazon and Instacart
Meal-delivery startup will deliver fresh produce for $4, a significant discount to Amazon and Instacart.
Snap reports Q3 revenue of $207.9M, up 62% YoY, vs. $235.5M est., as DAUs grew 17% YoY or 3% QoQ to 178M
Alex Heath / Business Insider :
Tencent's China Literature shares close 86.2% over their offer price in Hong Kong debut on Wednesday, giving the company a market value of ~$12B
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent's e-book unit China Literature Ltd (0772.HK) saw its shares surge more than 80 percent in their debut on Wednesday …
China is gleaning know-how from US firms for its ambitious “Made in China 2025” program to dominate high-end tech, in an effort that is worrying Washington
BEIJING — When President Trump arrives in Beijing on Wednesday, he will most likely complain about traditional areas of dispute like steel and cars.
Twitter to roll out 280-character tweets around the world, in all languages except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
and infuriates with maddening circle icon Marius Nestor / Softpedia News : Finally, Twitter Doubles the Character Limit of Tweets to 280 Characters CBS San Francisco : Welcome To A World With 280-Char...
UK's Office for National Statistics tests using Vodafone cell data to track daily commutes in London boroughs, a task that previously relied on the census
Memo: Raja Koduri, AMD Radeon Technologies Group leader, to leave company after two years
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Major flaw in Parity multi-sig wallets, often used in ICOs, potentially freezes hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Ethereum
and as much as $280 million in ethereum is locked up Jordan Pearson / Motherboard : Someone ‘Accidentally’ Locked Away $300M Worth of Other People's Ethereum Funds William Suberg / Cointelegraph.com N...
Sources: Snap's head of engineering Tim Sehn to step down; announcement expected today
difficult— leader within Snap's engineering team. And Evan had placed some of the blame of Snap's performance issues at the foot of engineering. Still there's been a lot of exec departures... http://w...
Corephotonics sues Apple, accusing them of using the tech in iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus and expressing contempt for its patents
Jan Wolfe / Reuters :
Real estate startup Compass raises $100M Series E at a $1.8B valuation, plans to build new CRM tech to integrate client, listings, and transactions data
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Waymo now offers free taxi rides in fully driverless cars in Phoenix, plans for a paid taxi service; at first, most of the cars will have employee in back seat
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica :
Amazon's AWS S3 adds five new tools, including default encryption and warnings about unencrypted files, to prevent data leaks
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
SaaS provider Proofpoint acquires Cloudmark, which provides messaging security for ISPs and mobile carriers, for $110M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Uber CEO announces new “cultural norms” for company after employee input: celebrate differences, do the right thing, act like owners, make big bold bets
and it looks a lot like Google and Amazon Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNNMoney : New from Uber: ‘We do the right thing. Period.’ Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine : Uber CEO Replaces Infamous Core ...
TechInsights: iPhone X sells for $999 and costs Apple $357.50, giving it a gross margin of 64%; iPhone 8 sells for $699 with a 59% gross margin
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
Facebook promoted comments expressing disbelief under news stories as part of an experiment that has since ended
UK-based digital bank Monzo raises £71M Series D at £280M post-money valuation led by Goodwater Capital
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Berlin-based startup Neufund raises $11.6M for a platform that will let companies issue equity tokens when it launches in Q1 2018
Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters :
iPhone X shows how Apple's integration of hardware and software fends off less integrated rivals, like Google, even when rival services are superior
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