Microsoft tests AirDrop-like Near Share feature in latest Windows 10 Insider build for file sharing between Windows 10 PCs via Bluetooth
Microsoft is introducing its own version of Apple's AirDrop feature in Windows 10. The software giant has started testing its “Near Share” …
Sources: US DoJ tells AT&T it needs to sell CNN to get Time Warner merger approval; source says “It's all about CNN”; source says AT&T plans to sue DoJ
AT&T has been told by the US Department of Justice that it needs to sell CNN, Time Warner's cable news channel …
Intel announces it has hired AMD's Raja Koduri to work on high-end discrete GPUs as its chief GPU architect
On Monday, Intel announced that it had penned a deal with AMD to have the latter provide a discrete GPU to be integrated onto a future Intel SoC.
TripAdvisor begins placing badges next to hotels identified as locations of sexual assault; badges will remain up to three months, or longer if issues persist
Responding to what one travel expert categorized as “a wakeup call,” TripAdvisor has begun placing symbols next to hotels and resorts …
Sean Parker says social media networks like Facebook exploit a vulnerability in human psychology and wonders about effects on productivity and children
Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, gave me a candid insider's look at how social networks purposely hook and potentially hurt our brains.
Apple announces international expansion of “Everyone Can Code” initiative to 20+ schools in Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the UK
Apple today announced that its “Everyone Can Code” initiative is being expanded to more than 20 colleges and universities outside of the United States.
Twitter says it has temporarily paused “all general verifications” to work on clarifying policy, after verifying white supremacist Jason Kessler
Twitter today announced it's pausing all account verifications - the process that gives public figures on Twitter a blue checkmark next …
Ballot measure passes in Fort Collins, CO, authorizing the city to build a broadband network, despite $451K spent by Comcast-backed group against the measure
Municipal broadband wins “David vs. Goliath battle” in Fort Collins, Colorado. — Voters in Fort Collins, Colorado …
Logitech, in email to customers, says it will end support for Harmony Link devices which will cease to function on March 16, 2018
Essentially bricking the otherwise functional smart remote devices. — Logitech customers are not happy, as they recently found out that the company …
Microsoft to integrate third-party security information on macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android into its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service
Microsoft is partnering with Bitdefender, Lookout and Ziften to integrate their macOS, Linux, iOS and Android threat-detection offerings …
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says SoftBank deal “hasn't happened yet but it will” and reaffirms 2019 date for IPO
Dara Khosrowshahi today gave his first public interview since being named CEO of Uber two months ago, at the DealBook Conference in New York City.
Warby Parker's app is using face mapping from iPhone X's TrueDepth camera to recommend glasses
Face Mapping for Fashion Tory Foulk / iMore : Warby Parker's app uses TrueDepth technology to recommend glasses Madeline Buxton / Refinery29 : Warby Parker Found A Genius Use For The iPhone X's Camera...
Apple confirms it acquired InVisage Technologies, which makes imaging tech for low-light conditions
As Apple continues to work on ever-smaller but more powerful computing devices, it has acquired a startup focusing on nanotechnology, and specifically as it relates to image sensors.
Sources: Apple is working on a redesigned high-end iPad with Face ID, slimmer bezels, no home button, coming as early as 2018; source says new Pencil coming too
or organic light-emitting diode — screen, according to people familiar with Apple's supply chain.” http://twitter.com/...
Organizers behind Bitcoin's Segwit2x fork, including Jeff Garzik, Mike Belshe, and Erik Voorhees, say the proposal has been called off due to lack of consensus
all in on SegWit — The Segwit2x effort began … William Suberg / Cointelegraph.com News : TREZOR Will Require Users To Split Coins Themselves For SegWit2x Access SatoshiLabs / TREZOR : [Update: Cance...
Square reports Q3 revenue of $257M, up 45% YoY, vs. $244.9M est., with net loss of $16M, down from $32M YoY, as gross payment volume rises 31% YoY to $17.4B
Thomas Franck / CNBC :
Facebook says a human will review uncensored images from revenge porn prevention test in Australia, where users upload sensitive pics by messaging themselves
but those nudes will be viewed by a human at the company first. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : As Joe notes, there might not be a another, strictly algorithmic way...
Source: Snapchat redesign coming Dec. 4, app will still open to camera, all friend-based comms move to left, all crowdsourced, partner, celeb stories to right
the new ‘endless feed’ sounds interesting... http://www.businessinsider.com/ ... tip @Techmeme Alex Heath / @alexeheath : But it also sounds like it's going to put celebs and verified accounts on the...
Roku's first earnings report: $124.8M Q3 net revenue, up 40% YoY, vs $110M est; $7.9M loss, vs $12.7M est; ad business has doubled in size YTD; stock up 26%+
Katie Roof / TechCrunch :
Twilio reports Q3 revenue of $100.5M, up 41% YoY, vs. $92.55M est., as net loss matches estimates and active customers reach 46,489, up from 34,457 YoY
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Google says Chrome will start blocking malicious auto-redirects in version 64, rolling out over the coming months
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Microsoft announces Linkedin-powered Resume Assistant for Word, rolling out to Office 365 users in coming months
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Profile of CrowdStrike's Robert Johnston, who identified and analyzed Russia's 2016 dual intrusions of Democratic National Committee servers
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed :
SEC filing shows China's Tencent bought a ~10% stake in Snap; sources say Tencent purchased 145.8M nonvoting shares over the last quarter
and fewer users — than Wall Street expected Zoey Chong / CNET : Chinese tech giant takes 12% stake in ailing Snap Jon Russell / TechCrunch : Tencent could play a role redesigning Snapchat following $2...
TechCrunch says the Crunchies awards, started in 2007, won't return in 2018 because startups have grown beyond San Francisco with less need for local support
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Study of 250M Wikipedia edits over 10 years shows that 1% of editors produce 77% of the site's content; ~40% of top 1% of editors bow out every five weeks
Daniel Oberhaus / Motherboard : Tweets: @motherboard Tweets: @motherboard : The vast majority of Wikipedia articles is written by just 1% of its editors, and it's skewing our information http://bit.l...
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