Sources: Apple is working on a rear-facing 3D sensor for 2019 iPhone to improve AR capabilities
Apple looking at different technology from iPhone X's Face ID — New 3-D sensor would improve augmented-reality features — Apple Inc. is working on a rear-facing 3-D sensor system …
Google starts rolling out broadcast feature for Google Assistant, which allows users to broadcast messages on all Assistant-enabled speakers in a house
From dinner bells to shouting, attempting to gather the family from around the house is nothing new. And now, your Google Assistant is getting in on the game.
HTC intros Vive Wave VR Open Platform for hardware makers, unveils Vive Focus standalone VR headset for China with inside-out tracking; price, release date TBD
After a couple of teases earlier this year, HTC has finally unveiled its upcoming standalone VR headset at today's Vive Developer Conference in Beijing.
FDA approves first digital pill, which has an embedded sensor that will show doctors whether and when patients are taking it, sparking privacy concerns
For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a digital pill — a medication embedded with a sensor that can tell doctors whether …
Mozilla releases Firefox 57 “Quantum” browser, with faster browser engine, major visual overhaul, and Google as default search engine
Mozilla today launched Firefox 57, branded Firefox Quantum, for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The new version, which Mozilla calls …
UCSF and Cardiogram study: Apple Watch can detect hypertension with 82% accuracy, sleep apnea with 90% accuracy via Cardiogram's deep neural network DeepHeart
A new study out from health startup Cardiogram and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) suggests wearables like the Apple Watch …
HTC and Google cancel plans for the HTC Daydream VR standalone headset in western markets; Google says plans are still in place for a Lenovo Daydream headset
One of the only questions I've asked HTC VR execs consistently over the past several months is whether the Daydream version …
Canalys: Apple retook top spot in wearable band market in Q3 2017 with 3.9M shipments, or 23% of the market; Xiaomi came second with 21%, Fitbit third with 20%
Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Tuesday, 14 November 2017 — Apple retook the lead in the wearable band market in Q3 2017 …
Lenovo debuts $299 Moto Tab running Android 7.1 for AT&T customers, with 10.1-inch FHD display, Snapdragon 625, 2GB RAM; first Moto branded tablet in 5 years
Being the first product to run Google's tablet-focused Android 3.0 Honeycomb, there was plenty of hype surrounding 2011's Motorola Xoom tablet.
Report: governments in 30 countries manipulated social media to counter critics, drive specific agendas, more; elections in 18 countries may have been affected
Key Findings Online manipulation and disinformation tactics played an important role in elections in at least 18 countries over the past year, including the United States.
Journalists at news organizations partnering with Facebook say its fact-checking tools have failed
Journalists fighting spread of fake news raise concerns over possible conflicts of interest and say site has refused to disclose needed data — Journalists working for Facebook …
Amazon sells AWS infrastructure assets in China to its Chinese partner Beijing Sinnet Technology Co. for as much as $300M, in order to comply with Chinese law
Updated 10:35pm: Amazon Web Services responded to reports out of China that it was exiting the country's cloud computing market with the following statement.
Twitter launches premium APIs, starting with historical search to give developers more tweets per request, higher rate limits, and more complex queries
Twitter is offering a solution for developers who are angry about limitations imposed on their apps when they use the service's free APIs.
Cloudflare acquires Neumob to boost mobile app speeds and enable end-to-end optimization across desktop and mobile
It is hoped the buyout will boost Cloudflare's network. — Cloudflare has acquired Neumob in a deal designed to speed up app requests flowing through the firm's network.
KGI: three iPhones with iPhone X form factor slated for late-2018, including 6.1" model with a lower-resolution LCD screen, as well as 5.8" and 6.5" OLED models
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider :
Profile of Hikvision, the world's largest maker of surveillance cameras, 42%-owned by Chinese government, whose cameras are used even in sensitive areas in US
Company 42%-owned by the Chinese government sold devices that monitor U.S. Army base, Memphis streets, sparking concerns about cybersecurity
Amazon lands global television rights for The Lord of the Rings, with a multi-season commitment, to debut exclusively on Prime Video
Amazon plans to take you back to Middle Earth Nellie Andreeva / Deadline : Amazon Sets ‘The Lord of the Rings’ TV Series In Mega Deal With Multi-Season Commitment Nathan Ingraham / Engadget : Amazon's...
YouTube confirms it has updated its policy on extremist content, broadening it to include videos that do not depict violence or preach hate
in major policy change Zoey Chong / CNET : Google expands terror crackdown on YouTube Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : YouTube to crack down harder on extremist content Jack Moore / Newsweek : YOUTU...
Steve Jurvetson is leaving Draper Fisher Jurvetson in wake of an investigation into sexual harassment, is “on leave of absence” from boards of Tesla and SpaceX
Explaining What Just Happened at Uber Ari Levy / CNBC : Jurvetson is on leave from Tesla and SpaceX boards after sexual harassment claims Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica : Tesla, SpaceX board member take...
Quantum Circuits Inc., founded by Yale professors including physicist Robert Schoelkopf, raises $18M from Sequoia and Canaan to build and sell quantum computers
Cade Metz / New York Times :
Qualcomm's Board of Directors unanimously rejects Broadcom's unsolicited $103B offer
Compuserve's forums, once the premier destination for all online conversations, are finally shutting down on December 15
even if it was 20 or 30 years ago—this is sad news. http://www.fastcompany.com/...
Valet startup Zirx relaunches as Stratim, a fleet management software service for GM's Maven, Ford's Chariot, and others
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Fullscreen Media says it will shut down its SVOD service January 2018, will lay off about 25 employees
Todd Spangler / Variety :
China's second biggest e-commerce company, JD.com, reported an unexpected profit in Q3 of $151M, says it lost ~100 merchants amid Alibaba's “coercive” tactics
Cate Cadell / Reuters :
Missouri AG launches probe into Google's practices including user data collection, use of other sites' content, and if search results favor its own services
we are issuing Civil Investigative Demands to Google Inc. seeking documents and information related to the company's business practices and whether they violate the Missouri Merchandising Practices Ac...
Facebook kills off Messenger Day stories feature, replacing it with Facebook Stories inside Messenger, and kills off Facebook Direct ephemeral messaging
Facebook simplifies Stories with design makeover Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Facebook Announces Merging of Messenger Day and Facebook Stories, Adds New Stories Tools Sai Krishna / Fone Ar...
Former Hulu CTO Tian Lim hired last month by Google as VP for Google Play; Hulu SVP of engineering Barry Steinglass will be interim CTO
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
A look at Reddit Chat, which is slated to eventually replace Reddit's PMs entirely, currently in beta and will launch alongside full site redesign in Q1 2018
Karissa Bell / Mashable :
Autonomous trucks built and operated by the startup Embark have been shipping refrigerators, with a human in cab, from a warehouse in TX to CA since October
Alex Davies / Wired : Tweets: @adavies47 Tweets: Alex Davies / @adavies47 : By hauling fridges from Texas to California, Embark is starting to solve not just the tech, but the logistics of AVs http:/...
Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot, launching in 2018, will outfit 1,600 cars, 10 buses, 10 streetcars with tech that communicates with roadways and other vehicles
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
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