Apple says it is delaying HomePod release from December to early 2018
So much for the holiday rush. Apple announced this morning that its premiumHomePod smart speaker won't be making the company's initial December ship date. According to a brief statement issued by th...
US Defense Department's Centcom found hosting at least 1.8B posts of scraped internet content from last 8 years on open AWS server
There are two big WTFs in this story. First, the Defense Departments Central Command (Centcom) was collecting tons of data on social media posts …
Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with Y Combinator; source says Thiel did not rejoin YC after the startup accelerator ended its part-time partners program
Billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with startup accelerator Y Combinator, according to an edited company blog post.
German regulator bans children's smartwatches that have SIM cards and one-way monitoring functions, saying they are unauthorized transmitters forbidden by law
A German regulator has banned the sale of children's smartwatches that have one-way monitoring functions.
Online fashion retailer Stitch Fix closes up 1% on its first day of trading, after raising $120M in a downsized IPO
Stitch Fix went up just 1 percent on its first day of trading. After pricing at $15, the company closed at $15.15. It's also below the opening trade of $16.90.
KGI: 2018 iPhones will feature faster pre-5G baseband chips from Intel and Qualcomm, with 70%-80% of chips coming from Intel
A new report today from KGI shares projections that the 2018 iPhones will include significantly faster baseband chips from Intel and Qualcomm, although Intel will be the main supplier.
Spotify announces it has acquired Soundtrap, a collaborative online music recording startup, reportedly for at least $30M
Spotify is buying Swedish music tech startup Soundtrap for an undisclosed amount. — Soundtrap is a collaborative online recording studio that was valued at $25 million (SEK 207 million) last year.
Amazon Flex workers, who are self-employed “last-mile” delivery drivers, describe the job and how the Uber-like Flex app coordinates deliveries
Who delivers Amazon orders? Increasingly, it's plainclothes contractors with few labor protections, driving their own cars …
John Draper, aka Cap'n Crunch, who once hacked phone lines with Jobs and Wozniak, banned from conferences after reports of sexual misconduct towards young men
The claims against John Draper, better known as Cap'n Crunch, a pioneer hacker and an early associate of Apple cofounders Steve Wozniak …
YouTube takes down Toy Freaks, a kid-focused channel that had over 8.5M subscribers, as it tightens enforcement of child endangerment policies
Following consumer outrage over YouTube's handling of disturbing videos aimed at children on its network, the company has now banned …
Profile of Bryan Johnson, founder of Braintree and Kernel, a startup trying to develop algorithms and commercial neural prosthetics for enhancing human memory
IN AN ORDINARY hospital room in Los Angeles, a young woman named Lauren Dickerson waits for her chance to make history. Thanks: @johnrobertreed
French startup Less, which pays drivers to use its navigation app where data is outdated, raises $19M Series A; the app will power Less' ride-sharing service
Criteo has long been named as one of the most successful French startups, quickly reaching unicorn level and even going public …
Global Cyber Alliance, IBM, and Packet Clearing House launch free Quad9 DNS service that blocks malicious domains using consolidated threat intelligence
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Twitter confirms it is testing a feature that will make it easier to publish tweetstorms
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Chinese online ticketing platform Maoyan raises ~$151M from Tencent, valuing the company at about $3B
Brave browser now allows you to directly pay YouTube creators with bitcoin or Basic Attention Tokens
Brady Dale / CoinDesk :
Online survey of 564 US Bitcoin owners: 16% plan to hold investment for less than a year, 67% haven't sold any, 36% don't plan on reporting purchase to the IRS
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MoviePass launches a one-year subscription plan for $89.95
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Yixin, a Chinese online car marketplace and financing provider, closed up 5%+ in its Hong Kong debut on Thursday, valued at $6.5B, after raising $870M in an IPO
South China Morning Post :
Code2040, a San Francisco-based nonprofit working to increase diversity in the technology industry, has raised $5.6M from the Knight Foundation and others
Jessica Guynn / USA Today :
Broadcom says it has closed its acquisition of network gear maker Brocade Communications
SailPoint, an identity and access management software provider for enterprises, closes up 8% on its first day of trading after raising $240M in IPO
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