Ajit Pai's proposal to kill net neutrality argues the FCC should not have tried to stop Comcast from blocking BitTorrent in 2008
This is what happens when you're honest about killing net neutrality — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released his proposal to kill net neutrality today …
Facebook confirms it's testing a Snapchat-like streak feature in Messenger that shows how many consecutive days users have been chatting with friends
Streaks aren't just for Snapchat, anymore. — Facebook is now testing a version of a similar feature in Messenger, the company confirmed with Mashable.
Analysis of FCC net neutrality comments finds over 1M pro-repeal were likely faked and 99% of organic comments were in favor of keeping rules
I used natural language processing techniques to analyze net neutrality comments submitted to the FCC from April-October 2017, and the results were disturbing.
Workers at Amazon's main distribution hub in Italy and at six German distribution centers strike on Black Friday over pay disputes
MILAN (Reuters) - Workers at Amazon's main distribution hub in Italy are planning their first ever strike for Friday, trade unions said …
Imgur confirms hackers stole 1.7M email addresses and passwords hashed with SHA-256 algorithm in 2014 hack
The hackers stole email addresses and passwords. — Imgur, one of the world's most visited websites, has confirmed a hack dating back to 2014. — The company confirmed to ZDNet …
Pokémon Go developer Niantic raises ~$200M Series B led by Spark Capital with participation from Founders Fund, Meritech, Javelin Venture Capital, and others
Series B led by Spark Capital is secured as company prepares to release a ‘Harry Potter’ title
Adobe: Thanksgiving day e-commerce sales were $2.87B, up 18.3% YoY, with 46% of all traffic to sites coming from smartphones
Black Friday, the day after a quiet Thanksgiving Thursday, traditionally has been thought of as the start of the holiday sales season, but the rise of e-commerce …
As the FCC seeks to kill net neutrality, Comcast, Charter, and cable trade group NCTA vow not to block, throttle, or interfere with lawful sites or activities
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable :
Snapchat debuts new ad formats allowing advertisers to post Promoted Stories in Stories tab and AR Trial Ads for placing interactive objects in a camera view
Snap Inc's stock tanked after missing revenue expectations by $30 million last quarter, so Snapchat is looking to win over businesses with immersive new ads formats.
Rovio shares fell 20%+ on Thursday, below its September IPO price, as Angry Birds maker's customer acquisition costs increased 4X YoY to $26.3M, hurting profits
Investments in attracting new users weigh on profitability — Stock falls more than 20% to lowest level since September IPO
Yandex and Uber receive approval from national antitrust regulator to merge their ride sharing businesses in Russia; merger expected to close in January 2018
Yandex, Uber to combine taxi businesses in January 2018 — Joint venture shouldn't restrict users, drivers using rivals
UK Digital Minister Matt Hancock says Uber's October 2016 hack affected UK citizens and the government plans to publish a report in the coming days
but it's still not clear how many Mohul Ghosh / Trak.in : Uber, Ola's Fare Will Be ‘Fixed’ By Maha Govt.; Uber Secretly Settled Data Leak Of 57 Mn Users For $100,000! Haroon Siddique / The Guardian : ...
City of Munich decides to switch fully over to Windows 10 after running mostly on Linux for over a decade
Nick Heath / ZDNet :
YouTube details steps it's taking in ongoing effort to clamp down on videos that exploit children, will ramp up removal of offensive material, halt monetization
and racking up millions of views. http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Matt Arpen / @mattarpen : As a human, this disgusts & enrages me. As a parent, this terrifies me. http://www.buzzfeed.com/... Ryan Mac / @...
UK authorities change advertising rules for ISPs, requiring that stated speeds are achieved by 50% of users at peak times, up from 10%
Jane Wakefield / BBC :
ProtonMail debuts encrypted contacts manager with digital signatures that verify integrity of data, aimed at journalists and others who want to protect sources
Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek :
AltSchool, which raised $175M from Mark Zuckerberg, Founders Fund, and a16z to reimagine primary education, is closing over half its schools and losing students
- A new kind of school crafted by the minds and wallets of Silicon Valley influencers is struggling to keep parents happy and students in seats.
Lawyers for Peter Thiel file a motion to block efforts that have prevented him from bidding on Gawker.com assets during bankruptcy proceeding
the news site he helped Hulk Hogan take down Tweets: Violet Blue / @violetblue : 2017 is Year of the Vengeful Billionaires. http://twitter.com/... Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce : “Whoever ends up buying ...
Uber faces investigations by 5 US state AGs and at least 3 potential class actions, and has been contacted by FTC over recently disclosed hack and $100K ransom
After Uber revealed that it paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet about stealing the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers …
Dow Jones VentureSource: 516 new US venture funds raised since 2013, with 133 in 2016 and 87 so far in 2017; firms raised $44B in 2016, most since dot-com crash
Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal :
Filing shows Lyft is raising an additional $500M in funding, one month after announcing $1B raise led by Alphabet's CapitalG, at an $11.5B post-money valuation
Dan Primack / Axios :
A look at Explainable AI, an emerging research discipline to make decision-making of machine learning systems more transparent and understandable to humans
Cliff Kuang / New York Times : Tweets: @stevenschmatz , @sub8u , and @rolandparis Tweets: @stevenschmatz : “In 2018, the European Union will begin enforcing a law requiring that any decision made by ...
China's largest private courier, SF Express, bought two Boeing 747-400 Freighters on Alibaba's eBay-like platform Taobao for ~$49M after offline auctions failed
Laura He / South China Morning Post : Tweets: @juansotolongo and @paulpage Tweets: Juan Sotolongo / @juansotolongo : SF Express purchased for $49m two 747-400 cargo planes, online via Taobao, the Ali...
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