Best 2017 Cyber Monday deals on smart home and media streaming devices, HDTVs, computers, smartphones, and other electronics and software
Greetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our friends at TechBargains, we have a big round of Cyber Monday deals to share. Well, at least some of the deals …
YouTube's search autofill found to surface disturbing results like “how to have s*x with your kids”, which YouTube says it quickly removed and is investigating
Dozens of users have reported that a YouTube search for “how to have” is auto-completing with pedophiliac phrases.
UK government previews draft Drone Bill coming in 2018, giving police power to seize drones, mandating pilot training and registration of drones weighing 250g+
Drone users in the UK may have to take safety awareness tests under legislation planned by the government.
Snapchat now recommends contextual filters and borders based on photo content, recognizes items within a few categories like pets, sports, and food
Too lazy to be creative with Snapchat? Well, there's a new feature for you. — Snap quietly launched new filters that recognize what's …
Amazon launches Sumerian, a browser-based tool to build AR, VR, and 3D apps quickly with minimal coding, available in preview starting today
We'd heard months ago that Amazon would be using its Re:Invent AWS event to roll out some a new service related to building in mixed reality — augmented reality and virtual reality.
Chainalysis: between 17% and 23% of bitcoins mined to date have been lost forever; this estimate includes 1M, or about 6%, of bitcoins mined by Satoshi Nakamoto
Just as gold bars are lost at sea or $100 bills can burn, bitcoins can disappear from the Internet forever.
Firefox Quantum, built from the ground up as multi-device browser, has useful features, strong privacy protections, is faster & better at memory use than Chrome
IT'S BEEN YEARS since I gave a second thought to my web browser. Safari's fine, Microsoft Edge is whatever, I think Opera still exists?
UK's Balderton Capital raises $375M for its sixth fund to invest in Series A startups in Europe; source: some backing was secured from European Investment Fund
- UK venture capital firm Balderton Capital has raised $375 million (£281 million) for its sixth fund to invest in Series A startups in Europe.
Facebook rolls out AI for suicide prevention globally with the exception of the EU after initial tests in US, to detect suicidal posts before they're reported
This is software to save lives. Facebook's new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts …
McAfee acquires cloud security startup Skyhigh Networks, which was last valued at $400M, amid ongoing consolidation in the security industry
After spinning out as a standalone security business from Intel earlier this year, McAfee has made its first acquisition.
Study: in the 148 days after Pokémon Go's release, there were 286 more car crashes in one Indiana county than the period before; 134 happened near PokéStops
POKEMON … SSRN : Abstract — Based on detailed police accident reports … Simon Sharwood / The Register : Pokémon GO caused hundreds of deaths, increased crashes Eric Brackett / Digital Trends : Distr...
Barracuda Networks, a cloud computing and data security company, goes private through purchase by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in a $1.6B all-cash deal
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Growing number of US employers, particularly in retail, restaurant, and service sectors, are giving workers faster access to wages through payday apps
Instant pay helps boost employee attendance, but can make saving hard to do — For more workers across America, every day is payday. Tweets: @wsj and @sylvanrh Tweets: The Wall Street / @wsj : New to...
FBI knew for more than a year that Fancy Bear was targeting hundreds of government officials and policy makers but warned only a few of them
Ronald Deibert calls it the “notification gap.” Fortune : Data Sheet—Etsy Tries to Get More Businesslike Without Losing Its Soul Charles Oliver / Hit & Run : Brickbat: The First Line of Defense Steven...
Inside Etsy's transformation as it sheds its B Corp status, freewheeling culture, and idealistic business approach to appease shareholders
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How SSNs plus birthdates can still be leveraged to access tons more data via US FAFSA site, after an IRS tool with a similar flaw was disabled in March
KrebsOnSecurity has sought to call attention to online services which expose sensitive consumer data if the user knows a handful … Tweets: @briankrebs and @troyhunt Tweets: @briankrebs : Name, DoB and...
Chinese AI and cloud computing startups eye huge opportunities in the country's growing but nascent enterprise tech market that is devoid of dominant players
Li Yuan / Wall Street Journal :
How Facebook is planning to bring businesses and ads to Messenger with the help of AI-enabled chatbots and its own virtual assistant M
Ainsley Harris / Fast Company : Tweets: @noahr . Thanks: @hellomountfuji Tweets: Noah Robischon / @noahr : “It's one thing to be selling a product at the exact right time,” says Robyn Caplan, a resea...
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