iOS 11.2 released: fixes a bug that caused some notifications to crash iPhones starting Dec 2, adds Apple Pay Cash and faster 7.5W wireless charging
Apple today released iOS 11.2, the second major update to the iOS 11 operating system available on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. iOS 11.2 comes …
Former NSA employee Nghia H. Pho pleads guilty to taking classified files home, where, officials say, Russian hackers stole the files via Kaspersky software
BALTIMORE — A former National Security Agency employee admitted on Friday that he had illegally taken from the agency classified documents believed …
macOS upgrades from High Sierra 10.13.0 to 10.13.1 break “root” bug patch issued earlier this week; fix by re-installing patch after upgrade, rebooting computer
WHEN A COMPANY like Apple rushes out a software patch for a critical security bug, it deserves praise for protecting its customers quickly.
Futures exchanges CME, CBOE, and Cantor complete self-certification with Commodity Futures Trading Commission; CME will launch bitcoin futures on December 18
- The world's largest futures exchange, CME, announces it has completed self-certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission …
Twitter changes course, says anti-Muslim tweets retweeted by Trump “are permitted on Twitter based on our current media policy”
We mistakenly pointed to the wrong reason we didn't take action on the videos from earlier this week. We're still looking critically at all of our current policies, and appreciate all the feedback. Se...
Disney sues Redbox over sales of digital download codes; Disney and Redbox do not have a distribution deal, codes come with retail copies of DVDs
DVD rental company has been offering consumers codes they can use to download digital copy of a Disney movie
BlackBerry ordered to pay Nokia $137M in patent-related contract dispute; BlackBerry to continue to pursue separate patent infringement claims filed in February
Canadian software maker BlackBerry Ltd said on Friday that it would pay Nokia Corp $137 million, according to a ruling by the International Court of Arbitration.
Judge overturns Trump administration's delay of Obama-era ‘startup visa,’ siding with investor group
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire : … A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting applications for foreign entrepreneurs to enter the U.S. under the Internati...
Apple will stop accepting 32-bit apps in Mac App Store starting January 1, 2018
Apple's Developer site has today shared a reminder that starting January 1st, 2018 32-bit Mac apps will no longer be accepted. — Earlier in the year we reported that iOS 11 would be the death blow …
Google announces $45 AIY Vision Kit for Raspberry Pi, touting it as a cheap and simple computer vision system that doesn't require access to cloud processing
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Lyft to require all corporate employees to spend four hours per quarter as a Lyft driver, staffing driver-support calls, or working in a driver hub
Melissa Waters decided to try something different a few months ago: She drove for Lyft. — She had the usual experiences of picking up riders and dropping them off.
At re:Invent, AWS pitched its vision to be the platform developers use to build machine learning, data management, and artificial intelligence applications
It's time to stop thinking of Amazon Web Services as an infrastructure company as it moves up the stack and value chain to technologies …
Leaked memo: UK government warns against use of Kaspersky Labs software in departments that handle any information that can be related to national security
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India's ride-hailing startup Ola launches bicycle-sharing service Pedal for short trips, focusing on college campuses, residential townships, and tech parks
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Google's new Play Store policy bans all non-lockscreen Android apps from placing ads on the lockscreen
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Advertisers say Facebook plans to test pre-roll video ads for Watch shows after resisting the format
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The number of early-stage VC rounds worldwide dropped from about 13.3K in 2014 to about 5.9K this year, with mobile app and SaaS startups hit hardest
Amid record amounts of capital raised by VCs worldwide, and a sharp rise in the number of private “unicorns” valued at $1 billion-plus … Tweets: @adamnash , @trengriffin , @gsands , @lutherlowe , @rrh...
Periscope expands virtual tipping via Super Hearts beyond the US, to Canada, Ireland, and the UK
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Sources: Tencent Music and Spotify are in talks to swap stakes of up to 10% in each other's businesses ahead of their expected public listings next year
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Mozilla reports $520M in 2016 revenues, up 24% YoY
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IDC: phablets on track to overtake regular smartphone shipments by 2019, expected to hit 1B units by 2021, with the most growth in China, Middle East, Africa
IDC : Tweets: @bryanbma Tweets: Bryan Ma / @bryanbma : 1.7B smartphones shipping WW in 2021 vs 1.5B in 2017 on +3% CAGR. ASP = US$317 in 2021 vs US$282 in 2016 on +2% CAGR. Phablets (>5.5") almost ha...
Twitter Lite rolling out to 24 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, after Philippines test showed a 50% increase in tweets
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Vancouver-based connected car startup Mojio raises $30M Series B at a pre-money valuation of $100M+ led by Toronto's Kensington Capital
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