Google brings back play/pause touch controls to Home Mini via long press on sides, after top touch input was disabled due to bug that caused unwanted recording
The Google Home Mini is a super-affordable way to get Google Assistant in your life, but Google was forced to hobble the device shortly …
The ‘pro net neutrality but against Title II regulations’ argument had merit a decade ago, but developments since then make coming FCC rules repeal a mistake
Long time readers of Techdirt may know (as I've noted several times), that in the mid-2000s when the net neutrality debate …
Sources: Alibaba to buy 30% of India's online grocer BigBasket for $300M, with $80M of the investment used to buy shares from existing shareholders
BENGALURU: Alibaba is poised to buy over a third of online grocer BigBasket, according to three people directly aware of the impending deal, for about $300 million.
Andy Rubin has returned to Essential after taking leave amid questions about an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate when he was at Google
He's back at Essential, his smartphone startup. — Andy Rubin, the founder of smartphone startup Essential, has already returned …
FCC formally refuses to hand over any data or logs in New York attorney general's inquiry into fake net neutrality comments
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The current Bitcoin economy has mainly replicated core aspects of a centralized finance industry instead of giving rise to a true p2p financial system
The cryptocurrency was supposed to replace the finance industry. Instead, it has replicated it.
Experts estimate that about 1,000 users, known as “whales”, control 40% of bitcoins, raising concerns whales may collude to manipulate cryptocurrency markets
A few massive investors can rock it with a shrug. — On Nov. 12, someone moved almost 25,000 bitcoins …
Jony Ive, Apple's chief design officer, is returning to his management role within Apple's design group after handing off managerial duties in 2015
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Kantar: Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple, Vivo, Oppo account for 91% of China's phone market; Apple had 17.4% marketshare in the quarter ending Oct. while Samsung had 2.2%
Xiaomi, Huawei, the Oppo-Vivo duo, and Apple now account for 91 percent of sales — China is the most unique smartphone market in the world …
Modsy, a startup that reconstructs photos of living spaces into 3D and sends users interior design ideas, raises $23M Series B led by Advance Venture Partners
Modsy, a company that allows people to create 3D renderings of their home in order to visualize what it would look like with various kinds …
Survey: for first time more founders say sales leaders, not engineers, are hardest to hire; 53% say investors have more sway in deals, compared to 39% in 2016
Every year, we survey as many venture-backed startup founders as possible to figure out what it's like to run a technology company right now.
Uber has settled the lawsuit with a woman whose medical files the company accessed after she was raped by Uber driver in India
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode :
A look at APT 34, a hacking group targeting Middle Eastern critical infrastructure companies; FireEye says APT 34 has hallmarks of Iranian hacking activity
THE INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE agency always has a keen interest in Iran's hacking activity. And new research published …
Sources: Apple to acquire music recognition app Shazam; one source puts the deal at about $400M; Shazam's post-money valuation after its 2015 funding was $1.02B
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Many individual creators complain that YouTube's demonetization of offensive content unfairly hit their video channels, severely impacting ad earnings
Algorithm flags offensive material but isn't perfect — Site says it's working to address YouTubers' concerns Tweets: @thejesslyfe and @lschmeiser Tweets: Whatupdoe / @thejesslyfe : I have to put in ...
Top 10 YouTube stars earned $127M between June 2016 and 2017, up 80% from $70.5M last year, with Daniel Middleton, aka DanTDM, taking the top spot with $16.5M
Madeline Berg / Forbes :
A look at two tech efforts helping people make bail: Appolition for donating spare change from purchases and Bail Bloc for mining Monero with spare PC resources
Kate Knibbs / The Ringer :
Mindful of smartphone patent wars, automakers, now among top US patent filers, work together on self-driving IP issues via industry associations to avoid suits
Automakers are learning the mistakes by smartphone companies — Ford, BMW among those looking for licenses without lawsuits Tweets: @atripper Tweets: Anthony Trippe / @atripper : Many automakers, ant...
AWS announces a free single sign-on service for logging in to multiple AWS accounts and other applications, currently only available in Northern Virginia region
Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat :
Huawei Mate 10 review: at ~$685, it's a cheaper smartphone with performance and cameras comparable to flagships like Galaxy Note8, but no US release is planned
Daniel Van Boom / CNET :
Interviews with defectors and experts suggest an increasing number of North Koreans have phones, some with an intranet connection, that are heavily monitored
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jchengwsj , @wsj , and @oranckay Tweets: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : Outsiders once hoped that cellphones and the internet would undermine the Kim regime. Now, a new ...
Experts say US is in danger of losing its status as the center of AI R&D, as GOP tax plan raises costs on graduates and immigration policy deters some
Will Knight / MIT Technology Review :
Google says its employees and its philanthropic arm Google.org donated $260M to nonprofits in 2017
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
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