FCC votes to dismantle Obama administration's net neutrality rules in a 3-2 vote; Ajit Pai says rollback is “helping consumers and promoting competition”
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to dismantle landmark rules regulating the businesses …
A coalition of state attorneys general, led by the New York AG, pledge to sue the FCC for repealing net neutrality rules
States like Washington and New York are gearing up to fight the FCC's recent repeal. — The United States is about to go to war with itself over net neutrality.
The inability of Ajit Pai and Republican FCC commissioners to make a fact-based case for repeal of popular net neutrality rules will be a problem for GOP
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Facebook debuts Snooze, a News Feed feature to temporarily unfollow a person, Page, or group for 30 days
One of our core News Feed values is giving people more control. Today, we're launching Snooze, which will give you the option to temporarily unfollow a person, Page or group for 30 days.
As AOL Instant Messenger shuts down today after 20 years, readers reminisce about the heyday of instant messaging
Ars readers reminisce about the heyday of instant messaging. — Today, America Online Instant Messenger, better known by its acronym, AIM, went dark after more than two decades of faithful service.
“Triton” malware, likely the work of a nation-state, found in Schneider Electric industrial safety systems often used in nuclear, oil and gas plants
(Reuters) - Hackers likely working for a nation-state recently invaded the safety system of a critical infrastructure facility …
Google AI team helps NASA identify a new planet in the Kepler-90 star system, found with the aid of a neural network using data from the Kepler Space Telescope
Google has previously discovered lost tribes, missing ships and even an forgotten forest. But now it has also found two entire planets.
YouTube debuts 360-degree YouTube VR app on Steam in early access for HTC Vive, but users of the beta are reporting several problems from bugs to crashes
There's a lot of VR content out there, but much of it is for one platform or another — what works on Gear VR may not on Daydream, the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift.
Apple begins selling its own Thunderbolt 3 USB-C to USB-C cable, with transfer speeds of up to 40 Gbps, for $39
Why aren't these the standard ones, again? — It's taken a while, but Apple is finally selling its own Thunderbolt 3 USB-C cables in the Apple Store.
Alphabet's X inks deal with the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to install 2,000 boxes that provide high-speed wireless internet using light beams
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's X research division said on Thursday that India's Andhra Pradesh state government would buy …
Italy's tax agency says Amazon to pay €100M to settle outstanding tax claims covering the period between 2011 and 2015
Italy's tax agency - known as Agenzia delle Entrate - said it reached an agreement with Amazon to settle outstanding tax claims covering the period between 2011 and 2015.
Indonesia's ride-hailing service Go-Jek has acquired offline payment firm Kartuku, payment gateway Midtrans, and payment and lending network Mapan
Go-Jek, the company leading Uber and Grab in Southeast Asia's largest market, has bagged a hat trick of deals to advance its mobile payment strategy.
Canary and Canary Flex cameras will be updated to add AI-powered person detection and more AI features in coming months
More AI-powered features are coming soon — Both the Canary and Canary Flex home security cameras are being updated with a new, AI-driven feature today: person detection.
Essential Phone's camera app has been downloaded ~50K times, according to Google Play, suggesting sales have been weak
By now, it should be apparent that the Essential Phone hasn't sold in the numbers that Andy Rubin and co. had thought it would. Having started at an MSRP of $699 …
Apple launches its podcast analytics service in beta, which only tracks data from iOS 11 and iTunes 12.7 users
At WWDC this year, Apple announced it would soon offer its own podcast analytics service for show creators who publish on Apple Podcasts. Today, that service has launched into beta …
Sources: SoftBank has been in talks to invest up to $300M in dog-walking app Wag, which raised $40M just eight months ago
It shows how SoftBank has affected funding amounts in Silicon Valley. — SoftBank has been in talks to invest as much as $300 million in the dog-walking app Wag …
Luxembourg says it will challenge EU order that Amazon must repay the country €250M in back taxes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Luxembourg is challenging a European Union order to recover about 250 million euros ($295 million) in back taxes from Amazon, saying it disagreed …
Motherboard and Vice to build and document a Brooklyn community internet that will connect to NYC mesh network and will not rely on a traditional ISP
The net neutrality battle has been exhausting. It has come at enormous cost in time, energy, attention, and money. Tweets: @jason_koebler , @catfashionshow , @thebanderson , and @lorenzofb See also M...
Apple confirms iMac Pro's custom T2 chip integrates previously separate components like SSD controller, secure enclave, and image signal processor
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Sources: Huawei and Xiaomi are in talks with US carriers, including AT&T and Verizon, to start selling smartphones in the US as soon as next year
Huawei, Xiaomi in talks with carriers to expand to U.S. market — Apple has lost significant China marketshare to local makers
Sources: Samsung plans to launch a smart speaker for ~$200, running Bixby and focusing on audio quality and connected device management, in first half of 2018
But How Smart Will It Be? John Keefer / Neowin : Samsung may launch its own smart speaker by Q2 of next year Chris Chavez / Phandroid : Samsung to launch Bixby-powered smart speaker during first half ...
Oracle beats Q2 estimates with $9.6B in revenue vs. $9.57B expected, net income of $2.2B, up 6% YoY, and cloud revenue of $1.5B, up 44% YoY
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Zero2IPO data: 3,418 new Chinese VC and PE funds raised $242B in 2017, up 2X on 2015; 12K firms manage $1.29T in 2017, up from 8K firms managing $756B in 2015
Li Yuan / Wall Street Journal :
Shervin Pishevar says he has resigned from Sherpa Capital effective immediately
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Amazon says it will start selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast again, two years after removing them
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Snap launches Lens Studio, a Mac and Windows app that lets users build their own AR lenses
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Adobe reports Q4 revenue of $2.01B, up 25% YoY, vs. $1.95B expected, net income of $501.5M, Creative Cloud revenue of $1.39B; Q1 revenue of $2.04B expected
Mamta Badkar / Financial Times :
Microsoft quietly adds beta of native OpenSSH client and server to Windows 10
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YC announces that it's launching a growth program for later stage startups in April 2018, aimed at founders of post-Series A startups with 50-100 employees
Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat :
Facebook confirms it will stop subsidies for Facebook Live publishers, encouraging them to use mid-roll ads, and says pre-roll ads are coming to Watch
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Unsealed docs from 2015 class action lawsuit against Microsoft show staff skepticism about company's equal pay claims, sexual assault allegations, more
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Facebook confirms that it's testing letting users switch between accounts on the same computer
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @caseynewton and @mattnavarra . Thanks: @kantrowitz Tweets: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Excited to outsource management of my Facebook profile to a hired contra...
Workboard raises $9M Series A led by Microsoft Ventures to build out its SaaS platform that lets companies assess their strategic plans
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Pandora begins letting users listen to music of their choice for free by unlocking a complimentary session of Premium after watching a 15-second ad
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Sources: Spotify shares have been priced at $4,000+ in recent private trades, up 20% over the past few months, valuing the company at ~$19B
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