Bitcoin plunged below $11K for a while, down 40%+ from record high of ~$19.8K at the start of the week, amid a crash in all major cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin plunges more than 40 percent from its all-time high reached Sunday, according to Coinbase. — Stocks that have soared dramatically …
Wireless security camera startup Blink says it has been acquired by Amazon and will continue to operate; Blink raised ~$1M in a 2014 crowdfunding campaign
Amazon has acquired Blink, the wireless security camera company that launched back in 2014 and then subsequently closed a million-dollar Kickstarter campaign.
Facebook launches tool that shows if you followed or Liked Russia-linked US election related accounts on Facebook and Instagram between Jan. 2015 and Aug. 2017
Not all users who saw that content, however, can take advantage of a new tool out today. — Facebook has rolled out its new hub …
Throttling iPhones with older batteries was the right decision, but Apple's lack of transparency undermines customers and fuels conspiracy theories
but says it's for your own good Gordon Kelly / Forbes : Why Every iPhone Contains A Nasty Surprise Marius Nestor / Softpedia News : Apple Is Now Being Sued for Slowing Down Older iPhones Tyler Lee / U...
At least three lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed against Apple for slowing down iPhones with old batteries
The plaintiffs in three separate suits contend that an Apple software tweak that slows down older iPhones was a ploy to spur upgrades to pricier models.
Snowden-backed Haven app for Android alerts users of “evil maid” and other physical attacks using a phone's accelerometers, cameras, microphones, light sensor
YOUR DIGITAL SECURITY, any sufficiently paranoid person will remind you, is only as good as your physical security.
Coinbase says it has re-enabled cryptocurrency trading after suspending it for several hours due to “high traffic”
Coinbase, one of the biggest bitcoin marketplaces in the U.S., said Friday that buying and selling was temporarily disabled amid a price rout in cryptocurrencies.
Court sanctions Apple over failure to produce documents in FTC's lawsuit against Qualcomm, orders fine of $25K/day starting Dec. 16 until it turns over the docs
A judge granted sanctions against Apple Inc. for dragging its feet in turning over documents in the Federal Trade Commission's …
South Korea indicts over two dozen people for their involvement in an alleged $250M+ cryptocurrency mining pyramid scheme run by US registered firm Mining Max
South Korean authorities on Wednesday indicted over two dozen people associated with a cryptocurrency operation for their involvement in a multimillion dollar scam.
Pixel 2 XL beats iPhone X, Galaxy Note8, HTC U11, and LG V30 as best camera, but iPhone X takes better selfies and Note8 is most versatile for video
iPhone X vs. Pixel 2 XL vs. Note 8 vs. HTC U11 vs. LG V30 — Smartphone cameras get better every year, but this year more than ever truly felt like a leap.
How Eric Schmidt, whose departure was planned for months according to a source, successfully worked alongside Google's founders for 16 years
ERIC SCHMIDT WOUND up at Google by compromise. In 1998, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had made a promise to the two venture-capital firms …
Investigation finds Russia-linked Fancy Bear hacking group targeted 200+ journalists, publishers, and bloggers from mid-2014 until a few months ago
PARIS (AP) — Russian television anchor Pavel Lobkov was in the studio getting ready for his show when jarring news flashed across his phone …
A look at why WhatsApp has become the de facto social network for older users in India, where the app has more than 200M users
My mother became addicted to WhatsApp when her mother passed away in the winter of 2013. She used it, she said, to “fill up a vacuum,” numbing her grief … Tweets: @namitabhandare , @codeblue87 , @mem...
Sources: SEC is expected to approve Spotify's direct share listing on NYSE ahead of IPO, expected in March or April; SEC has until Feb. 15 to decide, per memo
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A look at the “Coinbase effect”, the popular trading platform's power in influencing the nascent cryptocurrency markets with its 10M+ users
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @rmac18 , @fwd , and @mikeisaac Tweets: @rmac18 : Another thing from this. Coinbase's CEO said he'd pursue legal action against employees caught performing insider trade...
Belarus' president signs decree legalizing blockchain businesses and all digital tokens, exempting token-related profits and revenue from taxes until 2023
Aliaksandr Kudrytski / Bloomberg :
Counterpoint Research data shows HMD Global, which makes Nokia-branded handsets, sold 2.8M smartphones and 13.5M feature phones in Q3 2017
Corbin Davenport / Android Police :
Baidu and Huawei announce partnership to build an open mobile AI ecosystem using Huawei's neural network and Baidu's deep learning framework
Corinne Reichert / ZDNet :
Bipartisan group of lawmakers introduce Secure Elections Act bill, propose spending $386M to replace outdated voting systems vulnerable to hacking
Shannon Vavra / Axios :
Profile of Fin, founded in mid-2015 with backing from Kleiner Perkins, which uses AI to do “digital chores” for $1/minute, opening to more customers today
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine . Thanks: @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Fin's personal assistant gets digital chores done...for a price. W...
Google and Facebook's dominance in digital advertising and news discovery in the US is a threat to diversity of ideas in the country
Mark Epstein / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @flyagaric2019 Tweets: Steve Fly Agaric / @flyagaric2019 : PaywallStreet? 'A monopoly on the means of communication," Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson ...
Home security firm ADT files for IPO on NYSE at valuation sources say of $15B+; private-equity firm Apollo Global Management will retain control of the company
Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj Tweets: The Wall Street / @wsj : Home-security company ADT has filed preliminary documents for an initial public offering, more than a year after i...
Mattermark to shut down after being acquired by FullContact, source says for under $500K in cash plus stock; common stockholders will get nothing in the deal
and the risk https://twitter.com/... Erik Torenberg / @eriktorenberg : Congrats to the @Mattermark team for all they've accomplished over the years. I've always admired @DanielleMorrill @MisterMorrill...
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