Apple apologizes for inadequately communicating battery management practices that slowed down iPhones with older batteries, will offer $29 battery replacements
but supplies are limited Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : PSA: Apple is making its $29 battery replacement pricing effective immediately Jerri-Lynn Scofield / naked capitalism : Apple Battery Debacle: Yet An...
LG, HTC, Motorola say they don't throttle phones with older batteries; Samsung says it doesn't throttle via software updates “over the lifecycles of the phone”
Two of the biggest Android phone makers - Samsung and LG - have just confirmed that they do not slow down phones …
Gamers say deadly shooting of a man Thursday night by Wichita police was the result of a swatting prank; police in LA have arrested a man connected with it
A 28-year-old Kansas man was shot and killed by police officers on the evening of Dec. 28 after someone fraudulently reported a hostage situation ongoing at his home.
Telegram, citing ToS, suspends public channel that incited violent anti-government protests in Iran; Telegram is a major platform with ~40M users in Iran
“There are lines one shouldn't cross,” says the CEO of the popular messaging app. — The executives of Telegram …
Iran blocks access to Instagram and Telegram apps amid anti-government protests
Authorities respond after demonstrations leave at least two dead — Live: New Year's Eve celebrations kick off around the world — Coutinho move from Liverpool to Barca accidentally confirmed by Nik...
Ripple surged 50%+ on Friday and is now valued at ~$85B, surpassing Ethereum's market cap and becoming the second-most valuable cryptocurrency
- Officially called XRP, ripple climbed 55.9 percent to a record high of $2.23 Friday afternoon, according to CoinMarketCap.
Apple makes $29 iPhone battery replacement price effective immediately, rather than in late January, but warns initial supplies of some batteries may be limited
Aiming to further stem controversy over how it handles aging iPhone batteries, Apple said Saturday that its lower replacement price …
Reports say Iranian authorities temporarily cut off internet access to mobile phones as anti-government protests spread across the country
Anti-regime demonstrators attack town hall in Tehran, burn Iranian flag; 3 said shot dead in central Iran by Revolutionary Guards
In a tweet, President Donald Trump calls on the United States Postal Service to charge Amazon “much more” in postage fees
Latest criticism of online retailer and its CEO Jeff Bezos — Amazon stock opens as much as 0.6 percent lower after tweet
How Sweden, Norway, Finland prepare for AI-driven automation: employer-financed placement programs for those laid off, big public spending on social safety nets
In a world full of anxiety about the potential job-destroying rise of automation, Sweden is well placed to embrace technology while limiting human costs.
OKCupid's average App Store rating for December sinks to 2.2 stars amid backlash over new policy requiring people to use their real names
OKCupid's users are angry - very, very angry. Just ahead of the new year, the company made a radical change to its policies, and now requires people …
Pavel Lerner, an executive of Bitcoin exchange Exmo who was kidnapped in Ukraine, was released after paying $1M+ ransom in bitcoins, according to a Ukrainian MP
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AT&T says all 50 states will participate in FirstNet wireless broadband network for emergency responders, funded with $6.5B over 5 years by federal government
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Analysis of code from the top 10K websites on Alexa finds that 30.5% employ anti-ad blocking measures, many of which are hidden from the sites' visitors
It's no secret that ad blockers are putting a dent in advertising-based business models on the web. This has produced a range of reactions … Tweets: @chrisnahr Tweets: Christoph Nahr / @chrisnahr : A...
Nielsen: Netflix's “Bright”, which had a ~$90M budget, had 11M viewers on its opening weekend, roughly equivalent to $99M at the box office
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Amazon's “Alexa everywhere” strategy is winning the smart speaker battle and Apple's delayed and high-priced HomePod may not be able to compete
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Startups aim to provide an alternative route to internet access via VPNs and mesh networks, amid net neutrality repeal, but their approaches are as yet unproven
From VPNs to mesh networks, efforts to find an alternative route to internet access are gaining ground in Silicon Valley Thanks: @vscpr
Two Romanians arrested for hacking Washington DC police surveillance cameras just days before President Trump's inauguration
Indian mobile operator Reliance Jio to buy Reliance Communications' spectrum, tower, fiber optic, other telecom infrastructure assets; sources say for $3.75B
Some positive tech of 2017: helping blind people navigate, cryptocurrencies for charity, fighting hiring bias with AI, helping immigrants navigate laws, more
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How quantum computers will speed up the breaking of public-key cryptography and how “post-quantum cryptography” researchers are trying counter that threat
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Facebook says it removed Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov's accounts due to US sanctions, prompting questions on why others, like Venezuela's Maduro, are still active
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Sensor Tower: consumers spent $196M on apps across the Google Play and App Store on Christmas Day, up 12.3% YoY
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