Two Apple investors, which hold ~$2B in stock, say Apple should study impact of phone overuse on kids' mental health, offer parents better tools to manage use
Two activist shareholders want Apple to develop tools and research effects on young people of smartphone overuse and addiction
GoPro issues weak guidance, plans to cut workforce by 20% or ~250, reduces CEO cash compensation to $1, and will exit the drone business; stock down 20%+
GoPro lowered fourth quarter guidance Monday and confirmed layoffs of at least 250 employees. — Shares were halted in premarket trading.
Google consolidates its payment offerings, including Android Pay and Google Wallet, under a single brand: Google Pay
If you've ever paid for groceries with Android Pay, used Chrome to automatically fill in your payment info, or purchased an app on Google Play, then you've already experienced …
Sources: Telegram to launch Telegram Open Network on new blockchain with native Gram cryptocurrency, ICO pre-sale of $500M, with only real fiat currency buy-ins
Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond.
Intel officially launches 8th Gen Intel Core with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics, the first Intel chips with AMD's Radeon Graphics
It's here - one of the most unlikely partnerships in the semiconductor industry. Long-time rivals Intel and AMD, battling out of x86 dominance for over 35 years, are now co-conspirators.
Nvidia partners with Acer, Asus, HP to launch 4K 120Hz 65-inch gaming displays this summer, with its G-Sync tech and Android TV-based Shield platform built in
Nvidia is announcing today that it is going to supersize PC gaming with a new breed of Big Format Gaming Displays — or BFGDs.
HP, Asus, Acer, and others plan to integrate Alexa into some of their Windows 10 desktop and notebook PCs this year
Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft's built-in Cortana voice assistant. — Hardware makers HP, ASUS …
Intel announces a new NUC powered by Intel Core with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics, claims it's the smallest VR-capable computer on the market
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget :
Nvidia says its new Xavier SoC can process Level 5 self-driving data, powers its Drive IX vehicle safety and convenience and Drive AR infotainment UX platforms
Nvidia unveiled the next generation of its autonomous driving stack at CES 2018. — LAS VEGAS — Graphics chip giant Nvidia …
HP announces Spectre x360 15 laptop with 8th generation Intel CPUs and Radeon RX Vega M or Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPUs, starting at $1,370, available on March 18
You'd be hard pressed to see a big difference between HP's last Spectre x360 15, and the new version of the convertible it's debuting at CES.
Garmin launches its first GPS watch to store music, Forerunner 645, with 3.5GB storage that can save ~500 songs, starting at $449
Ready to hold 500 songs from iHeartRadio, iTunes, and other playlists. … Garmin's Vivoactive 3 provided a solid alternative to the Fitbit Ionic …
Netatmo debuts Smart Home Bot, a Facebook Messenger chatbot for its own and partner devices like thermostats, cameras, smart lights, and blinds
Voice controls not your thing? No problem. — While voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant are taking over the home …
Facebook and Google's influence on the US election and Brexit calls for regulations for more transparency, letting users own their data and social graphs, more
An early investor explains why the social media platform's business model is such a threat—and what to do about it.
Belkin starts shipping WeMo HomeKit Bridge hub with Apple HomeKit support, announced 8 months ago, for $40
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Developer indicts culture of dependency-laden projects with cautionary tale of an npm package for websites that would scrape and send sensitive user info
The following is a true story. Or maybe it's just based on a true story. Perhaps it's not true at all. Tweets: @thejameskyle and @thomasfuchs Tweets: James Kyle / @thejameskyle : Seems like browsers...
Dogecoin market cap hits $1B+; price has risen 400%+ in the past month; creator says it's a sign of broader market excess as it hasn't been updated in 2 years
Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk :
Thoughts on cryptocurrencies for 2018, including prices and investing, people involved, taxes, ICOs and crypto funds, promising applications, and more
@twobitidiot https://medium.com/... Erik Torenberg / @eriktorenberg : “BTC = reserve currency for people that hate the fed; ETH = reserve currency for people that hate the SEC; XMR = reserve currency ...
New German hate-speech law tests how tech firms juggle free speech and hate speech, with several controversial deletions and suspensions in its first few days
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian : Tweets: @philipoltermann Tweets: Philip Oltermann / @philipoltermann : One fascinating effect of Germany's new online hate speech law: 1/6 of Facebook's global moder...
Google stops serving ads from shady rehab clinic referrers in UK following investigative report, after announcing in September a temporary ban on the ads in US
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :
As prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum have skyrocketed, so have transaction fees on their blockchains, making entire categories of decentralized apps impractical
Jon Evans / TechCrunch :
Meltdown researcher Anders Fogh explains how multiple researchers discovered the same vulnerabilities in modern CPUs at around the same time
Recent public outcry against Alibaba's Sesame Credit and Tencent's WeChat over user privacy point to a growing demand for online data protection in China
Thoughts on surprisingly successful Bitcoin Cash fork of Bitcoin that allowed 2 strongly opposed communities to pursue their visions without hurting each other
A year after launch, Facebook Journalism Project gets mixed reviews for developing products with news outlets, providing training, and helping to curb hoaxes
Lucia Moses / Digiday : Tweets: @digiday , @digiday , and @bmorrissey Tweets: @digiday : Critics say the Facebook Journalism Project hasn't delivered in meaningful ways and is a public relations exer...
Digi-Capital report: AR/VR startups raised more than $3B in 2017 with Magic Leap, Improbable, Unity, and Niantic accounting for ~$1.6B
What to expect at CES 2018: from energy efficient laptops, high-end TVs, and self-driving car tech to AR/VR gaming, robots, and smart home tech
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