Google's Arts & Culture app becomes the number one free app on the iOS App Store after its face-matching feature that was added in December goes viral
The search behemoth's app was all the rage on social media this weekend. — Googling yourself took on a whole new meaning this weekend.
YouTube says creators will need 4K hours of watch time in past 12 months and 1K subs to join Partner Program; Google Preferred videos to be reviewed by humans
YouTube is making its creator revenue-sharing program more restrictive and will start manually reviewing all videos …
Microsoft brings 15-inch Surface Book 2 to 17 more countries starting today; both 15-inch and 13-inch variants will come to more countries over next two months
Surface Book 2 is the most powerful Surface we've ever built, and customers love that they can run their most demanding applications from anywhere.
22 attorneys general file lawsuit to stop FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules; Mozilla, other net neutrality advocates also filed suits against FCC
The legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission's recent repeal of so-called net neutrality regulations began on Tuesday …
An in-depth look at the potential of decentralized blockchain tech that aims to fix some of the internet's fundamental structural problems
Yes, it's driven by greed — but the mania for cryptocurrency could wind up building something much more important than wealth.
Google launches Cloud AutoML, a service to build image recognition and other custom AI models for developers, including those with no ML expertise
Google today announced the alpha launch of AutoML Vision, a new service that helps developers — including those with no machine learning …
Cryptocurrency values decline sharply, with Bitcoin down 25%+, briefly below $10K, Ethereum down as much as 30%, and Ripple down 40% at one point on Tuesday
Bitcoin briefly plunged below $10,000 late Tuesday afternoon on Coinbase, after first topping the psychologically key level in late November.
Free speech online has grown even as Facebook, Google, Twitter control more attention; most effective censorship now is meddling with trust, not muzzling speech
FOR MOST OF modern history, the easiest way to block the spread of an idea was to keep it from being mechanically disseminated. Facebook: Zeynep Tufekci . Tweets: @zeynep , @umairh , @shapshak , @codi...
Podcast network TWiT is suing Twitter, alleging breach of contract and trademark infringement in connection with the distribution of audio and video content
TWiT, officially known as This Week in Tech, is suing Twitter. The audio and video media platform alleges breach of written contract …
China Labor Watch report finds some workers at Catcher iPhone plant worked around noxious chemicals when safety equipment was not present; Apple, Catcher deny
Apple opens Siri feature that plays a podcast from news orgs when asked for the news to all users in US, UK, and Australia with iOS 11.2 or later
Update: The feature is also rolling out in Australia, with ABC, SBS, and Seven Network as sources. — Earlier this month …
Flurry data: overall app session activity grew 6% in 2017; shopping app usage grew 54%, media, music, entertainment apps grew 43%, lifestyle apps dropped 40%
The app economy is continuing to grow, with the worldwide revenue from app stores expected to top $110 billion this year, according to recent estimates from App Annie.
Report: global app downloads topped 175B in 2017, consumer spending surpassed $86B, and time spent in apps per user rose to ~43 days per year
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Examining the arguments for antitrust regulation against Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon suggests they are safe for now, but history shows that could change
A few technology giants dominate their worlds just as Standard Oil and AT&T once did. Should they be broken up?
Kaspersky Lab says it's found an Android spying app, likely by Italian vendors, that relies on five exploits to gain root access and can steal WhatsApp messages
a Hollywood-style mobile spy Ryan Whitwam / Android Police : Kaspersky details super-advanced ‘Skygofree’ Android trojan Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes : One Of The ‘Most Powerful’ Android Spyware Tools...
Anonymously-run cryptocurrency lending and exchange platform BitConnect, long suspected of being a Ponzi scheme, shuts down
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Internal email shows Google has opened an office in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, the global hardware hub that is home to Tencent, Huawei, and ZTE
A month after announcing plans to open its first AI lab in China, Google is expanding again through a move into Shenzhen.
Uber says UK drivers will be compelled to take a six hour break after 10 hours of driving, following criticism over excessive working hours
Sources: US lawmakers, citing national security concerns, urge AT&T to cut commercial ties with Huawei and oppose China Mobile's plans to enter the US
Canadian man charged with running and collecting $200K from LeakedSource, a site that sold access to a database of ~3B compromised account passwords
Alastair Sharp / Reuters :
Toronto-based collaborative writing platform Wattpad raises $51M at an estimated ~$398M post-money valuation to expand its tech platform
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
CircleCI, which makes software to automate building and testing code, raises $31M Series C led by Top Tier Capital Partners
Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat :
Senate votes 60-38 to end debate on bill extending Section 702 FISA warrantless surveillance program through 2023, setting up a vote for final passage this week
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Instacart acquires Toronto-based coupon and voice-shopping startup Unata; sources say the deal totals ~$65M
Venture-equity firm Scaleworks announces $10M “venture finance” fund available as loans to SaaS companies in value of up to 6 months of recurring revenue
there are other ways to build a business. @Scaleworks just announced a $10 million debt fund: http://www.inc.com/... Thanks: @yoda
Behind Cloudflare's decision to boot The Daily Stormer off its service, while it struggled to stay true to the principle of protecting free speech online
in some cases where you'd least expect it http://www.wired.com/... http://twitter.com/...
Interview with Sequoia partner Bryan Schreier, on the firm's new $180M fund called Sequoia Scout III that's focused exclusively on seed-stage opportunities
Lyft says its Concierge service, which lets businesses schedule rides for people and launched in 2016, is now open to organizations of all sizes
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Curve, a UK fintech startup that consolidates all cards into one card and app, gets full consumer launch; free to join with premium version available for £50
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
US Treasury Department warns that Venezuela's proposed “petro” cryptocurrency, which the country's president says would be backed by oil, may violate sanctions
Ripple and its investors hold many billions of dollars worth of XRP cryptocurrency, which is not meaningfully tied to Ripple's core tool used by banks, xCurrent
Ari Levy / CNBC :
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