EU fines Qualcomm €997M for abusing market dominance, says it paid Apple to buy LTE baseband chipsets from Qualcomm exclusively; Qualcomm to appeal
The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €997m for abusing its market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets.
Apple previews iOS 11.3 with ability to turn off controversial throttling of older iPhones, new Animoji, business chat in Messages, and more, coming this spring
Major Updates to ARKit, Messages and More Coming This Spring — This spring, iOS 11.3 will deliver exciting new ways …
Stripe says it will stop supporting bitcoin on April 23, citing volatility and long transaction times; bitcoin support was originally added in 2014
Payments platform Stripe will stop supporting bitcoin in April, citing the cryptocurrency's volatility and long transaction times, among other things.
Apple says its delayed HomePod smart speaker will be available to order on Friday for $349 in US, £319 in UK, A$499 in Australia, will arrive in stores Feb. 9
Facebook's survey to rank trust of publications asks two questions: “Do you recognize the following websites” and “How much do you trust each of these domains?”
Last week, Facebook said its News Feed would prioritize links from publications its users deemed “trustworthy” in an upcoming survey.
Google I/O 2018 to be held May 8-10 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California
This year's Google I/O developer conference will take place from May 8th to May 10th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Similar to last year, Google revealed the date through...
New section in Apple's Health app in iOS 11.3 will allow users to automatically download and view their medical records
In the latest indication of Apple's growing ambitions in the digital health market, the tech giant on Wednesday morning unveiled a new feature that would allow users …
Google Assistant now supports voice match for multiple Netflix profiles
Netflix was one of the first video services to add support for Google Assistant, but you could only access the main video profile. That really limited usefulness in households where everyone has thei...
Apple announces ARKit 1.5 in iOS 11.3 beta with support for vertical planes, 2D image recognition, and imagery in 1080p HD
Vertical planes and 2D image recognition are coming to ARKit — Apple just announced an updated version of its augmented reality platform, timed to the developer beta release …
Canalys: Apple shipped 29M iPhone Xs in Q4 2017, 7M of them in China; iPhone X was the world's best-shipping smartphone model over the holiday season
Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Tuesday, 23 January 2018 — Apple shipped 29 million iPhone Xs in Q4 2017.
AT&T CEO pushes for an “Internet Bill of Rights”, a net neutrality law covering ISPs and tech firms, in a series of full-page ads in major newspapers
AT&T is calling on Congress for a national net neutrality law that would govern Internet providers and tech companies alike …
Facebook buys Boston software company Confirm, which authenticates IDs, and will wind down its operations
Facebook has confirmed to TechCrunch that it's acquired... Confirm.io. The startup offered an API that let other companies quickly verify someone's government-issued identification card …
Vivo X20 Plus UD, the first smartphone with in-display fingerprint sensor and 6.43-inch OLED display, announced in China with preorders set to open today
For years, rumors have circulated about companies like Samsung and Apple attempting to integrate fingerprint sensors …
HomePod can play podcasts, Beats 1, iTunes purchased content without Apple Music subscription, stream non-Apple music services via AirPlay from an iOS device
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Amazon acquires advanced threat detection startup Sqrrl, to boost the security of AWS; earlier reports pegged the deal at $40M+
- Amazon's cloud business has recently stepped up its efforts to pick up business from U.S. intelligence agencies. — Amazon's cloud business has acquired Sqrrl …
Jérôme Pesenti, former CEO of BenevolentTech and IBM Big Data CTO, to head up Facebook's AI Research lab; Yann LeCun steps into new role as chief AI scientist
Jérôme … Tweets: Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : Like that Facebook's new AI chief used to run something called “BenevolentAI” http://qz.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Artificial intelligence isn't...
Engineer Steve Yegge leaves Google after 13 years, says it has lost its way due to risk aversion, politics, arrogance, and a focus on competitors over customers
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San Francisco-based collaborative inbox startup Front raises $66M Series B led by Sequoia Capital
Front App Inc. wants to retool the traditional email inbox for the era of team chat applications and cross-platform customer interactions, and today it said it has raised $66 million to expand its eff...
Apple says Siri is now being actively used on 500M+ devices
In today's announcement about the HomePod's February 9 launch date, Apple quietly provided new data on how many people are using Siri. According to the company, Siri is now actively used on more than...
Instagram now supports GIFs in Stories through partnership with GIPHY
Facebook-owned image sharing platform Instagram has collaborated with Giphy to announce the rollout of a new millennial-focused feature on its Android and iOS app. Starting Tuesday, GIF stickers will...
Popular home media server application Plex adds support for Google Daydream VR
Last year Plex's reach extended to cover live TV and automobiles, so in 2018 the company is jumping into yet another platform: virtual reality. As it has done before, the company brought in the devel...
Facebook CMO Gary Briggs is leaving to advise other companies, sit on some boards and help the Democrats in 2020
Briggs has been Facebook's chief marketing officer since 2013. — Facebook CMO Gary Briggs is retiring. — Briggs, who joined Facebook in 2013 from Google …
Uber CEO says it may commercially deploy fully autonomous cars in the next 18 months, when conditions at locations are perfect, about 5% of time initially
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was speaking to Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait today at the new outlet's event #TheYearAhead event …
Israel-based Nexar raises $30M Series B led by Ibex Ventures for its AI-based road safety dashcams and network
Nexar, a startup that makes an AI-based dashcam app to monitor road safety, announced today that it has raised a $30 million Series B led by Ibex Ventures.
Amazon's HQ2 PR strategy is brilliant, encouraging cities to publicly vie for its favor and inspiring positive media coverage amid a backlash against big tech
Elected officials across the country have spent the past three months falling all over themselves to show Amazon …
Amazon Go is another manifestation of Amazon's strategy: invest massively in R&D for a moat that no retailer or software-based competitor can match
Amazon Go is the story of technology, and so is this tweet: … Yesterday the Amazon Go concept store in Seattle opened to the public … Tweets: @frank_s_david , @dtcippy , @ntaylor963 , @d_ramsden , @dt...
YouTube says it will invest $5M in its Creators for Change program in 2018, aimed at YouTubers who “counter hate and promote tolerance”
YouTube is looking for some upbeat PR — pushing the idea that the Google-owned global video platform can be a force for social good …
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo says lower-end 6.1" iPhone, launching 2H 2018, will have a single rear camera, aluminum frame, 3GB RAM, and no 3D Touch, will cost $700-$800
Uber has hired its first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Bo Young Lee, following a Holder Report recommendation to create the role
Researchers show Tinder's lack of encryption lets hackers see all photos, inject their own images in users' photo streams, and watch users' every swipe
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SheerID raises $18M Series B, helps companies verify online identities of certain customers like students or the military for eligibility to special offers
Tom Krazit / GeekWire :
In security update, Apple backports Meltdown fix to macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet :
Facebook inks exclusive Facebook Live partnership for live streams of Dota 2 and CS:GO competitions run by Germany's ESL One
Vlad Savov / The Verge :
Vine cofounder Don Hofmann details its successor, v2: aiming for summer debut, 6.5 second looping videos, better moderation, Teams for collaboration, no filters
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Firefox 58 arrives on Windows, Mac, Android, and Linux with smoother rendering, faster JavaScript caching, and Progressive Web Apps on Android
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Democrats Rep. Schiff and Sen. Feinstein call for Twitter and Facebook to investigate if Russian troll accounts fueled the rise of the #releasethememo hashtag
Internet Association, a lobbying group for Amazon, Facebook, Google and others, to create new campaign to improve diversity in the tech industry
Tony Romm / Recode :
Cloud application management startup Zylo raises $9.3M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from investment arms of Salesforce and Slack
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Google launches G Suite Enterprise for Education for universities and other large educational institutions, a $4/user/month version of G Suite Enterprise
Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat :
Boston- and Shenzhen-based pharma firm XtalPi, which uses AI for drug discovery and development, raises $15M Series B from Sequoia China, Google, and Tencent
Cate Cadell / Reuters :
Verizon says it will put tax cut savings primarily toward boosting balance sheet, not increasing network upgrade spending
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
Snap opens up ability to share select public Stories outside the app to Twitter and Facebook or via text and email, with Stories displayed in a new web player
Nick Statt / The Verge :
AMD hires former Nvidia Tegra exec Mike Rayfield and Synaptics leader David Wang to run its graphics chip division, after Raja Koduri left for Intel in November
Unravel Data, which makes an app performance management platform for big data stacks, raises $15M Series B from GGV Capital, Menlo Ventures, Microsoft Ventures
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Montreal-based Element AI, which helps firms utilize AI and has raised $102M, opens its first international office in London to work with NGOs, charities, more
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Lee Freedman, Apple's director of worldwide investigations since 2011, joins Facebook as associate general counsel for compliance, security, and investigations
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GoDaddy is acquiring social media marketing platform Main Street Hub for $125M in cash plus up to $50M in potential future earn outs
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