Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase partner to cut employee healthcare costs, will create a company targeting healthcare technology solutions
- Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday announced plans to partner on ways to cut health care costs and improve services for U.S. employees.
Sources: Apple is delaying some planned iOS updates, including improvements to core apps, to next year in order to focus on performance and reliability issues
Apple has shaken up its iOS software plans for 2018, delaying some features to next year in an effort to put more focus …
Sources: Verizon has dropped all plans to sell phones made by Huawei, including the new Mate 10 Pro, after facing pressure from the US government
Carriers pressured by U.S. government to avoid handset maker — Perceived threat draws Trump team proposal for nationalization
Source: Apple to curtail iPhone X production in the first quarter to ~20M handsets, down from ~40M initially planned, due to weak demand
Company will offer its first report on iPhone X sales when it reports earnings Thursday — Apple Inc. AAPL -2.07% is slashing planned production …
Waymo says it will buy “thousands” more Chrysler Pacifica self-driving minivans from Fiat Chrysler, with the first deliveries starting at the end of 2018
Google's self-driving unit deepens its partnership with one of Detroit's Big Three — Waymo, the self-driving unit …
Sources: Apple to curtail iPhone X production in the first quarter to ~20M handsets, down from ~40M initially planned, due to weak demand
Company will offer its first report on iPhone X sales when it reports earnings Thursday — Apple Inc. AAPL -2.07% is slashing planned production …
UK court of appeal rules mass digital surveillance powers under the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act are unlawful
Appeal ruling means significant parts of 'snooper's charter' legislation must be changed … Appeal court judges have ruled the government's mass digital …
Google completes its $1.1B HTC deal involving the transfer of 2,000+ engineers and a non-exclusive license for HTC's intellectual property
Google has announced the completion of its $1.1 billion deal to buy a large slice of HTC's hardware business. — The acquisition was announced …
Over 100 child advocates, pediatric and medical experts urge Facebook to discontinue Messenger Kids, saying it poses health and development risk to children
More than 100 child advocates, civil society groups, medical experts and other individuals are urging Facebook to discontinue …
SEC announces it has obtained a court order to halt and recover the assets of Dallas-based “decentralized bank” AriseBank's ICO, which allegedly raised ~$600M
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announces it has obtained a court order to halt AriseBank's initial coin offering.
Snap debuts new styles for its Bitmoji called Bitmoji Deluxe, now offers 40 skin tones, up from 25, twice as many hair colors, and 50 hair treatment options
Now you can customize your Snapchat Bitmoji avatar with 40 skin tones, 50 hair colors, 50 hair treatment options and more so it looks …
Facebook to show more stories from local news sources in News Feed, will identify local publishers by looking at clicks in tight geographic areas
http://newsroom.fb.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Local news is often unifying and materially impactful to citizens, while world news can be divisive and numbingly distant. So FB shifts feed ...
Indian ride-hailing service Ola, which counts Didi and SoftBank as investors, is launching in Australia; Europe-based Taxify also recently launched in Australia
it said today it is recruiting drivers in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth ahead of upcoming launches http://techcrunch.com/...
SAP to acquire Callidus Software, provider of cloud-based human resource software and other IT solutions, for $2.4B; the deal is expected to close in Q2 2018
SAP America's acquisition is not expected to significantly hit FY 2018 earnings. — SAP has announced the acquisition of Callidus Software in a deal worth $2.4 billion.
Andrew Ng raises $175M AI fund from Sequoia, Greylock, SoftBank, others, and makes first public investment in Landing.AI, a startup using AI in manufacturing
- Andrew Ng is one of the world's most respected artificial intelligence researchers and executives.
Source: Microsoft considers buying Electronic Arts, as it seeks to increase exclusive games lineup; acquisition rumors also include Valve and PUBG
and Microsoft is considering a major acquisition to fix it Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com : MSFT + EA? (Premium) Paul Tassi / Forbes : Microsoft Buying EA For Xbox Wouldn't Make Any Sense Kip Kniskern /...
Dog-walking app Wag accepts $300M in deal expected to give SoftBank 45% of the company and says cofounder Josh Viner will step aside as CEO
Hilary Schneider, a former top Yahoo executive, is the new CEO. — The dog-walking company Wag is replacing its CEO as it prepares to accept …
Researchers train a drone to autonomously fly through city streets by using data collected by cars and bikes; the method could minimize hardware inside drones
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Sources: Dell considers a sale to VMware, of which it owns 80%, in a reverse merger, which would allow Dell to be traded publicly without formal IPO
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Sources: proposal by an official at National Security Council for US govt. to build a 5G network is outdated, not a sign of an imminent policy announcement
Tencent-led investor group, which includes JD.com, is spending $5.4B for a 14% stake in Wanda Commercial Properties Co., China's largest mall operator
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Microsoft buys gaming services startup PlayFab to bolster its Azure platform
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Japanese chipmaker Renesas denies news of talks to buy US competitor Maxim, whose shares surged as much as 27% on report
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Microsoft Teams gets tighter app integration, revamped command box, slash commands, and a new Store where you can search for apps by name or integration type
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
UK government will fine companies in “critical industries” up to £17M if they don't have effective cybersecurity measures, in response to 2016 EU NIS directive
Nick Summers / Engadget :
British analytics company RELX Group buys ThreatMetrix, which uses factors like location and behavioral analytics to authenticate users, for £580M
Margi Murphy / Telegraph :
Source: TrackR, maker of Bluetooth trackers for physical objects, lays off 42 staff, in ongoing market contraction
It's crunch time for TrackR, that startup that lets you use an app to find items like keys, wallets and bags that have been tagged with its small Bluetooth-based tracking devices.
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman opens investigation into Devumi, the company that sells millions of fake followers to celebs, journalists, others
GV leads $25M Series B in Hover, a computer vision startup that allows consumers to easily create 3D models of their homes via a smartphone app
Lucas Matney / TechCrunch :
Despite commitments to India, Apple is losing marketshare due to high cost of phones, and core services, like Maps and Siri, not working well locally
Manish Singh / CNBC :
Mobile and browser testing platform BrowserStack raises $50M Series A from Accel, says it has bootstrapped its way into profitability with 25K+ paying customers
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Immersion says it has settled its lawsuit and signed a license agreement with Apple over its 3D Touch, Force Touch, Taptic Engine, and other haptic tech
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors :
GroupM's Rob Norman on Google and Facebook's digital ad duopoly, News Feed changes, Disney's opportunity with Hulu and BAMTech if 21st Century Fox deal closes
despite the fact that what exists now only exists because everything's been disrupted.” http://twitter.com/... Connor Ennis / @ennisnyt : “My guess is that five to seven years from now, there will be ...
US banks' Venmo alternative, Zelle, moved $75B last year in peer-to-peer payments, up from $55B the year prior, and says nearly 100,000 people enroll daily
YouCaring, a crowdfunding site for charitable causes, acquires Generosity.com from Indiegogo, as the latter focuses on crowdfunding for hardware startups
Lawsuit against Bitconnect says 6 plaintiffs lost $771K, names a number of people who promoted an alleged Ponzi scheme on social media as defendants
BigID, which helps identify private customer data across big data stores, raises $14M Series A with participation from Comcast Ventures, SAP, ClearSky, and more
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