Apple HomePod review: looks great, has best-in-class sound for $349 and above, but voice controls only work with Apple Music, no third-party service support
It sounds amazing. Is that enough? — Photography by James Bareham; Video by Phil Esposito, Becca Farsace, Andrew Marino, and William Joel
IDC: quarterly tablet shipments down 7.9% YoY, the 13th straight quarter of decline; Amazon sells ~7.7M tablets in Q4, overtaking Samsung for second place
The tablet market has now declined year-over-year for 13 quarters straight. Q4 2017 saw a 7.9 percent year-over-year decline …
New Jersey governor signs executive order requiring ISPs to follow neutrality rules if they sell internet services to state agencies, in effect on July 1
ISPs can't block or throttle traffic if they sell broadband to state agencies. — New Jersey is enforcing net neutrality …
HomePod review roundup: Siri is very limited, despite integration with iCloud and iPhone, recognizing few commands and not being able to tell voices apart
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Waymo v. Uber begins with opening slides; Waymo claims Levandowski stole trade secrets, Uber says Alphabet upset over Otto acquisition and Levandowski hire
The trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Alphabet's self-driving arm Waymo began today. — Uber and Waymo are finally having their day in court.
Seattle's Ethics and Elections Commission says Facebook violated election ad law, orders Facebook to disclose political ad spend info during 2017 city elections
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seattle's election authority said on Monday that Facebook Inc is in violation of a city law …
WrkRiot CEO Isaac Choi pleads guilty to defrauding employees, faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, sentencing set for May 24
Isaac Choi pleaded guilty on Monday, and faces up to 20 years in prison. — New businesses are often fraught with stress, bad communication …
Education startup Quizlet, which makes virtual flashcards, raises $20M Series B led by Icon Ventures to expand internationally, currently has ~20M users
If you're in high school in the United States, there's at least a 50% chance you're using Quizlet. And there's an even better chance you're at least familiar with it.
Grammarly fixes security bug in its Chrome extension, which is used by about 22M people, that allowed any site to obtain access to user accounts
The grammar-correcting browser extension is used by about 22 million users. — Grammarly has fixed a security bug in its Chrome extension …
EHang releases footage of latest manned test flights in China of the 184, an autonomous, electric quadcopter taxi that can carry a single person up to 10 miles
But I'm still highly skeptical this can scale — Two years ago, Chinese drone maker Ehang came to CES in Las Vegas and promised …
In email snafu, Apple appears to be sending some developers, who are using Search Ads Basic, ad spend and install details for other developers' apps
Feb 6, 2018, 11:41 amFeb 6, 2018, 2:37 pm — An issue at Apple appears to be resulting in app developers getting emails of ad spend …
Chinese smartwatch Amazfit Bip, with 1.28" touchscreen, claimed 30+ day charge, heart rate monitor, GPS, iOS and Android support, is now on sale in US for $99
Record-breaking battery life: Up to 30 days … Gani Mohamed Waseem / International Business Times : Xiaomi launches Amazfit Bip, an Apple Watch lookalike with 45-day battery life and lighter price tag ...
A deep look at Lightning and how it may mitigate Bitcoin's scaling problem by creating a new protocol level on top of Bitcoin to make payments faster, cheaper
The Lightning network could enable much cheaper and faster bitcoin payments. — Three startups are getting ready to launch … Tweets: @jonjones , @csuwildcat , and @binarybits Tweets: Jon Jones / @jon...
Alessandro Sabatelli, Twitter's director of AR/VR, has left the company after 18 months
The head of Twitter's AR/VR team announced today via a tweet that he is leaving the social media site after 18 months. — Alessandro Sabatelli joined Twitter in June of 2016 after leaving …
Cloudflare terminates service to domain names of Sci-Hub, the “Pirate Bay of Science”, after the American Chemical Society obtained a permanent injunction
Ernesto / TorrentFreak :
Baidu launches a CryptoKitties-like service allowing for adoption and trade of digital puppies, which works on blockchain called Achain, using its ACT currency
with new Chinese cats CoinDesk : The Next CryptoKitties? Baidu Unveils Blockchain Pet Project South China Morning Post : 'China's Google' jumps on the blockchain-based game bandwagon with digital pooc...
Snapchat rolled out Do Not Disturb feature a few weeks ago, confirms it's rolling out new text styles in redesigned app available in UK, Australia, and Canada
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Shervin Pishevar filed for dismissal of his lawsuit against a GOP opposition firm, will keep fighting “smear campaign” he says came with rape allegations
Marcus Baram / Fast Company :
CFTC and SEC chiefs to back more oversight of virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, according to prepared testimony for a congressional hearing on Tuesday
Mixmax, which makes a Gmail and Salesforce extension for one-click tasks that has 10K+ users, raises $10.35M to expand team from 18 to 50 people
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Sources: Facebook in talks with media buyers to expand Watch to more individual creators with a revenue split from ads, similar to YouTube
Michelle Castillo / CNBC :
Paige.AI raises $25M Series A to bring machine learning to cancer pathology, inks deal with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer for access to 25M pathology slides
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
The Pixel 2's Visual Core photo processing technology is coming to third party apps, starting with Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat, over the next few days
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
Only one of the top five largest US tech firms, Apple, has announced major changes to its cash allocation strategy as a result of tax reform
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @dmac1 Tweets: Doug MacMillan / @dmac1 : In first earnings calls since tax law passed, 4 of the 5 largest tech giants announced no plans to increase spending despite hav...
Analytics service Mixpanel was accidentally collecting passwords in some clients' apps from March 2017 to January 2018, was slow to notify clients and public
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Startups: Don't be like Mixpanel. If you have a security breach, be public about as soon a...
Interviews with Kentucky residents on why they invest in cryptocurrencies, looking up to locals who invested early and, in some cases, got into consulting
and as usual that price won't be paid by the most vulnerable. The tech underlying Bitcoin and blockchain in general maybe interesting with some real uses, but this is a classic speculative asset bubbl...
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