Apple files DMCA notice to remove apparent iOS 9 “iBoot” source code, parts of which are likely used in iOS 11, from GitHub; experts say the code is authentic
Update, February 8, 08:27 a.m.: Apple filed a copyright takedown request with GitHub and forced the company to remove the code.
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow has died at 70
With a broken heart I have to announce that EFF's founder, visionary, and our ongoing inspiration, John Perry Barlow, passed away quietly in his sleep this morning. We will miss Barlow and his wisdom...
Amazon starts delivering Whole Foods groceries to Prime members in Dallas, Virginia Beach, Cincinnati, and Austin with free two-hour delivery for $35+ orders
Groceries offered via one- and two-hour Prime Now service in four markets to start — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -1.81% …
Alphabet says Nest will be brought back under Google with Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz reporting to Google's hardware chief Rick Osterloh
Nest has sold 11 million devices, so Google isn't ditching the brand. The new strategy: Try to get Google Assistant into more of Nest's smart gadgets in a war against Amazon's Alexa.
Twitter Q4: profit of $91.1M, its first ever, revenue of $731.6M, up 2% YoY, vs. $686.4M est.; MAUs up 4% YoY but flat QoQ at 330M vs. 333M est.; stock up 10%+
Revenue rises to $732 million, topping analysts' estimates — Efforts to fight spam, bots limited gains in user numbers
Intel releases stable Spectre patches for Skylake U-, Y-, H-, and S-series chips, says it will patch more platforms in the coming days
If you own a Skylake-based PC and receive a patch to address the Spectre vulnerabilities, install it—Intel has greenlit the code.
Microsoft outlines roadmap for Progressive Web Apps, will experiment with crawling and indexing PWAs from the web so they can be listed in the Microsoft Store
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says average tweet length has remained the same after doubling character limit, but engagement has increased
It turns out, 280-character tweets aren't the end of all that's good about Twitter. On a call with investors this morning, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey …
An in-depth look at the scary experience of living in a smart home and how it creates new streams of personal information that can be used to profile us
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Class action suit filed against Google alleges first-gen Pixel and Pixel XL phones were knowingly sold with defective microphones
Google is facing a lawsuit over the original Pixel. — In a class action complaint filed this week, plaintiffs allege that the microphones in their Pixel …
LogMeIn says it will acquire enterprise VoIP company Jive Communications for $342M in cash plus up to $15M based on milestones over the next two years
Yet more consolidation in the enterprise collaboration software market. Today LogMeIn, the company that offers conferencing services …
Sneaker marketplace GOAT is merging with sneaker retailer Flight Club and raising $60M Series C led by Index Ventures
Sneaker marketplace GOAT is merging with Flight Club, essentially the first name in after market sneaker retail. It's also raising a $60M series C led by Danny Rimer …
T-Mobile Q4: revenue of $10.76B, up 5% YoY; $2.7B net income aided by tax reform benefit; forecasts 2-3M new postpaid customers in 2018, down from 2017's 3.6M
Roger Cheng / CNET :
Snapchat expands its geofilter program with launch of $10+ Custom Lenses that let users make temporary AR effects for Snaps based on 150 templates
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Didi Chuxing partners with 12 carmakers, including the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, to build an electric vehicle sharing network across China
Sarah Dai / South China Morning Post :
Otto co-founder Lior Ron testified in Waymo v. Uber that Lyft made acquisition offer for Otto, but discussions stalled because Lyft wasn't interested in trucks
a very good technologist—and he was also very charming...Lawyer: How do you feel about that now?Kalanick: This has been a difficult process. This make it not as great as what we thought in the beginni...
Q&A: ex-Zenefits and Yammer CEO David Sacks on Craft VC fund and Harbor, which has raised $10M for its decentralized compliance protocol for crypto securities
I interviewed David Sacks last August about his interest in cryptocurrency. His interest was well-founded as the whole asset class took off last fall. Tweets: @0xproject Tweets: @0xproject : “I belie...
DataWallet, a consumer-to-business blockchain-based data exchange backed by Tim Draper and Marc Benioff, says its DXT token sale sold out after reaching $40M
Bankless Times :
Reddit bans r/deepfakes, which was devoted to making AI-powered porn using celebrities' faces, and updates site-wide rules regarding “involuntary pornography”
where we first spotted deepfakes himself—are also down. https://twitter.com/... Samantha Cole / @samleecole : members were preeetty confident that this wasn't coming, but there were rumblings. they we...
Instagram says it's testing a feature that lets users add others' public posts to their Stories, easing up on its philosophy of only promoting original content
But Only Within Its ‘Stories’ Section Juli Clover / MacRumors : Instagram Testing Feature That Lets You Share Other People's Posts in Stories Dani Deahl / The Verge : Instagram is testing a feature th...
Blockchain trends 2017: Bitcoin returns of 1,278%, Ethereum still sets transaction records, ICOs raised $3.2B in Q4 up from $1.2B in Q3, Korea fills China void
Lyft hires Jon McNeill as COO to take over role vacated by Rex Tibbens last year; McNeill was formerly Tesla's president of global sales and service
Google says it paid 274 security researchers $2.9M in 2017 as part of its bug bounty program, bringing total paid out to $12M since November 2010 launch
especially compared to the cost of a major data breach or hack. http://security.googleblog.com/ ...
Indian food delivery service Swiggy raises $100M from Naspers and Meituan Dianping, sources say at a $600M-$650M valuation
Supraja Srinivasan / The Economic Times :
Overview of Canada's tech sector as US tech firms, like Amazon and Google, take an interest and PM Trudeau laments “brain drain” and travels to Silicon Valley
David George-Cosh / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @awudrick , @preetatweets , @itsdgc , and @paulvieira Tweets: Aaron Wudrick / @awudrick : “Quite frankly, we're tired of Google poaching our best gra...
Seattle-based VREAL raises $11.7M Series A led by Axioma Ventures to build a VR game live-streaming platform
Nat Levy / GeekWire :
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian steps down from daily duties at the company to focus on personal life and the VC firm he co-founded; he will remain on board
Wall Street Journal :
YouTube's recommendations engine, which drives 70%+ of viewing time, often suggests divisive, misleading, or false content, even to users who don't seek it out
Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal :
Sources detail Azimuth Security, a boutique hacking shop finding 0-days for Tor, iOS, Android, more, which counts agencies from Five Eyes countries as clients
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