Uber settles Waymo suit, pledges not to use Waymo's trade secrets; Waymo to get 0.34% stake in Uber which sources say would be worth ~$245M at $72B valuation
Under settlement, Uber also will give Waymo equity worth about $245 million — Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to settle a lawsuit …
YouTube says creators posting videos harmful to users may lose their monetization options and eligibility to be recommended on the platform
After barring Logan Paul earlier today from serving ads on his video channel, YouTube has now announced a more formal and wider set of sanctions it's prepared …
The way Khosrowshahi led Waymo settlement efforts reveals his tactics to fix Uber's reputation: expressions of regret accompanied by conciliation and compromise
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Inside the prerecorded drone light show at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, which used 1,218 Intel drones; medal ceremonies to feature live 300-drone acts
THE OPENING CEREMONY of any Olympics provides pageantry at a global scale, a celebration that, at its best …
Sources in iPhone jailbreaking community describe how iBoot source code was leaked by low level Apple employee and say that more code has been stolen
On Wednesday, an anonymous person published the proprietary source code of a core and fundamental component of the iPhone's operating system.
YouTube temporarily suspends ads on Logan Paul's channels citing “recent pattern of behavior”, after multiple controversial posts since the suicide victim video
Sources: Amazon to launch “Shipping with Amazon”, a delivery service for businesses, starting with third-party merchants and rolling out in LA within weeks
The company is preparing to begin the offering in Los Angeles with its ‘third-party merchants’ and then roll it out more broadly
Russia arrests scientists who tried to mine Bitcoin on a supercomputer at a top-secret nuclear research facility where USSR's first atomic bomb was produced
Russian security officers have arrested several scientists working at a top-secret Russian nuclear warhead facility for allegedly mining crypto-currencies.
APK teardown suggests Google may be preparing to launch an Android Messages web interface, enabling texting from the desktop
There's a new version of Android Messages rolling out to our phones. So far, we haven't seen any significant changes to the UI, but huge things are happening under the surface.
Sources: Waymo asked for $500M and outside monitor review of Uber's self-driving software to settle, Uber initially rejected the deal, agreed to reduced amount
Waymo won main goal to get outside review of Uber's software — New Uber leaders decided not to fight someone else's battle
Italian cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail says it lost 17M tokens of Nano/XRB cryptocurrency, worth about $170M, suspends withdrawals for all cryptocurrencies
BitGrail says it lost about 17 million tokens of Nano — An Italian cryptocurrency exchange called BitGrail said on Friday …
Co-founder forks MyEtherWallet ERC20 token wallet generation tool, changes @myetherwallet Twitter account to @mycrypto, and announces rival MyCrypto service
There's controversy in the crypto community after one of the founders of a prominent wallet service for storing and sending cryptocurrencies abruptly announced a rival venture.
History of estimated Uber valuations, including the latest $1.25B financing round from SoftBank in January; sources: Uber was valued at $72B in Waymo settlement
Theodore Schleifer / Recode :
Amazon names NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke as new head of Amazon Studios; Salke succeeds Roy Price, who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations
John Koblin / New York Times :
VLC 3.0 launches on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Android TV, Apple TV, Chrome OS, supports hardware decoding for 4K, 8K video, 360-degree video, more
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
The rise of subscription streaming services shows Apple's video strategy should focus more on developing original content than building premium TV products
It's been over 2 years since Apple and the TV Market was published, before Apple TV 4's launch. With Apple TV 4K's release in 2017 …
Profile of Chinese wearable device maker Huami, which is now valued at $600M+ after Thursday's NYSE IPO
Chinese tech companies are still struggling to get the international recognition they deserve. The latest example is Huami, a Beijing-based company of which you are unlikely to have heard …
Periscope's users dwindle and future seems uncertain as Twitter fails to invest in the app, communicate clearly, or handle the ongoing child pornography issue
When Twitter announced it had acquired Periscope in March 2015, the app was full of promise. It was one of the first to let …
Facebook will count organic reach impressions only when a Page post actually appears on a person's screen starting next week
Tim Peterson / Marketing Land :
Sources: Walmart in advanced talks to acquire up to 20% stake in India's Flipkart at a valuation of as much as $20B, making it Flipkart's largest shareholder
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg :
Viacom to launch streaming service by September with content it removed from Hulu and Netflix, is talking to US mobile carriers to distribute its TV channels
Wall Street Journal :
Cardlytics, a financial data and marketing analytics startup, raises $70.2M in IPO, valued at ~$250M, closes 2.9% above $13 IPO price on first day of trading
Max A. Cherney / MarketWatch :
Austin-based Think3 announces $1B private equity fund to buy SaaS companies and finance those companies' founders to launch new startups
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Facebook will award $10M in grants to people creating and leading communities, with up to $1M grants for 5 leaders and $50K for 100 more
Paul Sandle / Reuters :
Getty Images signs an image licensing deal with Google, signaling a truce after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the EU in April 2016
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
Sources: Snap tried to buy now defunct messaging app Secret for up to $60M, but couldn't agree on price since Secret was valued at $120M in 2014 Series B round
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Fun scoop with juicy quotes from sources familiar with the deal. “This was the beginning o...
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