4,200+ websites, including USCourts.gov, UK's NHS services, other government sites were infected with cryptocurrency mining malware via hacked plugin
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Sources: Apple is changing its iOS development strategy, moving away from an annual schedule crammed with major features and prioritizing reliability
The company is shaking up its development program to focus more on key features and push back others to the following year.
Sources: Google is working on Android P, which mimics the iPhone X's notch, has deeper integration of Google's digital assistant, and improves battery life
Search giant tries again to win over valuable iPhone users — Android P to integrate more tightly with Google's Assistant
eMarketer says Facebook lost ~2.8M US users under 25 in 2017, predicts it will lose ~2.1M in 2018; Instagram's US users will grow 13%, Snapchat's by 9% in 2018
That's according to research firm eMarketer. — Facebook is losing young users even quicker than expected, according to new estimates by eMarketer.
Broadcom secures $100B of debt financing for its hostile bid of Qualcomm Inc.; private-equity investors KKR and CVC join Silver Lake in backing the deal
KKR, CVC join Silver Lake in providing $6 billion in convertible debt for the bid — Broadcom Ltd. AVGO 2.58% secured as much as $100 billion …
Apple shipped about 8M watches in Q4 2017 according to Canalys, which is more than the entire Swiss watch industry sold last quarter
- A new estimate suggests that Apple sold more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry last quarter. — Estimates suggest Apple sold about 8 million watches during the holiday quarter.
SEC filing: Apple, LG, Valve invest in $10M secondary share offering by eMagin, a NY-based manufacturer of OLED microdisplays, which can be used in VR headsets
A small company that makes OLED microdisplays is getting some attention from tech giants with big plans for virtual and augmented reality.
A behind-the-scenes look at two tumultuous years at Facebook as it battled with fake news, its impact on the election, global affairs, and users' minds
ONE DAY IN late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook's employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks.
Source: Amazon is designing its own AI chip for use in Echo and other Alexa-powered devices, following its 2015 acquisition of chip maker Annapurna Labs
Amazon.com is developing a chip designed for artificial intelligence to work on the Echo and other hardware powered by Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant …
Google's Cloud TPUs, hardware accelerators custom-built to speed up TensorFlow ML workloads, are now available in beta, starting at $6.50 per Cloud TPU per hour
By John Barrus, Product Manager for Cloud TPUs, Google Cloud and Zak Stone, Product Manager for TensorFlow and Cloud TPUs, Google Brain Team
Sources: Amazon paid ~$90M to acquire security camera firm Blink late last year, for its energy-efficient chips that could extend battery life of other devices
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) paid about $90 million to acquire the maker of Blink home security cameras late last year …
German publisher Axel Springer, Europe's largest publisher, has invested an undisclosed sum in Magic Leap to bring AR to its content
German publisher Axel Springer, Europe's largest publisher, has backed Magic Leap, the US augmented reality company that's raised nearly $2 billion from Google and Alibaba.
Instacart raises $200M in a round led by investment firms Coatue Management and Glade Brook Capital Partners, sources say at a $4.2B valuation
Amazon.com Inc. is very serious about grocery delivery, but Instacart Inc., the most popular alternative for supermarket orders in the U.S., isn't rolling over.
DFINITY foundation raises $61M from Polychain and a16z; investors will receive a number of tokens once DFINITY's blockchain based “internet computer” launches
Oscar Williams-Grut / Business Insider :
Google autocomplete still has vile suggestions for queries related to gender, race, religion, and Hitler more than a year after removing “are jews evil?” prompt
Issie Lapowsky / Wired : Tweets: @nyupress Tweets: NYU / @nyupress : “Type ‘white supremacy is,’ and the first result is ‘white supremacy is good.’ Type ‘black lives matter is,’ and Google suggests ‘...
Technologist who predicted “fake news”, Aviv Ovadya, and other experts warn new AI-powered tools to manipulate perception could erode people's trust in reality
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed :
Alibaba signs multi-year deal to offer 1000+ episodes of Disney shows on its Youku video streaming platform
Brenda Goh / Reuters :
Tencent to invest $474M in Chinese game developer Shanda Games, which is preparing for an IPO in China after delisting from Nasdaq a few years ago
Caixin Global :
Qualcomm last announced a new smartwatch chip two years ago, allowing the Android Wear ecosystem to stagnate
Airbnb, Fannie Mae, and three major financial institutions launch initiative that will allow Airbnb income to be included when applying to refinance a mortgage
Dan Dziedzic / CNET :
Profile of a North Korean tech worker, detailing tactics he used while working for the country's hacker army, which exists purely to earn money for the nation
Sam Kim / Bloomberg : Thanks: @pelstrom
How scammers impersonating Twitter celebrities con people via fake giveaways, asking for small bitcoin, ether amounts, promising to send back several times more
Tech firms on mandatory arbitration agreements for employees: Amazon and Verizon have none, Facebook does, no comment from Google, Uber, Twitter, Apple, Lyft
Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo : Tweets: @gizmodo Tweets: @gizmodo : Working in Silicon Valley often means signing away your right to sue the company you work for. And what goes on behind closed doors ...
RBC: 19 cloud service operators spent $63.8B on capital expenditure in 2017, up 22% YoY, and will spend $81B in 2018, a rise of 27%
Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @djtgallagher Tweets: Dan Gallagher / @djtgallagher : Capex by cloud giants accelerated in 2017 and looks likely to rise even more this year. Combined sp...
Messaging startup Attentive, founded by the people behind TapCommerce which was acquired by Twitter, emerges from stealth with $13M Series A led by Bain Capital
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
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