British officials say Russia was “almost certainly responsible” for 2017 NotPetya attack that targeted Ukraine and some large businesses
Ukraine bore the brunt of the June attack, in which the ‘Petya’ worm spread among corporate computer networks
TechInsights: HomePod costs $216 to build, giving it a 38% margin compared to 66% for Google Home and 56% for Amazon Echo
Smart speaker's $349 price suggests Apple is making 38% margin — HomePod also generates revenue from music subscriptions — Apple Inc.'s HomePod …
iOS and macOS bug blocks access to apps like Messages, Messenger, WhatsApp if user receives message with specific Indian character; bug fixed in iOS 11.3 beta
Here we go again — Apple had a shockingly bad week of software problems just before the end of 2017, and it looks like 2018 isn't starting so well either.
Samsung Notebook 9 Pen review: solid performance, capable S Pen, comfortable keyboard, fair price at $1,399+, but limited ports, mediocre battery, drab design
My backpack is a disaster. I've always been sort of a packrat and working at Engadget doesn't help.
Sources: Peter Thiel is moving to LA and has considered leaving Facebook board, amid shift away from tech industry, which he sees as intolerant of conservatism
Billionaire investor frustrated with what he sees as intolerance of conservatism in tech industry; has discussed resigning from Facebook board
MIT researchers say they've developed a special purpose chip that increases the speed of neural network computations by up to 7x while consuming ~95% less power
New chip reduces neural networks' power consumption by up to 95 percent, making them practical for battery-powered devices.
Chrome's default ad blocker goes live, removing ads on sites that repeatedly display pop-ups, autoplay video with sound, and other invasive ads
and why it's not your new ad blocker Greg Synek / TechSpot : Google shares details of Chrome's built-in ad blocker Brett Molina / USA Today : How Google Chrome will limit the ads you view Rik Henderso...
Andrew Chen, ex-head of growth at Uber, joins Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner, a week after Lars Dalgaard left a16z to start his own fund
Notable: The firm still doesn't have any female general partners. — Andreessen Horowitz has plucked the head of growth at Uber and turned …
Twitter begins streaming local news broadcasts next to timeline amid major news events, displaying Miami's WSVN 7 coverage of high school shooting on Wednesday
Twitter is starting to show live, local news broadcasts in a live streaming window next to its timeline during major breaking news events.
Dockless bike-sharing startup LimeBike adds $70M to its $50M Series B from October; investors include Fifth Wall Ventures, which is backed by real estate titans
LimeBike wants to help find its random scattering of bikes a perhaps better and more useful home.
Intel changes bug bounty program from invitation-only to a public program, adds reward of up to $250K for Spectre-like side-channel chip vulnerabilities
Intel is promising up to $250,000 to security researchers who uncover new side-channel vulnerabilities in its processors …
Sources say Google dominated Coalition for Better Ads' research and review process, which helped determine ads that will be blacklisted by Chrome
Critics say the search giant's ad-blocking plan—which will screen out certain types of ads in its Google Chrome browser—is self-serving
Big meme pages are skirting Facebook's spam detection by overlaying static videos with watermark-like white arrows and triangles, reaching millions of users
Viral meme pages have developed a new trick to reach millions of users and generate big money from publishers and brand pages.
CommonSense Robotics, which develops AI and robotics tech to help online grocery retailers expedite delivery, raises $20M Series A led by Playground Global
CommonSense Robotics, an Israel-based startup developing AI and robotics tech to help online grocery retailers speed up fulfilment and delivery …
Facebook's two-factor authentication system auto-posts all 2FA SMS replies from a user to their profile; it is unclear if the behavior is intentional or a bug
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Alibaba-backed Paytm Mall, the ecommerce unit of India's Paytm, partners with footwear brand Red Tape to open a brick-and-mortar store in New Delhi
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg :
JD.com raises ~$2.5B by selling stake in its logistics business to investors including Hillhouse Capital and Tencent at $13.5B valuation, will retain 81% stake
China e-commerce leader JD.com … Alice Woodhouse / Financial Times : JD.com raises $2.5bn for logistics subsidiary Asia Times : JD Logistics completes new round of US$2.5 bln financing James Henderson...
Coinbase Commerce now lets online merchants worldwide accept payments in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin; launches today with Shopify integration
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Facebook partners with Lyft, Chase, Save the Children, and others to bolster its Community Help efforts by offering more information on food, transport, shelter
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
RightScale 2018 State of the Cloud report: AWS enterprise adoption grew 15% YoY, but its lead shrank as Azure grew 35%, Google grew 26%, and IBM grew 50%
Larry Dignan / ZDNet :
Cisco reports Q2 revenue of $11.89B, up 3% YoY, beating analyst estimates, says it took $11.1B one-time charge due to US tax reform; stock up 5%+ after hours
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Korean messaging platform Kakao's game business, Kakao Games, raises $130M from Tencent and others ahead of IPO
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Vimeo rolls out tool to live stream on Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, and Periscope simultaneously
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
St. Louis-based Varsity Tutors, which develops an online platform for learning, raises $50M Series C from Learn Capital, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and others
Frank Catalano / GeekWire :
Six months after China unveiled a plan to become the world's leader in AI, experts say the Trump administration has done little to respond to the challenge
Cade Metz / New York Times : Tweets: @sub8u , @rishad , and @nytimestech Tweets: Subrahmanyam KVJ / @sub8u : AI, right on the agenda of Governments across countries!"India hopes to become an AI power...
Bot threat detection startup Stealth Security raises $8M Series A from Shasta Ventures, bringing total raised to $12.5M
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