Uber launches Express Pool, which gives cheaper fares to those willing to walk to shared rides, in SF, DC, LA, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego, Denver, Boston
Uber's first new product in three years — UberPool has long occupied a weird place in the ride-hailing company's lineup of services.
Conspiracy video claiming Parkland shooting survivor and student David Hogg was a crisis actor became the number one trending video on YouTube before removal
A video described as ‘DAVID HOGG THE ACTOR....’ has made the top of the trending section, another example that YouTube has a conspiracy theory problem.
Sources: Apple is in talks to buy long-term supplies of cobalt, a key battery ingredient, directly from miners for the first time, amid fears of a shortage
iPhone maker one of the largest end users of the metal — Cobalt is a key ingredient in mobile phone batteries
AT&T picks Atlanta, Dallas, and Waco as the first three cities to get mobile 5G service in 2018
AT&T is finally willing to say exactly where you'll see mobile 5G in 2018. The carrier has confirmed that “parts” of Atlanta, Waco and its home turf of Dallas will adopt the standards-based service …
Android P will prevent idle background apps from accessing the camera, according to code changes in the Android Open Source Project
Android P, the next major version of Android, could be weeks away from an official unveiling, and although its core user-facing features are still unknown to us …
Broadcom lowers Qualcomm bid from $121B to $117B, or from $82 per share to $79, following Qualcomm's increase in its offer price for NXP
(Reuters) - Broadcom Corp (AVGO.O) on Wednesday fired its latest salvo against Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) by lowering its takeover offer to $117 billion from $121 billion …
Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon 845 standalone AR/VR reference headset with eye and body tracking, faster graphics, and higher battery efficiency
Qualcomm has revealed its Snapdragon 845 Xtended Reality (XR) platform for both mobile virtual reality and augmented reality mobile headsets.
Dish says its Sling TV service had 2.21M subscribers in Q4 2017, a 47% YoY increase, the first time it's broken out the numbers
Sling TV, Dish Network's internet-delivered skinny bundle, stood at 2.21 million subscribers as of the end of last year — the first time the satellite operator …
Google launches AdSense Auto ads that use machine learning to optimize placement and monetization choices
Google is today unveiling a new ad unit for AdSense that taps into the company's big push to add more artificial intelligence into its business, and to potentially bring on more publishers …
Hackers infiltrated Tesla Kubernetes consoles that were not password protected, took AWS credentials, began crypto-mining; issue now fixed
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Citymapper launches Smart Ride, a hybrid bus and taxi service in London under a private hire licence, after a pair of trial “smart bus” routes in the city
What happens when an app company runs a bus James Titcomb / Telegraph : Transport app Citymapper challenges Uber with London ride-sharing service Citymapper : Bad Bus (Part 2/3) Richard Trenholm / CNE...
Google's Project Zero researchers find easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities in uTorrent for Windows and web that allow code execution, more; fixes rolling out soon
Developers are in the process of releasing updates to fix the critical flaws. — Two versions of uTorrent …
Walmart reports sharp slowdown in e-commerce sales in the holiday season, following three quarters of booming growth; stock closes down 10%+
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On Facebook and Twitter, lax enforcement lets impostor accounts thrive, leaves few options for those whose identities are taken, enabling fake news, propaganda
for political participation, buying stuff, even access government services. But Twitter and Facebook lack robust safeguards against impersonation. Letting millions of imposters bloom. Our story: http:...
Mobility analytics company Moovit raises $50M Series D led by Intel Capital, plans integration with Mobileye, Intel's $15.3B autonomous driving subsidiary
The race for pole position in the next generation of transportation services continues to gain speed, and today a startup providing data …
Security researchers and reporters hesitate to report vulnerabilities fearing defamation lawsuits and other legal action
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How Foundem's case against Google exposes the flawed argument of a self-correcting internet economy and shows why antitrust laws are essential for tech growth
Critics say the search giant is squelching competition before it begins. Should the government step in? Tweets: @sidhubaba , @henshaw , @markscott82 , @tomwarren , and @nytimes Tweets: Siddhartha Mah...
Report: Venezuela debuts its Petro crypto token in pre-sale, with 82.4M available initially, amid fiat currency's hyperinflation woes and US lawmaker concerns
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Coinbase says it will roll out support for a Bitcoin network update called SegWit to all customers by next week; Bitfinex announced support for SegWit today
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Facebook's 3D posts now support glTF 2.0 file format for better textures, lighting, rendering of objects that can be dropped into News Feed, shared to Spaces VR
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Microsoft adds game sales for over 5,000 titles to Mixer, its Twitch competitor, and will pay streamers 5% for every purchase from their channel
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Sources: 16 Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges to form a self-regulating body to better safeguard investors after Coincheck's $530M heist last month
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Sources: the FCC is expected to formally publish its December order overturning the Obama-era net neutrality rules on Thursday
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Sources: Amazon tried to buy smart lock maker August Home for $100M, who later sold to Assa Abloy for $150M; Amazon focused on Amazon Key after being rebuffed
Priya Anand / The Information :
DOJ forms cyber task force to assess how it is “combatting the global cyber threat”, including election meddling, and issue report by end of June
Crunchbase launches subscription service for third-party data called Crunchbase Marketplace with four launch partners, including SimilarWeb and Apptopia
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