Police say an Apple refurbishing center in Sacramento County has made ~1,600 accidental 911 calls since Oct. 2017; Apple says it's investigating
ELK GROVE (CBS13) - Emergency dispatchers in Elk Grove and Sacramento County are seeing an influx of false alarm 911 calls flooding their emergency communication centers.
Google Assistant will gain multilingual support for English, French, and German and will be available in 30+ languages including Hindi and Thai this year
As teased yesterday by Hiroshi Lockheimer's MWC 2018 post, Google is heading into the mobile trade show with a number of Assistant announcements.
Airbnb debuts Plus, a high-end option competing with hotels, in 13 cities globally; lodgings include amenities and are inspected and professionally photographed
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Google, YouTube, and Facebook don't find misinformation and hoaxes quickly enough after tragedies, may need breaking news teams to scan for misleading content
In the first hours after last October's mass shooting in Las Vegas, my colleague Ryan Broderick noticed something peculiar …
Google says it will roll out routines for Assistant in the coming weeks, allowing it to perform multiple actions at once from a single pre-made command
Google is announcing a bunch of forthcoming updates to Assistant today, but one arrives right away: routines, a feature announced …
What to expect at MWC 2018: Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, new flagships from Sony and Nokia, iPhone X notch lookalikes, and further decline of headphone jack
Welcome to the Samsung show — The world's biggest mobile technology event is upon us. This coming week's Mobile World Congress …
SEC filing: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel received $637.8M compensation in 2017, the third highest annual payout received by a CEO, with stock awards comprising $636.6M
(Reuters) - Snap Inc (SNAP.N) Chief Executive Evan Spiegel received $637.8 million as total compensation last year …
Snap stock slid 6%+ after analyst warned of negative reaction to update and Kylie Jenner tweeted suggesting she uses Snapchat less post-update
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Samsung relaunches Opera Max, the data-saving privacy-focused browser, as Samsung Max, which will work only on some Samsung Galaxy-branded handsets
Samsung has rescued Opera Software's Opera Max data-saving, privacy-protecting Android app from oblivion and relaunched it today as Samsung Max.
Loup Ventures: Apple Pay has an estimated 38M active users in the US and 127M globally, up from 62M a year ago, equating to around 16% of global iPhones
Apple Pay is continuing to grow year-on-year, according to research by Loup Ventures, but while the adoption rate for Apple Pay …
France's regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers says cryptocurrency derivatives will be regulated like other financial derivatives, no online ads allowed
France's financial regulator has said that financial products based on cryptocurrencies should be formally regulated as derivatives …
Google launches business messaging for RCS, letting firms send rich messages to Sprint users in US; 40+ carriers and OEMs support Google's RCS implementation
Google's RCS platform will allow businesses to send interactive messages to customers. — Google has begun signing up businesses …
Analysis finds algorithms designed by Facebook, Google, and others often struggle to detect doctored images and videos, a key tool for misinformation efforts
Google launches ARCore out of preview, says it works on 13 Android phone models, 100M devices, will expand Google Lens to iOS and more Android smartphones
Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Google today launched ARCore 1.0, letting developers create AR experiences on Android.
FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom order, which repeals 2015 net neutrality rules, enters Federal Register today, signaling beginning of various legal challenges
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HP Inc. reports Q1 revenue of $14.5B, up 14% YoY, $1.2B US tax reform charge, personal systems business revenues of $9.44B, up 15% YoY; stock up 6%+ after hours
HP Inc., the world's largest personal-computer maker, topped analysts' revenue estimates with strong computer and printer sales during …
Letters from Intel, Alphabet, and Apple to Congress say Intel didn't disclose Spectre and Meltdown flaws to US cyber security officials before news leaked
(Reuters) - Intel Corp did not inform U.S. cyber security officials of the so-called Meltdown and Spectre chip security flaws until …
SpaceX launches first test satellites for its proposed Starlink broadband project, which aims to link up many small satellites to provide reliable internet
Sources: Amazon plans to open up to six new Amazon Go cashierless stores this year, with most in Seattle and one in Los Angeles' The Grove mall
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Tezos Foundation, which manages Tezos code after $232M ICO, says board president Johann Gevers and another member to step down after long-running dispute
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HP Enterprise reports Q1 revenue of $7.7B, up 11% YoY, earnings of $1.4B, up from $267M in Q1 2016, $935M gain from US tax overhaul; stock up 11%+ after hours
Mamta Badkar / Financial Times :
Sens. Wyden and McCaskill say US CBP hasn't been verifying e-passports at borders for a decade due to lack of software to verify the digital signatures
Shareaholic: search overtook social for referral traffic in 2017, after the two first swapped spots in 2013, driving 34.8% of visits vs. 25.6% for social
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Angry Birds maker Rovio's stock falls 50%+ to ~€5, well below €11.50 IPO price, after weak 2018 revenue guidance of €260-€300M vs. €336M analyst expectations
Indigo Fair, a platform that connects independent retailers with manufacturers, raises $12M Series A co-led by Khosla Ventures and Forerunner Ventures
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