President Trump signed an order blocking Singapore-based Broadcom's proposed acquisition of US-based Qualcomm, citing national security concerns
President Donald Trump killed Broadcom's proposed buyout of Qualcomm, citing national security concerns, according to a statement issued by the White House on Monday.
Galaxy S9+ teardown: two blades for changing aperture versus the usual five on normal cameras; battery, iris scanner, front cam are basically unchanged from S8+
Tools Featured in this Teardown — Introduction — While phone makers and operating system developers of dubious numeracy skip straight …
Larry Page-backed flying taxi firm Kitty Hawk signs agreement with New Zealand government to test autonomous planes as part of an official certification process
Since October, a mysterious flying object has been seen moving through the skies over the South Island of New Zealand.
Fitbit launches its second mainstream smartwatch, Versa, for $200, and the first fitness wearable for kids, Ace, for $100; both available for preorder today
Fitbit has announced new wearables Fitbit Versa, which runs the upcoming Fitbit OS 2.0, and Fitbit Ace. Both are available for preorder today.
Rise in reports of TSA searching devices of passengers of domestic flights has led ACLU to sue the agency, demanding it disclose its policies; TSA denies claims
Exclusive: growing number of reports raises concerns US government may be increasing surveillance and privacy violations at airports
Google partners with Ubisoft to launch Agones, an open source, multiplayer, dedicated game server hosting system built on top of the Kubernetes platform
In the world of distributed systems, hosting and scaling dedicated game servers for online, multiplayer games presents some unique challenges.
U.N. human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar say that Facebook has played a role in spreading hate speech in the country
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar said on Monday that Facebook had played a role in spreading hate speech there.
Experts reveal 13 alleged flaws in AMD Ryzen and EPYC chips, just 24 hours after showing AMD, that allow malware to be installed on secure portions of the chips
Researchers find 13 vulnerabilities in AMD's Ryzen and EPYC chips, which could let attackers install malware on highly guarded portions of the processor.
Sources: Facebook is aiming to launch a news section for its Watch platform this summer and is testing different video partnerships with roughly ten publishers
Facebook is getting ready to launch a news section for its Watch platform and it's testing different video partnerships with roughly 10 publishers, Axios has learned.
Annual Harris reputation poll of corporate brands says Amazon retained the top spot, Apple dropped from 5th to 29th, while Google dropped from 8th to 28th
(Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google corporate brands dropped in an annual survey while Amazon.com Inc maintained the top spot …
Cloudflare launches Cloudflare Workers, an edge computing service for developers using its network, charging devs $0.50 for every 1M tasks used by their apps
Cloudflare is ready to take the wraps of a new service designed for developers creating Internet-of-Things apps that want to capitalize …
University of Arizona tracks freshman students' usage of ID cards, which can be swiped at library, snack machines, and more, to intervene with likely dropouts
The University of Arizona is tracking freshman students' ID card swipes to anticipate which students are more likely to drop out.
Sources: GM plans to start pilot program this summer that will allow car owners to rent out their vehicles through its Maven car-sharing service
Carmaker plots peer-to-peer pilot program starting this summer — Service could take on Turo and Getaround, potentially Tesla
Calendar 2 for Mac updated to mine Monero by default; after poor reviews, dev removes app from App Store, says mining will be gone in new version, citing bugs
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Snapchat will periodically feature creator-made AR lenses in the app's lens carousel starting in late March, isn't paying featured creators for now
Kerry Flynn / Mashable :
The rising value of Spotify playlists by prominent users has spurred pay-for-play schemes despite Spotify updating its ToS explicitly prohibiting the practice
Tommie King could be the next rapper to breakout from Atlanta. He's well-connected, has obvious swagger, and he's been quietly building …
YouTube TV is raising its price to $40/month starting Tuesday, plans to add more channels; current subscribers will keep $35/month pricing
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch :
Chinese bike-sharing company Ofo announces $866M in equity and debt financing in a funding round led by Alibaba
Yimian Wu / China Money Network :
RapidAPI, an API marketplace that processes 400B API calls each month, raises $9M led by A16Z
APIs — lightweight application interfaces that developers use both to integrate third-party services into their own apps, and to let their apps get used more easily by other developers …
MoviePass CEO backtracks on previous comments about tracking users before and after movies, says the app only tracks users' location when they use the app
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Spotify opened up Line-In to all desktop users this month, allowing them to suggest genres of albums, moods of songs, and more, to help inform its metadata
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Lyft says it surpassed $1B in revenue for fiscal '17; Q4 revenue up 168% YoY vs Uber's 61% YoY rise; this quarter likely to be 20th straight of 100%+ YoY growth
and is growing faster than Uber Dara Kerr / CNET : Lyft's revenue growth is nearly triple Uber's Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios : Lyft touts fast revenue growth amid rivalry with Uber Brandy Betz / Seeking ...
Eddy Cue Q&A on the line between free speech and open platforms, plans to integrate Texture content into Apple News, why Apple likely won't buy Disney, Netflix
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac :
UK government's plan to police porn sites by compelling them to verify the age of British visitors has been delayed until the end of the year
Jamie Rigg / Engadget :
US district judge Lucy Koh rejects bid by Verizon to dismiss many claims brought against Yahoo, allowing data breach victims to move ahead in legal battle
How Amazon Could Help WeWork Reinvent the Workplace Zack Whittaker / ZDNet : Yahoo users can sue over data breaches, judge rules Anthony Noto / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Judge denies Yahoo bid...
Arlington, TX ditches charter buses as public transportation for a ridesharing service called Via, which will offer $3 rides and have 10 commuter vans on call
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :
Twilio launches Flex, a programmable contact center platform with a full graphical user interface
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
YouTube could be one of the most powerful radicalizing tools of this century, given its billion users and algorithms that recommend ever more extreme videos
Was a Key Factor Missed in the Study of Viral Lies? Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC : How YouTube search pushes people toward conspiracy theories and extreme content Nick Douglas / Lifehacker : How to Hide You...
Hedge funds using AI in their trading process posted the worst month on record in Feb, with AI index down 7.3%, compared to a 2.4% drop for the broader index
Dani Burger / Bloomberg :
Study: top reporter ranked by Facebook engagement is from The Onion, others are from sites like Breitbart and Daily Wire; two in top 50 are from fake news sites
wait, huh, what's that? Oh, you're saying the top reporter on Facebook was LITERALLY a writer for The Onion? huh. OK. http://www.newswhip.com/... http://twitter.com/... Stephen Miller / @redsteeze : A...
Inside Reddit as it rolled out the October 2017 policy update that resulted in the ban of numerous subreddits, including ones for Nazis and bestiality
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker :
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