Arizona's Governor Ducey orders Uber to suspend testing of autonomous cars in the state indefinitely, says Uber's fatal accident was an “unquestionable failure”
Arizona governor calls Uber crash an ‘unquestionable failure’ — Uber has been suspended from testing autonomous vehicles …
Apple unveils new 9.7-inch iPad for students with Pencil support, A10 Fusion, 8MP camera, Touch ID; ships this week for $329 for consumers and $299 for schools
Apple is introducing a new iPad today at its education event in Chicago. Rumors of a new, cheaper iPad emerged recently …
Live blog of Apple's “Let's take a field trip” event, which isn't being livestreamed, in a Chicago high school; a new iPad and education software are expected
Event Details Apple has invited journalists to “take a field trip” to Chicago, where it's going to announce new products that focus on education.
Foxconn subsidiary FIT Hon Teng announces it will acquire Belkin, which owns Linksys and Wemo brands, for $866M, by way of a merger
A Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of Taiwan-based iPhone supplier Foxconn said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy US consumer electronics maker Belkin International for $866m by way of a merger.
Huawei launches P20 Pro with 6.1-inch Full HD+ OLED screen, Kirin 970 processor, 40MP triple-camera system, 4,000mAh battery, Face Unlock, and 6GB RAM
And a home button, too — The Huawei P20 Pro is now official, taking up its place as the company's new flagship and this year's most exciting new phone.
Apple announces new versions of iWork with Apple Pencil integration, built in book authoring
At its education event, Apple has announced new versions of its iWork suite. Updates to Pages, Keynote and Numbers for iPad will bring rich integration with Apple Pencil.
Xiaomi launches Mi Mix 2S in China with Snapdragon 845, 5.99-inch near-bezel-less IPS LCD screen, dual 12MP AI-powered cameras, Qi wireless charging, from ~$527
By now, you probably know exactly what to expect from a smartphone sequel with an S in its name: it'll be faster than its predecessor but its design won't change very much.
Mozilla launches Facebook Container Extension for Firefox that isolates your digital identity, preventing Facebook from tracking your activity on other sites
Our Multi-Account Containers extension has been a game changer for many users, letting them manage various parts of their online life without intermingling your accounts.
Apple unveils Schoolwork app, which lets teachers assign handouts and track progress of their students, coming in June; apps can integrate using ClassKit
Apple is making a big push into education, and part of that is through apps. At its event today, the company announced a tool called Schoolwork …
Facebook says Zuckerberg won't answer UK politicians' questions over data scandal, will send CTO Mike Schroepfer and chief product officer Chris Cox instead
Shona Ghosh / Business Insider :
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman invites top Facebook, Google, and Twitter execs to an April 10 hearing on the “future of data privacy and social media”
Tony Romm / Washington Post :
Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover partner to incorporate up to 20,000 Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles into Waymo's upcoming autonomous fleet from 2020
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Waymo will incorporate up to 20,000 Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles into its upcoming autonomous fleet as part …
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress “within a matter of weeks”
Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress — After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress.
Apple says student accounts through schools will now get 200GB of iCloud storage for free, up from 5GB
Apple has shared during its education event in Chicago today that student accounts through schools will now get 200GB of iCloud storage for free. — A considerable bump from the current 5GB …
Customer messaging startup Intercom raises $125M Series D led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers; Mary Meeker will join the Intercom board
- Intercom considers itself the “next-generation Salesforce,” offering a digital take on a timeless problem: improving businesses' interactions with potential or existing customers.
Microsoft updates Edge browser on Android and iOS with support for tablet screen resolutions, but it doesn't support iOS 11's Split View
Microsoft Edge, now available on iOS … Marius Nestor / Softpedia News : Microsoft's Edge Web Browser Now Supports Apple's iPad, Android Tablets
iOS camera app bug means maliciously-crafted QR codes can prompt notification previewing a completely different URL destination, was reported to Apple on Dec 23
Roman / infosec.rm-it.de :
Coinbase says it will support Ethereum's ERC20 standard on its platform in the coming months, allowing for future support of ERC20 assets across its products
Camila Russo / Bloomberg :
A US appeals court revives Oracle's billion-dollar copyright claim against Google, saying Google's use of Java wasn't “fair use”
Google could owe Oracle Corp. billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn't have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming code …
Endeavor, formerly known as WME-IMG, has acquired streaming technology firm NeuLion for $250M; NeuLion powers video delivery of several major sports leagues
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety :
Google unveils $329 Acer Chromebook Tab 10, the first Chrome OS tablet, with a 9.7" 2048x1536 display and Wacom EMR stylus that slides into device, coming April
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Sources: Lerer Hippeau assumes management for Binary Capital's debut fund of $125M
Dan Primack / Axios :
MariaDB acquires Bulgaria-based big data business analytics company MammothDB for an undisclosed price; MammothDB had raised a $1.8M seed round in 2015
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Researchers say that over a million Android users likely affected by Andr/HiddnAd-AJ malware through seven apps in the Play Store, one with 500K+ downloads
Danny Palmer / ZDNet :
Sources: Canadian data firm AggregateIQ created election software platform marketed by Cambridge Analytica, raising UK election law questions around payments
and again, I wish Gizmodo or anyone else had a clue how to report this story clearly—that Trump's digital marketing campaign was illegally funded through in-kind contributions by foreign entities, inc...
Google starts using the mobile version of webpages for indexing on more sites that “follow the best practices”
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Profile of Naomi Wu, aka SexyCyborg, a Cantonese “maker” and hardware enthusiast who shares her DIY ethos and is the face of Shenzhen, China's cyberpunk city
Sarah Emerson / Motherboard : Tweets: @realsexycyborg , @realsexycyborg , and @codecademy Tweets: Naomi Wu / @realsexycyborg : Keep in mind this @vice garbage is going to print- circulation 1 million...
FCC chief to propose new rules barring use of federal funds to purchase equipment or services from firms posing a security threat to US communications networks
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Sources: meditation app Calm is raising $25M+ in a round that values the company at ~$250M
Ari Levy / CNBC :
Dear blockchain startups: do not promise decentralized Internet, you don't have to scale to the size of Facebook, just think small and build viable applications
sometimes for a very long time — before you get any traction that the wider world notices at all.” http://techcrunch.com/... Jennifer / @jennalee : I'd love just one of these start ups to say in 25 wo...
Wikimedia says Google has contributed $1M+ this year with Apple, Facebook, Microsoft donating ~$50K in matching gifts; corporations account for ~4% of donations
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
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