Tesla says Autopilot was engaged during fatal Model X crash on Mar 23, and the driver didn't respond to several warnings to take control of the car before crash
After a fatal accident involving a Tesla Model X that caught on fire after the crash came under investigation …
Amazon updates Video Skill API so Alexa can start recordings, launch apps, and carry out playback commands on set-top boxes; Dish and others are building skills
Alexa's ability to control DVRs is going to improve in the near future. Amazon announced today that it's updated its Video Skill API …
Google is winding down URL shortener goo.gl next month and will shut it down next year; all existing links will continue to redirect to intended destination
Posted by Michael Hermanto, Software Engineer, Firebase — We launched the Google URL Shortener back in 2009 as a way to help people …
Leaked Facebook employee thread about now-deleted Boz memo had ~3,000 comments, with dozens criticizing leakers, others empathizing with users
Yesterday afternoon, BuzzFeed published … Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed : Sen. Ed Markey Says “Congress Must Act” When Facebook Fails To Maintain Safety On Its Platform Sam Levin / The Guardian : Interna...
Customs officers in Shenzhen arrested a gang that smuggled ~$80M worth of iPhones from Hong Kong to mainland China using drones
BEIJING (Reuters) - Customs officers in southern China's technology hub Shenzhen busted a group of criminals using drones to smuggle 500 million yuan ($79.8 million) …
Drupal devs warn of remote code execution vulnerability affecting ~1M sites running Drupal 6, 7, or 8, call it “highly critical”, and urge immediate patching
A dangerous Drupal flaw could leave your site completely compromised if you don't patch the flaw immediately.
Accelerating and increasingly damaging leaks show Facebook's crumbling internal morale, which could be more pressing than threats like regulation or user exodus
These kinds of leaks didn't happen when I started reporting on Facebook eight years ago. It was a tight-knit cult convinced …
Cobalt Robotics raises $13M Series A from Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures and Founders Fund for its roving robotic security guard
- Sequoia Capital, Storm Ventures and Founders Fund are among investors in a $13 million venture funding round for Cobalt Robotics.
Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian indicted for allegedly hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012, has been extradited to the US from Czech Republic
How open sourcing Netscape Communicator in 1998 and the creation of Mozilla, a gamble at the time, paved the way for the now-mainstream embrace of the practice
A gamble 20 years ago unleashed the source code for the browser that became Firefox. The approach is now core to Facebook, Google and everyone else.
Latest Microsoft reorganization proves it has moved beyond Windows, with cloud and AI as the fundamental core Microsoft is betting its future on
Cloud and AI are Microsoft's future bets — “We want to move from people needing Windows to choosing Windows, to loving Windows.
Uber launches uberBODA in Uganda, its first motorcycle service in Africa, as Taxify starts similar service in Uganda and Kenya
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch :
Apple details external GPU support now available in macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra, recommends a number of specific enclosures and AMD cards; no Nvidia cards listed
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Pr0gramm, the image hosting community behind Coinhive, software that hijacks browsers to mine cryptocurrency, donates $250K+ to cancer research after exposé
A story published here this week revealed the real-life identity behind the original creator of Coinhive …
Alibaba's mapping unit AutoNavi launches carpooling business, starting in Chengdu and Wuhan; Meituan Dianping launched its ridesharing service in February
Alibaba's mapping unit, AutoNavi Holdings Ltd. also known as Gaode Map, has launched its own carpooling business …
Singapore says it has reasonable grounds to believe Uber-Grab deal may violate competition laws, tells firms not to integrate businesses in the country for now
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Amazon closing online math and writing learning company TenMarks, which it acquired in 2013, after 2018-2019 school year; licenses honored through June 30, 2019
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
A look at Amazon HR's Connections daily Q&A and strengths-focused Forte annual reviews, presumably responses to 2015 NYT exposé of brutal working environment
- Some employees who spoke to CNBC expressed concerns about the program's confidentiality and the usefulness of the data. Tweets: @eugenekim222 and @eugenekim222 Tweets: Eugene Kim / @eugenekim222 : S...
Chartbeat: Chrome recommendations on mobile, Articles for You, is now the fourth-highest referrer to websites, growing 2100% in 2017 from 15M to 341M visits/mo
John Saroff / Nieman Lab :
Accolade raises $50M from a16z, Madrona, others, bringing total raised to $200M+ to help corporate employees navigate their healthcare options
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Uber is shutting down UberRUSH, its on-demand business delivery service for items weighing less than 30 pounds, ending services on June 30
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Huawei reports strong smartphone sales of 153M in 2017 as net profit rose 28.1% YoY to ~$7.3B on revenue of ~$92.5B, up 15.7% YoY
Josh Chin / Wall Street Journal :
ProtonMail adds encrypted contacts manager, which uses digital signatures to check data integrity, to its iOS and Android apps
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Some Silicon Valley executives warm up to Trump on taxes and deregulation even as they disagree with him on immigration and the environment
Jack Nicas / New York Times :
Nift, a startup that enables merchants to give gift cards from other local merchants to best customers to cross-promote their businesses, raises $16.5M Series A
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