Sony announces Xperia XZ2 Premium with 5.8-inch 4K HDR display and dual cameras focusing on ultra-low-light performance, with photos of up to ISO 51,200
ISO 51200 sensitivity — Less than two months after unveiling the Xperia XZ2 at Mobile World Congress, Sony is back again with the Xperia XZ2 Premium.
Partial fingerprints in a picture of a hand holding drugs, found in a WhatsApp message on a phone, helped convict drug dealer in UK
A pioneering fingerprint technique used to convict a drugs gang from a WhatsApp message “is the future” of how police approach evidence to catch criminals.
Review of Macs' eGPU support, new with macOS 10.13.4: performance gains are decent, especially for Metal, but support is limited to Thunderbolt 3 and AMD cards
Performance doesn't disappoint, but lack of strong software support does. — When Apple released macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 on March 29 …
Swiss staffing and workforce development company Adecco acquires NY-based coding school General Assembly for $412.5M; General Assembly had raised ~$120M
Coding school General Assembly has agreed to be acquired for $412.5 million in cash by Swiss staffing and workforce development company Adecco.
US Dept. of Commerce bans ZTE from exporting components and blocks sales from American companies to it, after alleged false statements to US officials
ZTE made ‘false statements’ to the U.S: Commerce Department — Chinese firm pleaded guilty last year to sanctions law
Russia starts implementing a ban on the Telegram messenger service after company refused to hand over encryption keys to security services
Russia began implementing a ban on the Telegram messenger service for refusing to hand over encryption keys to security services …
Livongo, which helps patients manage diabetes and hypertension via connected devices and a cloud based platform, raises $105M Series E at $800M+ valuation
Livongo Health, a startup that develops connected devices and software for patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions …
Goldman Sachs buys personal-finance app Clarity Money, sources say for a “high eight-figure sum”, to acquire a mobile storefront for its growing consumer bank
Goldman acquires Clarity Money, Adam Dell's personal-finance and budgeting app — Goldman Sachs GS -1.41% Group …
Study: of 228 groups found running divisive Facebook ads during 2016 election, 122 were “suspicious” and ran 4x more ads than others, ~20 had known links to IRA
WHEN YOUNG MIE Kim began studying political ads on Facebook in August of 2016—while Hillary Clinton was still leading the polls … Tweets: @wired , @davidfrum , @issielapowsky , @issielapowsky , @campa...
Car-sharing startup Turo raises $12M from American Express Ventures and Sumitomo Corporation to close a $104M Series D
Peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace Turo has officially closed a $104 million Series D round. This comes following a $12 million investment from Sumitomo Corporation …
CTIA Study: China and South Korea ahead of US and Japan in rolling out 5G due to a combination of factors, including a clear rollout plan and government backing
In the race to get to 5G wireless technology in a real way, China is poised to lead the world.
A look at the history and challenges of devising standout names for computer viruses and vulnerabilities, thousands of which are now discovered each year
Techies turn to puns, historical references in desperate efforts to devise standout monikers; the problem with Badlock
Baidu launches Totem, a stock photo service that uses blockchain to timestamp submissions and track ownership of each original photograph
Chinese internet search giant Baidu has launched a blockchain-based stock photo service in bid to protect image intellectual property in China.
7Park Data analysis: at Netflix and Hulu, 80% and 97% of US viewing is of licensed content, respectively; 42% of Netflix users watch mostly licensed content
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China issues official national guidelines for testing of self-driving cars on public roads, including that a human must always be in the driver's position
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Amidst tariffs brawl with US, China is delaying reviews of Qualcomm's NXP deal and Bain's acquisition of Toshiba's chip unit, raising fears both deals may fail
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Börse Stuttgart, Germany's second-largest stock exchange to launch Bison, a cryptocurrency trading app, in September via its subsidiary Sowa Labs
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Zaius raises $30M Series B led by Insight Venture Partners for its B2C CRM platform that helps marketers unify and analyze customer interaction data
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Fallout from data collection scandal has not spread much beyond Facebook to include other platforms because it is hard to pinpoint harm from privacy violations
Richard Waters / Financial Times :
Google Maps volunteers working to stop fake reviews, ghost listings, impersonators, and other scammers say abuse is getting worse and Google isn't doing enough
Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC :
As US Cyber Command's split from NSA approaches, sources describe tensions between military and intelligence about who should lead offensive cyber-operations
Chris Bing / Cyberscoop : Tweets: @howelloneill and @lukolejnik Tweets: Patrick Howell O'Neill / @howelloneill : A tug of war between the intelligence community and the military over the future of US...
Some tech luminaries dismissed the internet in 1994 as immature tech that was useless or impractical, a cautionary tale for those who dismiss blockchain today
Steven Sinofsky / Learning By Shipping :
Chinese government is getting increasingly involved in its tech companies by installing Communist Party committees at some firms, investing state funds, more
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