Following questions from Congress about Facebook's web tracking of users who aren't logged in, the company details what data it collects and how
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US Congress. He answered more than 500 questions and promised that we would get back on the 40 …
Intel unveils two Threat Detection Technology features: letting software scan system memory for malware using integrated GPUs and advanced telemetry tools
The company is also using its processors' performance monitoring to detect malicious code. — Since the news of the Metldown …
Sources: Apple plans to integrate recently acquired magazine app Texture into Apple News and debut its own premium news subscription service next year
Company integrating Texture purchase into Apple News offering — About 20 Texture staff were cut soon after Apple acquisition
After Telegram moved some of its infrastructure to AWS and Google cloud, Russia banned 1.8M Amazon and Google IP addresses, impacting many other online services
Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, banned today over 1.8 million IP addresses belonging to Amazon and Google's cloud infrastructure.
Google releases updated DIY AI Vision and Voice Kits for $89.99 and $49.99, with a Raspberry Pi Zero and a companion app for Android, available at Target
Launched last year, Google's AIY Projects are simple hardware kits for building AI-powered devices like an Assistant speaker and a camera with image recognition capabilities.
Based on ARPU, Facebook might have to charge $11-$14 for monthly subscriptions to offset ad revenue, but it would empower users with choice and a sense of value
Would it make us love or hate ads? — Would being asked to pay Facebook to remove ads make you appreciate their value or resent them even more?
Microsoft, Facebook, 30+ firms pledge to not help states mount cyberattacks against “innocent civilians and enterprises”; Google, Apple, Amazon decline to join
WASHINGTON — More than 30 high-tech companies, led by Microsoft and Facebook, plan to announce a set of principles …
Microsoft announces the Azure Sphere stack for securing IoT devices, includes a Linux-based OS, custom silicon for microcontrollers, and matching cloud service
Microsoft is introducing new custom silicon, a Linux-based embedded OS and cloud service aimed at securing microcontroller-based devices.
China's Weibo backs down from censoring gay content following backlash from users, after saying it would ban it along with other content to comply with new law
BEIJING — Bowing to intense pressure from millions of internet users, a Chinese social media site said on Monday that it would scrap plans …
Supreme Court will hear arguments in case that could widen states' reach on online sales taxes to merchants selling goods on Amazon and other platforms
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TaskRabbit informs users that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident and that it has temporarily taken down its app and website
The handyman-for-hire app sent an email to users today recommending they change their passwords if they used the same ones for different websites.
Snap releases seven new templates and Giphy integration for its Lens Studio, and now lets creators build their own face filters for the first time
Snap releases seven new templates for Lens Studio, plus Giphy integration — Snap is expanding its developer platform to let creators build face filters …
Dept of Commerce blocks sales from US firms to ZTE for seven years, after alleged false statements to officials that followed guilty plea on sanctions violation
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling components …
US Supreme Court rules that Microsoft email privacy dispute with the DOJ is moot, following the passage of the Cloud Act
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) privacy fight with the Justice Department over whether prosecutors …
Docker Enterprise Edition 2.0 launches with new features that make it easier to securely embrace Kubernetes and other container orchestration tools
The second edition of Docker's enterprise product adds more security and management features for seamless and safe Kubernetes adoption.
FBI, DHS, and UK's National Cyber Security Centre issue joint alert warning of a Russian-led global campaign to attack and infiltrate internet infrastructure
State-sponsored Russian hackers are actively seeking to hijack essential internet hardware, US and UK intelligence agencies say.
Pornhub says it now accepts user payments, such as for buying Premium subscriptions, in Verge cryptocurrency
So you can be extra incognito — Pornhub has started accepting cryptocurrency as a payment option, the company announced today. The site now accepts Verge cryptocurrency …
Tokenized securities startup Harbor raises $28M led by Founders Fund with participation from a16z, following a $10M Series A in February
Harbor helps businesses legally issue cryptocurrency tokens that represent ownership of real-world assets like real estate, fine art, company equity, and investment funds.
Investors, bankers, and analysts say they expect a wave of IPOs from some of the most highly valued and recognizable start-ups over the next 18 to 24 months
SAN FRANCISCO — Jason Pressman spent Thursday morning cheering from the balcony of the New York Stock Exchange as shares …
Surveillance firm Terrogence, a US government vendor, has been building a massive facial recognition database from photos on Facebook, YouTube, and other sites
When Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica revelations …
UK's NCSC warns telecoms sector not to use network equipment or services from Chinese supplier ZTE as it would have a “long term negative effect” on UK security
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US-based Kraken, one of the longest-operating cryptocurrency exchanges, is ending its services in Japan by end of June, citing rising costs of doing business
Kraken, one of the longest-operating cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, will end its trading services for Japanese residents.
Adobe says it has acquired voice app startup Sayspring; Sayspring CEO says it will do away with paid plans and the platform will become invite-only
Adobe today announced it has acquired Sayspring, a platform for building and prototyping voice apps like Alexa skills or Google Assistant actions.
Tempo Automation raises $20M Series B, led by P72 Ventures, to fund its new electronics manufacturing factory in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood
Manufacturing printed circuit boards in San Francisco sounds crazy given the high cost of labor and real estate, but Tempo Automation has raised $20 million to do just that.
Sources: Huawei, which has sought to increase US business, has laid off all its US-based employees and is dialing back political outreach
SHENZHEN, China — In a grand hotel ballroom on Tuesday, Huawei executives laid out a soaring vision for the future.
Google is partnering with 3D laser-scanning nonprofit CyArk to build VR representations of historical sites in an effort called the Open Heritage project
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Boston-based marketing chatbot firm Drift raises $60M Series C led by Sequoia Capital
David Cancel and Elias Torres built their last startup, a marketing automation company called Performable, with just $3 million from venture capitalists. — They raised that funding round in late 200...
Facebook partners with Mumbai-based Boom on a pilot fact checking project of English-language content in Indian state of Karnataka, ahead of state elections
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T-Mobile fined $40M by FCC for failing to fix rural calling problems and playing ringing sounds to mislead “hundreds of millions” into thinking calls connected
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Rob Joyce to return to the NSA after more than a year as White House cybersecurity coordinator; his departure follows that of his boss, Tom Bossert, last week
Dustin Volz / Reuters :
Coinbase acquires Earn.com, which lets users earn bitcoin by completing tasks, hires Earn.com CEO Balaji Srinivasan as CTO; sources say deal is valued at $120M+
and very much in charge — of those two earlier failures? http://twitter.com/...
GrayKey, the tool law enforcement's been buying to unlock iPhones, appears to work by brute forcing passcodes, another reason to use a strong alphanumeric code
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard :
Lyft says its drivers have earned $500M+ in tips since the company was founded in 2012; tip averages up 8% YoY in 2017 due to app encouraging higher tip amounts
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
France says it's building its own encrypted messenger service to fend off state-level espionage; President Macron's inner circle has been fond of Telegram
Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters :
Pitchbook: US VC firms are at record levels of late-stage funding with 102 startups receiving at least $50M in Q1 2018, totaling $16B
Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal :
Google to resume accepting ads from US addiction treatment centers in July, nearly a year after suspending the category following reports of deceptive ads
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Pluralsight, a Utah-based edtech startup, reports $166.8M in 2017 revenue, up from $131.8M in 2016, and a loss of $96.5M, up from $20.6M in 2016, in IPO filing
Katie Roof / TechCrunch :
FCC votes to advance new rules to bar the use of funds from a government program to purchase equipment or services from companies deemed a security threat to US
David Shepardson / Reuters :
PullRequest, which offers code review as a service, raises $8M Series A led by Google's Gradient Ventures, which also led its $2.3M seed round in December
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Sources: NYC-based VC firm Lerer Hippeau to take over Binary Capital's $175M second fund after assuming management of its debut fund last month
Theodore Schleifer / Recode :
Profile of SenseTime, the Alibaba and Qualcomm-backed Chinese AI startup valued at ~$3B, specializing in facial and image recognition used by Chinese government
Josh Horwitz / Quartz :
Portland-based Sensu raises $10M Series A led by Battery Ventures to build out its cloud deployment monitoring product
Tom Krazit / GeekWire :
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