Google unveils Chat, an RCS-based carrier messaging service to supplant SMS, with typing indicators, full-res pics, video, group texts, no end-to-end encryption
A top-tier Android phone can cost upwards of a thousand dollars, and for that money, you'll get some amazing features.
Sources: Apple's efforts to lessen its reliance on Samsung as the sole iPhone display supplier have hit a hurdle due to manufacturing problems at LG Display
Manufacturing problems at South Korea's LG Display could force Apple to rely solely on its competitor for high-end and costly smartphone screens
At antitrust trial, AT&T CEO announced AT&T Watch, a $15/month streaming TV bundle with no sports, free for its cellular customers; debut in “several weeks”
CEO unveils ‘skinny bundle’ service in testimony during antitrust case — AT&T Inc. T 0.13% plans to launch a …
Apple open sources FoundationDB core, three years after acquiring the database company
Apple owned-company FoundationDB today announced that the FoundationDB core has been open sourced with the goal of building an open community with all major development done in the open.
German Supreme Court rules that ad blockers are legal, in favor of Adblock Plus, and throws out a case brought by Axel Springer
KARLSRUHE/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a case brought by Axel Springer seeking to ban a popular application …
Pivotal priced IPO at $15/share, in the middle of announced range of $14-$16, raising $555M and giving company a valuation of about $3.8B
Pivotal Software Inc. PVTL, +0.00% priced its initial public offering at $15 a share early Friday, raising $555 million at a valuation of about $3.8 billion based on shares outstanding.
Investigation: 300+ organizations' ads ran on extremist YouTube channels despite many advertisers saying they use YouTube's sensitive subject exclusion filter
Advocates say YouTube is collecting kids' data — Ads from over 300 companies and organizations — including tech giants …
BT to shutdown its traditional PSTN phone network and shift customers to VoIP by 2025 with public consultations about the closure starting next month
Consultation next month following plan to shift all punters to VoIP — BT is forging ahead with plans to shut its traditional telephone network …
Filings show Qualcomm's layoffs will happen on or around June 19, will impact ~1,231 employees at its San Diego HQ, 269 in its San Jose and Santa Clara offices
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Profile of Mark Zuckerberg as told by those who knew him growing up in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and those who met him on his 2017 tour of the US
The world's largest social network needs fixing. Facebook's frontman has known for years. … A few years ago, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife …
Nintendo Labo, the build-your-own cardboard kits with accompanying software for Nintendo Switch, is great for families; Variety Kit offers more than Robot Kit
Innovative Or Gimmicky? Dami Lee / The Verge : Programming a song on Nintendo Labo with Toy-Con Garage took all of my brainpower Andrew Webster / The Verge : Nintendo Labo review: an incredible learni...
How Iceland, which offers plentiful energy and cooling, is reckoning with a tech boom driven by data centers that cause power usage to surge
Lawmakers rethink whether a proliferation of data centers lured by the island's Nordic climate and geothermal steam is risking the environment and tourism business Tweets: @macrodidact , @jreed193 , @...
ZTE says US ban on sales to the company is unfair and threatens its survival, vows to safeguard its interests through all legal means
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Filings show gaming chat app Discord has raised ~$50M, bringing total funding to ~$152M, at a valuation of ~$1.65B; Discord says it had 90M users as of January
Maker of videogame chat app raises fresh $50 million — Discord Inc., maker of a popular chatting tool for PC and mobile gamers …
eBay updates its apps to let sellers scan barcodes to autofill some product information
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Companies are scaling back and simplifying their ToS to comply with GDPR because users' consent would be legally invalid if they don't understand the agreement
Everyone from Uber to PayPal is facing a backlash against their impenetrable legalese. — Eleanor Margolis had used PayPal …
Former Time Inc. COO Jen Wong joins Reddit as COO, will focus on business strategy, revenue growth, and user growth
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MoviePass parent to sell 10.5M shares at $2.75, 28.2% below Wednesday's $3.83 closing price, as auditor has “substantial doubt” about MoviePass' future
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Google's App Engine can no longer be used for domain-fronting, which let services use its network to avoid state-level internet blocks
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
Facebook says it will change T&C in May for 1.5B users outside of Europe to be governed by US ToS instead of Ireland ToS, limiting GDPR impact to 400M users
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Profile of Jaime Levy, the cyber punk publishing pioneer who created two of the most popular magazines of the 1990s: Cyber Rag and Electronic Hollywood
Claire L. Evans / New York Magazine : Tweets: @selectall , @yoloethics , and @robinsloan Tweets: Select All / @selectall : Jaime Levy's achievements have been made difficult to remember thanks to the...
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