Facebook publishes the internal guidelines it uses to enforce its public Community Standards, will allow users to appeal when their posts are taken down
One of the questions we're asked most often is how we decide what's allowed on Facebook. These decisions are among the most important …
Amazon partners with GM and Volvo to launch in-car package delivery service for Prime subscribers in 37 cities in the US
New service in collaboration with GM and Volvo will launch in 37 cities in the US — Last year, Amazon asked for permission to unlock your front door …
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue of $31.1B, up 26% YoY, net income of $9.4B, up from $5.4B YoY, but capital expenditures hit $7.3B, up from $2.5B YoY
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 23, 2018 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.
Researchers reveal seemingly unpatchable vulnerability in Nvidia Tegra chips that make all currently available Nintendo Switch consoles hackable
Newly published Tegra bootROM exploit could be a big headache for Nintendo and others. — A newly published “exploit chain” …
Spotify launches a redesigned mobile app for its free users that lets them listen on-demand to any song on one of 15 personalized discovery playlists
Today at the Gramercy Theater in NYC, Spotify's Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström announced a brand new free version of the Spotify mobile app.
YouTube releases its first community guidelines enforcement report: 8M+ videos removed in Q4 2017, with 6.7M first flagged by machines
In December we shared how we're expanding our work to remove content that violates our policies. Today, we're providing an update and giving …
Facebook gives its definition of terrorism, says it took action on 1.9M pieces of ISIS and al-Qaeda content in Q1, ~2x the previous quarter, finding 99% itself
and how it's responding Tweets: Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : Facebook update on how it's tackling terrorist content: “99% of the ISIS and al-Qaeda content we took action on was not user reported.” I'...
Nest generated $726M in revenue on an operating loss of $621M in 2017, as revealed by a one-time accounting change in Alphabet's quarterly results
Google's smart-home gadget brand generated $726 million in revenue last year. — How much money is Nest, Google's smart-home gadget brand, bringing in?
As it prepares to launch a podcasts app, Google adds seamless podcast listening across devices, allowing users to listen on a phone and resume on Google Home
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Human Rights Watch: Chinese tech giants like Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent discriminate against women in some job listings by posting “men only” job ads, more
Qualifications for the job: Must be a man — Silicon Valley isn't the only tech hub guilty of widespread gender discrimination.
DoorDash begins a pilot program for grocery delivery with Walmart in Atlanta, wants to work behind the scenes to power delivery networks for larger companies
DoorDash is about to make a huge move into grocery delivery, but instead of going all out as a delivery service on its own …
Job listings indicate Andreessen Horowitz is hiring for “a separately managed fund focusing on crypto assets”
Posted job listings reveal that the firm is hiring for a “separately managed fund focusing on crypto assets.” — Andreessen Horowitz, one of the leading venture capital firms …
Alphabet says its “other revenues”, which include cloud business and hardware sales, were $4.4B in Q1 revenue; Other Bets had revenue of $150M on a $571M loss
Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE :
Interview with former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès on what he claims really happened in the company's final days and a look at what's next for the case against him
He led the world's largest Bitcoin exchange before a mysterious heist made it go bust.
Sources: Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing is in early-stage talks about a multibillion-dollar IPO as soon as this year, at a valuation of ~$70-$80B
A multibillion dollar offering for Didi Chuxing could happen as soon as this year — China's Didi Chuxing Technology Co. …
Mark Karpelès, the CEO of Mt. Gox until its 2014 bankruptcy, becomes CTO of Denver-based London Trust Media, which owns the popular Private Internet Access VPN
Jen Wieczner / Fortune :
US Supreme Court upholds legality of patent review process called inter partes review, which has been a relatively cheap way to combat “patent troll” firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday gave its stamp of approval to a government review process prized …
Uber's second annual global diversity report shows women in technical roles up to 18%, from 15% in 2017; black representation is up in tech but down overall
Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNNMoney :
Apple will pay Ireland €13B in back taxes starting in May, after deal is reached on where to store the funds, 19 months after EU ruled tax scheme was illegal
Arthur Beesley / Financial Times :
Verizon Q1 earnings beat estimates with revenue of $31.77B, up 6.6% YoY, and a net increase of 260K retail postpaid customers
Roger Cheng / CNET :
Consortium of Amazon, Netflix, and many Hollywood studios sues IPTV service SET TV, claims mass copyright infringement, seeks injunction to shutter service
Ernesto / TorrentFreak :
Enterprise communications firm Mitel to be acquired for $2B by Searchlight Capital Partners in an all-cash transaction
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Symantec: hacker group called Orangeworm is targeting equipment in US healthcare, like X-Ray and MRI machines, as well manufacturing, agriculture, IT devices
http://www.forbes.com/... They're not doing anything destructive... but they have the power to, says @symantec http://twitter.com/... @symantec : New Orangeworm attack group targets the healthcare sec...
Alibaba says its smart assistant, Tmall Genie, will be featured in Chinese Mercedes, Audi, and Volvo autos, joining ~100 brands Alibaba says it's partnered with
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg :
Twitch's Bits, a virtual good for fans to reward streamers, now work with Twitch Extensions, letting both creators and devs earn money via 80/20 revenue split
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
In pilot program debuting soon, Uber says it will start obscuring the log of rider pickup and drop-off locations given to drivers, instead showing general areas
Kate Conger / Gizmodo :
CIA says foreign spies in about 30 countries use digital surveillance to monitor agents and that it is pursuing ~140 AI projects to help agents evade cameras
but given how widespread it is today, not posting can also be a tell. http://twitter.com/...
China-based Didi Chuxing launches in Mexico in its first organic international expansion, following acquisition route into Brazil and franchise model in Taiwan
this time in Mexico Paul Sawers / VentureBeat : China's Didi launches ride-hailing service in Mexico, one of Uber's biggest strongholds Tweets: Johana Bhuiyan / @jmbooyah : Little update here: 99, the...
Middle Eastern ride-hailing app Careem says 14M users' names, email addresses, phone numbers, and trip data was stolen in cyberattack; it became aware on Jan 14
Nour Al Ali / Bloomberg :
Inside Amazon's Lab126 and the Alexa Voice Services team, which has helped manufacturers pack Alexa into more than a hundred consumer devices
Ry Crist / CNET : Thanks: @rycrist
A look at how Microsoft is monetizing the Minecraft ecosystem, having paid out $7M to Marketplace creators so far
Jared Newman / Fast Company : Tweets: @rebecca_yeun , @marc_irl , @simoncarless , and @onejarednewman Tweets: Rebecca Gordius / @rebecca_yeun : This is an awesome look at the Minecraft Marketplace - ...
Around 40 Chinese mutual funds have adjusted the valuation of ZTE in their portfolios, some by 20-30%, since it suspended trading following US trade sanctions
After Amazon clamped down on paid reviews in 2016, the community dispersed but still flourishes, with most comments on some popular categories still fake
Washington Post : Tweets: @theharryshearer , @aaschapiro , @noupside , @jbenton , @lizzadwoskin , and @lizzadwoskin Tweets: Harry Shearer / @theharryshearer : “These days it is very hard to sell anyt...
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