Snap launches slimmer Spectacles 2.0 with water resistance and faster pic and video transfer times, available at Spectacles.com for $150, $20 more than before
They're slimmer, they take photos, and you can take them in the pool. But will you? — Snap today released the next generation …
Snap announces Snappables, AR lenses that use touch, motion, and facial expressions for single and multiplayer games, rolling out globally with new games weekly
Today, we're introducing Snappables … Kurt Wagner / Recode : Snapchat's new Spectacles show that Evan Spiegel is playing the long game Maya Kosoff / Vanity Fair : Snapchat Stock Plunges After Announci...
Snap says it will begin testing six-second non-skippable ads in select Snapchat Shows beginning May 15
Once reluctant to force ads on its users, still-unprofitable Snapchat is going to start testing nonskippable ads in its TV-like shows, according to three sources with direct knowledge …
Nintendo reports operating profit of $1.62B, up 505% YoY, on strong Switch sales of 15M units in the year ending March, and names Shuntaro Furukawa as president
Nintendo sold just over 15 million Switch consoles in the last financial year, matching its own raised expectations after a hugely successful launch.
Samsung, the exclusive supplier of iPhone X OLED screens, says its Q1 profits for its display business were “affected by slow demand for flexible OLED screens”
IPhone X screenmaker adds to chorus of sales concerns — Samsung is exclusive supplier of OLED screens to Apple
Samsung reports $14.4B profit in Q1 driven by memory chips demand, up 58% YoY, but warns of profit decline in Q2 due to “stagnant sales” of its flagship phones
All signs point to a smartphone industry … Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : Samsung reports weak demand for OLED displays used in iPhone X Kyle Alspach / CRN : Samsung Posts Huge Growth In Q1, Reports ...
Tesla's head of Autopilot and key chip designer Jim Keller is leaving, source says he will join Intel
Legendary chip architect Jim Keller has seen an increasingly important role at Tesla since he joined the company in 2015. — He most recently took over the responsibilities …
IBM partners with a jewelry consortium to introduce TrustChain, a blockchain to prove the provenance of jewelry by following the supply chain from mine to store
Every time I talk to someone about the viability of blockchain, I get challenged to show a real project beyond the obvious bitcoin use case.
Facebook reports Q1 advertising revenue of $11.8B, up 50% YoY, of which ~91% comes from mobile, up from 85% in Q1 2017; headcount up 48% YoY to 27,742
Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. — “Despite facing important challenges …
Snapchat to stop retaining precise location history for under-16s in Europe, among other data that might require parental consent, to comply with GDPR
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Facebook and Microsoft confirm plans to update their gun emoji designs to be more in line with Apple, Samsung, and Google; Microsoft shares water gun design
- Apple changed the design of the gun emoji into a squirt gun back in 2016. — At the time, it was a controversial choice, but tech companies have since followed suit.
London-based payments startup Revolut raises $250M led by DST Global, bringing its valuation to $1.7B, says it has 250K daily active users
- DST Global, a company that was an early investor in Facebook and Spotify, led the funding round, which included other venture capital firms Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.
A look at China's “programmer motivators”, attractive women hired at tech firms to chat up, fan, and calm male coders, as well as give massages to ease stress
BEIJING — China's vibrant technology scene is searching for people like Shen Yue.
Qualcomm reports Q2 revenue of $5.23B, up 5% YoY, vs $5.19B est., as operating income fell to $400M, down 40% YoY, amid ongoing dispute with Apple and partners
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WebStresser, a DDoS-for-hire service with 136K users and linked to 4M+ cyberattacks is shut down; UK's NCA says service could be rented for as little as $14.99
Authorities in the U.S., U.K. and the Netherlands on Tuesday took down popular online attack-for-hire service WebStresser.org and arrested its alleged administrators.
Facebook Q1: revenue of $11.97B, up 49% YoY, vs. $11.41B est, net income of $4.99B, up 63% YoY; MAUs up 13% YoY to 2.20B, DAUs up 13% YoY to 1.45B; stock up 8%+
but viewership is already declining Kurt Wagner / Recode : Facebook says Europe's new data privacy rules won't hurt its business — too much John Battelle / NewCo Shift : Advertisers to Democracy: ¯\_(...
Researchers say ten countries are using internet-filtering tech by a Canadian firm to censor news, religious content, LGBTQ+ resources, and political campaigns
A new Citizen Lab report says Netsweeper is being used to censor political critics, news, and LGBTQ+ resources
As the Google-led Chat carrier service shows, encryption is only viable for closed systems, so increased privacy regulations may further entrench walled gardens
It was eight years ago next month that Vic Gundotra, then-VP of Engineering at Google, delivered a blistering attack on Apple for not being open:1
Sources: Sonos is preparing for an IPO that could come as soon as June or July; one source says the company is expecting a post-IPO valuation of ~$2.5B-$3B
Wireless-speaker company has filed confidentially and is likely to go public in next few months — Sonos Inc., the Santa Barbara …
Qualcomm says it will cap phone price at $400 for IP license fee calculations so vendors don't have to pay more for more expensive phones
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc's earnings call on Wednesday showed just how far the company is willing to go to preserve one of its core business practices …
US House unanimously passes Music Modernization Act to streamline licensing and ensure royalty protection for pre-1972 performances; bill now goes to Senate
In what is being hailed as a historic day for music creators, theMusic Modernization Act passed the House Wednesday …
Digg, formerly owned by Betaworks, has been sold to Boston-based ad-tech company BuySellAds; new CEO Todd Garland plans to streamline Digg and build up ad stack
This story has been updated. — Last month, Digg, an old beloved content aggregation destination, made the sad announcement …
eBay reports Q1 revenue of $2.6B, up 12% YoY, net income of $548M, up 2% YoY, but gives weak Q2 revenue outlook of $2.64B-$2.68B vs. $2.68B est.; stock down 6%+
EBay Inc. gave a weak outlook for revenue growth in the current quarter, taking the shine off Chief Executive Officer Devin Wenig's turn-around strategy.
How 205 Facebook and Instagram accounts were impersonating Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, many to scam vulnerable users through promises of lottery prizes
SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook notification on Gary Bernhardt's phone woke him up one night last November with incredible news … Tweets: @ennisnyt , @jacknicas , @puiwingtam , @jacknicas , @wafoli , @nick...
Amazon launches a $79 Echo Dot Kids Edition with kid-friendly Alexa and one year of FreeTime Unlimited, a bundle of curated content with a Parent Dashboard
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A look at nine influential women in cryptocurrency, who are working towards making the technology more inclusive and less biased by closing the gender gap
Meet nine women who are changing the game. — When dinner conversations turn to cryptocurrency, as they often do these days … Tweets: @amcjen , @bancor , and @jmorourke04 Tweets: Allison Clift-Jennin...
PayPal reports Q1 revenue of $3.69B, up 24% YoY, vs. $3.59B est., and $132B in total payment volume, an increase of 32% from the previous quarter
Julie Verhage / Bloomberg :
Researchers find flaw in Vingcard's Vision locks, used in 140K hotels in 160 counties, that lets them make a master key using an old key card and a $300 reader
Andy Greenberg / Wired :
How Grindr and Hornet are working to keep its users safe in places like Egypt, where LGBTQ dating apps are used by police to find targets for persecution
Firas knew something was wrong when he saw the checkpoint. He was meeting a man in Dokki's Mesaha Square, a tree-lined park just across … Tweets: @article19org and @maasalan Tweets: @article19org : “...
Facebook CTO says only verified accounts will be allowed to pay for political ads in the UK and users will be able to view all promotions paid for by a campaign
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Democratic lawmakers raise concerns over reports about Trump's personal phone use in letter to WH, ask if he uses unsecured Android phone, call encryption, more
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill :
YouTube announces expanded opt-in YouTube Kids controls for parents, including locking down content to show only channels reviewed by humans
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
OECD working paper: 14% of jobs across 32 developed countries are highly vulnerable to automation and 32% are vulnerable, equaling ~210M jobs in total
Economist :
IFTTT raises $24M led by Salesforce Ventures with participation from IBM, Chamberlain Group, and Fenox Venture Capital; the startup raised $30M Series B in 2014
Jared Newman / Fast Company :
Microsoft's Azure Container Instances exits beta after July 2017 debut; the tool competes with AWS' Fargate to ease deployment of containers on Azure
Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat :
Binance founder Zhao Changpeng sued in Hong Kong court by Sequoia, who allege he breached exclusivity agreement by talking to IDG, amid a failed deal
Daily Bit — Moved my longer post to tomorrow, just one more time. Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk : Binance Exchange Denies Sequoia Allegation of Exclusivity Breach Rebecca Campbell / Coinjournal : Binance F...
Uber is updating its bug bounty policies and clarifies what it does and does not mean by “good faith” vulnerability research
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber on Thursday plans to announce changes to how it rewards cyber researchers who report flaws in its software … Thanks: @dnvolz
AMD reports Q1 revenue of $1.65B, up 40% YoY, driven largely by $1.12B revenue from its Computing and Graphics division, up 95% YoY; stock up 14%+
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
McAfee report identifies North Korea-linked hacking and data-theft campaign called Operation GhostSecret working across 17 countries and many industries
Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal :
Profile of Ray Ozzie, former CTO at Microsoft, and his quest to architect a backdoor for encrypted devices that won't lead to a security or privacy fiasco
Silicon Valley Emotions Are Caught Between Morose and Giddy Department of Computer Science, Columbia University : Ray Ozzie's Proposal: Not a Step Forward Tweets: Tarah M. Wheeler / @tarah : This is c...
London-based Fat Lama, a peer-to-peer rental marketplace for almost anything, raises $10M Series A led by Blossom Capital with participation from Y Combinator
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AT&T reports $38B Q1 revenue, down 3.4% YoY, as it nets 3.2M wireless customers globally and 312K new DirecTV Now subs, bringing total to 1.46M; stock down 6%+
Todd Spangler / Variety :
FISA Court releases annual report for 2017: 1,147 surveillance requests in full and 391 requests with modification granted; a record 26 applications were denied
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet : Tweets: @kylegriffin1 Tweets: Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1 : The FISA court denied more surveillance orders during Trump's first year than in the court's 40-year history, acc...
Pandora says it plans to add about 250 jobs in Atlanta over the next three years in engineering, sales, legal, and human resources
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