Suspected Golden State Killer caught after investigators matched DNA from the crime scenes to genetic data available on free genealogy site GEDmatch
“No court order was needed to access that site's large database of genetic blueprints.” — To get a leg up in the investigation in the cold case of the …
Source: Apple is working on an AR/VR headset, slated for 2020, with two 8K displays that wirelessly connect to a dedicated box powered by Apple's own 5nm CPU
The headset, which would straddle the two technologies and tap into Apple's own chips, is slated for 2020.
Sources: T-Mobile, Sprint deal would value Sprint at $24B-$26B; T-Mobile majority owner Deutsche Telekom to get 42% stake, 69% voting interest in combined firm
T-Mobile US Inc. and its German owners are advancing toward a deal that would value Sprint Corp. at about $24 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Nintendo's head of Switch Shinya Takahashi on the firm's creative process, approach to hiring new talent, and why older technologies sometimes surprise players
Nintendo's ‘conductor’ takes us behind the game giant's inner workings, how it finds talent and the philosophy that sparks its eccentric ideas
A look at Intel's problems transitioning from 14nm to 10nm chips as it delays high-volume production of Cannon Lake CPU again, this time from late 2018 to 2019
Intel announced its financial results today, and although it posted yet another record quarter, the company unveiled serious production problems with its 10nm process.
Steam Spy now operating in a limited capacity as it switches to a new algorithm after Valve's changes to the Steam Web and Store API
What happened? — As you might know, on 11th of April, 2018 Valve has made changes to their Steam Web API, removing owned games from user's information, unless they actively opt-in.
In the coming weeks, Facebook Fundraisers will eliminate platform fees, which are 4.3% in the US, for personal causes, such as medical needs, vet bills, more
Despite Facebook being under fire for everything pertaining to Cambridge Analytica, the company still hopes to be able to do some good.
Cloud-based collaboration and work management platform Smartsheet closes up 30% on its first day of trading after raising $150M in its IPO at $1.48B valuation
- Shares closed at $19.55 after debuting at $18.40, more than 20 percent above the price of shares it sold in its initial public offering.
Apple to stop production of AirPort Express, Extreme, and Time Capsule Wi-Fi base stations, which were last updated in 2013, but will sell while stock lasts
On Thursday Apple made official … William White / InvestorPlace : Friday Apple Rumors: Apple Discontinues Airport Wireless Router Line Shaun Nichols / The Register : Apple grounds AirPort once and for...
Sources: Huawei has been working on a mobile OS in case it is cut off from Android; it began the work in response to US 2012 investigation into Huawei and ZTE
Having an alternative smartphone OS may have taken on added urgency for China with rising trade tensions with the US.
Facebook's Messenger Kids gets a sleep mode that lets parents set predetermined off times for the app
Tarunya Govindarajan / Facebook :
Twitter confirms it is now pushing news links tweeted by your network into your home timeline and grouping tweets mentioning the link underneath it
Twitter is now pushing links tweeted by your network into your home timeline and grouping the tweets mentioning the link underneath it.
DocuSign closes up 37% on its first day of trading after raising $629M in its IPO
now its CEO and CFO explain what's next MarketWatch : DocuSign Inc. — DocuSign, Inc. provides cloud-based electronic signature solutions. Wall Street Journal : DocuSign Shows Strong Demand, Closes U...
A first-person account of a virtual dating assistant, called a “Closer”, who is a professional writer that impersonates clients on apps like Tinder
Every morning I wake up to the same routine. I log into the Tinder account of a 45-year-old man from Texas—a client.
Microsoft announces that the “Windows 10 April 2018 Update” is coming as a free download on April 30, with features like Timeline, Focus Assist, updated Edge
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
How real people are using services like Fuelgram to turn their Instagram accounts into bots in order to game the site's algorithm by trading likes and comments
Verified accounts turning themselves into bots, millions of fake likes and comments, a dirty world of engagement trading inside Telegram groups. Tweets: @buzzfeednews , @fabiochiusi , @swiftonsecurity...
Cryptographer's doubts about Ozzie's CLEAR key-escrow system: securing private keys at OEMs and disabling a phone once law enforcement accesses it are hard
It Makes It Worse Robert Graham / Errata Security : No, Ray Ozzie hasn't solved crypto backdoors Zack Whittaker / ZDNet : Experts rip Ray Ozzie's plan for unlocking encrypted phones Department of Comp...
Facebook now shrinks the size of fact-checked false news stories in News Feed and uses machine learning to help prioritize articles sent to fact-checkers
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
In a quarterly report filed with the SEC, Facebook warns that it may find more Cambridge Analytica-sized instances of user data misuse
Shaun Nichols / The Register :
Sources: Ping An Good Doctor, a Chinese online healthcare platform, raises $1.1B in Hong Kong's biggest IPO this year
Emma Dunkley / Financial Times :
Amazon's late entry into Brazil has given rivals an opportunity to thrive, like local retailer Magazine Luiza, whose profit quadrupled last year
Brad Haynes / Reuters : Tweets: @baybrazil Tweets: @baybrazil : Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza digital sales channels grew 61% last year, profit more than quadrupled. CEO Frederico Trajano spoke.....
RStor announces $45M Series A led by Cisco for its platform that lets businesses store and process data in many locations and with many cloud service providers
Yevgeniy Sverdlik / Data Center Knowledge :
Chinese online education platform Knowbox raises $100M Series C led by Yunfeng Capital
Keyan Lu / China Money Network :
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