LG announces G7 ThinQ with 6.1" QHD+ LCD display and notch, dual 16MP rear cameras, 3,000mAh battery, Snapdragon 845, Android Oreo, Assistant button, and more
Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge — After months of leaks, LG's new G7 ThinQ phone is officially here.
Apple Q2: revenue of $61.1B, up 16% YoY, as iPhone sales rise 3% YoY to 52.3M, iPad sales rise 2% YoY to 9.1M, Mac sales fall 3% YoY to 4.08M; stock up 3%+
Revenue Grows 16 Percent and EPS Grows 30 Percent to New March Quarter Records — New $100 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization Announced, Dividend Raised by 16 Percent
Hulu says it has surpassed 20M subscribers in the US, introduces offline mode, and inks animation deal with DreamWorks
Hulu now has over 20 million U.S. subscribers - that's up from the 17 million-plus it claimed in January. The news of its subscriber growth is being delivered alongside …
Nokia to sell its digital health division to Eric Carreel, cofounder of Withings, which Nokia acquired for €170M in 2016; deal expected to close late Q2 2018
Nokia's unsuccessful foray into digital health hardware and services looks like it is finally coming to an end.
Facebook to bring outside advisors for a civil rights audit of its impact on minority groups and to investigate claims it's biased against conservative voices
To address allegations of bias, Facebook is bringing in two outside advisors — one to conduct a legal audit of its impact …
Facebook confirms it has fired one of its security engineers who allegedly used privileged access to stalk women online
After a member of the information security community provided evidence to Facebook's chief information security officer, the company has terminated a security engineer …
Apple reports Q2 services revenue of $9.2B, up 31% YoY, and says that the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud storage, and Apple Pay all generated record sales
iPhone X Is the Best-Selling Phone in China Daring Fireball : ‘Fanned’ — Mark Gurman, writing for Bloomberg after Apple's earnings announcement: Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Q2 2018: 52.2...
Signal says Amazon has warned the company to stop using the anti-censorship domain-fronting technique if it wants to continue using AWS
Telegram has been putting up an impressive fight against the governments of Russia and Iran in high-profile efforts to censor the messaging service over the last few weeks.
Researchers say critical infrastructure software had security flaws that could have let hackers shut down factories, power plants, and water systems remotely
Researchers discovered security flaws in two software programs used worldwide to control manufacturing sites, power plants …
Ahead of GDPR, EU data watchdog says internet platforms that collect user data are like “sweatshops” exploiting users in exchange for so called “free” services
The digital information ecosystem farms people for their attention, ideas and data in exchange for so called ‘free’ services.
Zuckerberg says Facebook is already ranking news organizations based on trust, will invest billions to fight fake news, remains committed to WhatsApp encryption
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed :
Facebook says it's partnering with RED to develop a professional-grade VR camera, as part of its Surround 360 platform; pricing and release TBD
We don't yet know what it looks like, or how much it will cost — Facebook is partnering with camera maker RED to develop …
Xerox says its chairman, CEO, and majority of its board are leaving, to be replaced by allies of shareholders that oppose Fujifilm merger
Xerox's plan to merge its business with Fujifilm of Japan looks to be increasingly in jeopardy, as its chairman, its chief executive and a majority …
The Pentagon is moving to halt the sales of Huawei and ZTE phones in retail outlets on US military bases around the world, citing potential security threats
Move intensifies a squeeze the Trump administration has put on the two Chinese tech firms — The Pentagon is moving to halt …
BMW, GM, Ford, Renault, and others form a coalition, the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI), to apply blockchain tech in the automotive sector
Four of the world's largest carmakers have joined tech providers and startups to form the biggest-ever consortium focused on applying blockchain tech in the automotive sector.
Google is launching .app domains, the first top-level domains secured with built-in HTTPS, to its Early Access Program on May 7 and to all on May 8
Over three years after Google paid $25 million to gain the exclusive rights to the “.app” top-level domain, the company …
Facebook announces dating feature for its app that will recommend matches and let users create a separate dating profile, with testing to begin later this year
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Behind the debate on whether the CFAA should be amended to allow private companies and citizens that are victims of cybercrimes to “hack back”
American companies that fall victim to data breaches want to retaliate against the culprits. But can they do so without breaking the law? Tweets: @hatr , @ericgeller , and @malwaretechblog Tweets: @h...
Pandora study finds that too many ads can push users to subscribe, but not enough to compensate for lost ad revenue from those listening less due to more ads
AT BEST, ADVERTISING is something people tolerate while consuming media. At worst, it's a turnoff.
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on his recent Congressional testimony, goals for F8 keynote, the three-year timeframe for fixing Facebook, and more
Mark Zuckerberg knew his keynote speech at F8 this year would not be like any other. His previous appearances at Facebook's annual developer's conference …
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia lost the personal financial histories of 12M customers from 2004 to 2014 and chose not to reveal the breach to customers
They might have fallen off the back of a truck... BuzzFeed Senior Reporter, Australia — The Commonwealth Bank lost …
Verizon's Oath signs distribution deal to place four of its apps, Newsroom, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, and Go90, on Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ devices in the US
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc's Oath Inc subsidiary has signed a deal to place four of its most popular apps on millions …
Overcast 4.2 released with enhanced privacy that encourages anonymous accounts at login and removes automatic loading of remote ad-tracking images by default
Overcast 4.2 is out now. It enhances privacy in two major areas: — Anonymous sync by default — Overcast has offered anonymous sync accounts since 2014.
Facebook has quietly ended its Free Basics program in more than six nations and territories in recent months including Myanmar and Latin American markets
Facebook enabled ethnic-cleansing-related hate speech in Myanmar; many died and thousands fled. Rather than take responsibility, it's turning away.
A look at the frenzy to hire young talent in the Chinese tech industry, where three-quarters of tech workers are younger than 30 and age discrimination is legal
Ou Jianxin said goodbye to his wife and two young children shortly after 9 a.m. on a cold day last December.
Review of Oculus Go: works without a phone or computer, solid hardware, $199 price is reasonable, but ecosystem is lacking and looks bulky
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
ARM announces ARM Cortex-M35P processor, which it says has anti-tampering tech and software isolation built in, as part of its push to protect IoT devices
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Sling TV expands Cloud DVR support to Chrome, Chromecast, Xbox One, LG smart TVs and 2016 and 2017 models of Samsung smart TVs
David Katzmaier / CNET :
Snap reports Q1 net loss of $386M, as average revenue per user rose 34% YoY to $1.21 but was down 21% QoQ
and it plans to buy back $100 billion in stock Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : Apple announces Q2 2018 revenue of $61.1b: 52.2m iPhones, 9.1m iPads, 4.07m Macs Tweets: Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : Evan says he ca...
Leaked memo: Ron Gutman, founder and CEO of HealthTap, a medical advice startup, has been fired amid allegations that he intimidated and threatened employees
Theodore Schleifer / Recode :
Facebook and Instagram Stories open to sharing from other apps, letting developers integrate a button for users to easily share content from app
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Cisco acquiring Accompany, which uses artificial intelligence to build databases of people and relationships at companies, for $270M in cash and stock
now she's getting acquired by Cisco for $270 million Tweets: @businessinsider : This woman quit Google to found an AI startup — now she's getting acquired by Cisco for $270 million http://www.business...
Starting today, Chrome will display a full-page warning when an HTTPS website hasn't logged its SSL certificate in a public Certificate Transparency log
Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com :
Coalition representing Apple, Google, Facebook, and others criticize law enforcement backdoors in devices, after Wired profile of Ray Ozzie's key escrow idea
including Apple, Microsoft, and Google, which were all hit by NSA spying — have joined security experts in criticizing encryption backdoors, after Ray Ozzie's key escrow idea was widely derided. https...
Sources: Facebook is considering launching its two smart speakers internationally first due to privacy concerns in the US; launch was originally slated for F8
Michelle Castillo / CNBC :
Sources: Birchbox sells majority ownership to one of its hedge fund investors, Viking Global, which will invest $15M more, after sale talks with QVC fell apart
Jason Del Rey / Recode :
Steve Ballmer says he sold his stake in Twitter because he no longer wants to be an investor; Ballmer bought a 4% stake in October 2015
Selina Wang / Bloomberg :
London-based Pop, which develops SaaS platform to help retailers launch and maintain consumer-facing apps, raises £9.5M Series B led by Smedvig Capital
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Sources: Singapore-based Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab is in early-stage talks to raise up to $1B at a valuation of ~$10B
Wall Street Journal :
Quad9, a free DNS service that blocks malicious domains and is designed to dodge surveillance, says it has 27M users, up from 1M at launch in November 2017
Joe Uchill / Axios :
Sources: in recent months, 12+ Chinese tech firms, collectively worth ~$500B on private markets, talked to bankers and investors about IPOs in H2 2018 or 2019
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @yumikoono Tweets: Yumiko Ono / @yumikoono : Look at all the Chinese tech unicorns that are in talks to go public http://www.wsj.com/... http://twitter.com/...
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