Walmart agrees to buy a majority stake of about 77% in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart for ~$16B, says its long-term goal is to see Flipkart publicly listed
- Walmart said on Wednesday that it would acquire an initial stake of roughly 77 percent in Flipkart.
Apple starts cracking down on apps that violate its guidelines by sharing location data with third-parties without explicit user consent
Over the last few days, Apple has seemingly started cracking down on applications that share location data with third-parties.
Sources: Facebook appoints CPO Chris Cox to lead Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger apps; CTO Mike Schroepfer to oversee AR/VR, AI, blockchain, more
WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook's core app are getting new leaders as part of a massive executive reorg.
Sources: Facebook launching new team of fewer than 12 to explore blockchain tech, led by David Marcus and including Instagram's VPs of engineering and product
What is the blockchain? Facebook wants to find out, too. — What is the blockchain? And how should Facebook be using it?
South African media giant Naspers says it made $2.2B from its ~11% stake in Flipkart after Walmart acquisition
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Microsoft's May 2018 Patch Tuesday fixes 68 security issues, 21 of them critical, including one being actively exploited to hack users
Latest Patch Tuesday included 68 fixes, 21 of them rated “critical.” — Microsoft on Tuesday patched two Windows vulnerabilities that attackers …
Facebook adds Jeff Zients, the director of the National Economic Council for Obama for three years, to its board, filling Jan Koum's seat
Kurt Wagner / Recode :
Preview of changes and features coming in Android P: focus on “Digital Well Being” including usage dashboard, visual tweaks, gestures, and deeper AI integration
Dieter Bohn / The Verge :
Breakdown of how Google Duplex works, with several audio examples of how the assistant would interact over the phone, handling interruptions, elaborating, more
Posted by Yaniv Leviathan, Principal Engineer and Yossi Matias, Vice President, Engineering, Google
A look at Google's experimental Duplex tech, demoed at I/O, enabling Assistant to place voice calls for you, make restaurant and barber reservations, more
& It's A Big Deal Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC : Google positions itself as the responsible A.I. champion at its gigantic annual conference Google Devs / Google Developers Blog : Actions on Google at I/O: M...
eBay says it made $1.1B from its stake in Flipkart, which sold a majority stake to Walmart for ~$16B, and plans to relaunch eBay India
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Google developing Lookout Android app to aid the blind and the visually impaired by offering users auditory clues to the objects, text, and people around them
The Android app will offer users spoken clues to the objects, text and people around them. — Google is developing an app …
Google announces ADT-2, an Android TV streaming HDMI stick for devs, with Assistant access via remote and an optimized Android TV setup process; ships in summer
but it's for developers Rita El Khoury / Android Police : Tip: Replying to a notification in Android P no longer dismisses it, multiple replies are possible (Updated) David Ruddock / Android Police : ...
Reddit, Pornhub, Tumblr, Etsy, and others support Red Alert for Net Neutrality project ahead of attempt by Sen. Ed Markey to force vote on reinstating the rules
Reddit, Pornhub, Tumblr, and other companies are supporting an upcoming net neutrality vote with a new publicity campaign.
Facebook's executive reshuffle might reduce the autonomy of Instagram and WhatsApp but could give the company the ability to execute a more coherent strategy
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Android P beta is available now for select Android handsets including Essential Phone, Nokia 7 Plus, Sony Xperia XZ2, OnePlus 6, and Pixel devices
Are you ready to get started on the Android P Beta? Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian : Android P: everything you need to know about Google's latest phone software Rita El Khoury / Android Police : In Andro...
Google debuts Android Jetpack, a set of components to speed up app development, as a successor to Support Library, which is used by 99% of Play Store apps
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Microsoft and Red Hat unveil OpenShift on Azure, a jointly managed hybrid cloud service for Kubernetes container management, out in preview in coming months
Microsoft and Red Hat expand their partnership around hybrid cloud, Kubernetes container management, and developer productivity.
Glassdoor to be acquired by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings for $1.2B, will remain a “distinct and separate part” of Recruit's HR technology business segment
Job review site Glassdoor has agreed to be acquired for $1.2 billion by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings Co.
Yahoo quietly releases Squirrel, an invite-only group chat app, in which conversations within a group can be further divided into rooms for specific topics
Chat apps are all the rage these days. Just ask Google, it can't seem to get enough. And it looks like Yahoo is the latest to jump …
Google announces App Bundles, which let Android developers define which parts of an app to download on a specific device, reducing download sizes
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Multiple operating systems including Windows, macOS, and Linux were affected by a serious security flaw caused by developers misinterpreting debug documentation
OS and hypervisor makers patch flaw that attackers could use to crash systems or read data from memory.
Amazon launches Amazon Experience Centers, hosted inside Lennar's model home demos across the US, to showcase smart home devices, Dash Buttons, and more
Last week, we reported on how Amazon was leveraging a new relationship with home builder Lennar to expand its smart home business …
Windows Notepad to support Unix, Linux, and Mac line endings, available in latest Windows 10 Insider build; behavior can be disabled with registry key change
So happy for you, Microsoft, \r\n — Windows Notepad users, rejoice! Microsoft's text editing app, which has been shipping …
Google debuts ARCore 1.2 with Sceneform SDK, Augmented Images, and Cloud Anchors, which enables collaboration between multiple ARCore device users via the cloud
At the 2018 Google I/O today, Daydream product manager Nathan Martz introduced ARCore 1.2, a new version of the company's …
Waymo to launch a self-driving car hailing service in Phoenix later this year, will partner with multiple companies to expand its autonomous cars to more cities
In a huge surprise, Google invited Waymo CEO John Krafcik on stage at its I/O 2018 developers conference.
Researchers calculate that Mirai botnet DDoS attack on KrebsOnSecurity, which lasted 77 hours and used 24,000 unsecured IoT devices, cost device owners ~$324K
The attack levied against the domain using insecure IoT devices cost their owners dearly in power and bandwidth.
Vodafone to buy some of cable giant Liberty Global's European assets, including operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania, and Czech Republic, for €18.4B
Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal :
Gamalon, which plans to use neural networks to better understand text-based customer conversations, raises $20M Series A led by Intel Capital
Data is often said to be the “new currency,” as it can serve significant value when companies unlock the arsenal of qualitative and quantitative information that they generate.
Intel Capital announces $72M in funding for 12 startups in AI, IoT, cloud services, and silicon; total invested this year so far is $115M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Google bans all adverts related to Irish abortion referendum on its platforms, following a similar move by Facebook
and it failed Adam Satariano / New York Times : Facebook Bans Foreign Advertisers for Ireland Abortion Referendum
Apple's iOS 11.4, currently in beta, introduces USB Restricted Mode that disables Lightning port after a week of not entering passcode
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
ZTE says in filing that it has ceased “major operating activities” following US ban on US companies supplying tech and is working with US government
Sijia Jiang / Reuters :
Google announces update to Lens, rolling out end of May, focusing on shopping, text-reading, and language support; some handsets will offer Lens from camera app
Lauren Goode / Wired :
Nintendo announces its $20/year online service for Switch, lets users back up game data to cloud, gives access to 20 NES games; no plans for a Virtual Console
Swapna Krishna / Engadget :
Amid its Time Warner merger, AT&T confirms it paid Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen for “insights” on administration in 2017
Dan Mangan / CNBC :
Ring debuts Neighbors app that pulls out local security and crime-prevention features from the Ring app, including feeds of posts shared by nearby Ring owners
Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors :
Google announces that Chrome OS is getting native Linux app support; preview available on Pixelbook now and coming to more devices soon
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Chinese Tencent-backed online healthcare solutions platform WeDoctor raises $500M, at a valuation of $5.5B, ahead of an IPO this year
Adam Jourdan / Reuters :
Google's latest Chrome update, which blocks autoplaying videos, has also disabled audio for many web-based games; Google says developers should update
Phillip Tracy / The Daily Dot :
Google says blinds, kettles, ovens, refrigerators, air purifiers, fans, air conditioners, coffee makers, and sprinklers now work natively with Google Assistant
including John Legend Corbin Davenport / Android Police : [Update: Wider rollout] Lens is now rolling out to Google Assistant Thanks: @rycrist
Facebook Live update brings ability to crosspost live video across pages and persistent stream keys for easier setup today, live rewind coming soon
Amy Gesenhues / Marketing Land :
Analysis of Apple's job listings suggests that the company appears to be investing in a newsroom, recruiting for staff positions like Politics Editor
Joshua Fruhlinger / Thinknum Media :
H&M, the world's largest clothing brand, says it will start using AI to customize inventory in each of its 4,200 stores to entice customers as sales slump
Saabira Chaudhuri / Wall Street Journal :
Google debuts Google Photos partner program that includes HP and TimeHop as well as an API to let developers build new functionality into their own apps
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
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