After allegations Alexa recorded a private conversation and sent it to a person in contact list, Amazon says the case was extremely rare, is taking steps to fix
A Portland family contacted Amazon to investigate after they say a private conversation in their home was recorded by Amazon's Alexa …
Some US news sites like the LA Times and the Chicago Tribune restrict access from EU as GDPR goes into effect
Some high-profile US news websites are temporarily unavailable in Europe after new EU data protection rules came into effect. — The Chicago Tribune and LA Times were among …
Sources: Essential, a startup co-founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, is considering selling itself and has canceled development of a new smartphone
- Company cancels development of second version of smartphone — Startup has spent over $100 million on product development
As Europe enacts GDPR, EU officials are encouraging countries like Brazil, Japan, and South Korea to adopt similar laws by tying data protection to trade deals
LONDON — The notices are flooding people's inboxes en masse, from large technology companies, including Facebook and Uber …
Digital privacy activist Max Schrems files official GDPR complaints against Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram over forced consent
Europe's sweeping new data privacy regime came into effect this morning, and privacy activists are not wasting time in flexing their muscles.
Apple wins $538.6M from Samsung in iPhone patent retrial: $533.3M for infringement of Apple's design patents and $5.3M for infringement of its utility patents
Nearly six years after a federal jury awarded Apple over $1 billion in damages against Samsung for infringing on iPhone design patents …
Amazon says the Echo that recorded a private discussion interpreted background conversation as action confirmation, leading to recording and sending to contact
A couple says their device secretly recorded a private conversation of theirs and sent it to an acquaintance.
Valve says Apple revoked its approval of the Steam Link app for iOS due to “business conflicts with app guidelines” and denied Valve's appeal
So much for easily playing PC games on your iPhone. — If you were hoping to stream PC games from your powerful gaming rig to your iPhone or iPad …
Apple giving month-long free trials of its 50GB, 200GB, and 2TB iCloud storage plans to customers currently on the free 5GB tier
In a move designed to drive iCloud storage subscription upgrades, Apple is now promoting free month-long trials of 50GB, 200GB and 2TB plans to customers currently on the gratis 5GB tier.
Vevo is shuttering its Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile apps and website to refocus on YouTube following resignation of several execs and significant layoffs
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Facebook will check images and text, who is being targeted, and any linked websites in issue ads as it begins to apply new policies
Political advertising serves an important purpose. It helps candidates share their views with the public more broadly, and it can help encourage people to get involved in the political process.
HTC's Vive Focus VR system update adds ability to receive calls, notifications, and messages from the U12+ and other HTC phones via a Vive companion app
Even though the Vive Focus won't be available outside of China until later this year, it's already getting a major update which will make it a lot more versatile.
Unsealed indictment shows federal prosecutors have charged three men with crimes related to December death of a Kansas man fatally shot in a swatting prank
Gamers charged with obstruction for deleting possibly incriminating messages. — Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment …
San Francisco announces new regulations requiring scooter startups like Lime, Spin, and Bird, to halt operations by June 4 and apply for permits by June 7
New city law halting unpermitted scooter operations in effect June 4, scooter permitting system now activated
Facebook rolls out “Paid for by” disclosure labels on Facebook and Instagram for political ads in US, including issues ads that deal with 20 specific subjects
Rob Leathern / Facebook :
Twitter to add badges and disclaimers for US federal political advertisers and require certification and account elements “consistent with online presence”
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After years of false starts, YouTube is now serious about music streaming — YouTube Music, the video service's first full-fledged …
An API bug on T-Mobile's staff-facing website, since fixed, let anyone gain access to customer addresses, account PINs, and other details using a phone number
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet :
Snapchat now gives users the option to send their real-time location to a friend or request theirs, which shows up on the Snap Map and within message threads
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Pornhub launches a free VPN, called VPNHUB, with unlimited bandwidth, available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows, alongside $13/month ad-free premium VPN
Shannon Liao / The Verge :
Facebook launches archive of political ads, containing ads for political candidates and issue ads starting in May 2018; ads kept in archive for seven years
Anna Hensel / VentureBeat : See also Mediagazer
Orlando police say its tests of Amazon's facial recognition system were limited to basic testing, and no members of the public were entered for search
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
PayPal and Google partner to integrate PayPal into Google Pay, which can be used to pay bills and more, starting later this year
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Tesla agrees to settle class action lawsuit, says people who bought Teslas with $5,000 Autopilot upgrades in 2016 and 2017 will get $20 to $280 in compensation
Tina Bellon / Reuters :
US NTSB report on Uber's self-driving car that killed a pedestrian in March in AZ says the car failed to identify the pedestrian or brake until it was too late
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Sources: Pinterest revenues were up 58% in 2017 to $473M; company now has almost 250M monthly active users
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg : Tweets: @shiraovide and @rrhoover Tweets: Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : For comparison, Snap had $405 million in revenue the year before its IPO. http://twitter.com/... Ryan H...
Netflix topped Walt Disney Co. in market value Thursday after surpassing Comcast on Wednesday; the company's stock is up 82% in 2018
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YouTube brings its previously mobile-only messaging feature to the web, letting logged in users share and talk about videos in a chat window with friends
Natt Garun / The Verge :
Senate version of Pentagon spending bill could require US tech companies to disclose if they let US adversaries examine code in software sold to US military
Joel Schectman / Reuters :
At Facebook's anti-sex trafficking hackathon, Uber, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and Pinterest competed, the winners developed tools to track traffickers online
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Facebook's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun says company is designing its own energy-efficient chips to help with analyzing and filtering live video content
Marie Mawad / Bloomberg :
Pet-sitting startup Rover raises $155M round led by T. Rowe Price, bringing its total funding to $310M
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Sentry, which develops open source tools to help developers fix bugs, raises $16M Series B led by NEA and Accel; CEO says post-money valuation is around $100M
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
VC firms including a16z and Menlo Ventures are piloting a program they hope can address the shortage of experienced CFO candidates for private tech firms
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