Evan Spiegel talks about Snapchat redesign, going public, and Facebook copying its key innovations at Code Conference
Snap's CEO weighs in on Facebook's long history of copying him — Evan Spiegel publicly addressed Facebook's longstanding practice of copying his company's products Tuesday …
HP Omen 15 laptop updated for better gaming with Nvidia Max-Q GPU and reduced screen bezel, to be released July 29 with prices starting at $979
HP made a comeback with its refreshed Omen gaming laptop line last year, and now the company is updating the model with the most ubiquitous size ahead of E3.
Inside the debate at Google about the company's cooperation with the military on AI, after contract for Defense Department's project Maven became public
WASHINGTON — Fei-Fei Li is among the brightest stars in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, somehow managing to hold …
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon XR1, company's first dedicated platform/SoC for VR, AR, and mixed reality headsets, coming late 2018
For the better part of the past few years now, Qualcomm has been making a serious and concentrated effort to establish themselves as the dominant player in the mobile VR space.
Sources: Snapchat is prepping Snapkit platform to let developers bring a version of Snapchat's camera, a “login with Snapchat” option, and Bitmoji to other apps
Snapchat is secretly planning the launch of its first full-fledged developer platform, currently called Snapkit.
Plex redesigns iOS and Android apps, adds new personalization features and support for podcasts
Updates coming to iOS and Android today — Today Plex is releasing an entirely redesigned mobile experience on iOS and Android. The new apps offer improved navigation …
Microsoft surpassed Alphabet's market value for the first time in three years by about $10B on Tuesday
- Microsoft's market value was $753 billion at end of day Tuesday, surpassing Google's parent company Alphabet in valuation for the first time in three years.
US judge sentences Toronto man to five years in prison and fines him $250K for using data stolen in giant Yahoo data breach to hack into private email accounts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A young computer hacker who investigators say unwittingly worked for Russian spies was sentenced to five years …
Apple finally adds stereo pairing to HomePod, four months after its release, as part of iOS 11.4 update that includes AirPlay 2 with multi-room streaming
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AdDuplex report: Windows 10 April 2018 Update is installed on ~50% of Windows 10 PCs worldwide, significantly faster adoption than previous Windows 10 updates
An astonishing new report from AdDuplex shows that the Windows 10 April 2018 Update has rolled out at a historically fast rate.
James Murdoch says ~50% of Hulu's 20M subscribers opt for the $11.99/month ad-free plan, instead of the $7.99/month plan with commercials
But does he think Facebook could one day offer an ads-free version? Maybe not. — Hulu has three principal owners at the moment, including 21st Century Fox …
Direct mobile traffic to publisher sites surpasses referral traffic from Facebook, including desktop and mobile, for the first time
New data shows that for the first time, mobile direct-to-site traffic has surpassed Facebook. Could this mean that mobile does not equal social after all?
FBI and DHS say North Korea used two pieces of malware to target US infrastructure and aerospace, financial, and media companies over nine years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration issued a fresh warning Tuesday about malicious North Korean cyber activity, as that nation's leader dispatched …
Amazon's Whole Foods expands 10% discount on some items for Prime members to 12 additional states including Colorado, Arkansas, Texas, and Northern California
Amazon today expanded its new 10 percent discounts on sale items and other special deals for Prime members at Whole Foods …
Google unveils Chrome 67 for Windows, Mac, and Linux with Generic Sensors API, WebXR Device API for building VR/AR experiences, WebAuthn protocol support, more
Google released earlier today Chrome 67, the latest stable release of its web browser. According to changelogs released with Chrome 67 …
Google's Project Fi adds support for three new handsets: LG G7 ThinQ, the newly announced LG V35 ThinQ, and Moto G6
More choices at last — Google announced today that Project Fi users will soon have a few more device choices. Three new phones will work with Google's wireless service …
iOS 11.4 arrives with Messages in iCloud, about a year after the feature's announcement, to help sync iMessages across devices and save local storage space
Almost a full year after it was announced — It's been a long time coming, but Apple is finally launching its Messages in iCloud feature today with the release of iOS 11.4.
Nvidia unveils HGX-2, a cloud computing platform for AI and high performance computing, which consists of 16 GPUs delivering 2 petaflops per second
Hoping to maintain the high ground in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, Nvidia Corp. late Tuesday debuted …
Sources: Bird, an electric scooter-sharing startup, is raising $150M led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B valuation and has plans to raise more for this round
- The $150 million round will help Bird fend off competition — CEO Travis VanderZanden was formerly a leader at Uber and Lyft
Facebook begins rolling out polls for Messenger Stories, in a similar style to polls on Instagram Stories
Facebook announced quite a few changes and additions to its Messenger app at its recent F8 event, including a planned redesign and a way to buy Nike sneakers and other products in AR.
Facebook will give researchers encrypted laptops to access Facebook's data and publish findings without pre-approval, in push to prevent abuse during elections
FACEBOOK IS KEEPING a close eye on misinformation in the lead-up to 2018's elections. Which elections, exactly? Tweets: @wired and @knightfdn Tweets: @wired : The new initiative will, for the first t...
Ava raises $30M Series B for its fertility-tracking bracelet
As the worlds of health and technology continue to knit closer together through advances in hardware and big data analytics, a startup called Ava, which has built a $199 wearable device and app to hel...
Papua New Guinea says it will ban Facebook for a month in the future in a bid to crack down on fake users and study how fake news and pornography spreads
For A Bit Tweets: @boboleia : “Facebook told the Washington Post that the company has reached out to PNG officials “to understand their concerns.” http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer
Madrid-based OnTruck, which develops a platform to match supply and demand in the road freight industry, raises €25M Series B led by Cathay Innovation
Madrid-based OnTruck, which has built a “haulage tech platform” to better match supply and demand in the road freight industry …
Tradeshift, a Danish startup that builds private marketplaces for businesses and facilitates supply chain payments, raises $250M Series E at $1.1B valuation
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Pleo, a European startup that uses smart payment cards and mobile app to help employees track company related expenses, raises $16M Series A led by Kinnevik
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Uber rival Taxify raises $175M at $1B valuation led by German automotive giant Daimler, says it plans further expansion in Europe and Asia
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HP Inc. beats with Q2 revenue of $14B, up 13.1% YoY, and says its personal systems business, which includes notebooks and desktops, earned $8.76B, up 14.5% YoY
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San Francisco subpoenas Lyft and Uber for a full list of drivers who worked in city since 2015 and info on their hours, wages, benefits, and contractor status
Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle :
Huawei MateBook X Pro review: bright display with small bezels, great keyboard and trackpad, powerful, but it has a terrible webcam and average battery life
Dan Seifert / The Verge : Tweets: @backlon and @dcseifert Tweets: Dieter Bohn / @backlon : I was skeptical but @dcseifert makes a strong case that the MateBook X Pro is the best laptop on the market ...
CEO and director Ilan Levin of 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys to depart June 1 after less than two years as company faces financial losses and competition
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SEC charges another person with fraud over an ICO, alleging man behind startup Titanium lied about ties with Disney, Paypal, and others amid raising millions
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Salesforce reports Q1 revenue of $3.01B, up 25% YoY, vs. $2.94B est., Sales Cloud revenue of $965M, up 16% YoY, and net income of $344M
Tom Krazit / GeekWire :
Snap shares some workforce diversity stats, with just 13% of tech roles filled by women, amid internal debate over “toxic” culture ignited by ex-staffer's email
Alex Heath / Cheddar :
Google starts migrating all G Suite users from Hangouts to Meet over the next month but admins can still opt out of the transition for now
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Imgur, the GIF and image sharing site with ~250M MAUs, launches video support, and COO says he expects the company to be profitable this year
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As governments increasingly take an interest in data sovereignty, cloud providers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft will benefit in the long term
Danny Crichton / TechCrunch : Tweets: @calbucci Tweets: Marcelo Calbucci / @calbucci : If you ask me why I'm bullish on $AMZN $MSFT $GOOG is because I believe their cloud revenue will dwarf every oth...
Acorns says it has 3.5M users investing roughly $50 to $60 per month and has seen 100,000 signups for its $2/month retirement product a month after its launch
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch :
DFINITY, an a16z-backed blockchain-based cloud computing project, to give $35M worth of tokens to backers; US citizens excluded due to “regulatory uncertainty”
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