Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says Apple has been rejecting its app updates globally since Russia banned Telegram in April
The popular messaging app, Telegram, hasn't seen an App Store update since late March. It now appears that ever since Russian authorities ruled that the app was illegal in the country …
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says that the company is in discussions to have Waymo self-driving cars added to its network
“It's up to them.” — Speaking today at the Code Conference, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says that his company is in “discussions” to have Waymo self-driving cars added to its network.
Xiaomi announces 6.21-inch Mi 8 Explorer Edition flagship with Snapdragon 845, 6GB RAM, 3D face scanner, transparent back, and dual-frequency GPS for ~$420
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company is on track for a 2019 IPO; source says the company has not started interviewing banks
- Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC that the ride-hailing company is on track to go public in 2019. — The company is in a “good position” …
Pew Research study of US teen internet usage finds 85% say they use YouTube, 72% use Instagram, 69% use Snapchat, while only 51% say they use Facebook
And Facebook continues to fall, according to Pew Research Center — Teenagers are more interested than ever in YouTube, home to the world's growing influencer and vlogger base.
Sources: Google's Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL coming in fall, will keep single rear camera; Pixel 3 XL has two front cameras and near edge-to-edge display with notch
- Company is said to talk with Foxconn as potential manufacturer — More predictive version of Android software coming next year
Nonprofit USB Implementers Forum announces a new standard for Braille displays developed in cooperation with Microsoft, Apple, and others
Accessibility is an increasingly important issue when it comes to tech; while new technology can certainly make it easier for people with accessibility issues …
SoftBank Vision Fund will invest $2.25B into GM's Cruise self-driving program, with plans to commercialize such vehicles next year
General Motors on Thursday announced that SoftBank Vision Fund will invest $2.25 billion into its self-driving program, with plans to commercialize such vehicles next year.
Google launches Neighbourly, a Q&A app for sharing local community knowledge in India, available as a beta in Mumbai
Google is increasing its focus on India after it released a new social app that's aimed at building neighborhood communities within cities in the country.
Hulu CEO says its internet pay-TV service Hulu With Live TV has signed up 800K subscribers since its launch over a year ago
Hulu, in a little over a year since launching its $40 monthly internet-streaming “skinny bundle,” has signed up 800,000 customers for the service, according to CEO Randy Freer.
SenseTime has raised $620M at a valuation of over $4.5B from Fidelity International, Silver Lake, others, after raising $600M in April at around $3B valuation
- Fidelity, Tiger lead another round for China's SenseTime — The outfit says the latest funding values it at $4.5 billion
Early data after GDPR shows Google and Facebook are drawing ad money by gathering users' consent for targeted ads at far higher rates than competing services
Digital ad giants are gathering individuals' consent for targeted ads at far higher rates than many competing online-ad services, early data show
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says experience economy will be a “massive business”, envisions a global travel community with lines of business beyond home rentals
Chesky's vision? To be a “global travel community.” — Most people think of Airbnb as a real estate rental business …
Despite hype, there are some signs that interest around deep learning research has slowed inside big corporations, especially in the autonomous driving space
Deep learning has been at the forefront of the so called AI revolution for quite a few years now, and many people had believed … Tweets: @ron_miller , @deeplearningldn , and @robinhanson Tweets: Ron M...
Profile of NewsDigest, a popular news app in Japan, which employs no journalists and uses AI and social media monitoring to generate stories and spot fake news
- Japan millennial made newsroom using artificial intelligence — NewsDigest is one of most popular news apps in Japan
China-based imToken, which claims it's the world's largest Ethereum wallet, raises $10M Series A from IDG Capital to expand in Asia and the US
imToken, which claims to be the world's largest Ethereum wallet, will focus on expanding in Asia and the United States after raising a $10 million Series …
Ubiquitous code repository project Git patches two flaws, including one letting an attacker execute code on systems that recursively cloned a malicious Git repo
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Toronto-based smart thermostat maker Ecobee adds additional $36M to its Series C round, bringing total funding for the round to $98M
- Ecobee, a Toronto-based smart thermostat company, has raised $47 million CAD (about $36 million USD) in funding, bringing its Series C round to about $127 million CAD total.
Pinterest says it will make it possible for advertisers to show promoted videos that take up the width of the screen
Pinterest is continuing its push into video as a potential avenue for advertisers by today saying that it will offer advertisers a promoted video tool that takes up the width of the entire screen.
Government investigation finds 73% of federal agencies at risk of being unable to detect data access attempts, 84% fail at encrypting data at rest, more
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CEO Daniel Ek talks about Spotify's content policy, its direct-listing IPO, and removing R. Kelly's music from its playlists, at Code Conference
$1 trillion—to the $100 billion music/radio industries. “Are your eyes worth 10 times more than your ears? I don't think so.”
AWS' cloud graph database product Amazon Neptune is generally available in both US East regions, US West (Oregon), and EU (Ireland), more coming later this year
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Data encryption startup Virtru raises $37M Series B led by Iconiq Capital
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Google has launched its popular Android storage management app Files Go in China via four third-party app stores operated by Tencent, Xiaomi, Huawei, and Baidu
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SEC filing: electronics maker Monster files for an ICO, aims to raise $300M, plans to sell “monster money tokens” to build an e-commerce site for its products
What AI Will Do to the Financial System SEC.gov : FORM S-1 — After deducting the commissions payable … Jack Morse / Mashable : Monster headphones grasps at relevancy with planned $300 million ICO Ki...
Indian payments startup Pine Labs, which offers point-of-sale devices, raises $125M from PayPal and Singapore's Temasek, bringing total funding to $208M
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Box reports Q1 revenue of $140.5M, up 20% YoY, vs. $139.7M est., and billings revenue of $116.7M, up 17% YoY, vs. $113.1M est., and an operating loss of $35.9M
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Mary Meeker's annual internet trends: e-commerce sales grow, time online rises, and smartphone shipments stagnate as average selling price drops
in 294 slides Rani Molla / Recode : China now has nine of the world's biggest internet companies — almost as many as the U.S. Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch : Here's where it's cheaper to take an Uber...
Cryptocurrency startup Paxos, formerly bitcoin exchange itBit, raises $65M Series B to expand blockchain-based services and operate the exchange
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Advertisers use smartphone location info to send personal injury lawyer ads during and after ER visits, target Planned Parenthood visitors with pro-life ads
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Zynga buys Turkey-based mobile game studio Gram Games for $250M in cash; its 77 employees will stay on and operate as an independent studio inside Zynga
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GIF and sticker platform Emogi raises $12.6M to expand its SDK for keyboards and more
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Full video and transcript of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and CTO Mike Schroepfer at Code, on Cambridge Analytica, fake accounts, regulation, a paid model, more
Facebook's Messenger Kids no longer requires that children's parents be Facebook friends with one another in order for children to connect
connecting kids to their friends …
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