Sources: Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene told employees that company will not renew its Project Maven AI contract with DoD; the current contract expires in 2019
Google will not seek another contract for its controversial work providing artificial intelligence to the U.S. Department of Defense …
Google removes the tablet section from the official Android website; visiting the URL for the tablet page sends users back to the main Android site
Google has been doing an impressive job of pretending Android tablets don't exist for the last few years, and now it's done pretending.
Telegram received its first update in two months after being locked out of App Store updates following a dispute with the Russian government and Apple
Telegram today received its first update in two months after an App Store update lockout caused by a dispute with the Russian government and Apple.
California announces pilot programs for autonomous vehicles, allowing companies to offer passenger service with or without a trained driver; rides must be free
California has announced a new pilot program that will allow self-driving cars to start moving normal customers around, a first for the state.
Sources: Samsung will announce Galaxy Note 9 on August 9 at an “Unpacked” event in New York
- Device upgrades to focus on camera system, faster processor — Apple also plans larger iPhone model for later in the year — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to highlight …
Leaked 30-second video of macOS 10.14 shows Apple News app for Mac, a dark mode, and Xcode 10
Developer Steve Troughton Smith today tweeted photos of macOS 10.14 with some very juicy details about Apple's upcoming operating system. The OS is very clearly sporting a fresh new dark theme …
Sources: Microsoft has recently held talks to buy GitHub, which was valued at $2B in the latest financing round in 2015
- The talks have come amid GitHub's struggle to replace CEO and founder Chris Wanstrath, who stepped down 10 months ago. — GitHub was last valued at $2 billion in 2015 …
Sources: Apple to debut tools at WWDC that let two iPhones share augmented reality data phone-to-phone without storing data in the cloud
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) next week will debut tools to let two iPhone users share augmented reality while limiting the personal data sent …
AT&T says it will not ask SCOTUS to review the decision in FTC's lawsuit over misleading promises of mobile broadband speeds, will pursue settlement
AT&T finally gives up attempt to cripple FTC authority over broadband. — AT&T has given up its years-long quest to cripple …
Instagram explains how its feed works and says users are now seeing 90% of friends' posts after an algorithm change, compared to 50% previously
Instagram users were missing 70 percent of all posts and 50 percent of their friends' posts before the app ditched the reverse chronological feed for an algorithm in July 2016.
Former Google business head Nikesh Arora has been named CEO and chairman of Palo Alto Networks, replacing Mark McLaughlin, who will become vice chairman
The security company is on the upswing of late. — Nikesh Arora, the former chief business officer at Google, has been named CEO …
Research: Hotstar has 69.4% of the Indian on-demand video streaming market, Amazon has 5% and Netflix has 1.4%; James Murdoch says Hotstar has 145MAUs
As Amazon and Netflix turn to the land of Bollywood in search of new users, they continue to face stiff competition from local giant Hotstar.
Visa says it is now operating at “close to normal levels” in Europe and that cardholders can now use their Visa cards, blames outage on a hardware failure
Patrick Collinson / The Guardian :
Trump nominates Geoffrey Starks to fill FCC Commissioner seat left open for Democratic Party by Mignon Clyburn; Starks has served in mid-level FCC and DOJ roles
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :
Xiaohongshu, a social recommendation app for cross-border shopping, raises $300M Series D at a $3B valuation led by Alibaba, with Tencent Holdings participating
Yimian Wu / China Money Network :
Hulu announces a major business reorganization; Chief Content Officer Joel Stillerman and two VPs are leaving, and Dan Phillips, formerly of TiVo, joins as CTO
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Data analytics startup Domo files for an IPO, says it lost $176.6M in 2017, has $72M left in the bank, and needs access to more money by August
Matt Weinberger / Business Insider :
Sources: Apple is working on a new ad network for app promotion, in talks with Snap, Pinterest, others to distribute its search ads for apps
Wall Street Journal :
Facebook's new promoted content rules block some ads from Vice, Newsmax, others, classifying ads as political and requiring advertiser verification via mail
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
Memory chip maker Micron confirms that it is being investigated by Chinese regulators; Samsung and SK Hynix are also reportedly under investigation
Ian King / Bloomberg :
Wikia, co-founded by Jimmy Wales in 2004 and now best known for its Fandom platform, raises $106M in new equity funding, SEC filing shows
Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News :
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