Intel announces limited edition 5GHz Core i7-8086K anniversary CPU, its fastest ever, as an homage to the 40th anniversary of the eponymous 8086 processor
As an homage to both Intel's 50 year company anniversary and the 40 year anniversary of the eponymous 8086 processor …
Apple unveils new features in iOS 12 to reduce distractions, including Screen Time, Do Not Disturb at Bedtime, grouped notifications, and new parental controls
San Jose, California — Apple today announced new tools built into iOS 12 to help customers understand and take control …
Apple upgrades Safari's tracking prevention features by limiting both “fingerprinting” of devices and user tracking through comment, share, and like buttons
- Users will have to “opt-in” to allowing websites to track their browsing behavior on Safari, including sites with a …
Asus announces ZenBook Pro 15 with ScreenPad, a 5.5-inch touchpad with FHD display that can run its own apps; price and availability TBD
Remember Razer's Switchblade UI? Remember Windows SideShow? If you ever dreamt of a computer with its own secondary display, then ASUS' New ZenBook Pro is the device for you.
Apple announces macOS Mojave with dark mode, Stacks for grouped files and folders on the desktop, new gallery mode for Finder, more
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Apple unveils iOS 12 for iPhone and iPad, says it will support devices capable of running iOS 11; apps will launch 40% faster and keyboards appear 50% faster
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac :
Apple denies rumor iOS and macOS are merging but confirms project to ease porting iOS apps to Mac slated for 2019, as some iOS apps “would be great on the Mac”
Stephen Shankland / CNET :
Apple deprecates OpenGL and OpenCL in favor of Metal 2 in macOS 10.14 Mojave, but apps built using OpenGL and OpenCL will continue to run in Mojave
Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider :
Apple unveils ARKit 2 in iOS 12 with improved face tracking, shared experiences across four different iOS devices, spectator mode to watch gameplay, and more
Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors :
Apple's Screen Time offers iOS users info about how much time they're spending in apps and a means to set limits for themselves or their kids on a per-app basis
Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac :
Behind the long-running dispute between Facebook and WhatsApp's founders, about monetizing WhatsApp with ads, which led them to leave with $1.3B on the table
After a long dispute over how to produce more revenue with ads and data, the messaging app's creators are walking away leaving about $1.3 billion on the table
Source: GV to lead ~$250M round in scooter startup Lime; each scooter gets used 8-12 times/day, and the startup has told investors users have taken 4.2M rides
Lime, a San Francisco-based bike and scooter-sharing startup, is raising around $250 million in new funding led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), Axios has learned.
Israeli-based DNA testing service MyHeritage discloses security breach, says account info for 92M+ users exposed, including email addresses and hashed passwords
On Monday MyHeritage announced a security researcher had uncovered tens of millions of account details for recent customers, including email addresses and hashed passwords.
Apple's newly updated App Store guidelines say non-subscription apps may offer a “free time-based trial period” by using a “non-consumable” in-app purchase
Apple today has updated its App Store Review Guidelines with a handful of changes.
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 850 platform for “Always Connected” Windows 10 PCs, with eight 10nm Kryo 385 cores, Adreno 630 GPU, and X20 4G LTE modem
Microsoft and Qualcomm first announced their plans to put Windows 10 on ARM chips in December 2016, promising the emulation of x86 apps.
How comment hosting service Disqus, which gets ~2B unique visitors/month and supports anonymous comments, is losing its battle against trolls and hate speech
The commenting giant Disqus has said repeatedly that it doesn't allow hate speech. But its platform is overrun with trolls, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis. Tweets: @travelinganna , @slpng_giants ,...
Starting with iOS 12 later this year, Apple CarPlay will let you use Google Maps, Waze, and other third-party navigation apps, not just Apple Maps
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
FaceTime to support group video for up to 32 users; FaceTime and Messages cameras to support sticker packs, filters, and drawn shapes
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Google releases new shortcut app to directly launch Google Lens
At the moment, the LG G7 offers the fastest way to access Google Lens through a dedicated hardware button. In comparison, the vast majority of users have to first bring up Assistant and then tap the ...
Foxconn's Sharp to buy Toshiba's PC business for $36M and retain its Dynabook brand, in a return by Sharp to a market it quit eight years ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp (6753.T) said it will buy Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) personal computer business and issue $1.8 billion in new shares …
Apple says apps can no longer show an iOS or App Store-like interface or let users browse, select, or purchase software not already owned
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
Apple's Photos app improves search, adds new For You tab that groups an event's best photos and recommends people to share them with based on recognized faces
Eric Abent / SlashGear :
GitHub's struggle with profitability may be over as Microsoft takes control, but new hurdles could arise if devs move to rival services like GitLab, BitBucket
The open-source developer community now confronts an acquisition of seismic impact. — Today, Microsoft Corp. announced …
Washington sues Facebook and Google for allegedly violating state campaign finance law by failing to maintain and disclose information on political ad spending
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The state of Washington said on Monday it had sued Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) …
Apple says App Store now sees 500M weekly visitors and is about to pass $100B paid out to developers, after crossing the $50B paid threshold in June 2016
Yesterday saw three developer-related … Shona Ghosh / Business Insider : 'We've never been in the data business': Apple said it never took information from Facebook Spandan Sharma / Yourstory.com : iO...
Dutch payments startup Adyen aims for a ~$1B IPO, valuing the firm at up to $8.3B when it lists on Euronext Amsterdam on June 13
After announcing its intention to go public in May, today Adyen published more details with the finances filled in. The Netherlands-based payments startup …
Apple introduces watchOS 5 with automatic workout detection, a new Walkie-Talkie app, and Siri shortcuts coming to the watch face, ports WebKit to the OS
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
watchOS 5 does not support first gen Apple Watches, including the $17,000 Editions
After announcing watchOS 5 today, Apple has shared the hardware requirements for the latest operating system for its wearables. — It's not surprising, but Apple has indeed cut off support …
GitLab's high-end plans are now free for open source projects and schools, and the company says 100,000+ repos have been opened since GitHub acquisition news
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Hudson's Bay is selling Gilt Groupe to Rue La La, two years after buying the ecommerce site for $250M; sources say the new deal is well below $100M
Suzanne Kapner / Wall Street Journal :
SEC appoints Valerie Szczepanik as its first cryptocurrency chief to coordinate efforts across all SEC divisions on emerging digital assets, including ICOs
Stan Higgins / CoinDesk :
Apple to bring live sports, news, and access to Charter Spectrum channels to Apple TV; iTunes Movies and Apple TV 4K will offer Dolby Atmos
The Verge :
Ripple donating $50M for R&D in blockchain and cryptocurrency via new University Blockchain Research Initiative, partnering initially with 17 universities
Kate Rooney / CNBC :
Payment card services startup Marqeta raises $45M Series D led by Iconiq Capital, reportedly at a $545M valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
IDC: global shipments of wearable devices grew 1.2% YoY in Q1 2018, reaching 25.1M units total; Apple leads in shipments, followed by Xiaomi, Fitbit, and others
Apple ships Health Records API to developers, so users can “share medical records from multiple hospitals with their favorite trusted apps”
Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac :
Amazon hasn't said how many Prime members use Prime Video Channels, which has become a big distributor for OTT networks; networks not worried about ceding power
Sahil Patel / Digiday :
Portuguese rapid application delivery platform OutSystems raises $360M from KKR and Goldman Sachs
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Apple adds browse tab to Apple News to help users find new topics, new channels, and stories from publishers, is adding new sidebar to News and Stocks on iPad
Joan E. Solsman / CNET :
Digital ad measurement firm Integral Ad Science valued at $850M as Vista Equity acquires majority stake in the company
Apple, Pixar, and Adobe back a standardized AR file format called the Universal Scene Description file, or USDZ
Andrew Tarantola / Engadget :
SEC filing: Dataminr, a startup that analyzes public data in real time, raises $221M
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios :
Reports: Alibaba has acquired a 10% stake in Babytree Inc., valuing the Chinese pregnancy and parenting portal and e-commerce platform at ~$2.2B
Yimian Wu / China Money Network :
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