Judge rules that AT&T can complete its $85B merger with Time Warner, did not impose conditions on the approval
- He also urged the government not to seek a stay when issuing his decision in a closed-door room with reporters. — Shares of Time Warner jumped roughly 5 percent in extended trading.
Microsoft announces a redesign for its Office suite, including desktop apps and Office.com, rolling out over the coming months
A simplified ribbon leads the way for a billion users — Microsoft is bringing its Fluent Design system from Windows 10 over to its Office apps to simplify them for the billion people that use Office...
Researchers say campaign of price manipulation using Tether via Bitfinex may have accounted for at least half of the increase in the price of Bitcoin last year
SAN FRANCISCO — A concentrated campaign of price manipulation may have accounted for at least half of the increase in the price …
Twitter will soon begin curating dedicated pages for events, with tweets, videos, and more, that will be promoted across notifications, Explore tab, and more
Twitter wants to create more of those experiences where it seems like everyone is following the same thing together.
Roundup of what to expect from upcoming Microsoft hardware: heavily redesigned Surface Pro 6 in mid-2019, updated budget Surface later this year, and more
A bunch of new Microsoft hardware codenames and information are circulating. Here's what could be in the works and when new devices may arrive.
Apple changed App Store rules last week to ban iOS developers from making databases of users' address book info and limit what can be shared with third parties
- iPhone maker bans developers building address book databases — Facebook scandal shows risk of sharing data on users' friends
Garmin launches Vivoactive 3 Music smartwatch with space for ~500 songs, 7-day battery life, and improved sleep tracking, for $299
Garmin's Vivoactive 3 held one of the top stops in my list of last year's best wearables. With its sleek design, comprehensive fitness capabilities …
Intel has confirmed that its first discrete GPUs are coming as soon as 2020 for data center and gaming PCs
Intel wants to compete with AMD's Radeon and Nvidia's GeForce products — Intel has officially confirmed that its first discrete graphics chip will land as soon as 2020.
Toyota says it will invest $1B in Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab, and a Toyota executive will be appointed to Grab's board of directors
Japan's Toyota Motor will invest $1 billion into Southeast Asian ride-sharing app Grab, the Singapore-based company said Wednesday.
Coinbase opens its crypto index fund, first announced in March, to accredited US investors for investments between $250K and $20M
Fresh from revealing plans to add Ethereum Classic to its exchange, crypto giant Coinbase today announced that its cryptocurrency index fund …
Home-flipping startup Opendoor raises $325M Series E at a $2B+ valuation led by General Atlantic and Access Technology Ventures
Opendoor, a start-up that buys and sells homes online, has just pulled in $325 million to expand its team, add more cities and move deeper into residential real estate.
Fired employee alleges in a lawsuit that Clarifai, an AI startup working on Project Maven, was hacked from Russia and did not promptly report it to the Pentagon
LAST SUMMER, A sign appeared on the door to a stuffy, windowless room at the office of Manhattan artificial intelligence startup Clarifai. Tweets: @nitashatiku , @scottthurm , and @smerity Tweets: Nit...
Sweden's Truecaller acquires Indian mobile payments startup Chillr, which had raised $7.5M from Sequoia Capital and Blume Ventures
Sweden's Truecaller started out life as a service that screens calls and messages to weed out spammers. In recent times the company has switched its focus to India …
New research suggests e-commerce might be responsible for low inflation in the US, although measuring online shopping's impact on inflation remains a challenge
Unemployment is sinking and businesses are churning out more goods and services. Yet even with the economy standing on tippy toes …
Samsung announces Q Fund, aimed at investing in early stage AI startups; the fund has already invested in Covariant AI and robotics startup Vicarious AI
Samsung's team designed to seek out innovative, forward-thinking technology today announced the launch of the Q Fund …
Google rolling out Chrome OS 67 with support for Progressive Web Apps, splitscreen in tablet mode; Chrome on Mac and Windows will get PWA support in the future
Google readies Chrome OS for detachable screen laptops and web apps that run outside the browser.
Google disables inline installation for Chrome extensions, which let users install them from third-party sites; existing extensions will be affected in 3 months
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Facebook will require businesses using its Custom Audiences ad tool declare whether contact information was gained with user consent starting July 2
Facebook is hoping to avoid another privacy scandal by adding new accountability and transparency requirements for businesses that use …
Adblock Plus's parent company Eyeo launches Trusted News, a browser extension for Chrome, that helps users identify fake news
eyeo, the company behind the popular browser-based ad block product Adblock Plus, is no stranger to controversy. Which is just as well given its new “passion project” …
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo unveils its latest flagship, the NEX, with a 91.24% screen-to-body ratio and pop-out 8MP selfie camera, only available in China
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Within the crowded crypto industry's deafening hype and bubbly scams, an economy of promoters is thriving, assisting with PR, marketing, moderation, and more
IT TOOK ONLY a few months for Sally, an executive assistant living in British Columbia, to become Crypto Sally …
Seattle's city council votes 7-2 to repeal its “head tax” law, less than a month after unanimously passing the contentious tax on big business
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ZTE shares slide as much as 41% in Hong Kong, wiping $3B off its market cap, after the company agreed to pay up to $1.4B in penalties to the US government
Anne Marie Roantree / Reuters :
Dutch payments company Adyen opens on Amsterdam's Euronext exchange, up 67% at €400 per share on debut, giving it a market cap of €13.69B
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Valve announces a new Discord-like chat platform called Steam Chat, now in beta
Gordon Gottsegen / CNET :
Google updates Search results with expanded data about four-year US colleges, including acceptance and graduation rates and the average cost after financial aid
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Sources detail how Amazon is using AI to make crucial decisions, such as choosing inventory and managing retail operations, replacing white-collar workers
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg :
Greenwich Associates report: financial services companies spent about $1.7B over the past year on blockchain-based distributed ledger tech, up 67% YoY
Janine Wolf / Bloomberg :
Qualcomm president says company has no plans to sell its server chip unit but is making staff reductions and folding it into Qualcomm's CDMA Technologies unit
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
Google Translate expands offline translation support to 59 languages including Italian, Greek, Norwegian, and Swahili
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Salesforce and Google say they will share data between Google Analytics 360 and the Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Reddit is rolling out autoplaying video ads on mobile and desktop for standalone ad campaigns, but this rollout will not add pre-roll ads to videos
and yes, they autoplay Allison Schiff / AdExchanger : Advertisers Can Now Buy Video Ads On Reddit reddit.com : HardwareReddit brings autoplay native video ads to desktop and mobile See also Mediagazer
At least 5% of all Monero currently in circulation has been mined using malware, based on an analysis of 629,126 malware samples from coin mining operations
Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com :
HTC U12 Plus review: narrow design is ergonomic and camera is good, but it's slippery, solid-state buttons are a disaster, and it lacks 3.5mm jack and adapter
Vlad Savov / The Verge :
French startup Exotec Solutions raised a $17.7M Series B led by Iris Capital for its automated warehouse robots
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Amino raises $45M Series C, with GV, Hearst Ventures, and Time Warner Investments among investors, for its fan communities and niche interests app
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
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