In internal open letter to CEO Satya Nadella, more than 100 Microsoft employees protest the firm's work with ICE and ask that it stop working with the agency
SAN FRANCISCO — In an open letter posted to Microsoft's internal message board on Tuesday, more than 100 employees protested …
Tech CEOs from Apple, Facebook, Google, Airbnb, Twitter, and others have spoken out against the Trump administration's “zero-tolerance” immigration policy
“It's heartbreaking to see the images and hear the sounds of the kids,” Tim Cook said.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says new US border policy to separate immigrant children from parents is abhorrent and “simply cruel and abusive”
Below is an e-mail I sent to all Microsoft employees today sharing my views on U.S. immigration policy. This is an incredibly important topic and one I care deeply about.
After Senator Wyden's probe into whom the US carriers sell real-time location data to, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint say they are reexamining the practice
Carriers forced to make changes after leak of real-time phone location data. — Verizon and AT&T have promised to stop selling …
Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, suspends asset deposit and withdrawal services after ~$31M hack, promises full reimbursement
Bithumb, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea by trading volume, is halting asset deposit and withdrawal services …
Theater chain AMC announces AMC Stubs A-List, a MoviePass-like $19.95/month service that lets patrons watch three films a week
It'll be twice as expensive, but it boasts fewer restrictions than MoviePass — The largest theater chain in America has announced that it will now offer …
Medium and GitHub scrub posts and database containing ICE employee LinkedIn data citing rules against doxxing; Twitter suspends bot tweeting info from database
Medium and GitHub say posting the LinkedIn data of a targeted group of employees constitutes doxing. The artist who made the database disagrees.
Microsoft News launches on Android and iOS as a rebranded MSN app, also powers news on Windows 10, Skype, Xbox, and Outlook.com
Microsoft has been in the news business for more than 23 years. When we launched MSN in 1995, the news industry was just beginning to provide content online.
EU Parliament committee votes for tougher copyright rules that could force tech firms to bear liability for copyright infringement in user generated content
In a key vote this morning the European Parliament's legal affairs committee has backed the two most controversial elements …
Facebook debuts game show platform that lets creators add quizzes, polls, and more to live and on-demand video; Facebook tests ability to award prize money
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Sensor Tower data: Epic Games' Fortnite has generated $100M revenue on iOS in its first 90 days on the platform
Epic Games' hit game Fortnite has hit yet another milestone on mobile. Since its iOS launch in mid-March, it has generated $100 million in revenue on those devices in 90 days, according to market ana...
Facebook says it's opening Watch to more types of content, including non-episodic long-form, in bid to capture YouTube stars, and is adding polls, quizzes, more
CNBC Hillary Grigonis / Digital Trends : New trivia game shows and video polls on Facebook turn viewers into participants Tim Peterson / Digiday : 'That's YouTube': Facebook opens Watch to all videos ...
University of Cambridge professor Jon Rust warned about dangers of Cambridge Analytica in '14; Facebook now accuses his department of being complicit in scandal
IN DECEMBER 2014, John Rust wrote to the head of the legal department at the University of Cambridge, where he is a professor, warning them that a storm was brewing.
Amazon expands its Prime Wardrobe service, which lets users try between three and eight items, to all US users
Prime Wardrobe, Amazon's “try before you buy” shopping service first announced last summer, is officially out of beta and open to all Prime members in the U.S. as of today.
Source: White House has begun planning a federal approach to data privacy, led by Trump's special assistant for tech Gail Slater, as EU rolls out GDPR
The White House is in the early stages of determining what a federal approach to online data privacy should look like, Axios has learned.
Facebook begins letting Group admins test a feature that charges members $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to exclusive sub-groups
Facebook is starting to let Group admins charge $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to special sub-Groups full of exclusive posts.
Sources: AT&T in talks to acquire AppNexus, which operates one of the largest independent ad exchanges; source says AppNexus won't sell for less than $2B
AT&T is in talks to acquire the advertising company AppNexus, Cheddar has learned. — Privately-held AppNexus operates …
Facebook launches Brand Collabs search engine to connect brands and creators for sponsoring and product placement deals; Facebook is not currently taking a cut
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase announce that doctor and writer Dr Atul Gawande will be CEO of their as-yet unnamed joint healthcare venture
Amazon, BerkshireHathaway and JPMorgan Chase have not been especially public about their plans for how they plan to take on employee healthcare …
Meditation app Calm raises $27M Series A led by Insight Venture Partners at a pre-money valuation of $250M
Meditation startup Calm has raised $27 million in a series A round of funding led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures and …
FTC announces 15+ public hearings in US cities, starting September, to gauge how academics and web users think US government should address digital challenges
Tony Romm / Washington Post : Tweets: @tonyromm and @tonyromm . Thanks: @tonyromm Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : Scooplet: How should the feds regulate tech? This government watchdog, the Federal Tr...
Oppo announces Find X with 6.4-inch display and front and rear cameras housed in slide-up section above the display to avoid a notch; price and release TBD
Dan Seifert / The Verge :
IDC: global shipments of AR and VR headsets down 30.5% YoY to 1.2M units in Q1 2018, mostly due to vendors unbundling free headsets from smartphone purchases
VirusTotal launches Monitor aimed at helping developers mitigate false positives by letting them upload and scan new code against their 70+ antivirus partners
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Google Podcasts launches for Android with personalized recs and listening progress auto-sync; closed captions and language translation features are planned
Tech Industry Condemns Migrant Child Separation Policy. But What Will They Actually Do About It? Nimish Sawant / Firstpost : Google Podcasts app available in Play Store: It's basic, but betting big o...
Symantec: a hacking campaign launched from China, with the likely intention of espionage, breached satellite and defense companies in the US and Southeast Asia
Joseph Menn / Reuters :
GoFundMe announces GoFundMe Team Fundraising, letting groups raise money for a single cause
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Chinese tech companies now surpass almost all their global rivals in size and value, even US giants, which will fundamentally reshape the world
Cast your eyes down the list of the world's most valuable private technology companies and you might be put in mind of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Tweets: @patrickc , @jonrussell , @jrichlive , @soundb...
Recruitment marketplace Hired raises $30M Series D led by the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch :
Sources: Xiaomi plans to raise up to $6.1B from Hong Kong IPO launching this week by selling ~2.18B shares at a price range of ~$2.17-$2.80 per share
PayPal to buy Hyperwallet, which helps individuals and small firms receive payments for goods and services they sell on online marketplaces, for about $400M
Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal :
Privacy-focused Brave browser is testing its own tech for ads that will eventually pay users with its Basic Attention Tokens for viewing or interacting with ads
Stephen Shankland / CNET :
Google Cloud and Unity to build managed services and tools for creating connected games; Unity moving infrastructure for its current services to Google Cloud
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
HPE announces ARM-based supercomputer for US government, with 5,184 28-core processors, as it seeks to compete with x86-based machines
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Microsoft rolls out preview of new avatar editor, which includes diverse customization options like body type, genders, and disability props, to Xbox Insiders
Peter Bright / Ars Technica :
Anchor brings its free suite of mobile podcasting tools to the iPad, following its relaunch earlier this year as a podcast creation platform
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
San Francisco-based Peek raises $23M Series B and inks partnership with Google in push to digitize travel activities
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Sources: Snap held talks to buy AR startup Blippar before Blippar closed its California office; SAP also considered acquiring Blippar's computer vision team
Shona Ghosh / INSIDER : Tweets: @jake_kanter and @shonaghosh Tweets: Jake Kanter / @jake_kanter : CEO of tech firm trumpeted by British government boasts he's about to sell to Snapchat. Doesn't. Then...
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