Intel CEO Brian Krzanich to step down following an investigation into a consensual relationship with an Intel employee; Bob Swan to step in as interim CEO
Intel's Brian Krzanich is out as CEO and chairman of the board following an investigation into a “consensual relationship with an Intel employee,” the company announced Thursday.
Sources: Apple is facing technical hurdles making the AirPower wireless charger, which runs a stripped-down version of iOS, but aims to launch it by September
- Engineers hoped for June launch; company aims for September — Several new Apple products have been delayed in recent years
Google begins rolling out Assistant's Continued Conversation, a feature to avoid saying “Hey Google” repeatedly in a conversation, to Home users in the US
Users will be able to ask repeated follow-up questions without the need to say ‘OK Google.’
Amazon Fire TV Cube review: controls more than just TV, supports 4K HDR, picks up commands even while video or music is playing, but the remote lacks features
Alexa turns out to be a good match for your living room — For the past few years, Amazon has had two of the most popular living room products …
Microsoft says it does not have any plans for VR or mixed reality support for Xbox consoles
Microsoft's plans to include virtual reality in Xbox game consoles are virtually over. — The software giant told GamesIndustry.biz it isn't working on VR support for its popular Xbox console …
SCOTUS rules that states have broad authority to force online retailers to collect sales taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States have broad authority to force online retailers to collect potentially billions of dollars worth of sales taxes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday …
Car consortium that includes Apple, Samsung, BMW, and others announces Digital Key Release 1.0, a standard for NFC-enabled digital car keys for mobile devices
The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), an organization that includes Apple, today announced the publication of a new Digital Key …
AT&T unveils 31 TV networks offered in its WatchTV streaming service, which is launching next week for $15/month and is also included in two wireless plans
AT&T announced the launch of its new internet service Watch TV Thursday, revealing both the TV networks included in the service …
Twitter temporarily suspended some accounts that simply linked to a Splinter post that shared a phone number for White House adviser Stephen Miller
This morning, Splinter published the personal cell phone number of White House adviser Stephen Miller, an official so monstrous …
California lawmakers advance a net neutrality bill implementing some protections but not a proposed zero-rating ban that went beyond the FCC's 2015 regulations
California will not be the poster child for the nation's strongest set of net neutrality protections, as lawmakers …
Google launches an updated Google Account, with refreshed design, hints on how to improve security, and better search, today on Android and later on iOS and web
Google has announced a handful of updates to its security and privacy dashboard to help users “more easily navigate” …
Facebook announces updates in effort to fight false news: using more machine learning, expanding fact-checking partnerships, using Claim Review framework, more
Over the last year and half, we have been committed to fighting false news through a combination of technology and human review …
Sources: nonprofit financial platform Stellar in talks to buy Chain, a startup building blockchain tech for the finance industry, for $500M in Stellar's Lumens
Stellar is in talks to acquire Chain, the San Francisco-based startup building blockchain technology for the financial industry, according to people familiar with the deal.
Twitter acquires San Francisco-based Smyte, which offers tools to protect user accounts and stop online abuse, harassment, and spam
Twitter this morning announced it has agreed to buy San Francisco-based technology company Smyte, which describes itself as “trust and safety as a service.”
As debate about deep learning's limits heats up, research groups, startups, and computer scientists are seeking other concepts to make AI more flexible
For the past five years, the hottest thing in artificial intelligence has been a branch known as deep learning.
Indian food delivery service Swiggy raises $210M round led by DST Global and Naspers, sources say at a $1.2B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to $466M+
The additional capital will be used by Swiggy to ramp up its supply chain network and expand to new markets
Facebook says users searching for opioids or seeking out addiction treatment will be redirected to a federal crisis helpline
W — ASHINGTON — Facebook users attempting to purchase opioids or seeking out addiction treatment will be instead be redirected to information about a federal crisis help line …
Uber says its drivers have earned $600M+ in tips since it added tipping to its app a year ago; tipping grew 30% after introducing mid-trip tips in May
Since finally launching in-app tipping for drivers last year, Uber has facilitated more than $600 million worth of payments in tips to its drivers.
Sources: influential Google engineers refusing to work on an “air gap”, needed for military contracts, led to wider resistance to military contracts at Google
Earlier this year, a group of influential software engineers in Google's cloud division surprised their superiors … Tweets: @jreed193 and @jordannovet Tweets: J.R. Reed / @jreed193 : Earlier this year...
VIPKID, which links native English speakers with online learners, raises $500M Series D+ reportedly at a $3B+ valuation, says it has 40K teachers, 300K students
The online language school market is continuing to heat up, and a startup that connects native English speakers with an audience …
How DNS rebinding attacks can be used to discover and communicate with devices on local networks, including Google Home, RokuTV, and Sonos WiFi speakers
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Tech companies are increasingly shaping the future of US cities through investments, promise of jobs, and more, as cities strain under a multitude of challenges
I'm not saying America's cities are turning into dystopian technocapitalist hellscapes in which corporations operate every essential service and pull every civic string.
German startup Silexica, which optimises how disparate applications work together on autonomous cars, raises $18M Series B led by EQT Ventures
As we inch closer to building increasingly autonomous cars, the complexities that these vehicles will present as programmable hardware are increasing …
Instagram debuts IGTV, a hub for high-profile creators, and says it will begin letting users upload videos up to an hour long, up from previous one-minute limit
Update: We launched IGTV at an event … Nimish Sawant / Firstpost : Instagram's IGTV has its sights set on YouTube for attracting content creators WRAL TechWire : Instagram's new long-form video hub IG...
Bossa Nova, whose robots are used by Walmart's grocery stores, raises $29M round led by Cota Capital, bringing its total raised to $70M
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Bipartisan group of US lawmakers sends Google a letter questioning why it stopped Project Maven collaboration but continues to work with China's Huawei
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters :
A look at how eBay's seller ratings approach can be credited or blamed for shaping the internet and influencing tech giants like Facebook and Uber
There was a time when eBay was practically synonymous with buying and selling things online. Now it's surprisingly easy to forget that it exists … Tweets: @jwherrman , @mattklinman , and @caseyjohnst...
Amazon expands its Prime Wardrobe service, which lets users try between three and eight items, to all US users
Prime Wardrobe is now available without an invitation. Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News : Exclusive 1st look at Amazon's new Prime Wardrobe service that lets you try before you buy Ryan Suppe / USA Toda...
Match Group, which runs dating services including Tinder and OKCupid, says it's bought a controlling stake in rival app Hinge, after first investing last year
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg :
Microsoft to acquire Bonsai, which had raised $13.6M and helps add AI capabilities to firms' systems; Bonsai's 42 staff to join Microsoft's AI and Research unit
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Over a hundred pages' worth of complaints from Coinbase customers to a California regulator and the SEC show a firm that was ill-equipped for its own success
Jack Morse / Mashable :
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
and the industry Lulu Chang / Digital Trends : Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway name new CEO in quest to fix health care Andrew Joseph / STAT : Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health c...
Dealogic data: US tech companies have issued $13.4B in convertible bonds in 2018 so far, up from $9B in 2017, as they seek to avoid dilution and issuing stock
Rani Molla / Recode :
GDPR means firms using browser fingerprinting, which makes tracking virtually impossible to control, have to back up claims that doing so is in users' interest
Electronic Frontier Foundation : Tweets: @eff , @torproject , and @eff Tweets: @eff : Thanks to the GDPR, companies using browser and web fingerprinting will have to do what their predecessors in the...
Fitness class app Aaptiv raises $22M Series C led by Millennium Technology Value Partners, sources say at a $200M+ valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Cybersecurity company Cylance, which uses AI to detect threats, raises $120M Series E and says it had $130M+ revenue for fiscal 2018, up 90%+ YoY
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Prifender, a startup led by past Microsoft, eBay, and PayPal execs with an automated platform for firms to ensure data privacy compliance, raises $5M seed round
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Truepic, a San Diego-based image authentication startup used by Reddit to verify identities in AMAs, raises $8M Series A to tackle video deepfakes
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Deepfakes could start a war, but this cool startup is building ways to detect them via discrepancies in hair...
Walmart Labs CTO Jeremy King says it plans to hire 2,000 more “technologists” by the year's end to work on Walmart's tech, adding to its 6,000 current staff
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