YouTube announces $4.99/mo Channel Memberships for eligible channels with 100K+ subscribers, Teespring merchandising, and Premieres to debut pre-recorded videos
I just stepped off the stage at VidCon, a conference created from scratch by Hank and John Green in 2010 that brings together fans …
US Supreme Court rules that law enforcement officials need a warrant to get mobile-phone tower records that show someone's location over an extended period
Law enforcement officials need a warrant to get mobile-phone tower records that show someone's location over an extended period …
Martin Tripp denies Tesla's hacking allegations, says he reported production problems to the press after Tesla repeatedly ignored them, did not threaten anyone
The electric carmaker is suing a former technician for alleged hacking, but he says he's being scapegoated for leaking concerns
Police says Uber's safety driver in a self-driving vehicle was streaming a Hulu show before the car hit and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the “safety” driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber …
Facebook launches Messenger Kids app in Canada and Peru, the first markets outside the US, and makes the app available in Spanish and French
Facebook is expanding its controversial Messenger Kids app beyond the U.S. and into Canada and Peru, the company announced today.
bitFlyer, Japan's biggest crypto exchange, stops taking new clients after regulators found its anti-money laundering and security practices inadequate
Regulator orders bitFlyer and other cryptocurrency exchange operators to review business practices — TOKYO—Japan's biggest bitcoin exchange …
Inside the alleged heist of chip designs from US-based Micron by Taiwanese company UMC, which was hired by a Chinese company to help with memory chip factory
JINJIANG, China — With a dragnet closing in, engineers at a Taiwanese chip maker holding American secrets did their best to conceal a daring case of corporate espionage.
Stanford University launches The Center for Blockchain Research, sponsored by a group of crypto startups, to develop best practices for blockchain
A group of crypto startups and organizations are sponsoring a new blockchain research center headquartered at Stanford University.
After the acquisition, Twitter immediately shut down access to Smyte's API deserting its existing customers, who were using its anti-abuse and anti-fraud tools
Twitter today announced it was acquiring the “trust and safety as a service” startup Smyte to help it better address issues related …
SCOTUS rules that states have broad authority to force online retailers to collect sales taxes
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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
Big Questions Remain for Intel After CEO Upheaval Nathan Bomey / USA Today : Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigns after ‘consensual relationship with an Intel employee’ Charlie Demerjian / SemiAccurate : ...
Agari, which uses AI and cloud-based analysis to detect and intercept spear-phishing attacks, raises $40M Series E led by Goldman Sachs
An email from the boss typically gets your attention. Unfortunately, fraudsters know this too and are increasingly using email impersonations to launch their scams.
Sources: Amsterdam-based data search and analytics startup Elastic, which has raised ~$100M, has confidentially filed for an IPO aiming for $1.5B-$3B valuation
Elastic is expected to aim for a valuation between about $1.5 billion and $3 billion once it hits Wall Street. — The IPOs keep coming. Tweets: @amontalenti and @jordannovet Tweets: Andrew Montalenti...
White House names NSC's Grant Schneider to lead Vulnerability Equities Process board, which decides software vulnerabilities to keep secret for intel gathering
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Google updates Measure, its app for measuring things that was previously a Project Tango exclusive, to work with any Android phone running ARCore
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Microsoft launches the mobile version of its Bing Visual Search, a Google Lens-like image recognition tool, on iOS and Android
with an extra feature Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear : Bing mobile apps updated with AI-powered visual search tool Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com : Microsoft Brings Visual Search to Bing, Edge, Launcher...
Source: on-demand services provider Meituan Dianping files for an IPO in Hong Kong, reports ~$2.9B in losses on ~$5.2B revenue in 2017
Internet giant Meituan Dianping has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, becoming the latest Chinese technology juggernaut to throw …
IGTV has not yet explained how creators will be paid, but likely options include mid-roll or pre-roll ads with revenue splits, or paying creators outright
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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
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PayPal to buy Simility, a specialist in AI-based fraud and risk management, for $120M in cash; Simility had raised about $25M and was last valued at $52.75M
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Sources: stock trading app Robinhood in early talks to offer banking services like savings accounts for its more than 4M customers
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How the economy of Blaine, WA, a town Canadians from Vancouver region visit to pick up their Amazon.com US packages, is being threatened by Amazon.ca's growth
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A look at Chinese online services provider Meituan-Dianping, which has 320M+ users and is competing against Alibaba-backed services, as it plans its IPO
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.