Sources: Microsoft is working on a pocketable Surface device, codenamed Andromeda, with a wraparound display that bridges the gap of the hinge when fully opened
A new and disruptive dual-screen device to blur the lines between mobile and PC — Microsoft has been working on a new mysterious Surface device for at least two years.
Eddy Cue and Apple Maps team members describe how they are rebuilding the product from the ground up to eventually own the entire map stack, like Google does
The company is rolling out more detailed maps built from its own data for the first time — I'm not sure if you're aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly.
Comcast says national outages on Friday were partially due to fiber cable cuts at internet backbone service providers CenturyLink and Zayo
If you couldn't reach your favorite web sites today at about 12:30 p.m. ET, it wasn't just you. — We first noticed it as Comcast customers took …
NSA says it is deleting all phone records acquired since 2015 under FISA because of a technical glitch that resulted in some unauthorized data collection
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has purged hundreds of millions of records logging phone calls and texts that it had gathered …
WhatsApp launches a new group setting that allows only administrators to send messages to a group
WhatsApp today announced a new control for group administrators to limit activity so that they are the only member of the group who can send messages. WhatsApp groups can include up to 256 participan...
Match says Tinder swipes and images sent between its app and servers are now encrypted and swipe data is now the same size, fixing flaws disclosed in January
Your digital dating life is a lot less vulnerable to hackers as a result of security updates from Tinder.
EFF files lawsuit asking court to invalidate FOSTA arguing that it amounts to unconstitutional censorship of the Internet violating First and Fifth Amendments
Sex work law prohibits speech that's protected by First Amendment, lawsuit says. — The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked …
Data analytics firm Domo closes up 30% on its first day of trading, raising $193M in its IPO at a $524M post-money valuation; Domo was valued at $2.1B in 2017
The parade of successful software companies making their way to Wall Street was interrupted on Friday by the arrival of a less familiar beast …
Hands-on with the Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition: connection with FreeTime feels disjointed, there's a steep learning curve, regular Echo offers more flexibility
Is the Echo Dot Kids Edition right for you? — @ / 10 hours — Earlier this year, Amazon introduced an Echo Dot for kids …
How huge contributions from tech titans, a STEM curriculum, and gadgets everywhere failed to overhaul systemic problems in a San Francisco public middle school
Huge contributions from tech titans, a STEM-packed curriculum, gadgets everywhere: Willie Brown Middle School was supposed to set the bar. Tweets: @mims , @wired , @benjaminjriley , @benjaminjriley , ...
Unofficial Samsung Galaxy Note 9 hands-on confirms Note8-like design, horizontal dual cameras, long rumored specs like a 4,000 mAh battery, and more
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Experts say that due to the vagueness of GDPR, many publishers may be breaking the law by trying to get around the requirement to obtain explicit user consent
The arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation a month ago led to a flurry of activity, clogging email inboxes and flooding people with tracking consent notices. Tweets: @katebevan Tweets: Kate...
Chinese social commerce startup Pinduoduo files for $1B US IPO; Pinduoduo's revenues tripled to $278M in 2017 while losses grew 55% to $79.5M
- Pinduoduo was valued at $15 billion in previous funding round — Tencent-backed Pinduoduo made $79.5 million loss in 2017
Google stops taking local and state election ads in Maryland due to new law requiring disclosure of who paid for ads within 48 hours; Facebook says it'll comply
Michael Dresser / Baltimore Sun :
ZTE replaces its board to satisfy the conditions of the deal to get US ban lifted
Sue-Lin Wong / Reuters :
Brave ad-blocking browser releases update with Tor-powered Private Tabs in beta
Stephen Shankland / CNET :
A data breach on the website of ALERRT, which provides active shooter training, has exposed personal details of thousands of law enforcement officials
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet :
Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman takes controlling interest in SimpliSafe, a home security hardware and services startup, sources say at a ~$1B valuation
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
The UK's NHS says it will anonymize data given to Google's DeepMind that is used to analyze blood test results and detect risk of serious medical problems
Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget :
Source: Uber plans to resume testing of self-driving cars by August, in Pittsburgh and possibly San Francisco
Amir Efrati / The Information :
Report: 2,446 Android and 600 iOS apps using Google's Firebase service found to have misconfigured databases exposing 100M+ records of a wide range of user data
Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer :
How a Mexican digital marketing firm is using Facebook pages, Twitter bots, and Instagram likes to spread fake news in the lead-up to the country's elections
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @craigsilverman , @buzzfeednews , and @lisatozzi See also Mediagazer Tweets: Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman : Here we are in the summer of 2018 and people runni...
Dataminr, a NY-based startup that analyzes public data in real time, raises $392M at a valuation of $1.6B, more than the double the $680M valuation from 2015
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios :
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