Microsoft unveils 10" $399+ Surface Go tablet with USB-C, MicroSD slot, and Pentium Gold CPU; pre-order July 10, available August 2, LTE model later this year
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Researchers say connecting an iPhone to a compatible USB accessory can prevent the USB Restricted Mode lock after one hour in iOS 11.4.1
Plugging in certain Apple accessories will reset the one-hour counter for USB Restricted Mode — Apple released iOS 11.4.1 this morning …
Apple debuts iOS 11.4.1 with USB Restricted Mode to stop Lightning data transfer after an hour of device being locked, shutting out cracking tools like GrayKey
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YouTube overhauls how it handles breaking news, adding previews of articles from credible sources, showing info from third parties, testing local news in TV app
The work of trusted journalistic organizations is as critical as ever, especially when it comes to seeking information about current events online.
Netflix launches Smart Downloads feature to automatically retrieve your next episode for offline viewing on Android, will launch on iOS later this year
Netflix is automating downloads of series so you can binge-watch shows off-line without even pressing a button.
Snapchat launches Lens Explorer, available in its iOS app, that lets you find lenses created by other users
Attention selfie addicts, we have some good news: you might never run out of Snapchat lenses again. — On Tuesday the app is launching Lens Explorer, a new feature that makes …
Google Pay rolls out support for peer-to-peer payments and mobile ticketing
Google is making several updates to Google Pay, its recently-rebranded service for all its different payments tools. Most of these updates were announced earlier this year, but now, Google says they'...
Researcher says stolen code-signing certificates from router and camera-maker D-Link were used to sign the Plead password-stealing malware
This isn't the IP camera software you think it is. — Criminals recently stole code-signing certificates from router and camera maker D-Link …
Token creation platform Bancor, which raised $153M in last year's ICO, has gone offline after a security breach that successfully stole ~$13.5M worth of crypto
Token creation platform Bancor has gone offline following a “security breach” that took place Monday morning.
Facebook is testing augmented reality ads from a select group of partners in the News Feed
Facebook is giving advertisers new ways to show off their products, including with augmented reality. — At its F8 developer conference earlier this year, Facebook announced that it was working …
YouTube says it will invest $25M in grants to news organizations looking to expand video operations as part of Google's larger $300M Google News Initiative
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Google expands use of machine learning for advertisers by launching Responsive search ads, Maximize lift for YouTube, and Local and Smart shopping campaigns
The ways people get things done are constantly changing, from finding the closest coffee shop to organizing family photos.
Toast, provider of cloud software for restaurant management, raises $115M Series D at $1.4B valuation led by T. Rowe Price with Tiger Global participating
The Toast Go handheld device is one recent addition that's helped Toast score a $1.4 billion valuation from investors.
Inside the world of sponsored content using kids and babies in Instagram ads: increasingly lucrative, generally legal, attractive to direct-to-consumer brands
Welcome to the lucrative world of spawn con. — On Saturday, March 10, at the Hotel Bel-Air, Khloé Kardashian held her baby shower.
Philo, a low-cost live-streaming TV service, has raised $40M Series C led by existing investors AMC Networks, Discovery, and Viacom
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AT&T acquires threat intelligence company AlienVault, which has raised $120M since its inception in 2007
Acquisition to Expand Threat Detection … Carol Wilson / Light Reading : AT&T Locks Up AlienVault for Better SMB Security Gina Narcisi / CRN : AT&T Buying Intel-Backed AlienVault To Beef Up Cybersecuri...
German court rejects ICANN's request to compel domain registrar EPAG to collect contact information for WHOIS, as it would violate GDPR
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Canalys: the number of smart speakers in use will come close to 100M by the end of 2018, up from under 50M at the end of 2017, and there will be 225M+ by 2020
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
Crunchbase Global Venture Market Report for Q2 2018: deal volume grew 18.8% QoQ, faster than any other period since Q1 2015, and dollar volume up 26% QoQ
Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News :
Top GOP lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee write letters to Apple and Alphabet for more info on how they handle data from users' smartphones
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal :
About 56% of crypto startups that raise money via ICOs die within 4 months of their token sales being finalized, says study of 2,390 ICOs completed before May
AT&T Risking HBO Franchise With Corporate Pressure John McMahon / NewsBTC : Study Finds that Over Half of ICOs Die in First Four Months PYMNTS.com : Bitcoin Daily: Floating Crypto City Planned, Google...
Grab adds grocery delivery service by partnering with HappyFresh, opens its platform to third-party developers with plans to add news, gaming, and other content
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
NYC-based MediaMath, a demand-side platform for ads, raises $225M from Searchlight Capital Partners, source says at a $1B+ valuation
Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal :
China ordered Bytedance to suspend ads on its popular social video app Douyin, potentially costing the company $1.5M per day, after objecting to one of the ads
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Researcher: call metadata and texts stolen from SpyHuman, an Indian firm selling spyware for Android devices, amid wave of vigilante hacking of spyware vendors
Joseph Cox / Motherboard :
Facebook will soon begin testing Stories Highlights, user collections of photos and videos from their Stories Archive, similar to Instagram's Stories Highlights
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
How the rise of AI and machine learning has spawned a new chips arms race involving tech giants and a plethora of chip development startups
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Alibaba in talks with UK's BT about cloud services partnership; source: may echo 2016 Vodafone agreement in Germany where Alibaba built its first EU data center
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg :
Google may get record penalty this month from the EU, sources say in the billions of dollars, for forcing its search and web-browsing tools onto Android devices
Tony Romm / Washington Post :
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