UK watchdog gives Facebook a preliminary fine of about $664,000, the maximum allowed, for letting Cambridge Analytica access data about millions of people
Facebook is staring down its first fine for allowing Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data about millions of people …
Uber's head of human resources Liane Hornsey resigns following probe into how she handled allegations of racial discrimination at the firm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc's Chief People Officer Liane Hornsey resigned on Tuesday, Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said …
Court filing: former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang has been charged by the FBI with the alleged theft of trade secrets related to Apple's autonomous car efforts
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation this week charged former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang with theft of trade secrets …
Sonos rolling out AirPlay 2 support for its newest speakers, enabling multi-room audio playback with HomePod, ability to control Apple Music using Siri, more
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DOJ has quietly settled with 3D printable gun inventor Cody Wilson, who argued that gun blueprints were protected speech, five years after the take down order
Cody Wilson makes digital files that let anyone 3-D print untraceable guns. The government tried to stop him. He sued—and won.
Valley of Genius book excerpt: an oral history of the early days at Google as told by its founders, early employees, advisers, and more
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Secretive AR startup Magic Leap signs AT&T as sole US wireless vendor and receives undisclosed investment, with AT&T CEO John Donovan gaining observer rights
Magic Leap, the secretive startup responsible for the Magic Leap One augmented reality platform, has selected AT&T …
Opera is testing a built-in crypto wallet in its Android browser, with support for Ethereum-based tokens, collectibles, and DApps, available in private beta now
Cryptocurrencies: They're kind of a big deal. Bitcoin, one of the most popular digital currencies on the market …
Alphabet says Loon and Wing, X's internet balloon and delivery drone projects, are “graduating” to become full companies under the Alphabet corporate umbrella
The two companies will be part of Alphabet's Other Bets division — Alphabet has announced that Loon and Wing …
Interviews with Zuckerberg and other employees shed light on Facebook's wild early days from 2004/2005 and the corporate proto-culture that shaped the company
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China Internet Report confirms the dominance of Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent as rural areas get online, with 55M remote students and 490K local online shops
China Internet Report offers insights into country's internet landscape, including its unicorns, top internet companies, and most active investors
Facebook apps from Mail.Ru are being reviewed as part of Facebook's probe into user data misuse; two apps received extension to collect data after policy change
Not just another Facebook data scandal — A Russian internet company with links to the Kremlin was among the firms …
Pony.ai, which aims to build a Level 4 autonomous car, raises $102M round from lead investors ClearVue Partners and Eight Roads
Pony.ai is riding the gravy train. Just months after it closed a $112 million funding round with Morningside Venture Capital, Legend Capital, and Sequoia China …
Instagram adds the questions sticker, a new way to poll your friends
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To combat the spread of fake news on its app, WhatsApp is rolling out “Forwarded” label to indicate when messages have been forwarded to users
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Apple confirms it's combining machine learning, artificial intelligence, and Siri teams under John Giannandrea, who was hired from Google earlier this year
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Penrose Studios, which makes narrative-based VR content, raises $10M Series A led by TransLink Capital with Marc Benioff, Will.i.am, and others participating
It's been an interesting past few years for the virtual reality industry and while there is still plenty for insiders to pin …
Israel-based Next Insurance, which designs insurance plans for business sectors that are often overlooked by mainstream insurers, raises $83M Series B
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Analysis of effect of EU's Article 13: assuming 1 in 10K items infringe copyright, an algorithm with 99.5% accuracy will falsely censor 50K items in every 10M
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A new law in Georgia that discourages drivers from even touching a screen, in effect from July 1, could help break people's phone habits
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AT&T acquires threat intelligence company AlienVault, which has raised $120M since its founding in 2007
Acquisition to Expand Threat Detection … PYMNTS.com : AT&T Buys AlienVault To Boost SMB Cybersecurity Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet : AT&T buys threat intelligence company AlienVault Karl Utermohlen / Inv...
Snapchat launches Lens Explorer, available in its iOS app, to help you easily find lenses created by other users
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Workplace collaboration tools startup Monday.com, formerly known as Dapulse, raises $50M Series C led by Stripes, sources say at a $500M pre-money valuation
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EU's biggest TV broadcasters are combining resources to launch streaming video services in countries like UK, France, and Germany to compete against Netflix
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter : Tweets: @fdestin Tweets: Fred Destin / @fdestin : F-I-N-A-L-L-Y!!! Some industries just want to be disrupted. Orange could have done this years ago with Dailym...
Slack announces improvements to search, including a new UI, filters, personalized search, and more
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Postmates expands to another 100+ cities in the US, adding coverage for 50M more people, bringing the total number of cities covered in the US and Mexico to 385
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Netflix's content spend is not reckless; its strategy to capture paid users' leisure time gives it an edge over free content platforms like Facebook and YouTube
Matthew Ball / @MediaREDEF : Tweets: @sub8u Tweets: Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : Very good read on understanding Netflix's content spend strategy by @ballmatthew ."The company doesn't want to be a lea...
Lightspeed, an early investor in Snap, says it has raised $1.8B in new funds, around $1.05B of which will be earmarked for investments in more mature startups
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