Qualcomm unveils first mmWave 5G and sub-6GHz antenna modules for 5G smartphones and mobile hotspots in 2019
Qualcomm has solved a big problem for a certain variation of 5G: getting the chips small enough to fit in handheld devices. — On Monday, Qualcomm unveiled its new QTM052 millimeter wave …
Profile of China's BOE, which supplies LCD screens for MacBooks and iPads and, sources say, wants to supply OLED displays for Apple from 2020
If BOE succeeds, it would not only prove its manufacturing prowess but also score a win for China in its tech race against South Korea and Japan
Snapchat to discontinue Snapcash, its peer-to-peer payment feature, on August 30; the feature was created in partnership with Square in 2014
Snapcash ended up a way to pay adult performers for private content over Snapchat, not just a way to pay your friends.
According to speed test service Ookla, Apple's iPhone X on average has downloaded data at 29.7 Mbps, well behind Samsung's Galaxy S9 at 38.9 Mbps
- Loading speeds have become a key selling point for Samsung — Qualcomm says its modems produce faster connections for phones
Uber, Lyft suspend driver who secretly live-streamed hundreds of rides on Twitch, after initially keeping him on and saying he did not violate Missouri law
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published Friday night. It was updated 9:30 p.m. Saturday with a statement from Uber saying …
Susan Fowler Rigetti, the former Uber engineer who blew the whistle on sexual harassment at the company, has joined the NYT as technology opinion editor in SF
- Susan Fowler Rigetti, the woman who blew the whistle on Uber's sexist culture, has been hired by The New York Times.
Amazon rolls out “Tap to Alexa” feature for Echo Show, to let hearing- and speech-impaired users trigger customizable Alexa skills with a few taps on the screen
Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo have brought voice controls into millions of homes — but what if you can't hear what Alexa has to say?
Sources: Pinterest is aiming for IPO by mid-2019, is close to ~$1B in ad sales in 2018 after hitting $500M in 2017, and now has a valuation between $13B-$15B
- Pinterest is poised to almost double revenue this year, getting close to $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Palo Alto-based Xage raises $12M Series A led by March Capital Partners to secure IoT devices on blockchain
Xage (pronounced Zage), a blockchain security startup based in Silicon Valley, announced a $12 million Series A investment today led by March Capital Partners.
It is time for newsrooms to cover technology extensively, across desks, acting as watchdogs rather than cheerleaders
A lowly tech employee was trying to do some simple task online and found out it was really hard. Inspired by that difficulty, he—and it was almost always a he …
Overview of the iPhone-fueled “golden age” of tech startups from 2009-2012, how FAANG firms succeeded in its aftermath, and why B2C startups still have a chance
Ten years ago this month on July 10, 2008, Apple first unveiled the App Store and kicked off one of the greatest periods … Tweets: @gaurav1105 , @joshelman , @sriramk , @nikitabier , and @howardlindzo...
Google Cloud to prevent its automated fraud-detection systems from suspending accounts with “established payment history” after a customer complaint went viral
- Google's cloud platform drew a lot of criticism after one of its customers, an admin of an account …
After years of “crisis actor” smears, targets of Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists ask Facebook for crisis hotline and to allow their input on moderation policies
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Intel fixes longstanding Intel Management Engine flaws that let hackers on same subnet run arbitrary code; first 3 generations of Core chips won't get patches
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Netgear's Arlo security camera spinoff hopes to raise $194M through IPO, with shares priced between $18 and $20, at a valuation of $1.4B
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CEO of Chinese commerce giant JD.com says they aim to finalize the strategy to enter European market and open an office in Germany by the end of the year
Nervos Network, which aims to let companies develop apps via an “application chain” on top of its own secure public blockchain network, raises $28M Series A
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Baidu announces Totem Point token for users of its new Totem stock photo sharing service, which uses the company's blockchain for validating ownership of photos
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Paul Nakasone, head of US Cyber Command and NSA, confirms he created Russia Small Group, a special task force to address Russian cyber threats
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Facebook could recognize Holocaust denialism as hate speech and ban it on those grounds, but trying to censor every falsehood should be noted as a bad idea
activists of color, for example — are likely to be silenced first if Facebook expands its censorship powers” http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Margaret Sullivan / @sulliview : Censorship is not the a...
More than 200 online lenders in China have either shut down or scaled back operations in recent weeks amid a slowing economy and stringent fintech regulations
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UK media firm Future plc, owner of 100+ brands including TechRadar and PC Gamer, to buy Purch, owner of AnandTech, Laptop Mag, and Tom's Hardware, for $132.5M
China's Internet Transformation Cannot Be Over-Hyped Ryan Smith / AnandTech : Future plc to Acquire Consumer Division of AnandTech Publisher Purch See also Mediagazer
Swim.ai, a startup bringing real-time analytics to IoT, raises $10M Series B led by Cambridge Innovation Capital with strategic investment from ARM
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch : Tweets: @krishnan Tweets: Krish Subramanian / @krishnan : Congratulations to friends at @SWIMedge on their funding round. Swim platform offers machine intelligence a...
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