DHS officials say “hundreds of victims”, not a few dozen, have been impacted by Russian hackers infiltrating control room networks of US electric utilities
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Alphabet reports Q2 revenue of $32.7B, up 26% YoY, and net income of $3.2B including EU fine; excluding the fine, net income was $8.3B; stock up 4%+
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Sources: Microsoft working on two new Xbox consoles, one of them a lower-powered streaming box for upcoming game streaming service referred to as Scarlett Cloud
Back at E3, Microsoft mentioned that they were working on a next-generation console. At that time, I noted that this new console …
eBay to add support for Apple Pay, beginning rollout this fall in US, and partners with Square Capital on seller financing
Ebay announced this morning it will begin accepting Apple Pay on its marketplace starting this fall, and has also teamed up with Square Capital on seller financing.
Source: Verizon is seeking to partner with Google or Apple to provide a TV service when it launches 5G to homes in LA and Sacramento later this year
- First wireless broadband service with video launches this year — Live, online TV to be part of showcase for superfast network
Google partners with blockchain startup Digital Asset to let Google Cloud developers build blockchain apps using DAML, the startup's smart contract language
Google is increasingly betting that blockchain technology, which creates a permanent ledger across multiple computers …
EU fines Asus €63.5M, Philips €29.8M, Pioneer €10.1M, and Denon & Marantz €7.7M for online price fixing
The European Union's antitrust authorities have issued a series of penalties, fining consumer electronics companies Asus, Denon & Marantz …
Alphabet spent ~$5.5B on capital expenditures in Q2, up from ~$2.8B a year ago, as the company continues to expand its cloud business
Nat Levy / GeekWire :
Amazon adds audio equalizer controls for Echo devices in Alexa app, as well as via English voice commands in US, and opens the EQ functionality to third parties
Audiophiles love to nitpick over the way their music sounds, but until now, you haven't been able to do that with any of Amazon's Echo smart speakers.
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
Ry Crist / CNET :
Google Cloud announces Cloud Services Platform, an integrated set of cloud services that can be deployed both in the cloud and on premises
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Verizon beats estimates in Q2 with net income of $4.12B and total revenue of $32.20B, adds 398K net postpaid subscribers
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) reported a 5.4 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Tuesday, as it attracted more postpaid subscribers with unlimited data plans.
G Suite adds Grammar Suggestions in Google Docs, voice commands to Hangouts Meet hardware customers, and its Smart Reply feature to Hangouts Chat
At the Google Cloud Next conference, Google debuted several new capabilities for the productivity suite, which now has more than 4 million customers.
Alphabet's Other Bets, which now includes Loon and Wing alongside Waymo, Verily, and others, had Q2 revenue of $145M, with operating losses rising to $732M
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
UK sets out plan for full fiber broadband coverage by 2033 and 5G mobile network coverage for the majority of the population by 2025
The UK government has set out a package of measures it's hoping will futureproof domestic networks and boost international competitiveness by supporting …
How WhatsApp is trying to use machine learning and metadata to detect organized spammers and fake users as it battles against fake news
On Friday, when WhatsApp announced that it would pilot a ‘five media-based forwards limit’ in India, the government came up with an unequivocal reminder.
Qualcomm unveils first mmWave 5G and sub-6GHz antenna modules for 5G smartphones and mobile hotspots in 2019
Shara Tibken / CNET :
Chrome 68, rolling out today, shows a “not secure” warning for any HTTP website; in October the warning's color will change to red
Stephen Shankland / CNET :
Google says none of its 85,000+ employees have been successfully phished since early 2017, when it required use of physical Security Keys in place of passwords
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
A look at how retailers and consumer brands use bots to scrape prices and other information from rivals' websites, amid efforts to detect and block them
COMPANIES ARE WAGING an invisible data war online. And your phone might be an unwitting soldier. — Retailers from Amazon and Walmart …
Jeff Bezos-backed cloud simulation startup Rescale raises $32M Series B led by Keen Venture Partners, SineWave Ventures, and Initialized Capital
Rescale Inc., a startup harnessing the public cloud for scientific simulations and other complex workloads, today announced that it has raised $32 million in fresh funding.
City of Nanjing launches $1.48B blockchain investment fund to foster the token economy and public projects in China, and help blockchain firms move to the city
Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet :
Russian lawmakers propose bill requiring sites with 100K+ daily visitors to take down “inaccurate” posts or comments within a day or face fines up to ~$800K
with, of course, Russian propagandists as those who determine what is real (presumably pro-Putin) or fake (critical). http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Freedom House / @freedomhouse : ...
Tencent signs a content licensing deal to translate and provide WebMD's healthcare content for Chinese audiences via WeChat and its QQ messaging app
Shan Li / Wall Street Journal :
Cogito raises $37M Series C led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity for its growing AI-driven sentiment analysis business aimed at customer service reps
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Publishers like NPR, Al Jazeera, and Bloomberg Media add editorial resources to smart speaker efforts but monetization remains unclear
Lucia Moses / Digiday : See also Mediagazer
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