Facebook CSO Alex Stamos told peers in memo about his departure to “intentionally not collect data where possible” and be willing to pick sides on moral issues
In March, days after confirming his plans to leave the company, Facebook's highest-ranking security official implored …
Facebook's General Counsel Colin Stretch, who led the company's investigation into Russian election interference, is leaving at the end of the year
Colin Stretch's announced exit marks the second high-level departure in recent weeks — Facebook Inc.'s FB 1.78% top lawyer …
Source: Chinese government has withdrawn its approval for Facebook's new subsidiary in the country
SHANGHAI — For Facebook, success in China was brief. Very brief. — For several hours, a Chinese government database showed that Facebook had gained approval to open a subsidiary in the eastern prov...
Facebook rolls out Watch Party, a feature that lets users simultaneously watch, comment, and react to Facebook videos together, to all users
Facebook has made it clear that it wants to make video a crucial part of its business, as it looks to compete with the likes of YouTube, Amazon and Netflix.
Steam is rolling out Steam Chat, with new text and voice features to compete with gaming chat app Discord, to all users
In a bid to keep Discord from dominating the social space around PC gaming — Steam has begun rolling out its new text and voice features, as well as its updated friends list, to all users beginning ...
Waymo partners with Walmart, AutoNation, Avis, and others to ferry their customers to various locations in Phoenix, Arizona
Waymo, the Alphabet company that spun out of Google's former self-driving car division, is partnering with some of the country's largest companies to expand how many people ride in its self-driving ve...
Facebook set up subsidiary in China with registered capital of $30M; when asked, it said they are interested in setting up an innovation hub to support startups
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Chrome 68, rolling out today, shows a “not secure” warning for any HTTP website; in October the warning's color will change to red
Three and a half years ago, Google predicted the day would come when Chrome would warn us all of the security risks of using the web's seminal HTTP technology …
BitTorrent confirms it has been acquired by blockchain startup Tron; filings suggest about $126M in cash was paid for the company
File sharing veteran BitTorrent has finally confirmed that it has a new owner: “We are excited to announce that Tron has officially closed its acquisition of BitTorrent …
Google unveils Titan Security Key, a Yubico-like phishing resistant 2FA device, currently available to Google Cloud customers and soon to everyone, pricing TBA
Google says its workforce has been phish-proof for more than a year. The impressive security stat is due to small USB security keys issued …
Washington AG says Facebook signed legal agreement to change ad platform so third parties can't discriminate based on ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation
The agreement with Washington state forces Facebook to make nationwide changes — Facebook has signed a new …
Google announces new Cloud AutoML offerings: Vision, Natural Language, and Translation, available in beta, also announces Contact Center AI, available in alpha
AI has evolved dramatically in the last two decades. Technologies like image recognition and machine translation are now a part of everyday life for millions.
Q&A with Sen. Ron Wyden, who co-wrote Section 230 of Communications Decency Act, on privacy, content moderation, First Amendment, and tech giants like Facebook
There may not be a lawmaker in Congress who has done more to shape the internet than Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR).
DARPA sets aside $75M for partners under the Electronics Resurgence Initiative, which is expected to receive $1.5B over the years to fund new ideas in chip tech
The Defense Department's research arm, DARPA, is throwing a event around its “Electronics Resurgence Initiative,” …
Gym membership startup ClassPass raises $85M Series D led by Temasek, bringing the total funding raised to $255M
ClassPass today announced the close of an $85 million Series D financing round led by Temasek, the same firm that led the startup's Series C financing.
Grubhub to acquire Boston-based LevelUp, which offers a platform to manage digital ordering, payments and loyalty, for $390M in cash
Grubhub announced this morning that it's agreed to acquire LevelUp for $390 million cash. — Founder and CEO Matt Maloney told me that while previous Grubhub acquisitions …
Cloud Functions, Google's serverless platform that competes directly with tools like AWS Lambda and Azure Functions, is now generally available
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Apple issues a fix for 2018 MacBook Pro CPU throttling/thermal management issues via macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update
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Snapchat has been showing non-exclusive video shows from publishers like BuzzFeed, Wired, GQ, and Complex Networks in its Discover feed since June
Complex Networks' “Sneaker Shopping,” which follows host Joe La Puma as he goes shopping with celebrities ranging from Kevin Hart to Marshawn Lynch …
AT&T reports Q2 revenues of $39B, down from $39.8B YoY, vs. $39.39B expected, in its first quarter since completing its acquisition of Time Warner
loss of 286,000 net subscribers in the period https://variety.com/... via @variety
Encryption bug found in many Bluetooth implementations and OS drivers, affecting vendors including Apple, Broadcom, Intel, Qualcomm; some fixes are on way
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Equidate, a San Francisco-based marketplace that makes privately held shares available to accredited investors wanting to buy them, raises $50M Series B
Equidate, a 4.5-year-old, San Francisco-based marketplace that makes privately held shares available to accredited investors wanting to buy them …
Divvy, a Utah-based real-time expense tracking startup, raises $35M Series B after $10.5M Series A in May; source: Divvy valuation nearly tripled to $150M-$200M
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New York-based crypto-lending startup BlockFi raises $52.5M in a round led by Mike Novogratz's merchant bank Galaxy Digital
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Head of Snap's Spectacles division, Mark Randall, tells staff he's leaving to start his own company, marking the second leadership change for the product
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Uber begins putting self-driving cars back on public roads in Pittsburgh, but only in non-autonomous mode and driven manually by humans
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League, a Toronto-based startup that makes a digital health care benefits platform for companies and employees, raises $47.1M Series B
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GM launches a peer-to-peer car sharing service Peer Cars in Chicago, Detroit, and Ann Arbor, allowing owners to rent out their GM cars via its Maven platform
The Washington Post Swapna Krishna / Engadget : GM's new car-sharing program allows owners to rent their vehicles
Pinterest's head of engineering Li Fan leaves for scooter startup Lime
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eBay to add support for Apple Pay, beginning rollout this fall in US, and partners with Square Capital on seller financing
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Sources: freelancing startup Upwork has confidentially filed to go public
which connects creative types willing to do freelance work like graphic design to employers — is poised to be one of the marquee IPOs of second half of year.It's a good time to go public.http://www.re...
Uber says it hit 10B completed trips across rides and deliveries on June 10, roughly a year after reaching 5B trips
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Tally, an automated debt management app, raises $25M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins
Tanaya Macheel / Cheddar : Tweets: @alexeheath Tweets: Alex Heath / @alexeheath : A fintech funding scoop from @TMacheel: Tally, a startup that automates credit card payments (sounds helpful), raises...
Ford Motor says it will invest $4B through 2023 in its new Ford Autonomous Vehicles unit; the investment includes $1B pledged to startup Argo AI last year
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Source: two ex-Uber execs run Moving Capital, a private AngelList syndicate with ~100 Uber alums investing in two-sided marketplace and transportation startups
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