Icon found in iOS 12 beta shows an unreleased iPad with thin bezels, no Home button, or notch
We've been expecting an update to the iPad Pro line for later this year. Rumors suggest that the new version will have no home button, Face ID and thinner bezels, following the design trend introduce...
Microsoft Surface Go review: thin and light with a gorgeous display, but its performance is wanting and there's a lack of great Windows tablet apps
The Surface Go is Microsoft's smallest and cheapest tablet yet, with specs that would make hardware nerds laugh.
Apple says apps and in-app purchases for macOS and iOS will be removed from its affiliate program on October 1; music, movies, books, and TV will remain
Apple announced in an email to publishers this evening that it is making changes to its iTunes Affiliate Program.
Facebook CSO Alex Stamos will join Stanford as an adjunct professor when he leaves the company on August 17; Facebook does not plan to appoint a successor
SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook revealed on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign ahead of the November midterm elections …
Apple briefly became the first company to hit a $1T market cap, after its shares reached $207 in intraday trading on Thursday
Apple has officially become the world's only trillion dollar publicly traded company, in terms of market capitalization, which is simply the company's number …
Sources: Google plans to debut a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist sites, filter results; CEO Pichai has spearheaded the effort
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Cisco is buying Duo Security, a vendor of cloud-based two-factor authentication services, for $2.35B in cash
Cisco today announced its intent to buy Ann Arbor, MI-based security firm, Duo Security. Under the terms of agreement, Cisco is paying $2.35 billion in cash and assumed equity awards for Duo.
Reddit says a few employees had their work accounts hacked via 2FA SMS intercepts, leading to a few systems being compromised and some user data leaking
TL;DR: A hacker broke into a few of Reddit's systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses …
A federal jury in California orders Apple to pay $145.1M in damages to Canadian intellectual property company WiLan for infringing on two wireless patents
According to a report from Reuters this evening, a federal jury in California has found Apple guilty of infringing on two patents held …
Sources: Google is developing a news aggregation app for use in China that will comply with the country's strict censorship laws
Google is developing a news-aggregation app for use in China that will comply with the country's strict censorship laws, part of a plan to re-enter …
Apple is speaking with Chinese telecom firms to find ways to reduce spam messages, after state media alleged it was allowing illegal content on its platform
BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is speaking with Chinese telecom firms to find ways to reduce spam received through its messaging service …
Facebook announces playable ads are now available globally in its News Feed, letting users try a game before they install it
Playable ads debuted four years ago as a new way to entice gamers to play mobile games. The ads were interactive, allowing people to try a game out before they downloaded it.
Chainalysis data: amount of Bitcoin the 17 largest crypto processing services received has declined from a peak of $412M in September 2017 to $69M in June 2018
- Chainalysis study shows payment usage peaked in September — Merchants seeing more transactions for bigger-ticket items
Techmeme introduces ads under stories matching news topics that an advertiser wants to target, letting companies automatically “respond” to news
Today, Techmeme is introducing ads that are automatically placed under stories matching news topics that an advertiser wants to target.
Spotify has removed some episodes of “The Alex Jones Show” for violating policies around hate speech, but the podcast is still available on the service
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As Facebook makes changes to its APIs, Twitter announces Tweets and Retweets will no longer automatically cross-post to Facebook
You can no longer automatically cross-post your tweets to Facebook . Twitter announced today that functionality is now coming to an end …
Southeast Asian ride-hailing company Grab raises $1B from investors including OppenheimerFunds and Lightspeed, just over a month after raising $1B from Toyota
Grab's new $2B round is in, it includes Toyota's previously announced $1B investment and gives Grab an $11B valuation post-money https://twitter.com/...
Fitbit beats Q2 estimates with revenue of $299.3M, on strong sales of its Versa smartwatch, says smartwatch revenue grew to 55% of revenue, up from 30% in Q1
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
DoJ has secured arrests of several Ukrainian members of Carbanak group charged with allegedly stealing payment card and other data from US businesses
Google and Unity partner to boost mobile game advertising by integrating Google's AdMob platform with Unity's game engine
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Starbucks partners with Alibaba in China, announces integration with Alibaba's apps and will open 150 stores in Beijing and Shanghai in partnership with Ele.me
Elizabeth Gurdus / CNBC :
Earnings statements from Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft show they are as strong as ever; the forces arrayed against them lack substantial impact
You may have heard that the tech giants are on their heels. — Over the last two years, lawmakers and the public around … Tweets: @rasmus_kleis and @puiwingtam Tweets: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_...
Sonos prices its Thursday IPO at $15 a share, below the expected range of $17 to $19, making its valuation just under $1.5B
Sara Salinas / CNBC :
As memes become more complex, creators says they usually have to rely on a suite of apps to craft their memes as no single app fully meets their needs
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic :
Researchers outline the evolution and capabilities of SamSam ransomware, which was responsible for attacks against Atlanta's digital infrastructure this year
Matt Burgess / WIRED UK : Tweets: @wireduk Tweets: Wired Uk / @wireduk : The SamSam ransomware has had a rapid rise and nobody knows who is behind it. “The malware itself isn't technically that advan...
Sources: Amazon plans to completely move its infrastructure off Oracle's proprietary database software by the first quarter of 2020
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
rideOS, which wants to build real-time routing and dispatch software for autonomous car fleets, raises $25M Series B led by Next47, the venture arm of Siemens
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
WhatsApp begins charging businesses for message replies after 24 hours, launches display ads globally for web and Facebook that open to WhatsApp conversations
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Square Q2: adjusted revenues of $385M, up 60% YoY, $6M net loss, gross payment volume of $21.4B, up 30% YoY, $37M in revenue from Bitcoin trading in Cash app
Kate Rooney / CNBC :
Nielsen study: US adults now average almost six hours per day consuming video via live and time-shifted TV, apps or mobile sites, game consoles, and more
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Siemens announces that it has acquired Mendix, a low-code application development platform, for ~$700M, to boost its cloud, IoT, and digital enterprise tech
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
A look at how Masayoshi Son picks and manages investments for SoftBank's $100B Vision Fund, which sources say has achieved a 60% ROI in its first year
Apple's Next Big ‘Reveal’ Event Is Coming Next Month Tweets: @cnbc : Take a look inside SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's secret meetings with the founders he picks for his $100 billion Vision Fund. ht...
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