Microsoft says hackers linked to the Russian military intelligence agency formerly known as the GRU targeted conservative US think tanks that challenge Moscow
BOSTON — The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target …
Sources: Apple to debut a pro-focused upgrade to Mac mini and a low-cost laptop like MacBook Air but with smaller bezels and a retina 13" screen later this year
- Retina laptop, pro-focused Mac mini desktop coming this year — Apple reported fewest Mac sales since 2010 during last quarter
Google Fit on iOS and Android is redesigned with “move minutes” and “heart points” to encourage cardiac exercise, new health-tracking rings, and activity goals
You'll collect ‘Heart Points’ instead of counting steps — Today, Google is rolling out a complete redesign …
Netflix is testing bypassing iTunes payment method in 33 countries, redirecting users to the mobile web version to log payment details directly with Netflix
Netflix is one of the highest-grossing apps on the iOS App Store, but it looks like the video streaming giant is contemplating …
Facebook assigns a trustworthiness score to each of its users, tracking things like whether an article a user flags as false turns out, after review, to be true
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has begun to assign its users a reputation score, predicting their trustworthiness on a scale from zero to one.
Slack raises $427M Series H led by Dragoneer Investment Group and General Atlantic at a valuation of over $7.1B
Slack, the workplace communications platform, has taken off like a rocket since launching in 2013 and now has more than 8 million daily active users and 70,000 teams paying to use it.
SEC settles case against VC Michael Rothenberg alleging he misappropriated millions of investor dollars; he will be barred from investment advising for 5 years
Stephen Shankland / CNET :
AWS often strikes secret deals with energy companies and states for electricity discounts that critics say pass on the cost to households and local businesses
The company's rate discounts have pushed up utility costs for everyone else. — For a little while earlier this year …
Tinder begins rolling out a new college-only service called Tinder U to iOS devices at four-year, accredited, not-for-profit schools in the US
Tinder officially announced today that it's launching a service called Tinder U, a version of Tinder that's only available to college students.
Michael Rothenberg files suit against Silicon Valley Bank, alleges it transferred $4.25M to the wrong account, making it appear he had misappropriated funds
Mike Rothenberg's story has all the elements of a Silicon Valley drama: A wunderkind shakes up the venture capitalist business …
Twitch says it will start showing ads to new Twitch Prime members from Sept. 14 and existing members Oct. 15; the $9/month Turbo plan will keep ad-free viewing
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Research: the largest seven DApps by usage at their peaks saw average user drops of 74%, as CryptoKitties experienced 96% drop and Numerai's use fell 97%
Decentralized Apps (Dapps) are facing problems in maintaining a userbase. The largest Dapps being used currently are exchanges.
Nvidia debuts GeForce RTX 2000 GPU series with RTX 2070, RTX 2080, RTX 2080 Ti, claims up to 6 times more performance than last gen, begins shipping Sept. 20
here are the key details Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo : Nvidia's Beastly New 20-Series RTX GPUs Claims up to 6X Performance Starting at $500 Sonam Rai / Reuters : New Nvidia gaming chips aim to boost real...
School districts are increasingly using social media monitoring systems from companies like Firestorm to prevent sexting, bullying, mass shootings, and more
New teachers, new backpacks, new crushes—and algorithms trawling students' social media posts. — Blake Prewitt … Tweets: @nxthompson Tweets: Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson : In a country with infin...
A look at how ten of the biggest Democratic donors from Silicon Valley are not only pumping money into the midterms but also rethinking how their money is spent
A cheat sheet to the gusher of cash flooding the system in advance of Election Day. — Tech resistance to U.S. President Donald Trump has reached its zenith. Tweets: @teddyschleifer , @teddyschleifer...
The Winklevoss' debut Virtual Commodity Association, a self-regulatory working group for crypto assets; members include Gemini, Bitstamp, bitFlyer USA, Bittrex
Matthew Leising / Bloomberg :
Media research firm Magid: 35% of Millennials share passwords for streaming services like Netflix, vs. 19% of Generation X subscribers and 13% of Baby Boomers
Sara Salinas / CNBC :
A look at the 60+ startups that launched at Y Combinator's Summer 2018 Demo Day 1, including B2B software and services, healthcare, and consumer services
From “cheese 2.0” to connecting flights for satellites, Y Combinator showed off a wide array of early stage startups fresh from its YC Summer 2018 batch.
Venezuela announces it's devaluing the bolívar by 95% and pegging it to the government's oil-linked cryptocurrency, the petro
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JBL's Link Bar, the sound bar announced at Google I/O with built-in Android TV and Google Assistant, costs $399 and is slated for October; pre-orders now open
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Uber says it has hired Nelson Chai, formerly CEO of Warranty Group and CFO at NYSE and others, as its CFO, a position that's been empty since 2015
Dan Primack / Axios :
IMAX says it has canceled the development of a VR camera it had partnered with Google on; source: Google pulled out late last year as it shifted its focus to AR
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Sources: Labor Department probe finds Cisco discriminated against US workers by favoring immigrant visa holders for job openings and paying visa holders less
Bloomberg Law : Tweets: @markskrikorian Tweets: Mark Krikorian / @markskrikorian : The only suitable penalty here would be to debar @Cisco from using the #H1B program. http://news.bloomberglaw.com/ ....
To combat fake news on WhatsApp, the South Indian state of Kerala is running 40-minute classes in 150 schools to educate kids in spotting viral hoaxes
Soutik Biswas / BBC : Tweets: @bbcindia Tweets: @bbcindia : Officials in Kerala's Kannur district have begun fake news classes in government schools - a first in India. http://www.bbc.com/...
RDMD, which sells anonymized and analyzed medical data of its app users to pharma companies to help develop medicines for rare diseases, raises $3M seed funding
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Analysis of 200+ EU news sites shows that, since GDPR came into effect, on average 22% fewer cookies and 7% fewer social sharing buttons per-page are loaded
Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer :
Microsoft will launch Minecraft: Education Edition on the iPad in September, says the school version now has 35M licensees in 115 countries
Frank Catalano / GeekWire :
Giphy refreshes its homepage to feature sets of GIFs around different trending topics, curated by an editorial team, called Stories
Anna Hensel / VentureBeat :
Facebook's AI lab hopes to make MRI exams 10 times faster, partners with NYU's medical school, which is providing an anonymous dataset of 10,000 MRI results
Matt McFarland / CNNMoney :
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