Trump accuses Google of rigging its search results to suppress positive news about him and tweets the situation “will be addressed”
President Trump's first tweet of the day, sent at 5:24am local time, has accused Google of rigging search results against conservatives.
Sources: Toyota to invest $500M in Uber, valuing it at ~$72B, slightly higher than last valuation, and will jointly develop driverless vehicles as part of deal
Auto maker and ride-hailing company will jointly work on driverless-vehicle development as part of investment
Bose announces a $400 smart speaker and two soundbars, for $550 and $800, all with Alexa voice support, coming in October
One of them has a screen for showing you album art — Bose has just announced a $300 home smart speaker and two soundbars that will be available in October.
Following Trump's tweets about alleged prejudice, Google releases statement saying it doesn't “bias our results toward any political ideology”
- Trump says in a tweet that Google's search engine had “rigged” news story search results to show mostly “bad” stories about him and other conservatives.
Google search now highlights veteran-led businesses and matches veterans searching for job listings with roles that suit their skills
Google is giving US veterans find jobs that fit the skills they learned in the military, and highlighting veteran-led businesses in searches.
Sources: Microsoft was working on a VR headset for Xbox but began telling partners earlier this year it was putting it on hold, likely to wait for better tech
Two months ago, Microsoft said it didn't have specific plans to create an Xbox VR headset. What it didn't say is that it had been working …
Google Go search app for emerging markets can now read out website content in any of its 28 supported languages
The search giant announced changes to its Tez payment service, and it has also introduced a subtle AI-powered feature for its Google Go search app: website reading.
Twitter says it removed a further 486 accounts for engaging in “coordinated manipulation”, following the removal of 284 last week
Following last week's suspension of 284 accounts for “engaging in coordinated manipulation,” Twitter announced today that it's kicked …
How Grand Theft Auto became a powerful tool for music discovery where gamers have listened to more than 75B minutes of music in the last five years
In the five years since launch, GTA V and GTA Online gamers have listened to more than 75 billion minutes of music, according to Rockstar Games
Microsoft launches Bing spotlight, a news aggregator for developing stories in Bing search results compiled by AI and human editors, available in the US
Bing is tackling news with a new feature that showcases a timeline of how a story has evolved, different perspectives from news sources and related social media posts on a topic.
In a strategy shift, GlobalFoundries announces it is ceasing all work on its 7nm fabrication processes
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Sources: Yahoo's Oath has been pitching advertisers on a service that analyzes its 200M+ Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail inboxes; source says practice began 10+ years ago
Web giant analyzes more than 200 million inboxes for clues about what products people might buy—a practice much of Silicon Valley has declared off-limits Tweets: @wsj , @djtgallagher , and @reaganbrad...
AutoX, which has raised $43M since 2016, launches a pilot to deliver groceries by autonomous cars to an area of about 400 homes in north San Jose
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A look at how memes can help people correct behaviors framed as unsavory or distasteful by tapping into more widely relatable emotions or experiences
Newly single, Jason Donahoe was perusing Tinder for the first time since it started integrating users' Instagram feeds. Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @rossdawson , and @verge Tweets: Taylor Lorenz / @taylor...
Report: UK's finance minister has signed off on funding of up to £100M to “map out” plans for a post-Brexit UK GPS satellite system to rival EU's Galileo
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Excess cloud capacity management service Spotinst raises $35M Series B led by Highland Capital
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Google's Gboard launches Bitmoji-like Mini stickers, which can be created from users' selfies
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Tumblr changes community guidelines to more explicitly ban hate speech, speech glorifying violence, and revenge porn; the new rules go into effect on Sept. 10
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Federal judge converts temporary restraining order on 3D-printed gun blueprints into long-term injunction, siding with WA and other states in suit vs. US gov't
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Rachel Whetstone, who came to Facebook a year ago to head communications for WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger, is departing to run PR for Netflix
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Emoji reactions are rolling out to Hangouts Chat, Google's business-focused Slack competitor, over the next three days
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Source: Brazilian on-demand trucking platform CargoX raises $60M in new funding led by Blackstone Group
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Amazon and VMware debut a version of database management software for companies that use on-premises databases from Microsoft, Oracle, MariaDB, and others
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Evolve Vacation Rental Network raises $80M to expand its rental properties management service, bringing total capital raised to $103M
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