Dell announces premium $599 Inspiron Chromebook 14 with 14-inch FHD touchscreen, Core i3 processor, Intel UHD 620 graphics, 4GB of RAM, available October 23
The Inspiron 7000 and 5000 families get a bunch of premium updates as well. — Dell added a new member to its Inspiron line ahead of IFA 2018.
Dell unveils its fall line-up of Alexa-ready Inspiron, XPS, and Vostro laptops and 2-in-1s, updated with 8th Gen Intel Core processors
Dell revealed its new line-up of laptops, 2-in-1 laptop-tablet hybrids, and monitors with the latest components from Intel.
Skagen unveils a minimalist Wear OS-based Falster 2 smartwatch with a heart-rate sensor, GPS, and NFC, available September 12 and priced from $275
Skagen's Falster has been one of the darlings among Wear OS smartwatches thanks to its posh yet minimalist look, but it was hard to recommend …
Google redesigns Wear OS with a Google Assistant feed, one-swipe access to Fit, and revamped notifications
And adding a Google Assistant feed — If you have a newer Wear OS watch, sometime in the coming month, you'll get a software update that will change what happens when you swipe on your watchface.
Sources: 100+ Facebook employees form an online group to create space for ideological debate after an internal post challenging its “intolerant” liberal culture
SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook's internal message board last week.
Facebook announces the international rollout of Facebook Watch, which first launched in the US a year ago this month, starting on Thursday
Facebook has announced the international rollout of Facebook Watch, its video destination for episodic content, which first launched in the U.S. a year ago this month.
Report: Waymo's autonomous vans struggle to smoothly perform rather mundane driving tasks, often slowing or stopping at odd times, risking fender benders
If the autonomous revolution ever arrives, it's almost certain that self-driving cars will drive with an over-abundance of caution …
Microsoft to add AI-powered audio and video transcription, file recommendations, and content-sharing tools to OneDrive for Business and SharePoint later in 2018
Microsoft is adding automated audio and video transcription, file recommendations and new content-sharing options to its OneDrive …
What to expect from IFA 2018: Sony XZ3, Huawei Mate 20, new smartphones from BlackBerry, HTC, and Nokia, and updated laptops from Dell and Lenovo
Fall is almost here, and it's bringing lots of new gadgets — Aside from CES, IFA is probably the biggest tech show in the world …
Coinbase survey of 675 US students shows 18% own cryptocurrency, and 21 of the top 50 US universities offer a class on blockchain technology or cryptocurrency
University students are clamoring for more courses about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
New zero-day flaw found in Microsoft Windows task scheduler that can allow a local user to gain system privileges in Windows 10
Updated: There is no known workaround for the security flaw. — Microsoft has quickly reacted to the disclosure of a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system.
Sources: Amazon is planning to launch a free, ad-supported video service for its ~48M Fire TV streaming video device users that is being developed by IMDb
Amazon.com is planning to launch a free, advertising-supported video service for the estimated 48 million people who use …
Blockchain-based cloud computing project DFINITY raises $102M from Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital, and others
An ambitious blockchain project called Dfinity wants to reinvent computing by replacing large platforms like Amazon Web Services and Salesforce with a cheaper, decentralized alternative.
Intel debuts Core U and Y series chips, which were codenamed Whiskey and Amber Lake, saying they improve battery life and connectivity with integrated Wi-Fi
Intel is rolling out six new processors in the new Whiskey Lake U-series and Amber Lake Y-series.
An excerpt from Sarah Jeong's book “The Internet of Garbage”, which discusses online harassment as a threat to the useful functions of the internet
Today, The Verge is publishing an interim edition of Sarah Jeong's The Internet of Garbage, a book she first published in 2015 but has since gone out of print.
Facebook says cross-posted tweets disappeared from users' profiles because Twitter deleted the Twitter app for Facebook; the deleted posts are now restored
A number of Facebook users were surprised Tuesday when some of their old posts disappeared — specifically, all the updates that had been cross-posted from Twitter.
Google says it's rebranding Tez, its payments app for India, as Google Pay, will expand it to cover micro-loans and add Tez features to Google Pay worldwide
Google launched its Tez paymen app in India a year ago, and now the company is giving the service major push into retail as it prepares …
South Korean blockchain-based PayPal alternative Terra raises $32M seed funding from four top crypto exchanges and others
Mainstream adoption. It's the most significant challenge faced by cryptocurrencies. As cynics are wont to say: It's all very well to have dozens …
Acer launches detachable OJO 500 Windows Mixed Reality headset with built-in speakers, shipping November starting at $399
Acer announced its latest Windows Mixed Reality headset during a packed press conference at the annual IFA event in Berlin this morning.
After court order, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson announces plans to sell copies of 3D-printed gun blueprints on branded flash drives in some US states
Ars Technica :
Two cryptographers have run a blockchain timestamping hash once a week in the New York Times classified section since 1995
This really gives a new meaning to the “paper of record”. — The first time I heard about blockchains was at a party where a friend of mine spent the night talking … Tweets: @tsimonite and @dylanmatt...
Interview with Google's Group Product Manager on how Android Pie's Adaptive Battery and Adaptive Brightness work to optimize battery life and screen brightness
Long before Google announced the Android Pie name, the company was talking up AI in the latest version of its mobile operating system. Tweets: @epro Tweets: Emil Protalinski / @epro : Google has detai...
Cloudian, which specializes in helping businesses store petabytes of data, raises $94M Series E, bringing its total funding to $174M
Cloudian, a company that specializes in helping businesses store petabytes of data, today announced that it has raised a $94 million Series E funding round.
CEOs of social media companies should not hide behind “naiveté” and “free speech” as an excuse for letting fake news and harassment flourish on their platforms
IT'S NOT OFTEN you hear some of the richest, most powerful men in the world described as naive, but it's becoming pretty commonplace. Tweets: @profgalloway , @wired , @ilvestoomas , and @wired Tweets:...
UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans a Facebook ad for contraceptive app Natural Cycles, says it was misleading and exaggerated the app's effectiveness
Sara Spary / HuffPost UK :
Johnson Controls GLAS smart thermostat review: looks good and has an easy-to-read display, but it's too expensive, Cortana is limited, and its app is slow
The GLAS smart thermostat is missing some key features — The GLAS smart thermostat, built by Johnson Controls, is different. Tweets: @dcseifert and @verge Tweets: Dan Seifert / @dcseifert : the GLAS...
FCC to fund rural broadband for more than 700,000 homes and businesses, with more than half getting access to download speeds of 100Mbps or more
Kris Holt / Engadget :
Instagram introduces features for public figures: extra user details in profiles and account verification; 2FA apps will be supported in the coming weeks
here's how Rose Behar / Android Police : Instagram is finally rolling out support for two-factor authentication apps Eric Abent / SlashGear : Instagram's new safety features include verified badges, 2...
Investigation: apparent global Iranian influence project bigger than previously known; Facebook says it has taken down more accounts linked to Iran
great detail here on how Iran has been doing it, and how the Internet companies as usual are a couple of steps behind. https://twitter.com/... Chris Bing / @bing_chris : One thing I came away with — t...
Publishers are losing a key ally at Facebook as its Head of News Products, Alex Hardiman, is leaving to join The Atlantic as chief business and product officer
One of Facebook's big hires to improve its relations with publishers is leaving for The Atlantic.
Morgan Creek and Bitwise partner to create the Digital Asset Index Fund, a cryptocurrency fund offering the top 10 digital assets for institutional investors
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk :
Among the number of students taking AP CS exams, female, black, and Latino students were the fastest growing groups, up 39%, 44%, and 41% YoY respectively
Hadi Partovi / Code.org :
Reporter outlines how he used Lyrebird's free AI-powered software to make a realistic copy of his voice, says the digital recreation fooled his mom
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News :
North American Securities Administrators Association says it's expanded its number of investigations into ICOs to 200 after starting in May with 70 active cases
Kate Rooney / CNBC :
Box Q2: revenues of $148.2M, up 20.6% YoY, 11 deals worth $500K+, up from 8 in year-ago quarter, and 87K+ business customers, up from 85K+ in year-ago quarter
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
DuckDuckGo, which has been profitable since 2014, raises $10M from OMERS, one of Canada's largest pension funds
Matt Southern / Search Engine Journal :
Oculus launches educational pilot programs in Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle, distributing Rift and Go headsets to libraries, museums, and schools
Mariella Moon / Engadget :
Puls, a startup matching consumers with on-demand freelance technicians in 50+ US cities to fix common electronic devices, raises $50M Series C led by Temasek
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Google updates its Duo video chat app with support for iPads and Android tablets, two years after launching the service
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
The Associated Press signs deal with blockchain startup Civil, licensing its content to Civil newsrooms and collaborating on blockchain tech for news
Lucia Moses / Digiday :
Robinhood announces it's rolling out commission-free trading of American Depositary Receipts, adding 250+ stocks of global companies like Tencent and Nintendo
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