Twitter permanently suspends Infowars and Alex Jones' accounts, saying they violate “abusive behavior” rules, will suspend other accounts he registers or uses
After weeks of equivocation, Twitter permanently suspended the accounts of Infowars and its founder Alex Jones on Thursday …
British Airways says an attack on its site and app on Aug. 21-Sept. 5 exposed customers' personal and financial details, believes ~380K “card payments” breached
British Airways revealed on Thursday that hackers managed to lurk in its systems for two weeks, exposing around 380,000 card payments.
Popular anti-adware app in Apple's Mac App Store, Adware Doctor, surreptitiously steals users' browsing history and sends it to a Chinese domain
A top-grossing Apple App Store program called Adware Doctor is capable of sidestepping macOS security controls and surreptitiously copying a user's entire browser history.
Sources: Tim Armstrong, head of Oath, Verizon's media and advertising business, is in talks to exit
Tim Armstrong combined Yahoo and AOL but struggled to marry Verizon's wireless customer data with online advertising — Tim Armstrong, the leader of Verizon Communications Inc.'s media …
Apple to launch a web portal by the end of 2018 for authenticated law enforcement officers to submit data requests and is developing an online training module
Apple this week announced it will be launching a dedicated web portal by the end of 2018 for authenticated law enforcement officers …
Huawei includes benchmark detection tool in smartphones so scores don't reflect real performance; in response it says its competitors mislead consumers too
Does anyone remember our articles regarding unscrupulous benchmark behavior back in 2013? At the time we called the industry …
Twitter says it's testing a redesign of its desktop site with night mode, data-saving mode, bookmarks, and more; UI looks similar to Twitter on a mobile browser
Twitter is testing a redesign of its desktop website that adds a night mode, data-saving mode, bookmarks, and other new features, the company announced on Thursday.
Goldman Sachs CFO says reports about the company abandoning plans to open a cryptocurrency desk are “fake news”
- The price of bitcoin and other top cryptocurrencies tumbled after a report that the bank was ditching plans to launch a cryptocurrency trading desk.
DOJ announces hacking charges against a North Korean government spy, linked to the Lazarus Group, in connection with the 2014 Sony hack
The Justice Department will announce computer hacking charges Thursday against a North Korean government spy in connection with the 2014 attack …
Google announces an event for October 9 in NYC where it is expected to announce the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL
Gosh, I wonder what it's announcing? — Google has sent out invites for an October 9th event that will almost certainly be the official announcement of the thoroughly leaked Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL sm...
Amazon debuts next gen Fire HD 8 with hands-free Alexa, 16 GB storage, support for up to 400GB via microSD; available for pre-order today for $79, ships Oct. 4
An “all-new” Fire HD 8 tablet is on the way, but it's much more of a refresh than a major upgrade.
UK retailer Argos launches a voice shopping service that lets customers check product availability and reserve products using Google Assistant
Catalogue retailer Argos has launched a “voice shopping” service to let people reserve products in a local store using a Google Home smart speaker.
Sources: Didi has failed to generate a profit in the six years since its founding, and has spent $1.7B on subsidies and discounts in H1 2018, losing about $585M
- The ride-hailing giant hasn't made a profit in six years — Didi is said to have given out $1.7 billion in subsidies
Google gives YouTube TV subscribers the option of pausing their subscription for anytime between four weeks to six months
And Keep All Stored Programming — For Up To 6 Months Sarah Wells / TechCrunch : YouTube TV now lets you pause your subscription for up to 6 months Brittany A. Roston / SlashGear : YouTube TV adds opti...
Tor launches a mobile Tor browser, now available on Android through the Play store or as a direct download
The Tor Project, the not-for-profit body behind the anonymizing Tor browser that lets you access the internet without being tracked, has launched the first official Tor mobile browser app.
Report: colleagues who have worked with Eddy Cue say he seems overextended and lacked much interest in Siri from the moment he gained responsibility
A new profile on Apple chief Eddy Cue has been shared online today by The Information, highlighting Cue's history and leadership at the company …
Eventbrite sets the IPO price range between $19 and $21 a share, to raise $200M at the midpoint of the range at a valuation of about $1.7B
Eventbrite, an online live event ticketing platform, announced terms for its IPO on Friday. — The San Francisco, CA-based company plans …
Sonatype, which helps companies build secure software using its Nexus platform, raises $80M in a round led by TPG
Sonatype, a company that helps companies build more secure software, will be announcing an $80 million funding round led by TPG. — Why it matters: The Equifax breach occurred with a known vulnerable...
Microsoft begins testing Cortana and Alexa support for the Xbox One, letting users power the console on and off and start games and apps
Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com :
Uber launching Uber Rent, which lets users book rentals from car sharing service Getaround, in SF this month, after originally saying it would launch in April
You may remember how Uber laid out its ambitions to become a multi-modal transportation company back in April …
FTC seizes nine fake US military recruitment websites, including Army.com, that sold the personal details of potential recruits to for-profit schools
Matt Novak / Gizmodo :
A look at the rise of smart home fitness equipment startups, such as Mirror, which recently raised $25M, and Tonal, which makes a weight-lifting machine
Erin Griffith / New York Times :
Interviews and documents show IBM used NYPD surveillance footage in 2012 to develop object identification tech that could search by skin color and more
The Intercept :
Facebook says Joseph Chancellor, a psychology researcher tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, has left the company, but declines to say when or why he left
Alex Pasternack / Fast Company :
Review of DJI's Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom: reliable flying controls and great image quality but they're expensive and the battery on both is average
Vjeran Pavic / The Verge :
AMD announces a range of new chips to compete with Intel's lower-end lineup, including the dual-core Athlon 200GE for $55
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
BMW debuts the AI-powered BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant for its cars, available from March 2019 in 10 countries, including US and UK, and May 2019 in China
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Lyft launches a fleet of around 350 electric scooters in Denver, its first market, available for $1+ from 6AM to 8PM daily
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :
A recap of Facebook and Twitter hearings: Republican claims of bias, Democratic claims of political manipulation, and appearances by Alex Jones and Laura Loomer
Peter Kafka / Recode :
Walmart launches a new last-mile delivery pilot program called Spark Delivery in partnership with Bringg that costs $9.95/delivery with a minimum order of $30
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Sources: Amazon's orders and sales tracking system for marketplace sellers has been down since Wednesday afternoon; outage comes a day after a search bar glitch
Eugene Kim / CNBC :
Uber partners with Japanese taxi company Fuji Taxi Group to let users hail cabs using the Uber app in Nagoya
Yuji Nakamura / Bloomberg :
Facebook says it will invest more than $1B to build its first Asian data center in Singapore, slated to open in 2022
Fathin Ungku / Reuters :
iQiyi Sports, the sports arm of Baidu's video streaming service iQiyi, raises ~$124M Series A from China Sports Capital, a Sequoia China-backed fund
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