Apple announces 5.8" iPhone Xs and 6.5" Xs Max with OLED displays, A12 Bionic 7-nanometer processor, dual-SIMs, available in gold, silver, and space grey
Apple Mat Smith / Engadget : The biggest announcements from Apple's iPhone Xs event Gordon Gottsegen / CNET : Apple's ‘Shot on iPhone XS’ clip shows off iPhone's slo-mo, 4K video skills Jeremy Horwitz...
Hands-on with iPhone Xs and Xs Max: both feel like the iPhone X, and Xs Max feels better than any Plus model iPhone ever has
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Facebook expands fact-checking efforts to photos and videos, targeting those that are manipulated, out of context, or presented with false audio or text
We know that people want to see accurate information on Facebook, so for the last two years, we've made fighting misinformation a priority.
The iPhone XR is neatly segmented primarily by virtue of being close enough to the best to be a force in the market for years to come
Apple released a new flagship iPhone yesterday, the iPhone XS. This isn't exactly ground-breaking news: it is exactly what the company has done for eleven years now …
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is better prepared to fight election interference, catalogs the steps the company has taken to prevent a repeat of 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg began the year by promising to make Facebook safer from election interference around the world.
Apple's iPhone XR starts at $749 for the 64GB model, in stores by October 26; iPhone Xs starts at $999 and Xs Max at $1,099, in stores from September 21
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Breitbart posts leaked video of Google execs responding in dismay to Trump's election; Google says employees' personal views do not influence its products
- A leaked video shows Google's leaders responding in dismay at an all-hands meeting after the 2016 presidential election.
2018 iPhones to support eSIM later this year via an update, will work with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile in the US at launch, Sprint to support in the near future
Experiments in 4K, Slo-mo, and Time-lapse — Apple John Voorhees / MacStories : September 12 Event Roundup: All the Little Things Apple Support : Learn about Dual SIM with your iPhone Xs or iPhone Xs M...
European Court of Human Rights rules that some aspects of a former UK mass surveillance regime, including bulk data collection, violated human rights law
In another blow to the UK government's record on bulk data handling for intelligence purposes the European Court of Human Rights …
Apple announces Watch Series 4 with 40mm and 44mm displays, a larger focus on health data, 2x faster 64-bit Dual Core processor, watchOS 5, and more for $399+
Heavily rumored since shortly after the release of its predecessor, and accidentally revealed in pre-event leaks of images and basic specs …
Spotify says users can now download 10,000 tracks on up to five devices for offline listening, up from 3,333 tracks on up to three devices
Streaming service expands number of songs that can be downloaded for offline listening — A common gripe among Spotify users is that the app limits …
Sources describe Larry Page as more withdrawn than ever, with his immersion in tech solutions of tomorrow distracting him from the problems Google faces today
Larry Page was a no-show. The co-founder and de facto leader of Google is famous for his wild bets on airborne taxis and space elevators …
For Curated Our Stories, Snapchat enlists 20 news partners, including CNN, Cosmopolitan, and NBC, to aggregate user-generated content in the Discover section
Snapchat is letting more than 20 news partners create curated “stories” with user-generated content from its platform as part …
Nvidia announces the Tesla T4 for faster AI inference in data centers, claims it offers up to 12x the performance of previous-gen Tesla P4 for the same power
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took to the stage at GTC Japan to announce the company's latest advancements in AI, which includes the new Tesla T4 GPU.
Apple iPhone Xs models do not include eSIM tech in China, since carriers there stopped offering cellular service to eSIM-based Apple Watch models in 2017
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Four major US carriers detail “Project Verify” for letting web sites authenticate users via data unique to a customer's phone and mobile subscriber account
The four major U.S. wireless carriers today detailed a new initiative that may soon let Web sites eschew passwords …
Google says it's decided to discontinue its email app Inbox, which focused on simplicity, by the end of next March
Back in 2014, the folks at Google responsible for Gmail did something unexpected: They introduced a new email app. On the back end, Inbox was the same thing as Gmail, and worked with your existing Gm...
Russian hacker Peter Levashov, who was arrested by Spanish authorities last year, pleads guilty in a US District Court for his involvement in the Kelihos botnet
A renowned Russian hacker on Wednesday pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court for his involvement in the Kelihos botnet …
Breitbart's leaked Google all-hands video, while innocuous, is another example of employee dissatisfaction on public display, following James Damore and others
What the leak of a video says about this moment at Alphabet — It's an unhappy time at Google. Tweets: @jillianiles and @caseynewton See also Mediagazer Tweets: Jillian D'Onfro / @jillianiles : Regar...
Sources: two years before it was hacked, Equifax told the FBI of suspicions that company data including code and HR files may have been stolen by Chinese spies
The credit-reporting company went to the FBI with its suspicions—then the investigation stalled
Walmart acquires on-demand delivery marketplace Cornershop, which operates in Mexico and Chile, for $225M
Walmart is ramping up its grocery delivery business on the international stage with today's announcement that it has acquired the crowdsourced, on-demand delivery marketplace Cornershop for $225 milli...
Apple says new HomePod features, including setting multiple timers, making and receiving calls, and searching for Apple devices, are coming September 17
Apple on Wednesday announced a few updates to its $349 HomePod smart speaker, all expected to hit on Sept. 17. They include:
Profile of Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, which is focused on underrepresented founders and is launching a $36M fund for black women founders
Backstage in the greenroom of the podcast festival where she's scheduled to appear, Arlan Hamilton is quietly singing the lyrics to Janet Jackson's “Control.” Tweets: @arlanwashere , @ainsleyoc , @nak...
Brave, with two co-plaintiffs, file GDPR complaints in UK and Ireland against Google and “others”, seeking probe into behavioral ad practices exposing user data
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Brave, a privacy-focused web browser set up by Silicon Valley engineering guru Brendan Eich …
Profile of Olaf Carlson-Wee, who turned $14K into $150M by betting on cryptocurrency, and his fund Polychain Capital, which earned investors 2,303% last year
Now running the world's largest crypto hedge fund, the 29-year-old says he is undeterred by recent losses Tweets: @mims , @whalepanda , @sqeeqee , @wsj , @gzuckerman , and @coindesk Tweets: Christophe...
Indonesian startup Moka, which helps SMEs with payment and business operations, raises $24M Series B led by Sequoia India
Indonesia's Moka, a startup that helps SMEs and retailers manage payment and other business operations, has pulled in a $24 million Series B round for growth.
Sources: China's Meituan-Dianping has raised about $4.2B in its Hong Kong IPO after pricing its shares toward the top end of the range at HK$69 (~$8.79) each
HONG KONG (Reuters/IFR) - China's Meituan Dianping (3690.HK), an online food delivery-to-ticketing services platform …
Nintendo says the Switch's online service, costing $3.99/month or $19.99/year, will launch on September 18 with a free seven-day trial
Andrew Webster / The Verge :
Total value of cryptocurrencies fell to under $200B, down from its high of $832B in January, as Bitcoin and the largest altcoins see 35%+ drops
Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal :
Uber says it will spend $150M over five years to boost its Toronto-based engineering hub and expand self-driving car operations
Uber Technologies Inc is spending millions of dollars in Toronto to open an engineering hub and expand its self-driving car operations, the strongest indication yet …
Apple's AirPower wireless charging mat, once slated for “early” 2018, has been almost entirely removed from its website; sources: AirPower was “too ambitious”
suspect that's an event later this fall. But AirPower? AirPods? Beats? Apple Music? iCloud? A lot of things that would have made perfect sense alongside iPhone and Watch, not a word Kaya Yurieff / @ky...
São Paulo-based bike- and scooter-sharing service Yellow raises $63M Series A, the largest such round ever in Latin America, led by GGV Capital
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A look at the trend of crypto projects running private sale ICOs for accredited and strategic investors only, excluding ordinary retail investors
Legal concerns have limited opportunities for the man on the street — The rollercoaster-get-rich ICOs of 2017 are over … Tweets: @mayazi Tweets: Maya Zehavi / @mayazi : It's been blatantly obvious I...
Didi Chuxing starts recording in-car audio during trips as a safety feature prompting privacy concerns; recordings will be encrypted and stored for seven days
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Hybrid cloud data specialist Datrium raises $60M Series D at an estimated $282M post-money valuation led by Samsung's Catalyst Fund
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Google adds live streaming of Hangouts Meet meetings for up to 100K participants, limited to G Suite Enterprise users; organizers can enable feature in Calendar
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Reddit bans r/GreatAwakening, the main subreddit for QAnon conspiracy theories, citing rules on inciting violence and harassment
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Swedish mapping startup Mapillary partners with Amazon to use its Rekognition tech to analyze 350M+ images to help users find parking in busy areas
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
StockX, a sneaker-reselling marketplace, raises $44M Series B from GV and Battery to expand marketplace internationally and to more product categories
Why People Complaining Apple Doesn't Innovate Are So Wrong Breana Noble / Detroit News : Gilbert's StockX to hire more than 1,000 Sarah Schmid Stevenson / Xconomy : Detroit-based StockX Raises $44M Fu...
Reddit says EU's copyright law is “a significant blow to the open Internet”; Wikimedia says it's disappointed by “the missed opportunity to modernize copyright”
plus a new IP right for sports organizers. Julia Reda / @senficon : Catastrophic Article 11 vote: The European Parliament just endorsed a #linktax that would make using the title of a news article in ...
A look at how game apps track kids' data as a lawsuit accuses Google and Twitter ad businesses, and a popular app maker, of violating children's privacy law
New York Times : Tweets: @jenvalentino , @nickconfessore , @manjusrii , @jugander , @jason_kint , @leoniehaimson , and @profcarroll Tweets: Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / @jenvalentino : In a new lawsu...
The removal of PPD-20, an Obama-era policy limiting use of destructive offensive cyberweapons, signals a watershed moment for how the US engages in cyberwarfare
Mack DeGeurin / New York Magazine : Tweets: @selectall Tweets: Select All / @selectall : Buried beneath a mound of political scandal, the Trump administration silently rescinded key regulations limit...
Researchers say Chinese academics now account for more than one-third of global publications in physical sciences, engineering, and math, exceeding US share
Peter R. Orszag / Bloomberg : Tweets: @makispoke , @bopinion , @carnage4life , and @gracelinlang Tweets: Max ‘Odogwu’ M. / @makispoke : This article discusses (at a high level) how China went from an...
Bitewei, a China-based cryptocurrency mining chip developer led by former Bitmain design director Yang Zuoxing, has raised about $20M
Corelight raises $25M Series B led by General Catalyst to grow its network security platform, which is based on the open-source Bro project
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