iPhone XS and XS Max review: terrific display, great speakers, and long battery life, but expensive, very good camera but not great, portrait mode a hit or miss
Solid updates to a winning formula — Last year, Apple did something out of character: it introduced the usual update to the iPhone …
Twitter update lets users revert to a chronological timeline, says it is working on a way for users to easily switch between algorithmic and chronological feeds
In the meantime, the company says its fixing its timeline settings — Twitter has made a surprise change to how it shows tweets to its users …
Trump placing 10% tariffs on an additional ~$200B in Chinese imports on Sept. 24, drops ~300 types of goods, including smartwatches, from list of those affected
President Trump, emboldened by America's economic strength and China's economic slowdown, escalated his trade war on Monday …
Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance to provide Android-powered infotainment systems, with integrated maps, assistant, more, starting in 2021
Car makers have been reluctant to cede control to tech rivals; drivers will have better integration of Google's maps, app store and voice-activated assistant
Sources: Amazon plans to release at least eight new Alexa-powered devices, including a microwave, an amplifier, and subwoofer, by the end of the year
- It reflects Amazon's ambition to make its Alexa voice assistant ubiquitous, especially in areas where people spend most of their time, like the home and car.
iOS 12 officially launches out of beta, with faster performance, Screen Time, smarter notifications, Memoji, Siri Shortcuts, improved privacy in Safari, more
Want to roll your iPhone back to iOS 11? Jason Cipriani / CNET : iOS 12: Getting to know Screen Time and stronger parental controls Jonny Evans / Computerworld : 9+ iOS 12 security improvements you sh...
ACLU, others file lawsuit against Facebook alleging that its advertising platform is being used by prospective employers to discriminate against women
The social network has faced sustained criticism for housing ads that exclude certain races to job ads targeted only at younger workers.
ACLU files complaint with EEOC against Facebook and 10 other employers, alleging job ads on site were targeted to exclude “female and other non-male” prospects
Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News :
Indian ride-hailing service Ola has raised $50M from two Chinese investors at a valuation pegged between $3.7B and $4.3B
NEW DELHI & MUMBAI: Ola's parent ANI Technologies is raising more money from new and existing investors as the ridehailing app breaks into new markets and moves toward profitability.
Mozilla releases Firefox Reality, a web browser built to work with VR and AR headsets, available in the Viveport, Oculus, and Daydream app stores
The browser is now available in the Viveport, Oculus, and Daydream app stores. — Mozilla on Tuesday released version 1.0 of Firefox Reality …
iOS 12 review: mostly incremental improvements to iOS 11 rather than breaking new ground, except for Siri Shortcuts, which is a productivity playground
We left last year's iOS 11 update with a palpable tension between two platforms. — On one hand, following a year of minor changes …
Google's Family Link, which allows parents to set screen time limits and more, expands to teens, adds support for Google Assistant, and rolls out worldwide
Parents will be able to manage their teens' existing Google accounts with Family Link — Family Link, the parental control hub Google introduced …
On-demand delivery startup Postmates raises $300M led by Tiger Global, source says at a ~$1.2B valuation, to accelerate its growth across the US
On-demand delivery startup Postmates raised a whopping $300 million in venture funding to accelerate its growth across the U.S. Tiger Global led the round …
HBO and Netflix tie for the most Emmy wins, taking home 23 each; Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won eight awards; Hulu won four
HBO is still the Emmy champion — but it has some company at the top. — The streaming era has already turned the TV business upside down …
GovPayNow.com, used by ~2,300 US government agencies for online payments, has exposed 14M+ customer records dating back to 2012, says issue has now been fixed
Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. state and local governments to accept online payments …
UiPath, which develops AI-based bots that automate mundane enterprise tasks, raises $225M Series C at a $3B valuation from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, and Accel
UiPath, a robotic process automation (RPA) platform that helps companies automate repetitive tasks, has raised a whopping $225 million …
Sources: Tesla under criminal investigation by DOJ over public statements made by Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, alongside a previously-reported civil inquiry by SEC
Tesla is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk …
Facebook debuts pilot program to expand its security tools and procedures, like 2FA and threat monitoring, for candidates and campaign staff ahead of midterms
just 50 days before Election Day David Cohen / Adweek : Facebook Is Expanding Availability of Its Security Tools for the Upcoming U.S. Midterm Elections James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Ahead of midterm...
Microsoft Managed Desktop launches as a subscription service whereby Microsoft provisions, deploys and manages companies' Windows 10 devices
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Instagram Shopping launches personalized Explore channel, expands Stories tags after testing them since June, and lets brands add a shopping bag icon to Stories
but here's how it's trying to woo window-shoppers in its current one Kaya Yurieff / CNNMoney : Instagram just made it a lot easier to shop on the app Robert Williams / Retail Dive : Instagram expands ...
Cloudflare debuts IPFS Gateway, an easy way to access content from the P2P-driven InterPlanetary File System that does not require installing special software
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk :
Researchers disclose 0-day flaw allowing remote code execution on security cameras running Nuuo software, say hundreds of thousands of devices may be affected
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet :
Zurich-based WayRay, which develops holographic AR hardware and display tech for cars, raises $80M Series C led by Porsche, source says at a $500M valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Amazon opens a checkout-free Amazon Go retail store in Chicago, its first such store outside Seattle
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Female ASMR video creators have been permanently banned from PayPal and had funds frozen after 8chan harassment campaign; PayPal says it has no anti-ASMR policy
Violet Blue / Engadget : Tweets: @laurclinn See also Mediagazer Tweets: @laurclinn : PayPal is freezing the funds of ASMR creators as part of the sex panic ushered in by FOSTA/SESTA. This is super al...
Salesforce founder Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne Benioff, to buy Time Magazine for $190M from Meredith Corp., expecting to close within 30 days
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal :
Getty Images partners with Amazon to provide images from its catalog of 200M digital pics for searches on the Echo Show and Echo Spot
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Facebook expands its bug bounty program to include third-party apps and services that involve improper exposure of Facebook user access tokens
Lily Hay Newman / Wired :
How China is working to expand industrial robot usage tenfold to 1.8M units, 70% of which to be made in China, up from 30% currently, by 2025
South China Morning Post :
Stripe unveils Stripe Terminal, a new service for in-person payments with Warby Parker and Glossier as launch partners, will charge 2.7% plus 5¢ per transaction
Jason Del Rey / Recode :
Security researcher finds a new CSS-based attack that crashes and restarts iPhones after malicious HTML is rendered, like when a user visits a malicious link
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Leaked email to Dubai ad agency shows Spotify plans to launch across the Middle East and North Africa in November with a new regional headquarters in Dubai
Music Business Worldwide : See also Mediagazer
Mobile social network Path, which Google reportedly tried to acquire for $100M and which was once raising money at a $500M valuation, is closing down on Oct. 18
It is with deep regret that we announce … Marrian Zhou / CNET : Path, a former Facebook competitor, is shutting down in October Harrison Weber / Gizmodo : Path, the Doomed Social Network With One Grea...
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