SiriusXM to acquire Pandora in a $3.5B all-stock deal
Satellite radio company SiriusXM is acquiring music streaming service Pandora in a $3.5 billion all-stock deal, the companies announced Monday. — Pandora shares rose 14.4 percent in premarket tradin...
Apple says it has completed its acquisition of Shazam, and the app will now be available ad-free for all users
Shazam App Will Soon Become Ad-Free For All Users — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced it has completed its acquisition of Shazam, one of the world's most popular …
Yubico launches new YubiKey 5 Series 2FA keys, supports passwordless FIDO2 and NFC
Supporting FIDO2 — Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, today announced the launch of the YubiKey 5 Series, the industry's first multi-protocol security keys suppor...
Microsoft announces Windows Virtual Desktop, a new Azure-based service that provides a full virtualized multi-user Windows 10 experience
There are plenty of third-party solutions for running a Windows desktop in the cloud, but until now, Microsoft itself seemed hesitant to offer the same kind of user experience.
Roku says its streaming boxes, sticks, and TVs will gain Google Assistant support within the next few weeks letting users launch apps, control playback, more
And Spotify is coming back to the platform — This is one example of interoperability that I didn't expect to see anytime soon …
Microsoft: Surface Hub 2S will be available in Q2 2019 with original Surface Hub software, can be updated to Surface Hub 2X in 2020 using an upgrade cartridge
Surface Hub 2S to launch next year, followed by Surface Hub 2X update in 2020 — Microsoft is unveiling hardware changes to its Surface Hub 2 today.
Walmart says 17,000+ Oculus Go headsets will be used in its US stores by end of year to train its employees, in an expansion of a pre-existing program
Walmart said it is using the headsets to train within three key areas: new technology, compliance, and soft skills like empathy and customer service.
Roku launches $40 Roku Premiere and $50 Premiere+, both with 4K HDR streaming and a remote with voice search for Premiere+; slated for October, pre-orders today
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Microsoft say it now supports password-less logins via its Microsoft Authenticator app for Azure Active Directory-connected apps
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Microsoft unveils Microsoft Search, a unified, smart search box for Bing, Windows, Office, more, available in 2019; rolls out a preview for bing.com, office.com
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Former ProPublica reporters are starting The Markup, a news site to investigate big tech, with a $20M gift from Craigslist's Craig Newmark and other funding
The Markup, dedicated to investigating technology and its effect on society, will be led by two former ProPublica journalists.
Singapore fines Grab and Uber $9.5M over merger, outlines measures that it is says will spur competition and lessen the deal's impact on drivers and riders
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's anti-trust watchdog fined ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber a combined S$13 million ($9.5 million) …
California's Fair Political Practices Commission bans political donations in cryptocurrencies for candidates running for public offices in the state
Candidates running for public offices in the U.S. state of California may not receive donations in cryptocurrencies, according to a new ruling from the state's political watchdog.
Microsoft, SAP, and Adobe announce an Open Data Initiative to bring data across all of their platforms into one package running on Azure
Industry leaders team up to help customers connect data across their organizations, find powerful insights and deliver intelligent services with AI
Thoughts on why Chrome 69's forced login behavior is so bad: when Google silently changes its biggest user-facing privacy option, it risks burning users' trust
Here's What to Do About It Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Google Chrome 69 doesn't automatically track your history when you log in to Google services Andrii Degeler / Engadget : Google is quietly logging ...
Behind the rise of app-only banks in the UK and Europe, where favorable regulations and an influx of venture capital have fueled their growth
LONDON — Greg Stevenson was trying to refinance the mortgage on his four-bedroom home in eastern England when things started going awry.
Slack has acquired Astro, a productivity startup that makes tools to surface important information from your emails and calendar
There's a common understanding that there are two types of people in this world: Slack people and email people. In reality, most modern offices use both …
Starting with Chrome 69 on desktop, users logging in to a Google site or service are automatically logged in to Chrome, which is a new mandatory login behavior
Starting with Chrome 69, logging into a Google Site is tied to logging into Chrome. — This is typically the topic where things …
Eric Schmidt says the internet will bifurcate in the next 10-15 years into a Chinese-led internet, with fewer freedoms and more censorship, and one led by US
- Speaking at a private event hosted by Village Global VC yesterday night, tech luminary and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted …
As part of a new strategic partnership with Apple, Salesforce will release a Salesforce Mobile SDK for iOS by end of 2018 and redesign its iOS app by early 2019
Salesforce and Apple have announced a partnership “that brings together the number one customer relationship management platform and iOS.”
Ian Rylett, co-founder of YouTube tween channel SevenAwesomeKids, arrested for allegedly molesting a minor; YouTube demonetized the channel but left it up
For weeks now, SevenAwesomeKids, part of one of YouTube's biggest and most active tween/teen girl channel networks, has been suspiciously dormant. See also Mediagazer
Bird is looking to hire staff to oversee its scooter fleet in almost a dozen cities across Asia and Latin America, including Hong Kong, Mumbai, and Mexico City
Scooter rental start-up Bird is preparing to embark on a massive new phase of expansion across Asia and Latin America …
Microsoft announces Cortana Skills Kit for Enterprise which lets companies build custom skills and agents, and deploy them directly to their organizations
Microsoft today announced the introduction of the Cortana Skills Kit for Enterprise to give businesses the power to create custom voice apps for their employees as well as users.
Tile appoints GoPro COO CJ Prober as new CEO, announces investment from Comcast; sources: “sizable investment” was at a higher valuation than previous round
There's a changing of the guard, and a new strategic partnership, over at Tile, the startup that helps you keep tabs …
WhatsApp appoints grievance officer to curb fake news in India
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Review of Chase checking accounts shows that earnings for drivers for services like Uber, Lyft, and Postmates dropped from $1,469/month in 2013 to $783 in 2017
More people are working for ride-sharing and delivery companies but on average they're making less. Tweets: @nealkwatra Tweets: Neal Kwatra / @nealkwatra : “On average, drivers who transport people (U...
White House: draft EO ordering probes into practices of Facebook and Google is not an official document; sources: Yelp sent email with the draft EO to WH aides
Immigrant kids are in cages and U.S. no longer part of the Paris Accord but it's declaring FB/GOOG monopolies that's insanity?http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Btw if th...
Adobe unveils “virtual analyst”, a workbench add-on for Adobe Analytics that uses AI to surface insights and patterns that might otherwise be missed
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Source: Toyota has agreed to add Android Auto to its vehicles; Toyota announced compatibility with Apple's CarPlay in January
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Sources: Dell to interview banks to explore a backup option of launching a traditional IPO if its effort to become public via DVMT tracking stock falls through
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UN survey of 3,500 people in 75 countries using microtask platforms like Mechanical Turk found workers made an average of $6.54/hr in US and $3.31/hr worldwide
Megan Geuss / Ars Technica : Tweets: @turkernational Tweets: Kristy Milland / @turkernational : @Techmeme @MeganGeuss And that was a survey just asking for data. In our study which automatically coll...
China has shut down 4,000+ websites and online accounts, removed 147,000 pieces of information during its three-month campaign against “harmful” content
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To address the talent shortage in autonomous vehicle research, Baidu and several Chinese startups have set up research and development centers in Silicon Valley
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Sources: UK government plans a nearly four-fold increase in personnel focusing on offensive cyber operations, hiring 2000 and allocating at least £250M
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Research by The Harris Poll: 59% of Generation Z students list YouTube, rather than textbooks, as their preferred learning tool
Michael Sykes / Axios : Tweets: @akianastasiou Tweets: Aki Anastasiou / @akianastasiou : Generation Z students, classified as being between the ages of 14 and 23, believe that YouTube is a bigger con...
Underage teens share their experiences of using electric scooters and flouting both helmet and age regulations, which allow scooter use only from the age of 18
Will Kubzansky / The Verge : Tweets: @mdudas Tweets: Mike Dudas / @mdudas : This is is disgraceful and evidently a @BirdRide sponsored bill: “Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into a law that states...
After BuzzFeed's cuts to its audio team and Panoply's exit from podcast content, creators re-evaluate podcast revenue potential and audience measurement
media's previous shiny object before the latest shiny object. http://www.poynter.org/... @ThisAmerLife @serial http://twitter.com/...
Sources: Trump administration, including Commerce, Treasury, Defense departments, planning a push against China in a few weeks, citing IP theft and cyberattacks
Jonathan Swan / Axios : Tweets: @jimsciutto Tweets: Jim Sciutto / @jimsciutto : US intel and defense officials have consistently put China and Russia together at the top of their list of national sec...
Defcon attendees say corporate demands, widespread professionalization, and bug bounty programs are reshaping hackers' attitudes toward privacy and anonymity
and, most importantly, role models for the younger generations of hackers,” she said. http://twitter.com/...
Study: spending on digital marketing grew by 44% last year in the US and Britain to $52B, with global spending on “martech” estimated to near $100B
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Chartbeat: when Facebook experienced a 45-minute outage on August 3 in many parts of the world, direct traffic to news websites spiked by 11%, search was up 8%
Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : See also Mediagazer
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