Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 per hour for all 350K+ US workers, including part-time, temporary, and seasonal employees, effective next month
- The new minimum wage will benefit more than 250,000 Amazon employees — including part-time and temporary employees — the company said.
Google announces Project Stream as it partners with Ubisoft to test game streaming and seeks users in US to test Assassin's Creed Odyssey via the Chrome browser
In a surprise announcement Monday, Google revealed a partnership with Ubisoft to bring the upcoming Assassin's Creed Odyssey to your Chrome Browser.
Duke University, the University of Alabama, and the University of Oklahoma now let students use their iPhone and Apple Watch as their campus ID card
From today, Apple is announcing the first partners for its new contactless ID card features introduced in iOS 12 and watchOS 5.
Twitter outlines its election integrity efforts ahead of midterms, says it removed ~50 accounts pretending to be members of various state Republican parties
We are committed to improving the health of the public conversation on Twitter and protecting the integrity of elections is an essential part of that mission.
USPTO has rejected all but three of 56 claims in Waymo's 936 patent, which played a key role in Waymo-Uber suit, after a complaint by an unaffiliated engineer
Eric Swildens had no dog in the fight other than intellectual curiosity. — A lone engineer has succeeded in doing …
Sridhar Ramaswamy, Google's advertising chief, is leaving to join Greylock Partners as a VC, and will be replaced by Prabhakar Raghavan, who heads G Suite
- Ramaswamy heading to Greylock as a venture capital partner — Google is replacing its top advertising executive, Sridhar Ramaswamy …
What to expect at Microsoft's hardware event at 4pm ET today: Surface Pro 6, updates to the Surface Laptop, Surface Studio, and HoloLens
It's fall. That means every big to mid-sized tech company is holding an event to debut its latest offerings in time for the holidays.
Opera launches Opera Touch browser for the iPhone optimized for one-handed use, built-in ad blocking, protection from cryptojacking, and more
Browser company Opera is back doing what it does best, offering you beautifully-designed alternatives to the stock browsers from the likes of Google and Apple .
New Zealand travelers may now be compelled at customs to hand over device passwords or face a $5K fine on “reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing”, under new law
Travellers who refuse to hand over their phone or laptop passwords to Customs officials can now be slapped with a $5000 fine.
New CA law mandates all public companies based there, like Apple, have at least one woman on their board by 2019 and two by end of 2021 or 3+ for boards of 6+
SEVERAL MAJOR TECH companies—including Apple, Google parent Alphabet, and Facebook—will likely have to add women to their boards …
US Justice Department moves to sue California in order to quash its new net neutrality law
The Trump administration said Sunday it will sue California in an effort to block what some experts have described as the toughest net neutrality law ever enacted in the United States …
Tanium, which provides a single point of control to manage enterprise security, raises $200M led by Wellington Management, at a $6.5B valuation
Security continues to remain top of mind for organizations and consumers, as each day seems to bring another high-profile network breach.
Facebook rolls out new anti-bullying tools, like a way to hide or delete multiple comments at once and an appeals process for decisions relating to bullying
Facebook is introducing new tools to tackle online bullying, the company announced this morning.
California governor signs net neutrality bill, which FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called “illegal”, into law, setting up a showdown with the FCC and ISPs
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Researchers find a botnet altered DNS settings of 100,000+ routers to redirect traffic from Brazilian banks and web hosting services to 50+ phishing sites
Botnet redirects hijacked traffic to over 50 active phishing sites. — Over 100,000 routers have had their DNS settings modified to redirect users to phishing pages.
Facebook follows Twitch and YouTube with launch of new interactive video format Premieres, fan badges, and live polls
Facebook today announced the global launch of Premieres, its new interactive video format that allows creators to pre-record a video for fans, then release it during …
Co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announce VP of Product Adam Mosseri as new Head of Instagram
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Free ad-supported streaming services from Roku, Pluto TV, Xumo, and others attract viewers and appeal to TV manufacturers, which receive recurring ad revenue
Subscription services might dominate the over-the-top video market today, but free, ad-supported platforms are beginning to find … Tweets: @digiday See also Mediagazer Tweets: @digiday : These service...
Tencent's Honour of Kings, one of the most popular games in China, says it's testing facial recognition to verify the age of players
Starting in Chrome 70, users will be able to restrict extensions' access to a custom list of sites or require a click to grant access on a page-by-page basis
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Tesco Bank fined £16.4M over 2016 cyber attack that led to millions of stolen funds, later reimbursed, and all 136,000+ customer accounts being frozen
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Sources: Amazon subsidiary IMDb is expected to announce a free, ad-supported video service, similar to The Roku Channel, for Amazon Fire TV users this week
A look at Elisabeth Murdoch's Vertical Networks, which engages teenagers on Snapchat, Facebook, and YouTube with popular original shows and a digital magazine
GLENDALE, Calif. — A young actor with a bushy goatee, cast as a Satanist on a murder-mystery show called “Solve,” sat facing a camera on a stuffy, no-frills set in July. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @ny...
Verizon says it's started rolling out its Verizon 5G Home broadband service in Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, for typical speeds of 300Mbps
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Apple launches “Everyone Can Create” curriculum, announced at its education event last March in Chicago, on Apple Books
according to Apple Books Dani Deahl / The Verge : Apple's Everyone Can Create curriculum is now available in Apple Books Brenda Stolyar / Digital Trends : Apple's free ‘Everyone Can Create’ curriculum...
Two of Benchmark Capital's longtime general partners, Matt Cohler and Mitch Lasky, are voluntarily stepping back as the VC firm raises its ninth fund
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Yahoo Japan announces it will shut down its GeoCities service in March 2019, 22 years after its launch, citing profitability and technological issues
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Sources: SoftBank's Vision Fund to invest ~$500M in Baidu's Zuoyebang, an online education startup in China that has already raised more than $500M in funding
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EU's privacy watchdog says Facebook notified them about breach on Thursday evening; experts say that seems to comply with GDPR and may limit exposure to fines
here's what (little) you can do Andy Meek / BGR : The most recent Facebook hack is way worse than you probably realize Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : The EU could slap Facebook with a fine as high as $1.6...
Tencent announces restructuring, including consolidating some units and creating a new group for cloud and smart industries, as it copes with Chinese regulation
Google Maps adds a dedicated “commute” tab, with live traffic updates and transit information tailored to your commute and Android notifications about delays
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YouTube expands its TrueView in-stream ad format to add more extensions that let advertisers push actions like app downloads or buying movie tickets
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California governor has signed a bill that bans bots from pretending to be real people online, without disclosure, while selling products or influencing votes
Gili Malinsky / NBC News : Tweets: @sub8u . Thanks: @jasonabbruzzese Tweets: Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : How to pop the bubble of every AI/conversational bot that you've been engaging with thus far h...
Apollo, a sales engagement startup boasting a database of more than 200M contact records, emailed customers to say it was hacked
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