Apple says it has never found malicious chips in its servers, calls Bloomberg reporters' claims unsubstantiated and untrue, says it is not under a gag order
The October 8, 2018 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek incorrectly reports that Apple found “malicious chips” in servers on its network in 2015.
Leaked documents show Macs with T2 chips must pass Apple diagnostics, which is limited to internal use by Apple, or be rendered nonfunctional after repair
Due to advanced security features of the Apple T2 chip, iMac Pro and 2018 MacBook Pro models must pass Apple diagnostics for certain repairs …
Sources: Chinese spies inserted tiny chips onto products from US-based motherboard giant Supermicro to infiltrate ~30 US companies including Amazon and Apple
There's recent news about some really interesting hardware implants. Nicholas Weaver / Lawfare : The China SuperMicro Hack: About That Bloomberg Report Andrew Marino / The Verge : Vergecast: Chinese s...
Amazon, Apple, Supermicro, and the Chinese government issue statements disputing the allegations of Bloomberg Businessweek's hacking story
Bloomberg :
Samsung forecasts record Q3 operating profit of ~$15.8B, up 20% YoY, and revenue of ~$57.3B, up 5% YoY, on continued strong demand for its memory chips
Samsung really appears to be cashing in chips. — The South Korea electronics giant said Thursday it expects to record …
Sources describe the internal turmoil at Facebook following Joel Kaplan's appearance in support of Brett Kavanaugh during his testimony to Congress last week
SAN FRANCISCO — “I want to apologize,” the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff.
Study: 80%+ of the Twitter accounts that spread false info during 2016 election are still active, continue to push more than a million tweets per day
Enough with the “whack-a-mole” claims that as soon as you ban one fake news site, another one pops up: A report released by Knight …
Sources: Supermicro firmware portal was breached in 2015 and some customers downloaded malware; Facebook was among them, says no servers were used in production
Bloomberg :
In a 15-page internal memo sent in late September, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sets a goal of reaching full-year profitability in 2019, admits redesign was rushed
CEO Evan Spiegel has given Snap Inc. the directive of achieving full-year profitability in 2019 and has refocused the company around …
Screenshots suggest Instagram is testing a Location History feature that would share users' location with Facebook for targeted ads and content recommendations
This is sure to exacerbate fears that Facebook will further exploit Instagram now that its founders have resigned.
Amazon launches Alexa skill connections in preview, a new tool enabling devs to use features from other Alexa apps, limited to printing and reservations for now
Amazon's Alexa assistant can do lots of things, like play your favorite song when you walk into a room and follow up on questions it can't answer right away.
The National Theatre in London is offering “smart caption glasses” that display live subtitles synchronized by software and transmitted over Wi-Fi
LONDON — If you have hearing difficulties, the idea of spending hours watching a play may not be that attractive given the risk of key dialogue slipping from your grasp.
Sources: SoftBank is nearing a deal to invest ~$500M in ride-hailing company Grab, which is seeking to raise roughly $1B in its latest funding
JAKARTA/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp is nearing a deal to invest about $500 million in Grab as part of roughly $1 billion …
A look at the Internet Bill of Rights, framed by a Democrat on request by Nancy Pelosi, for how tech and telecom companies should treat Americans online
If Democrats win back the House, they promise to start regulating Silicon Valley. — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer. Tweets: @karaswisher , @emilybell , @larry_irv...
Facebook has quietly launched its Facebook Lite app, previously available only on Android, on iOS in Turkey
- Facebook makes a “lite” version of its app for Android phones that uses less data and battery life and is a smaller download. — A version for iPhones appears to have quietly launched in Turkey.
Cryptocurrency ATMs from Athena Bitcoin and the Odyssey Group headed for Argentina, exploiting volatility of the peso, which lost over 50% of its value in 2018
Maximilian Heath / Reuters :
Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, says it will open a new decentralized exchange, Bithumb DEX, to target the global market
Yoon Young-sil / BusinessKorea :
Some smaller publishers say they are scaling back or giving up promoting content on Facebook because new rules for promoted posts are unwieldy and capricious
When Facebook announced in April that it would create a public database of political advertising, it seemed like a meaningful step … Tweets: @mathewi , @kylepope , @cjr , @dowdedward , and @peterjhass...
Spotify says it is beta testing Spotify for Podcasters, a program to give any podcaster the ability to syndicate their show via the music service
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
US DOJ indicts seven GRU officers with charges relating to cyberattacks on the global chemical weapons watchdog, anti-doping agencies, and a US nuclear company
Mike Pence urges Google to end development of Dragonfly search engine for China, says it will strengthen Communist Party censorship and compromise privacy
people are turning down job offers from Google because of Dragonfly. pic.twitter.com/59fdaSup2t Robin Wauters / @robinwauters : A valid point indeed, regardless of the source http://twitter.com/... Je...
Crunchbase News Q3 2018 Global VC Report: at the end of Q3, 2018's venture funding totals have already surpassed 2017's, up 41.1% YoY
In Q3 2018, the global venture capital market carried on Q2's lampshade-on-head levels of litness. — Crunchbase News reports that, in the third quarter … Thanks: @holdenthepage
Instagram begins rolling out Nametag, which displays usernames in a format that can easily be scanned by others
Jon Porter / The Verge :
Philippines telecom company PLDT says Tencent and KKR will invest up to $175M in Voyager, PLDT's new fintech business, gaining a minority stake
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Brex, which provides corporate credit cards to other tech startups, raises $125M Series C led by DST Global and Greenoaks, at a valuation of $1.1B
Payments companies are hot, but none are hotter than Brex — Henrique Dubugras, a 21-year-old Stanford freshman and entrepreneur … Thanks: @rafie517
MIT/Qatar project aims to use machine learning to detect fake news sites, taking into account their content, URLs, Wikipedia pages and Twitter presence
Steven Melendez / Fast Company :
Uber says it is partnering with nonprofits to help riders and drivers register to vote and find their polling places on November 6 via a poll locator button
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :
Bird announces Bird Delivery, which brings scooters to users' homes or offices in six cities, and unveils Bird Zero, a rugged scooter with a digital screen
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Alibaba and JD.com earning money from prescription drugs via loophole allowing sellers to have them paid on delivery, classifying the transactions as “offline”
Financial Times :
Google says Assistant users can now compare ride-hailing prices and book a ride from Uber, Lyft, Ola, Grab, Go-Jek, and more
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Amazon has quietly launched Amazon Accelerator, a program to let manufacturers make their products part of Amazon's private brands collection
Eugene Kim / CNBC :
Yahoo launches Together, formerly Squirrel in beta, a group messaging app that lets groups organize chats by topics
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Square announces Square Installments to let small businesses offer monthly payment plans to their customers
Kate Rooney / CNBC :
LG V40 ThinQ review: 6.4" QuadHD display, 6GB of RAM, Snapdragon 845, available for preorder now for $900+; five camera system is versatile but not high-quality
Dan Seifert / The Verge : Tweets: @greengart Tweets: Avi Greengart / @greengart : If you push the top right button, the LG Watch W7 mechanical hands move out of the way so you can read your notificat...
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