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
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Test: Macs with T2 chips can still be repaired independently and remain operational as it seems Apple hasn't activated its rumored software “kill switch”
Well, stop the presses. Turns out, ‘Apple makes your MacBook inoperative if you get it fixed at local repair shops’ isn't quite true …
Microsoft says it's pausing the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update while it investigates reports of some users missing files after updating
Microsoft cites problems with the latest update package deleting user files. — Microsoft has paused the rollout of Windows 10 October 2018 Update …
After Windows 10 October 2018 upgrade, some users are reporting problems like their files and profiles getting deleted, issues with Microsoft Store apps, more
Every time Microsoft rolls out a new Windows 10 feature update we hear of problems being encountered by early adopters …
Questions arise about Bloomberg's story on China spying via tiny chips after companies' strong denials, showing the difficulties of national security reporting
Today's bombshell Bloomberg story has the internet split: either the story is right, and reporters have uncovered one of the largest …
Sources describe the internal turmoil at Facebook following Joel Kaplan's appearance in support of Brett Kavanaugh during his testimony to Congress last week
in reality, Facebook's senior leaders fight hard, *in public*, for Kavanaugh just as they did for Trump. http://www.nytimes.com/... Deepa Seetharaman / @dseetharaman : News coming: Hundreds of Faceboo...
Elastic, a search and data analytics startup, closes up 94.4% on its first day of trading after raising $252M in its IPO and is now valued at about $4.8B
- The company offers its technology through cloud providers such as Amazon, but Amazon also represents competition.
Source: in a company-wide Facebook town hall, Joel Kaplan said he should have talked to Zuckerberg and Sandberg before attending Kavanaugh hearings
Top Facebook executive Joel Kaplan made an emotional appearance at a companywide town hall Friday, and admitted that he should have consulted …
An inside look at the tragic end of Telltale Games, the award-winning studio whose sudden closure left many employees blindsided and financially vulnerable
How an award-winning studio abruptly shuttered, as told by the people who were there — When employees showed up for work on Friday …
Sources: Supermicro firmware portal was breached in 2015 and some customers downloaded malware; Facebook was among them, says no servers were used in production
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Sources: Sundar Pichai visited the Pentagon last week to meet reps of the DoD division that oversees Project Maven
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai quietly paid the Pentagon a visit during his trip to Washington last week, seeking to smooth over tensions roughly four months …
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
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A look at ChuChu TV, the Chennai-based kids entertainment empire on YouTube that has 19B+ views, 29M aggregate subscribers, and adds ~40K subscribers daily
chuchu tv, the company responsible for some of the most widely viewed toddler content on YouTube, has a suitably cute origin story. Tweets: @andersen , @gmisrag , @kris_sg , @alexismadrigal , @polemit...
Google says Assistant users can now compare ride-hailing prices and book a ride from Uber, Lyft, Ola, Grab, Go-Jek, and more
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How a Quebec IT engineer got swept up in the crypto craze and started a multimillion ponzi scheme, defrauding dozens of people after his mining strategy failed
A Quebec IT worker was certain he'd developed a foolproof way to mine bitcoin. Instead, it led him and his investors to ruin. Tweets: @mkonnikova Tweets: Maria Konnikova / @mkonnikova : “If you go in...
Randori, a Boston-based startup that claims to have “industry's first nation-state caliber attack platform” to test corporate networks, raises $9.75M seed round
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Facebook confirms Messenger is testing voice features to dictate and send messages, initiate voice calls, and create reminders, as the app's Android code shows
Facebook Messenger could soon let you user your voice to dictate and send messages, initiate voice calls, and create reminders.
Report: share of global venture capital captured by US has fallen from over 95% in the mid-1990s to 71% in 2012 to ~50% in 2017; India, China benefited most
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Sources: Walmart is asking companies that want to sell smart home products to make sure those products work with Google Home
Walmart is asking companies that want to sell smart home products to make sure those products work with Google Home. The retailer has instructed potential suppliers … Tweets: @leeratliff Tweets: Lee ...
Amazon says it has fired an employee for sharing users' email addresses with a third-party seller, is working with law enforcement, informing affected customers
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