Microsoft says it has fixed a data deletion bug and is re-releasing the Windows 10 October 2018 Update that it pulled over the weekend
Software maker is making changes to Windows 10 testing — Microsoft is re-releasing its Windows 10 October 2018 Update today, following the company pulling …
Waze announces a US-wide rollout of its carpooling service Waze Carpool, first launched in 2016
The navigation app first started experimenting with carpooling in 2016 — For many drivers, Waze is the go-to app for circumnavigating pesky traffic jams.
Snapchat launches Snap Originals, 12 daily scripted original shows for its Discover section, with each episode lasting four or five minutes
Snapchat needs reasons for teens to come back every day as it struggles to grow amidst competition from Instagram, so it's capitalizing on its Los Angeles roots.
Sources: after disappointing sales, Andy Rubin's Essential is building a new phone with a small screen that will mostly rely on voice commands
- Mobile device would conduct tasks itself or via voice control — Startup pauses work on home speaker to focus on new gadget
Sources detail how Amazon shut down a machine learning tool for rating job applications in 2017 because it was biased against female candidates
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O) machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
Nvidia launches Rapids, an open source platform for data science and machine learning, to help bring GPU acceleration to data analytics, with IBM, HPE, others
Nvidia, together with partners like IBM, HPE, Oracle, Databricks and others, is launching a new open-source platform for data science and machine learning today.
Diar report: as Bitcoin mining revenues reach ~$5B in 2018, rising costs like electricity are making mining unprofitable for all but the biggest of players
Bitcoin (BTC) miner revenues for the first six months of 2018 have already surpassed results in 2017, but the miners themselves see little profit …
Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile deny being the “US telecom” mentioned in today's Bloomberg story alleging compromised Supermicro hardware
at this point—makes little sense. http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... Micah Lee / @micahflee : Bloomberg now has a follow-up story claiming that an unnamed “major U.S. telecommunications company” discove...
Google announces $799+ 5.5" Pixel 3 and $899+ 6.3" Pixel 3 XL with slimmed down bezels, wireless charging, dual front cameras, preorder now, available Oct. 18
Google just unveiled the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, its latest flagship Android smartphones. There was little left to “unveil” …
Senator John Thune, the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, asks Apple, Amazon, and Supermicro for briefings on China's alleged implanted chips
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee has asked Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Super Micro Computer Inc …
Microsoft has discontinued support for the Apple TV version of Minecraft from September 24 due to lack of players, undermining Apple's push into gaming
- “Minecraft” is one of the most popular games in the world, and the second highest-selling game of all time.
Waymo's driverless cars have now driven 10M miles on public roads, up from 5M miles eight months ago
Alphabet's self-driving technology division, Waymo, revealed that its autonomous vehicles have now driven 10 million miles on public roads. This represents a 100 percent increase …
Report: Apple bought Danish visual effects startup Spektral for $30M+ in December 2017; the company had raised $2.8M last year
Even for uber-secretive Apple, the acquisition of Danish visual effects startup Spektral was especially hush-hush. The tech giant bought the Copenhagen-based firm …
US GAO releases report highlighting Pentagon failures around cybersecurity, including security of weapons, like using weak passwords
A government watchdog has said the Department of Defense has not done enough to protect critical weapons systems from cyberattacks.
Nvidia partners with Volvo to use Nvidia chips for low-level autonomous features in all its next-generation vehicles, starting in the early 2020s
Alexandria Sage / Reuters :
Twitter says it will remove the ability to create Moments from its iOS and Android apps on October 23, making it a desktop exclusive
Twitter has announced today that it is removing the ability to create Twitter Moments from its iOS and Android applications.
WhatsApp fixes a bug, identified by Google's Project Zero, that let hackers take over its Android or iOS app when a user answered an incoming video call
Bug only affects WhatsApp for Android and iOS, but the issue has been fixed this week. — WhatsApp developers have fixed a bug …
Egnyte, which provides a content management platform for businesses, raises $75M Series E led by Goldman Sachs
Egnyte, which provides a content management platform for businesses, said Wednesday that it raised $75 million in late-stage capital from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The 11-year-old firm …
Google says Duplex AI coming to Pixel phones in NYC, Atlanta, Phoenix, and SF by year's end as part of Assistant, will only make restaurant reservations for now
a wire Natt Garun / The Verge : The 5 biggest announcements from the Google Pixel 3 event Allyson Wright / The Google Advertiser Community : Public testing with the Assistant's Duplex technology kicks...
Users on Discord are still freely exchanging pro-Nazi/white supremacy speech on the platform, more than year after a number of alt-right accounts were purged
Discord is a hub for 150 million gamers—as well as some of the worst people on the web. — Why LADbible Is More Popular on Facebook Than the New York Times Tweets: @slate , @aprilaser , @communism_kil...
Robinhood launches its own independent trade clearing system that will allow it to settle and clear transactions, and custody assets
- Robinhood spent two years quietly building its own clearing system so it wouldn't have to rely on an external firm to clear and settle transactions, or custody assets.
Demisto, a Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) startup, raises $43M Series C led by Greylock Partners
Demisto announced today that it has raised $43 million as the company tries to simplify the management of security even as the complexity of threats and tools multiplies.
Report: Apple “dramatically” reduced the rate of fraud in its Chinese retail stores in recent years using secretly marked parts, changed repair policies, more
If you've ever wondered why Apple employees seem at least a little skeptical during requests for repairs …
Chinese Airbnb rival Xiaozhu raises a ~$300M round led by Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital, says it currently has 500K+ active listings
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese short-term rental firm Xiaozhu.com said on Wednesday it has raised nearly $300 million in a funding round led by Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital …
Employees at Facebook's fact-checking partner in the Philippines, online news site Rappler, say they're struggling to “clean up Facebook's mess”
MANILA — The fictional news stories pop up on Facebook faster than Paterno Esmaquel II and his co-workers can stamp them out. Tweets: @robertmackey , @tefomohapi , @samueljscott , @jotted , @jason_kin...
Zenefits co-founder Parker Conrad's HR startup Rippling launches its new employee management system, after securing $7M in March 2017
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Google launches Live Albums, which uses AI to automate the sharing of photos with groups of people and displays them on the Home Hub as they are taken
a new way to share that's always up to date Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Despite a misleading quote, Google hasn't dropped unlimited Google Photos backup for life on original Pixels Rita El Khoury / Andr...
Huawei unveils two AI chips, the Ascend 910 and Ascend 310, for data centers and internet-connected consumer devices, as it takes aim at Qualcomm and Nvidia
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC :
Facebook quietly begins testing Messenger Lite for iOS, which is only 10MB, starting in Turkey
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Google debuts Pixel Slate, a Chrome OS tablet with a 3000×2000 display, 8-16GB of RAM, front and rear cameras, no 3.5mm jack; coming later in 2018 from $599
Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com :
Forbes partners with journalism blockchain network Civil to become the first major media company to experiment with publishing stories to the blockchain
Sara Fischer / Axios :
IAC files to dismiss Sean Rad's $2B suit that claims it deflated Tinder's valuation, says Rad earned $400M from stock sales, was involved in valuation process
Kurt Wagner / Recode :
Alphabet appeals the record $5B fine imposed by European Union antitrust regulators three months ago for its practices involving Android
But It's Changing Its Ways Nonetheless Greg Sterling / Marketing Land : Google appeals record $5 billion EU antitrust Android fine Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET : Google appeals EU's $5 billion fine over Andr...
Following reports of Google+ privacy bug, German watchdog says it's opened a probe into the matter, which could have affected as many as 500,000 people
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg :
Google debuts an updated Chromecast with support for multi-room audio and 1080p streaming at 60fps, available now for $35
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Netlify, a web app hosting and development startup, raises $30M series B led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing total raised to $44M
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Instagram will use machine learning to scan photos to detect bullying and send them to community moderators for review if needed, rolling out in coming weeks
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Andreessen, Altman, Kalanick, others named to a Saudi advisory board for a $500B megacity project amid journalist's disappearance; Jony Ive dropped from list
Rob Price / Business Insider :
A look at rumors and fake information on WhatsApp in Brazil, where nearly all Internet users have accounts and debunked videos still go viral amid the election
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News :
As Facebook has shown a lack of caution and unquenchable desire for personal info, debuting Portal home video chat devices is just its latest tone-deaf decision
three generations in three states. Speech is kinder for the elderly. http://twitter.com/... Ryan Paul / @segphault : If you load this Buzzfeed article about Facebook's invasive surveillance practices,...
Source: Meicai, an online marketplace in China for vegetables and more, has raised about $800M, led by Hillhouse Capital and Tiger Global, at a $7B valuation
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg : Tweets: @technology , @tekkamana , @jasonlk , and @luluyilun Tweets: @technology : A Chinese rocket scientist's startup that helps farmers sell vegetables to restaurants...
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