Genius partners with Apple Music to show lyrics and annotations for thousands of selected songs and makes Apple Music the official music player for Genius
Music encyclopedia and lyrics database Genius has announced a partnership with Apple Music, pairing the website's lyrics with songs.
Razer Phone 2 hands-on: Snapdragon 845, 20MP and 8MP dual rear cameras, and Qi Wireless Charging; available for pre-order now from $799
When Razer announced its Razer Phone as a ‘gaming smartphone’, a sizeable number scoffed at the idea - how can it be a gaming smartphone if everyone has the same flagship hardware?
Apple to buy a part of Dialog Semiconductor, a chipmaker based out of Europe, for $300M in cash, and will commit $300M in further purchases from the business
Apple has quietly been putting considerable effort into building faster and more efficient chips that can help differentiate …
Global PC shipments in Q3 were flat, up 0.1% YoY according to Gartner, as IDC estimates 0.9% decline; Gartner says Microsoft broke into top 5 PC vendors in US
The PC market is seeing some very interesting moves this year. In Q2 2018, global shipments were up for the first time in six years …
Cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake Computing raises $450M led by Sequoia Capital at a $3.5B valuation, bringing its total raised to $923M
In January, after raising $263 million, Snowflake Computing CEO Bob Muglia indicated that the next time his fast-growing cloud data warehousing company tapped …
Sources: Apple plans to make content it owns free to device owners as part of its forthcoming TV service, launching early next year
- Apple is planning to mix free original content with subscription “channels” to existing digital video services on its “TV” application.
Microsoft joins the Open Invention Network and cross-licenses over 60,000 patents for other members
After years of waging patent war on Google's Linux-based Android mobile operating system, Microsoft agreed Wednesday to join the Open Invention Network and cross-license its more than 60,000 patents t...
Square CFO Sarah Friar is leaving to become CEO of Nextdoor
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Alipay and Tencent say hackers used stolen Apple IDs to access some customer accounts and steal unknown sums of money; Alipay says Apple hasn't fixed the issue
- China's top digital wallet didn't say how much was stolen — Ant Financial and Tencent are working with Apple on the case
Samsung unveils the mid-range Galaxy A9 with four rear cameras, 6.3-inch display, Snapdragon 660, 128GB storage, and 3,800mAh battery, for €599 in November
Google's Pixel 3 reveal came and went earlier this week, bringing us ever closer to the end of new flagship season.
Blockstream debuts Liquid, a “federated sidechain” for bitcoin that lets partners, which include two dozen exchanges, quickly transact bitcoin
Three years in the making, bitcoin's first sidechain “Liquid” is now live. — Launched by San Francisco startup Blockstream …
Legal chatbot service DoNotPay now helps users lock down privacy settings of social media accounts and sue companies that expose users' data through hacks
- Automated legal tool DoNotPay is trying to help people lock down their online privacy settings and sue companies that get hacked.
Following Google+ data leak, Google will restrict developer access to Gmail starting Jan. 9 for apps that aren't email or productivity, worrying some developers
Some apps will be cut off from all Gmail data, others restricted from selling collected data or from using it to target advertising, Google said Monday
IFPI report: 86% of survey respondents stream music, 57% of 16-24 year olds use a paid service; 38% of consumers obtain music through piracy
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade body for the worldwide record business, released its Music Consumer Insight Report …
Pocket improves article listening function with text-to-speech service Amazon Polly with a more human-like voice, on iOS and Android
Pocket is rolling out a handful of updates today, as the Mozilla-owned app reminds users that it's more than a simple read-it-later service.
Google's Pixel 3 XL, which includes a very tall notch and a “chin” bezel, lacks the groundbreaking tech Apple used to justify the iPhone X's notch
A large notch requires a strong argument, and Google didn't make one — Google's Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL arrived yesterday without too much fanfare.
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman say their mobile video startup is called Quibi and will have a two-tiered subscription model targeting 25-35 year olds
Media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and veteran tech executive Meg Whitman used the prominent platform of Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit …
Magic Leap expands shipping for its One Creator Edition headset, which costs $2,295, to most of the US with deliveries arriving within 60 days
As Magic Leap holds the first developer conference for its Magic Leap One mixed reality headset, that headset has started shipping across …
EU Parliament rules that data generated by autonomous cars, including telemetry data, can be copyrighted, likely by car manufacturers to sell to third-parties
Today, the EU held a routine vote on regulations for self-driving cars, when something decidedly out of the ordinary happened...
Walmart is creating a joint venture with New York-based “interactive storytelling” startup Eko; sources say the investment with Eko is worth $250M
Walmart is going Hollywood. — The world's largest retailer, in a constant battle with its rival Amazon …
Magic Leap says it will add multi-user chat rooms with custom avatars in November, support for two controllers by early next year, city-wide AR layers, and more
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Tribe Capital data: US customers trading on Coinbase dropped 80% from December 2017 through September 2018, as cryptocurrencies experienced sharp declines
Buy and hodl—that's been the mantra of cryptocurrency investors since a devotee first made the typo in a Bitcoin forum in 2013.
New York-based Loadsmart, which uses AI to automate freight booking, raises $21.6M Series A led by Maersk Growth, the shipping giant's investment arm
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Bumble founder says the dating company is in “deep discussions with banks” about an IPO on Nasdaq after 2018 and expects up to $400M in revenue this year
- Group owns Badoo, the world's largest mobile-based dating app — 'We're better than Match,' says Badoo founder Andrey Andreev
In response to Sen. Bernie Sanders' questions on the removal of stock awards and bonuses, Amazon says “all hourly employees” will see “total compensation” rise
because then Amazon took away bonuses and stock options. http://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimes : In Amazon warehouses across the United States, many longtime workers are fuming that — based on the infor...
As Tim Cook visits China on a multi-day trip amid trade tensions with the US, his main objective is staying in China's good books
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Google makes alert center for G Suite, launched in beta in September, generally available to help organizations identify and mitigate security threats
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet :
Waymo's driverless cars have now driven 10M miles on public roads, up from 5M miles eight months ago
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Leaked presentation by Google employees gives a rare and stark look at Google's struggles as it grapples with decisions around freedom of speech and censorship
probably the most thoughtful document I've read — repackaged and blasted as censorship based solely on the title slide http://www.scribd.com/...
How some climate scientists use a Fortnite channel on Twitch to discuss and disseminate information about climate change to a young audience
Angela Watercutter / Wired : Tweets: @burkese , @wired , @thewastedworld , @cwarzel , and @fredkrupp Tweets: Sharon Burke / @burkese : Image of scientists shying away from public engagement turned on...
Waze announces a US-wide rollout of its carpooling service Waze Carpool, first launched in 2016
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Google says in an email to users that its Reply tool for Android, which added a smart response bar to notifications, is being shut down over the coming months
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Snapchat launches Snap Originals, 12 daily scripted original shows for its Discover section, with each episode lasting four or five minutes
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Sources detail how Amazon shut down a machine learning tool for rating job applications in 2017 because it was biased against female candidates
Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters :
Senator John Thune, the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, asks Apple, Amazon, and Supermicro for briefings on China's alleged implanted chips
Sources: SEC has significantly widened its crackdown on ICOs in recent months, with dozens of companies quietly refunding investors
Daniel Roberts / Decrypt Media :
A look at the battle between Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook for dominance in the home, and their respective strategies, strengths, and weaknesses
Ben Thompson / Stratechery :
Chipmaker Micron Technology says it is planning to invest up to $100M in startups working on AI for use in fields like self-driving cars and factory automation
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
Analysis of the top 2,000 websites visited by EU and US residents shows ad trackers per page dropped 4% for EU users after GDPR and rose by 8%+ for US users
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