Apple unveils iPad Pro with no home button, thinner design, smaller bezels, A12X chip, Face ID, no 3.5mm jack, and USB-C; 12.9" for $999+, 11" model for $799+
After months of rumors, Apple has today announced a completely redesigned iPad Pro with slimmed-down bezels, Face ID, a USB-C port …
Apple says it will release iOS 12.1 on October 30 with Group FaceTime, new emoji, Dual SIM support, and more
iOS 12.1 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch will be available tomorrow as a free software update. The first significant update to iOS 12 brings a variety of features including Group FaceTime …
Apple unveils MacBook Air with Retina 13.3" display, 50% narrower bezel, wedge design, Touch ID, USB-C ports, no Touch Bar, 8th gen Intel CPU, for $1,199+
Apple has brought the MacBook Air back to life today, announcing the first proper refresh of its super thin laptop line in three years during its October hardware event.
Apple unveils Pencil 2, which can attach magnetically to iPad Pro, uses inductive charging, and can detect swipe and tap gestures on the sides of the Pencil
Apple Pencil 2. Apple originally introduced the Apple Pencil in September 2015 as an accessory for the first-generation iPad Pro — the company's first iPad stylus.
Apple announces an updated Mac mini in space gray with Intel 8th gen CPU with four to six cores, up to 64GB RAM and 2TB SSD, starting at $799 for 8GB RAM model
Now that the Air's got shiny new update, it's time for the other major neglected entry in the Mac line.
Nintendo says it sold 3.19M Switch units in Q2, passing the GameCube's total sales with 22.86M units, and reports profit of ~$274M on revenue of ~$1.96B
The Nintendo Switch has overtaken another console in lifetime sales: the GameCube. The company sold 3.19 million units in the last quarter …
Coinbase raises $300M Series E led by Tiger Global Management at a post-money valuation of $8B+
At Coinbase, we believe that cryptocurrencies and the technologies that power them represent a breakthrough in computer science that will change both the internet and the global financial system for t...
Sources: 200+ Google engineers organizing company-wide “women's walk” walkout, expected Nov. 1, following reports of Google protecting alleged sexual harassers
A group of more than two hundred engineers at Google are organizing a company-wide “women's walk” …
Apple says the 2018 MacBook Air and Mac mini are both manufactured with 100% recycled aluminum and the Mac mini features 60% recycled plastic
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Apple announces A12X Bionic 7-nanometer chip, an update to the A12, that has a seven-core GPU and eight-core CPU, processing up to 5T operations per second
It's been just a few short weeks since Apple unveiled the A12 Bionic, but at an event in New York City, the Cupertino upstaged it with a more powerful model: the A12X Bionic.
Apple says there are now 100M active Mac users, with 51% of buyers buying for the first time
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during the company's “More in the Making” event in New York City that the company has 100 million active Mac users. He added that 51 percent of Mac buyers are …
Google releases reCAPTCHA v3 API that is more customizable and runs adaptive risk analysis in the background to alert webmasters of suspicious traffic
CAPTCHAs are a common test on the web and are designed to differentiate between actual users and bots.
Evernote CEO Chris O'Neill to depart and be replaced by Ian Small
Hi, I'm Ian Small. — Today is my first day as CEO of Evernote. — This morning, the Evernote board announced to the team that Chris O'Neill was leaving the company and that I was joining as CEO.
Sony reports Q2 profit of $2.1B, up 17% YoY, on revenues of $19.5B, up 6% YoY, and boosts annual profit outlook by 30% to $7.7B
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp boosted its annual profit outlook by 30 percent to a record level after a strong second-quarter, propelled by popular game titles like …
Leaked document shows Coinbase is projecting 2018 revenue of ~$1.3B and a profit of $456M, up from revenue of $923M and profit of $380M in 2017
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Gab.com takes its service offline after GoDaddy informed the company they had violated terms of service and had 24 hours to move the domain to another provider
Gab, the controversial social network with a far-right following, has pulled its website offline after domain provider GoDaddy gave it 24 hours to move to another service.
How Gab, the social network where the Pittsburgh shooting suspect aired his hatred in full, became a platform of choice for neo-Nazis and other extremists
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As Google rolls out a news feed under the search box on its mobile homepage, questions remain about the effects it could have on society
This is exhausting; I'm exhausted — I woke up this morning to two pieces of news that I couldn't help but see as two sides of the same coin …
NY's Lockport City school district has begun implementing a controversial surveillance system with facial recognition software and a tool to identify guns
Installed in the wake of recent high-profile mass shootings, controversial facial recognition systems that scan students' faces … Tweets: @evanselinger , @motherboard , @nyclu , @torproject , and @jas...
Amazon says over the last five years it has donated $100M+ to charity through AmazonSmile, its shopping portal that donates to a charity of the shopper's choice
Amazon revealed that it has donated more than $100 million to charitable causes since the launch of AmazonSmile exactly five years ago.
App performance platform HeadSpin raises $20M Series B at a $500M valuation after exiting stealth last year
HeadSpin has closed a $20 million Series B, valuing the provider of mobile application performance software at $500 million. New investors ICONIQ Capital, Battery Ventures …
Uber announces Ride Pass, a $14.99+ per month service that locks in a flat fare for UberX and UberPool trips, available today in five US cities
For $14.99 a month, riders get flat, heavily discounted fares that can save them 15 percent on travel — Uber has a new plan to lock customers …
How China-based Bytedance, worth ~$75B, has crossed borders with relative ease by focusing on apps with light, affirming fare aimed toward young people
BEIJING — A Chinese internet company that serves up homemade break-dancing videos, dishy news bites and goofy hashtag challenges … Tweets: @zhonggg , @nytimesbusiness , @nytimes , @paulmozur , and @ny...
Lime has hired Uber's former business chief David Richter to oversee M&A, sales strategy, and other finance operations; he will also serve as interim CFO
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Sentieo, a startup with an investment research software suite, raises $19M Series A round, led by Centana, to be the AI-powered Bloomberg Terminal
To get an edge on the market, investors must look beyond traditional financial info like revenue and profits.
Interview with Brock Pierce, founder of Block.one and chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, on helping Puerto Rico, cryptocurrency games, and fighting controversy
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Volkswagen and Intel's Mobileye announce plans to launch New Mobility, a commercial autonomous ride-hailing service, in Israel in 2019
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UK chancellor announces a new 2% digital services tax that will come into effect in April 2020 for profitable tech companies that generate £500M a year globally
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
In an attempt to recreate its success from the '90s, IBM has bought Red Hat; it's not clear, though, that the company or the market are the same
IBM's Make or Break Deal for Red Hat Webrazzi : IBM makes the largest software purchase in history by paying 34 billion dollars to Red Hat Bloomberg : IBM's Rometty Stakes Legacy on Risky $33 Billion ...
How startups, volunteers, activist groups, and other organizations from Silicon Valley are trying to spark a Democratic wave during the midterms
Tony Romm / Washington Post : Tweets: @ronaldklain , @sacca , and @shomikdutta . Thanks: @tonyromm Tweets: Ronald Klain / @ronaldklain : Still a lot of work to be done before next Tuesday, but proud ...
Intel says it has achieved “full US workforce representation” 2 years ahead of 2020 goal and that US staff is 26.8% female, 9.2% Hispanic, 4.6% African American
Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal :
Sam's Club, the Walmart-owned members-only retail store, says it will soon open an Amazon Go-like cashierless store called Sam's Club Now in Texas
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
A look at Founders Fund-backed Grabr, which connects shoppers with travelers willing to deliver items abroad, has 500K+ users, many of which evade customs
Andrea Fuller / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @scheckwsj , @wsj , @mtsw , @jd_tuccille , @jamespmcleod , @johncarreyrou , and @rob_barry Tweets: Justin Scheck / @scheckwsj : Why is it ok for Silicon ...
DJI launches $2,000 Mavic 2 Enterprise, with accessories for emergency operations like a spotlight, a loudspeaker, and an ultra-light beacon, available today
Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo :
StarkWare, which develops privacy-focused blockchain tech, closes $30M Series A led by Paradigm with Intel Capital, Sequoia, Coinbase Ventures among investors
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk :
How Foxconn's initial plans for a heavily taxpayer-subsidized $10B mega plant in Wisconsin have devolved into a more modest factory with a robotic assembly line
Bruce Murphy / The Verge :
How Avis aims to compete with self-driving cars and ride-hailing services by connecting its entire fleet to the internet by 2020 and partnering with big tech
Phil Wahba / Fortune : Tweets: @jamyn and @michaelbuhr Tweets: @jamyn : Insight into challenges & opportunity for car rental companies, partic around vision of Avis' new CEO. Connected cars, fleet, d...
After shutting down HipChat, Atlassian says it's selling Jitsi, its chat and videoconferencing tool, to 8X8, a cloud-based conferencing solutions provider
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Microsoft updates its “By The Numbers” site, says it donated $1.4B+ in software and services to nonprofits last year, has made 137 “AI for Earth” grants so far
Usama Jawad / Neowin : Thanks: @usamajawad96
Sources: Snap's Evan Spiegel promoted Kristen O'Hara as Chief Business Officer, then changed his mind two days later, hiring an Amazon exec; O'Hara has departed
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg : Tweets: @sarahfrier , @sub8u , @ohmdee , @karissabe , @carnage4life , @caseynewton , and @mdudas Tweets: Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : Evan Spiegel offered Kristen O'Hara the ...
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