UK parliament seizes documents, first obtained in a US civil case, allegedly shedding light on Facebook policies that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal
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The best Cyber Monday 2018 deals on phones, fitness trackers, smart speakers, streaming devices, and more, from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Amazon, and others
Cyber Monday is almost upon us and that means deals, deals, deals. Some are good, some are bad — here are the best of them.
Facebook disbands its widely publicized “War Room”, says it wasn't a permanent solution, touts Strategic Response Team as its way to handle future crises
COO oversaw social-media company's meteoric rise, but her leadership is being questioned now
Airbnb says it has hired Dave Stephenson, VP and CFO of Amazon's Worldwide Consumer Organization, as its CFO, ahead of a potential IPO in 2019
- Stephenson spent 17 years as Amazon, most recently as VP and CFO of Amazon's Worldwide Consumer Organization, responsible for all global website sales.
Logitech says it has ended talks to acquire Plantronics; Logitech was rumored to have offered $2.2B to acquire the communications equipment maker
(Reuters) - Logitech International SA (LOGN.S), a Swiss manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, has ended discussions to acquire Plantronics Inc …
Amazon to close its food delivery service Amazon Restaurants in UK from December 3, just over two years after launching in the country
Amazon is to close its London-based takeaway delivery service next month in a rare reverse for the US tech giant. — Customers have received an email saying …
AC Global Risk, a startup that touts Apple, Facebook, Palantir, and Google as clients, claims it can assess one's “risk level” via a 10 minute yes/no voice Q&A
Is it possible to tell whether someone is a criminal just from looking at their face or listening to the sound of their voice?
Washington DC is now using the Open Law Library, a non-profit codification contractor to publish its laws in XML format on GitHub
Washington DC has made GitHub the authoritative digital source for DC laws. — Recently, I found a typo in the District of Columbia's legal code and corrected it using GitHub.
An in-depth look at the latencies introduced at various points, from input devices to what is displayed on the screen, that make apps feel slow
You spend lots of time waiting on your computer. You pause while apps start and web pages load. Spinner icons are everywhere. Tweets: @marcedwards Tweets: Marc Edwards / @marcedwards : “Hardware get...
How Lenny, a chatbot made in 2009 to troll telemarketers, has gained a cult following and now gets ~300 calls/day, averaging almost ten minutes per call
Lenny is a decade-old chatbot designed to troll telemarketers that has developed a cult following online. It's remarkably convincing, but is it actually effective?
Interview with Atari CEO Frederic Chesnais on how the company has returned to profitability and paid off its debt ahead of a planned console launch in 2019
When Fred Chesnais took over the legendary Atari company in 2013, the new owners had about $34 million (30 million euros) in debt and about $1 million in revenue.
India's GOQii, which makes wearable fitness devices, raises $30M-$35M Series B led by Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co, sources say at a $100M-$125M valuation
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Sources: Russia's considering legislation that would fine tech companies up to 1% of their annual revenue in the country for failing to comply with Russian laws
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has launched a civil case against Google (GOOGL.O), accusing it of failing to comply with a legal requirement …
Internal docs: Venmo had operating loss of ~$40M in Q1 2018, 40% bigger than expected, largely due to fraud that led the company to reduce website functionality
A spike in fraudulent activity earlier this year led to higher losses than the payments company had expected
Google settles racial discrimination claim with a contractor who was frequently harassed by security in shopping centers as he was mapping Wi-Fi networks there
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How Ripple has distanced itself from previous statements that it created XRP “within the Ripple network”, amid a pending lawsuit and looming SEC scrutiny
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Researchers: next gen Rowhammer attacks can target ECC memory previously thought to be impervious, potentially increasing scope of attack to servers and routers
Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Tweets: @nxthompson Tweets: Nicholas Thompson / @nxthompson : This hacking technique is truly astonishing. https://www.wired.com/... pic.twitter.com/LnMU1FRQRi
Study of developed markets: US has the 5th highest per gigabyte prices in 4G smartphone plans and is the most expensive market in wireless home broadband plans
Karl Bode / Motherboard : Tweets: @felixsalmon , @openmediaorg , and @vgul Tweets: Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon : Verizon's 100GB mobile hotspot plan: $710/mo. The same plan in Europe: €10 to €20 per ...
Low fees and high interest rates are allowing VC-funded “neo-banks” like Chime, Aspiration, Empower, and Varo to compete with the big consumer banks in the US
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times : Tweets: @nathanielpopper , @garrytan , @mr_james_c , @jamesplloyd , @nytimesbusiness , @nytimesbusiness , @nytimesbusiness , @alexisohanian , and @nytimesbusiness ...
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