Quora says it discovered a data breach on Nov. 30 affecting about 100M users, exposing names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and other non-public content
We recently discovered that some user data was compromised as a result of unauthorized access to one of our systems by a malicious third party.
Sources: Microsoft is building a Chromium-powered web browser that will replace Edge as the default browser on Windows 10
Microsoft is throwing in the towel with Edge and is building a new web browser for Windows 10, this time powered by Chromium. — Microsoft's Edge web browser …
Razer Blade Stealth updated with a new design, Windows Hello, and an option for a 4K screen with discrete graphics; launching today with same $1,399 base price
The updated Blade Stealth might be a charmer — Razer is updating one of its most recognizable laptops, the 13.3-inch Blade Stealth, with a new chassis and specs.
New Nvidia AI research project uses objects and scenery from within existing videos to build new interactive environments in realistic city landscapes
It all started with cities and — what else? — Gangnam Style. — Attendees of this year's NeurIPS AI conference in Montreal can spend …
Google to expand eSIM support for Pixel 3 to Sprint and carriers in Germany, the UK, and India in the coming months
With eSIM technology, users no longer have to manage the tiny-sized card thanks to all the necessary information becoming digitized. Google today announced expanded eSIM support …
DuckDuckGo study finds that Google personalizes search results even when logged out or using the private browsing incognito mode
A study, albeit from competitor DuckDuckGo, finds that Google search results can vary significantly — The amount of personalization inherent in any one of Google's …
Valve, which used to take a 30% cut of all revenue on Steam, says it will now take a 25% cut for games with $10M-$50M in sales and just 20% for games with $50M+
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Profile of Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat, the only Google Senior Fellows, who joined the company in 1999 and have pair-programmed some of its key infrastructure
Coding together at the same computer, Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat changed the course of the company—and the Internet.
Bose announces Frames, its AR glasses that use sound to relay information, available to preorder now for $199, shipping in January
More information about its AR platform is coming at SXSW — Bose has officially announced a consumer release of Frames, its augmented reality sunglasses …
AOL owner Oath agrees to a ~$5M settlement over charges its ad exchange placed targeted ads on websites directed to kids, violating a federal privacy law
Oath, the owner of AOL and Yahoo, has agreed to pay about $5 million to settle charges from the New York attorney general …
Fortnite-maker Epic Games announces a PC and Mac game store to rival Steam's, coming “soon”, with 88% of revenue going to developers, up from 70% on Steam
Fortnite-maker Epic Games is capping off their insanely successful 2018 with an even more ambitious product launch …
2018 State of European Tech report: funding reached a record $23B, all-male founders get 93% of capital, and almost 50% women suffer discrimination in workplace
The 2018 State of European Tech report, now in its fourth year, was released today. Assembled by investment firm Atomico …
IDC: in Q3 2018, global wearables shipment volume was 32M units, up 21.7% YoY, as Xiaomi became the top vendor by shipments, shipping 6.9M units, up 90.9% YoY
While IDC's latest report on wearables spotlights continued growth in international demand, much of the surge is coming …
Facebook makes Collections shareable, allowing users to share gift ideas or shopping lists with friends
This holiday season, Facebook is hoping you'll use a relatively little-known feature to share your gift ideas. — With collections, users can already save Facebook content …
Tumblr says it will permanently ban adult content from its platform beginning December 17
Tumblr will ban 'female-presenting nipples … Heather Kelly / CNN : How Tumblr's adult content crackdown could alienate users Andy Meek / BGR : Tumblr is banning all adult content in a major shift for ...
Munich-based Freeletics, which provides AI-powered mobile fitness plans tailored to individual users, raises $45M Series A
One of Europe's most popular fitness applications is poised to flourish in the U.S. market with the help of several Los Angeles-based investors.
Inside Google's Area 120, the company's in-house startup incubator founded in 2016 that has since greenlighted about 50 projects by Google employees
Google's “20% time“-the long-standing perk that invites employees to carve off a fifth of their working hours to devote to personal projects … Tweets: @harrymccracken , @fastcodesign , @fearofpoets , ...
Sources: Microsoft is working on Windows Lite, a super lightweight, instant on, always connected OS that runs only PWAs and UWP apps, to challenge Chrome OS
here comes Surface ‘Centaurus’ Arif Bacchus / Digital Trends : Microsoft to target Chromebooks with new Windows Lite OS, report says Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet : Microsoft's ‘Centaurus’ device is yet anoth...
After Jack Dorsey's trip to India and encounter with the harassment Dalits face on Twitter, it's time to include minorities in talks of platform accountability
Dalits and other Indian gender, religious, tribal and ethnic minorities are regularly harassed on Twitter by right-wing troll armies. Tweets: @johnstanly , @nytimes , @techworkersco , @equalitylabs , ...
Nvidia announces a new $2,499 GPU called Titan RTX with 576 tensor cores, 24GB of GDDR6 memory, and the new Turing architecture, shipping later this month
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is now set to testify before House committee on December 11, postponed by a week because of President George H.W. Bush's funeral
Makena Kelly / The Verge :
Google addresses Pixel 3 and 3 XL RAM management and camera performance issues with its December security patch release
December 2018 Greg Synek / TechSpot : Google rolls out December update to Pixel devices fixing common complaints Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo : The Pixel 3's Big Bug Fix Update Is Here Jon Fingas / Engadg...
Samsung and Verizon will partner to release a 5G smartphone using Qualcomm processors in the first half of 2019, plan to show a concept device this week
Every next-generation mobile … Oliver Cragg / Android Authority : Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2018: How to watch keynote live and what to expect Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge : AT&T will also have a 5G ...
Microsoft debuts public preview of Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Mac, with a new window layout, more space for coding, a new search experience, and more
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Google removes two apps from China's Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech from Google Play after internal investigation found they executed ad fraud via click injection
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Tencent Music sets its US IPO price range of $13 to $15 per share, aims to raise $1.15B at a valuation of $23.4B at midpoint of the range
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Gartner: 389M smartphones were sold to end users in Q3, up 1.4% YoY, but market leader Samsung dropped 14% YoY to 73M units, now at 18.9% marketshare
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Huawei launches StorySign, an Android app developed with non-profit European Union for the Deaf, that translates children's books into sign language
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Microsoft launches Al-powered real-time captions and subtitles for Skype and says PowerPoint will also get them in early 2019
PowerPoint to follow Chuong Nguyen / Digital Trends : Microsoft leans on A.I. to bring real-time closed-captioning to PowerPoint James Thorne / GeekWire : Microsoft makes real-time captions and transl...
DeepMind's latest AI program AlphaFold wins international competition with its algorithm predicting 3D shapes of proteins, beating 97 entrants
Ian Sample / The Guardian :
Review of $349 Nokia 7.1: has a sharp and colorful screen, snappy performance, and fast software updates due to Android One, making for a great value smartphone
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
WhatsApp to air three commercials in 10 local languages in India on TV, YouTube, and FB, warning against spreading fake news and the need to verify dubious info
Ivan Mehta / The Next Web : Tweets: @varunjuice Tweets: Varun Singh / @varunjuice : WhatsApp ostensibly has more reach than TV channels so why air ads and not have an in app notification? Because com...
NEA announces a $1.35B spinout fund called NewView Capital, sells 31 of its portfolio companies including 23andMe, Duolingo, Forter, and GumGum to the new fund
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.