Spammers are emailing businesses, schools, and other locations in the US, Canada, and New Zealand, demanding bitcoin as ransom to not detonate a supposed bomb
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In a court filing, Apple argues that China's ban on the sale of some iPhones, which it is appealing, would force it to settle its licensing battle with Qualcomm
Apple Inc. said a Chinese ban on the sale of some models of the iPhone will force it to settle a long and bitter licensing battle …
Facebook says that between Sept. 13 and Sept. 25 a bug in a photo API gave app developers access to photos that were uploaded but never shared by ~6.8M users
Reset the “days since the last Facebook privacy scandal” counter, as a Facebook has just revealed a Photo API bug gave app developers …
Italian energy company Saipem was hit by a new variant of the notorious Shamoon disk-wiping malware, which attacked Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco in 2012
Italian oil and gas services company Saipem has confirmed that its systems were hit recently by a new variant of the notorious Shamoon malware.
Facebook adds a custom-built browser and support for its Instant Games platform to its Portal devices
Making its dedicated video chat screen more interactive — A new update out today for Facebook's Portal devices adds some much-needed features to the dedicated video chat screens.
Google says it won't sell general-purpose facial recognition APIs before working through “important technology and policy questions”
More than 400 million people in the world have diabetes. A third of them have diabetic retinopathy, a complication that can cause permanent blindness.
Discord says its PC game store will offer a 90/10 revenue split when it opens for all game developers in 2019
The video game industry is witnessing the death of the standard revenue split for distribution platforms. For years, stores like Steam have taken 30 percent of every sale.
Robinhood launches checking and savings accounts in the US with a 3% interest rate and no minimum balance or fees for overdrafts or foreign transactions
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Apple is notifying artists that it is removing their ability to post to Apple Music Connect and is removing previously posted content from Artist Pages
Apple Music Connect appears to slowly be going the way of iTunes Ping. Apple has started notifying Apple Music artists that it is removing …
Some current and former fact-checkers say Facebook has ignored their concerns, that they have been used for PR, and that they have lost trust in the company
Journalists paid to help fix Facebook's fake news problem say they have lost trust in the platform
SIPC, which insures money in brokerage accounts, disputes Robinhood's claims that funds in newly launched checking and savings accounts is protected by the SIPC
The Securities Investor Protection Corp. said a new checking account from Robinhood Financial LLC raises red flags …
SEC filing: IMAX will close its remaining three virtual reality centers and write off “certain VR investments”; the three sites are expected to close in Q1 2019
Imax is making its exit from virtual reality (VR) official: The company notified shareholders with a SEC filing Thursday …
Apple announces a $1B Austin campus initially for 5,000 workers, new offices in Seattle, San Diego, and Culver City, and expansions in several other US cities
Apple plans to build a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, adding thousands of jobs, while also setting up new large offices in Seattle …
Xiaomi Mi 8 and Mi 8 Pro review: great camera, performance, and value for money but MIUI has many quirks and the in-display fingerprint scanner is inconsistent
Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi is a jack of all trades. It makes a variety of connected gadgets, including TVs, toothbrushes, scooters, and even kettles.
Amsterdam-based e-scooter startup Dott, founded by former Ofo exec Maxim Romain, raises €20M led by EQT Ventures and Naspers
The funding extravaganza may be approaching its end for scooter “unicorns” Lime and Bird, but smaller startups in the micro-mobility space have continued …
Twitter says global government demands for data about users or takedowns of posts increased by 80% in the first half of 2018, with ~87% from Turkey and Russia
Twitter says the number of government demands for data on its users has shot up in the past year.
Sources: Facebook is in talks with pay TV channels, including HBO, Showtime, and Starz, about selling their streaming TV services on its platform
The world's biggest social network wants to get into the pay TV business — by taking a page from Amazon. — Facebook is readying …
A visual look at the biggest tech trends of 2018: sentiment toward Amazon's HQ2 search, the plateau of social media use, Facebook's trust betrayals, more
Here's a visual look back at the year. — There's been a lot to keep track of this year. We've endured disasters both natural and manmade … Tweets: @ranimolla and @ranimolla . Thanks: @ranimolla Twe...
Sources: Niantic, publisher of Pokémon Go, is in the process of raising a $200M funding round that would value the company at $3.9B
The $200 million funding round is expected to be led by IVP, with participation from strategic investors Samsung Electronics Co. and aXiomatic Gaming LLC.
CommBank announces it will support Apple Pay come January, making it the second to do so of the four big banks in Australia; NAB and Westpac remain holdouts
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
Wiki site Fandom says it will acquire Curse Media, which runs gaming wiki site Gamepedia, from Twitch, which bought Curse Media parent Curse in Aug. 2016
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Kotaku :
Sources: Medium CEO Ev Williams had preliminary talks about buying New York Media, parent of New York Magazine; source said talks are “unlikely to progress”
- The Twitter co-founder says he wants to invest in media in '19 — Magazine publisher has been exploring its options this year
US officials and experts say Chinese hackers are breaching US Navy contractors to steal sensitive information about advanced military technology
Intruders gain access to sensitive information about advanced military technology through vulnerable contractors, subcontractors
YouTube's annual Rewind video received 10M dislikes in about eight days, overtaking Justin Bieber's Baby to be the most disliked video
Julia Alexander / The Verge :
Starbucks partners with UberEats to deliver food and coffee from a quarter of its US stores starting in 2019, following a pilot program in Miami in September
Nivedita Balu / Reuters :
Tumblr reappeared on the App Store this week, after being pulled in November over child pornography concerns and 10 days after announcing a ban on adult content
Brian Heater / TechCrunch :
Postmates announces Serve, an autonomous rover launching soon in LA, and says it now averages 4M deliveries per month in 550+ cities
Arielle Pardes / Wired :
Google Maps adds Lime as a navigation option, showing distance to the nearest bike or scooter and an estimate for the cost and ride time, starting in 13 cities
Richard Lawler / Engadget :
Adobe reports mixed Q4 results, with revenue of $2.46B, up 23% YoY, vs. $2.43B analyst est., but misses on profit of $678M
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Stablecoin project Basis, backed by Bain Capital, GV, and a16z, confirms it is closing due to regulatory issues and will return the $133M capital raised
Michael del Castillo / Forbes :
YouTube says it removed 7.8M+ videos between July and September because they broke community guidelines and deleted 1.6M+ channels and 224M+ comments
an update on what we're doing to enforce YouTube's Community Guidelines Mallory Locklear / Engadget : YouTube removed 58 million videos last quarter for violating policies See also Mediagazer
Instacart says it will end its partnership with Whole Foods starting in February; source: move is expected to reduce Instacart's revenue by less than 5 percent
What's Next? Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal : Instacart, Whole Foods Part Ways Marrian Zhou / CNET : Whole Foods, Instacart partnership coming to an end Tweets: Jason Del Rey / @delrey : NEWS: T...
Amazon rolls out preview of Alexa Guard and announces Alexa security panel that lets users control home security systems from ADT, Ring, Abode, and Scout Alarm
Marrian Zhou / CNET :
Facebook says it is rolling out Watch globally on desktop and Facebook Lite and expands availability of Ad Breaks, 15-second in-stream ads, to 14 more markets
Amy Gesenhues / Marketing Land :
Juniper Square, which operates a platform for commercial real estate investment firms, raises $25M Series B led by Ribbit Capital
Kate Clark / TechCrunch :
South African fintech startup Jumo, which specializes in microloans, savings, and insurance, adds $12.5M to $52M round from September as it expands into Asia
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Brave ad-blocking browser moves to Chromium codebase, now supports Chrome extensions but says it won't integrate any Google-based features
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Tweets: @campuscodi and @nathonsecurity Tweets: Catalin Cimpanu / @campuscodi : Brave ditches Muon UI and goes full Chromium. Gets 22% speed boost and support for Chrome ext...
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