Essential says it won't restock Essential Phone anymore, will still sell accessories and provide software updates and is focusing on its “next mobile product”
It wasn't the successful, industry-changing run we had all hoped for from the startup founded by Android creator Andy Rubin …
Netflix debuts its first choose-your-own-storyline movie, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, developed over 18 months using Twine, a game writing tool
BY NEARLY ANY measure, Netflix has had a ridiculous year. When all is said and done, the company will have spent upwards of $10 billion …
Mark Zuckerberg posts a year-end overview on the issues that Facebook encountered in 2018 and its efforts to deal with them
For 2018, my personal challenge has been to focus on addressing some of the most important issues facing our community — whether that's preventing election interference …
CenturyLink says all consumer services impacted by a ~32-hour outage that started on Thursday, including its 911 emergency services, have been restored
911 emergency services in several states across the U.S. went down after a massive outage at a CenturyLink data center.
Over 1,400 pages of leaked Facebook content rules for moderators reveal gaps, biases, and errors as Facebook tries to distill complex issues into yes/no rules
Under fire for stirring up distrust and violence, the social network has vowed to police its users. But leaked documents raise serious questions about its approach.
South Korea says hackers stole data, including names and addresses, of 997 North Korean defectors; cybersecurity experts say likely culprit is North Korea
A likely culprit is North Korea, which attempts an estimated 1.5 million cyberattacks daily, or 17 every second
Netflix no longer allows new or returning users to pay for subscription through in-app purchase in its iOS app, requires them to sign up and pay via its website
Netflix is further distancing itself from Apple's iTunes tax bracket. Earlier this year, the streaming giant enabled iOS users …
A bug Twitter downplayed in 2012 resurfaces as researchers hijack celebrity accounts to send tweets by using a UK mobile phone number tied to an account
Twitter is claiming to have resolved a bug that allowed a group of London-based security researchers to post unauthorized tweets …
Facebook responds to NYT report about its content moderation practices, says its policies are public and that it has about 15,000 content reviewers globally
Yesterday, The New York Times published an article about the the way we moderate content on Facebook.
JD.com to restructure JD Mall, the company's main revenue source, into three units after announcing $1B share buyback amid plunging stock price and CEO worries
JD Mall, the company's main revenue generator, will be restructured into three business departments
Instagram briefly replaces vertical feed with horizontal scrolling for many users, says it was meant to be a small test that “went broader than we anticipated”
The Growth of Gestures in the Mobile UX NBC Bay Area : Instagram Users Share Outrage After Brief Update Rolls Out Dave / Notes from Silicon Valley : Instagram accidentally updates app Tweets: Adam Mos...
Zuckerberg's tone-deaf year-end note reads like 1,000 words of patting himself on the back and shows little contrition or empathy for the harm Facebook caused
After the year Mark Zuckerberg's had, you'd think he'd struggle to appear so chipper. — “I'm proud of the progress we've made … Tweets: @zackwhittaker Tweets: Zack Whittaker / @zackwhittaker : Mark ...
Q&A with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Snapchat's future, fighting with Facebook, Spectacles, and why he limits his kids' screen time
It only takes about 30 seconds of waiting in line at Nando's before somebody recognises Evan Spiegel. “You're not from Snapchat, are you?” a young man asks.
Dell shares close at $45.41, giving it a valuation of ~$16B in its return to public markets, after Dell bought back shares tied to its interest in VMware
Aparajita Saxena / Reuters :
China announces global rollout of its BeiDou satellite navigation system a year ahead of schedule; BeiDou has an accuracy of 5m in Asia-Pacific, 10m elsewhere
Sarah Dai / South China Morning Post :
Japanese electronics maker NEC says it will acquire KMD, Denmark's largest IT business, for ~$1.22B in a deal expected to close at the end of February
Hisashi Iwato / Nikkei :
Samsara, a maker of sensors and GPS units for fleet vehicle management, raises $100M at $3.6B valuation from existing investors a16z and General Catalyst
China-based bike-sharing startup Hellobike says it has raised “billions of yuan”, or hundreds of millions of dollars, led by Primavera Capital and Ant Financial
Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News :
China approves the release of 80 video games, none of which are from Tencent, a week after lifting a nine-month freeze on approvals
Andrew Galbraith / Reuters :
How online hate and its long-term effects lingered for seven people in 2018, including a Parkland shooting survivor, a CNN journalist, and a track cyclist
Washington Post : Tweets: @tonyromm Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : The responses to this story include people trying to bully those whose experiences we wrote about. Which is why this is one of the ...
Indonesia lifts ban on Tumblr, which was blocked in March for failing to comply with the country's anti-pornography rules
Khamila Mulia / KrASIA :
Source: Grab has raised the fundraising target of its ongoing Series H round from the original $3B to $5B
Jon Russell / TechCrunch : Tweets: @kateclarktweets Tweets: Kate Clark / @kateclarktweets : Will @GrabSG make its way through the entire alphabet???Series A: $10MSeries B: $15MSeries C: $65M Series D...
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