Malware attack on Tribune Publishing's network disrupts the printing and distribution of Saturday editions of LA Times, WSJ, NYT, and other papers
A cyberattack that appears to have originated from outside the United States caused major printing and delivery disruptions at several newspapers across …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
European Commission to start offering bug bounties in January on 14 Free Software projects like Notepad++ and VLC that the EU institutions rely on
It's been a while since I last wrote about the Free and Open Source Software Audit project, FOSSA, so let me start with a quick recap …
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 …
South Korea says hackers stole data, including names and addresses, of 997 North Korean defectors; cybersecurity experts say likely culprit is North Korea
Andrew Jeong / Wall Street Journal :
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
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
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.
As Alphabet tests Wing drone deliveries in a suburb of Canberra, some enjoy the convenience of orders arriving in minutes while others complain about noise
In one of the world's most advanced drone-delivery tests, sunscreen arrives in minutes—as do complaints
China approves the release of 80 video games, none of which are from Tencent, a week after lifting a nine-month freeze on approvals
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Saturday approved the release of 80 online video games after a freeze on such approvals for most of the year.
Sources: Amazon is planning to build and expand Whole Foods stores across the US to put more customers within range of its Prime Now two-hour delivery service
Expansion would widen tech giant's delivery reach — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 1.12% is planning to build and expand Whole Foods stores across …
Bangladesh orders mobile operators to shut down high-speed mobile internet services to “prevent rumours and propaganda” ahead of national elections on Sunday
Al Jazeera :
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
Shan Li / Wall Street Journal :
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
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo :
How Facebook engineers keep Messenger from crashing on New Year's Eve, when more messages are sent than on any other day, through “graceful degradation”
Messenger's 1.3 billion users send more messages on New Year's Eve than on any other day of the year Tweets: @ieeespectrum Tweets: IEEE Spectrum / @ieeespectrum : New Year's Eve is coming. And for the...
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-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 :
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
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: @cameron_kasky , @geoffreyfowler , and @tonyromm Tweets: Cameron Kasky / @cameron_kasky : Hey, check this out and then have long conversations with your children about what ...
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 :
Q&A with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Snapchat's future, fighting with Facebook, Spectacles, and why he limits his kids' screen time
because you can change things very quickly. So I think a lot of the concerns we're seeing today can be avoided by just changing products.” http://www.ft.com/... Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Fun int...
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