Evan Spiegel says Snap CFO Tim Stone, who joined the company from Amazon eight months ago, has resigned but will remain until February 5 to help with transition
San Francisco (CNN Business)Snap is losing another high-profile executive. Chief Financial Officer Tim Stone told Snap …
Roku says it is removing two Infowars channels on its platform after criticism from users and a rebuke from some Sandy Hook families
Roku has taken the Infowars channel off its platform after the streaming device faced criticism for carrying the controversial program hosted by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Sources: Lenovo is partnering with Verizon to reintroduce the Motorola Razr phone with a foldable screen, at a price starting at ~$1,500
Motorola seeks to revive flip phone that was dethroned by the iPhone a decade ago — The Motorola Razr phone is making a comeback.
Ethereum's long-anticipated Constantinople fork has been delayed after an audit firm discovered a critical flaw in one of the planned changes
Ethereum's long-anticipated Constantinople upgrade has just been delayed after a critical vulnerability was discovered in one of the planned changes.
Pew survey of US Facebook users: 74% didn't know the company compiles lists of their interests and traits to target ads; 51% were uncomfortable with this
A study by the Pew Research Center suggests most Facebook users are still in the dark about how the company tracks and profiles them for ad-targeting purposes.
Documents and eyewitnesses say T-Mobile execs have been frequently staying at Trump's D.C. hotel as VIPs as T-Mobile seeks approval for its $26B Sprint merger
Last April, telecom giant T-Mobile announced a megadeal: a $26 billion merger with rival Sprint, which would more than double T-Mobile's value …
Twitter launches the reverse-chronological feed as an option on Android
Twitter brought its traditional reverse-chronological timeline back to iOS last month, and now the optional feature is available to Android users in a new update. It's a welcome choice that brings ba...
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, raises $245M Series C led by IVP at a $4B valuation and says it's working on Harry Potter games
Augmented reality developer Niantic said Wednesday it has raised $245 million in a Series C funding round led by venture capital firm IVP.
YouTube updates its policies, says it prohibits harmful and dangerous challenges and pranks following stunts like the Bird Box and Tide Pod challenges
YouTube to creators: don't — YouTube has a new message for creators looking to participate in dangerous or potentially harmful stunts …
Fiserv is buying payments giant First Data in a $22B all-stock deal; Fiserv's CEO Jeffery Yabuki will become CEO of the combined entity
While we will continue to see a lot of consolidation among smaller startups in the area of financial technology, or fintech, there are also some much bigger combinations …
Study finds that the top one percent of bug hunters found on average ~0.87 bugs per month, earning an average yearly salary of ~$34K
Trying to make a living as a programmer participating in bug bounties is the same as convincing yourself that you're good enough at Texas Hold 'Em to quit your job.
App Annie State of Mobile report: app store consumer spending was ~$100B in 2018, up 75% from 2016, global app downloads were ~194B in 2018, up 35% from 2016
App Annie's 2019 State of Mobile report has a bevy of factoids and projections enterprises need to consider as they take on their mobile and digital transformation strategies.
Nielsen: US homes receiving over-the-air broadcast channels without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription increased 48% to 16M over the past 8 years
The number of U.S. households without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription that instead receive broadcast stations using …
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo announces it will use Apple Maps to power map and address-related searches, using Apple's MapKit JS framework
Apple's MapKit JS has a big, new user — DuckDuckGo has spent the last few years making the case that it's the search engine …
Google says it has started rolling out Material Design to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Sites on the web
Google today announced that it has started the long-expected rollout of its Material Design update for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Sites, after first testing this update …
Summary of the first six days of the FTC vs Qualcomm trial, which saw witnesses from Apple, other companies, and IP experts from consultancies and universities
The US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday presented its last witnesses and evidence in its case against Qualcomm.
Data from Portland's 4-month scooter program, which capped the number of scooters to ~2K and recorded 700K+ rides, shows scooters often replaced short car trips
SAN FRANCISCO — The e-scooter boom began in Santa Monica, Calif., about 16 months ago. Electric scooters …
Facebook says it will extend its stricter political ad rules to India, Nigeria, Ukraine, and the EU ahead of significant votes over the coming months
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc told Reuters on Tuesday that it would extend some of its political advertising rules and tools …
Veeam, which specializes in on-premises backup and recovery software for enterprises, raises $500M led by Insight Venture Partners
Veeam said that the capital from Insight Venture Partners will help organic and inorganic growth plans. — Veeam, a privately held data management company …
Following AT&T and T-Mobile, Sprint says it will stop selling customers' real-time location data to third-parties but didn't provide a timeframe
After AT&T and T-Mobile said they would stop selling their customers' phone location data to third parties, Sprint followed suit.
Outdoorsy, which develops a platform to connect underused RVs with users, raises $50M Series C led by Greenspring Associates, after a $25M Series B in Feb. 2018
Outdoorsy is building for the road ahead. The three-year-old company, which connects customers with underused RVs …
Sources: Bytedance reached the lower end of its ~$7.4B to ~$8.1B revenue target for 2018, the first time in years it hasn't beaten its forecast
- 2018 revenue said to hit lower-end of 50-55 billion yuan goal — Tik Tok owner said hit by slowing economy, monetization delay
AWS acquired TSO Logic, a Vancouver startup that helps customers determine how much it would cost to run their workloads in the cloud, on Dec. 22, 2018
It has been an acquisitive start to the year for Amazon Web Services, which has reached an agreement to purchase Vancouver's TSO Logic …
Apple launches $129 battery cases with Qi charging support for iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max
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Netflix raises prices for US subscribers by 13%-18%, its biggest hike ever, immediately affecting new subscribers, over next three months for existing customers
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press :
Bold Commerce, which builds apps for e-commerce platforms like Shopify, raises $22M Series A led by Whitecap Venture Partners and Round13 Capital
Winnipeg-based e-commerce solution developer Bold Commerce announced today the close of a $22 million CAD Series A funding round, led by Whitecap Venture Partners and Round13 Capital.
Enterprise-focused technology provider Infor raises $1.5B from Koch Equity and Golden Gate Capital, following a $2B raise in early 2017
Akanksha Rana / Reuters :
Fractal Analytics, which helps enterprises make decisions by using machine-learning algorithms, raises $200M from private equity firm Apax
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
US authorities charge Ukrainian hacker and several others for alleged roles in trading on nonpublic corporate earnings news obtained by hacking an SEC database
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters :
Microsoft partners with Walgreens, which will migrate infrastructure to Azure and roll out Office 365 to staff while jointly developing new health care tech
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
How Facebook's #10YearChallenge meme generated a large data set of curated photos that could be used to train a facial recognition algorithm on aging
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Sources: Microsoft has begun work on adapting Windows for devices with dual screens and foldable displays, updating the OS itself and built-in apps
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Pandora launches a personalized voice assistant on iOS and Android that will deliver personalized search results and allow users to control music playback
it's in cars PYMNTS.com : Pandora Debuts Voice Assistant Dani Deahl / The Verge : You can now control Pandora with voice commands Ryan Whitwam / Android Police : Pandora app gets voice controls powere...
Source: Intel's board aims to fill vacant CEO post before Jan. 24 earnings; Sanjay Jha, Anand Chandrasekher, Renee James are no longer involved as candidates
Ian King / Bloomberg :
Researcher finds that Voipo, a communications provider based in Lake Forest, CA, left a server with millions of call logs, texts, and more exposed for months
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Sources: PagerDuty, which makes performance monitoring tools for developers, has filed confidentially for an IPO; it was valued at more than $1B in September
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Tencent's Q3 profits grew 30% YoY on investment gains, offsetting slower growth in its gaming business; research: Tencent made 163+ investment deals in 2018
Celia Chen / South China Morning Post :
A look at International Revenue Share Fraud, which centers on schemes exploiting premium phone numbers, as IRSF losses to telcos and consumers reach $4B-$6.1B
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
CES 2019 was awash with devices supporting multiple voice assistant platforms, which shows the voice assistant ecosystem may never be a winner-take-all market
Bob O'Donnell / Tech.pinions :
Investigation finds ads on Instagram for several services selling fake followers or automated notification spam for luring in followers
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