Microsoft will announce Xbox Live SDK, which will enable cross-platform play on iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and Windows PCs, at GDC 2019
At GDC 2019, Microsoft is set to debut a new cross-platform development platform with the goal of bringing Xbox Live support to games on Android, iOS …
Google announces Live Transcribe, a near-real time transcriber, and Sound Amplifier; both are Pixel 3 accessibility features and available as apps on Play store
It's also releasing a Sound Amplifier feature — both only on Android — Google is announcing two new features for Android phones today …
Crypto exchange Kraken acquires British trading startup Crypto Facilities in a deal worth at least $100M, says it is raising $100M from its largest customers
The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken says it has paid “nine figures” to acquire Crypto Facilities, a British trading firm that specializes in derivatives.
A college student who stole $5M+ in cryptocurrency via SIM hijacking gets 10 years in prison and is the first person in the US to be sentenced for such a crime
A 20-year-old college student who was accused of stealing more than $5 million in cryptocurrency in a slew of SIM hijacking attacks …
Tencent-backed Maoyan Entertainment, China's biggest movie-ticketing platform by sales, fell 1.1% in its Hong Kong debut after raising $250M in its IPO
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent-backed Maoyan Entertainment, China's biggest movie-ticketing platform by sales, fell 1.1 percent …
Ultimate Software Group, which makes HR management software for the cloud, to be bought by an investor group led by PE firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11B
(Reuters) - Ultimate Software Group Inc said on Monday it agreed to be bought by an investor group led by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11 billion.
UK-based startup Bud, which connects banks to fintechs and other financial service providers, raises $20M Series A with backing from HSBC, Goldman Sachs, others
Bud, the U.K. fintech that helps banks connect their apps and data to other fintech companies and financial service providers …
Chainalysis: two hacker groups are responsible for almost 60% of publicly reported cryptocurrency hacks and stole around $1B to date
Two “prominent professional hacking groups” are responsible for the majority of publicly reported hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and other cryptocurrency organizations …
Chicago-based Robotics Process Automation startup Catalytic raises $30M Series B, bringing its total raised to almost $42M
Robotics Process Automation (RPA) is as hot as any enterprise technology at the moment, as companies look for ways to marry their legacy systems with a more modern flavor of automation.
Slack says it has submitted a confidential draft IPO filing with the SEC
Slack confidentially filed to go public, according to a press release published Monday. — Slack is one of a number of tech IPOs expected in 2019, including Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. — Here is the ful...
India proposes new rules for apps like TikTok with user generated content and 5M+ users, requires a local office, proactive removal of content, more
Bid to make platforms take responsibility for all content posted to their sites — The Indian government is targeting the Chinese social media apps … Tweets: @manan and @pratikpoddar Tweets: @manan :...
How Locast, a free streaming service for local TV with about 60K users in several major US cities, is hoping to avoid Aereo's legal fate
Want to watch the Super Bowl and other network TV for free? A start-up called Locast will let you, and (so far) the big broadcasters aren't trying to stop it.
Interview with Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety, Bird Platform, electric bikes, seasonality, and more
Bird's electric scooters were on full display at the Upfront Summit in Malibu last week, a two-day event that brings together the likes of Hollywood … Tweets: @maestromobile Tweets: @maestromobile : B...
Profile of Intel's new CEO Bob Swan, who joined the company in 2016 as CFO, after stints as finance chief at GE divisions, COO and CEO of Webvan, and eBay's CFO
Intel spent seven months searching for a new chief executive only to end the process right where it had started.
From Alexa and Nuance to personal assistants that learn your moods, an overview of the AI-driven features that major auto companies plan to roll out soon
From Alexa and Nuance to personal AI helpers that learn your moods, it's happening. — LAS VEGAS—Like it or not …
London-based Mimiro, previously known as ComplyAdvantage, which uses AI to detect and analyze the risk of potential financial crimes, raises $30M Series B
Mimiro announced today that it has raised $30 million to fuel global expansion of its financial risk analysis platform.
Huawei Honor View 20 review: hole-punch display is a clear upgrade over most notches, but the new Magic UI is a letdown and the 48MP camera is mediocre
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AI-based recommendation algorithms are a fantasy for most, who'd be better served by dumb heuristics, because tracking users is easy but analyzing data is hard
apenwarr : Tweets: @slightlylate Tweets: Alex Russell / @slightlylate : “...chances are good that *your* pet ML application is an expensive replacement for a dumb heuristic...” Classic @ http://apenw...
LA-based lifestyle brand FabFitFun, which crossed $200M+ in revenue last year, raises $80M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins to grow its subscription box business
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Report: Russian pirates found a new business model, sharing ripped TV and movies via private CDNs with streaming sites that monetize the CDNs' streams via ads
the result of 20 years of advocacy painting © as a restriction of freedom instead of as a tool for empowerment, self-determination, dignity & cultural enrichment. http://torrentfreak.com/...
Three suspects arrested in Ukraine as FBI and several EU countries seize the domain and servers of xDedic, an online marketplace for access to hacked servers
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Tweets: @flashpointintel and @garwarner Tweets: Flashpoint / @flashpointintel : “xDedic provided access to more than 85,000 hacked servers in its heyday,” writes @ZDNet's @c...
Sources: Attorneys General of CT, IL, MA, NY, NJ, and NC are investigating how Facebook has handled user data, in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Bloomberg : Tweets: @jason_kint Tweets: Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Expect more state AGs to sue Facebook. The already filed @AGKarlRacine case is well written, the failures at Facebook are clear and ...
Cisco joins Apple in praising Europe's GDPR and calling for similar regulations in the US
Kiran Stacey / Financial Times :
How PlantVillage app uses AI to identify plant diseases and satellite data provided by the UN to monitor the growth of crops for small-scale farmers in Kenya
Matt Simon / Wired : Tweets: @rtb_cgiar , @rnfrstalliance , and @wired Tweets: RootsTubersBananas / @rtb_cgiar : PlantVillage App lets Kenya's farmers monitor cassava crops from the sky using satelli...
Researcher finds “admin@kremlin.ru” backdoor accounts on 2,000+ exposed MongoDB databases that handle financial transactions of businesses operating in Russia
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Tweets: @akihheikkinen , @martinsfp , and @zdnet Tweets: Aki Heikkinen / @akihheikkinen : Unsecured MongoDB databases expose Kremlin's mandatory backdoor into Russian busine...
NY-based Timescale raises $15M Series A1 for its database for time-series data that's popular for its ease of cloud deployment, after a $12.4M Series A in 2018
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
How a 14-year-old developer from Hong Kong built Timeless, an app that uses an AI and facial recognition to help Alzheimer's patients identify people in photos
South China Morning Post :
Report: Ant Financial accounted for 35% of global VC investment in fintech startups in 2018, raising $14B, almost as much as the $15.9B raised in EU and US
John Detrixhe / Quartz :
Source: Vision Fund is in talks to invest up to $1.5B in Chinese used car trading platform guazi.com in a deal that would value the company at $8.5B pre-money
Today's fear mongering about AI-enabled “deep fakes” is similar to the end of truth panic that followed the Photoshop launch in the early nineties
Jeffrey Westling / Techdirt : Tweets: @jeffreywestling Tweets: Jeffrey Westling / @jeffreywestling : An interesting topic brought up today is the idea of how social norms develop and whether people c...
Ahead of his fifth anniversary as CEO, a look at how Satya Nadella changed Microsoft's culture by using a Stanford professor's concept called “growth mindset”
Simone Stolzoff / Quartz : Tweets: @dskok and @philboyte Tweets: David Skok / @dskok : .@satyanadella turnaround of Microsoft is a story worth telling at the height of the techlash. http://qz.com/......
A look at AI-powered audio mastering services like Landr, which promise artists access to professional-sounding mastering without the cost of human engineers
Dani Deahl / The Verge :
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