Sources: Apple plans to hold a special subscription services-focused event on March 25 at its Apple Park campus to announce a subscription news service
The company is expected to show off a long-rumored news subscription service. — Reporting From San Francisco, CA
Sources: Apple's upcoming paid news service runs into resistance from major publishers as Apple seeks about a 50% cut and likely won't share subscriber data
Apple plans to keep about 50% of subscription revenue from ‘Netflix for news’ service, likely won't share customer data with publishers
Activision Blizzard announces record $1.8B net income in 2018, but says it is laying off 8%, or ~800 of its staff, amid internal changes and unmet expectations
UPDATED: Activision Blizzard is laying off approximately 775 people — 8% of its 9,600-person staff — as it refocuses its efforts …
Amazon now lets users create and submit custom Alexa skills for certification and publication in the US Skills Store
Anyone can create a trivia game and share it on the Alexa store — Amazon is now letting anyone create and publish Alexa skills into the Alexa skills store.
Democratic lawmakers step up scrutiny of T-Mobile-Sprint merger, which they say reduces competition, as two days of Congressional hearings begin
WASHINGTON — When T-Mobile announced its intention to buy Sprint last April, the prospects for the $26 billion deal winning regulatory approval appeared strong.
Jack Dorsey and Kara Swisher's live Twitter interview could have been a great conversation, but Twitter's live chat limitations made it hard to follow
Kara Swisher's live-tweeted interview with Jack Dorsey highlighted some of Twitter's product issues. — Twitter wants to be the place …
SEC charges Gene Levoff, Apple's ex-VP of Corporate Law, with insider trading, alleging he traded on earnings info in 2015 and 2016; Levoff was fired in Sept.
The SEC Wednesday charged a former Apple executive with insider trading. — Gene Levoff, senior director of corporate law …
Facebook criticized by health experts for allowing the rise of closed groups rife with anti-vaccination misinformation, some with 150,000+ members
Experts are calling on company to counter closed groups where members can post misinformation without challenge
Mozilla and Ubisoft are partnering to develop Clever-Commit, an AI-powered coding assistant to find potential bugs; Mozilla to deploy it for Firefox development
Mozilla and Ubisoft today announced a partnership to develop Clever-Commit, an AI coding assistant.
NPD: US smartwatch unit sales rose 61% YoY for the 12 months ending November 2018, as 16% of US adults now own a smartwatch, up 12% from December 2017
U.S. smartwatch sales experienced strong growth in the 12 months ending November 2018 compared to the same timeframe a year prior …
Amazon and Google are asking smart gadget makers to continuously send status updates to Echo and Home devices, even if customers aren't interacting with devices
As Amazon.com Inc. and Google work to place their smart speakers at the center of the internet-connected home …
Google to “refocus” Android Things from a public developer platform to a “platform for OEM partners”, limiting support for some NXP, Qualcomm, MediaTek hardware
When Google announced Android Things at its 2015 I/O developer conference, it pitched it as a versatile …
US DOJ charges former Air Force counter-intel officer Monica Witt with aiding Iranian cyber operations against the US and sanctions two Iranian companies
Prosecutors have brought charges against a former Air Force officer for allegedly spying for Iran, the Justice Department confirmed Wednesday.
Researchers find a way to run malicious code on Intel-based systems using the SGX feature, preventing antivirus software from identifying or analyzing malware
Processor protects malware from attempts to inspect and analyze it. — Researchers have found a way to run malicious code …
DoorDash says 15% of customers leave no tip, the next 45% contribute less than half of “guaranteed amount”, and 80% of contractors are happy with the pay system
In its ideal world, food-delivery service DoorDash would pay its contractors almost nothing-relying on customer tips to cover most of the fee quoted for a job.
San Diego-based autonomous trucking startup TuSimple raises $95M Series D, led by Sina Corp. and Composite Capital, at a $1B valuation
- It's preparing to expand its testing of self-driving semis on highways in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. — Autonomous trucking company TuSimple …
Amber Authenticate is a new tool built on Ethereum that generates hashes of a video and records them on a public blockchain to protect it from deepfakes
VIDEO HAS BECOME an increasingly crucial tool for law enforcement, whether it comes from security cameras, police-worn body cameras, a bystander's smartphone, or another source. Tweets: @laurengoode T...
Slack makes Block Kit, its tool for building visually appealing apps, generally available and introduces Block Kit Builder, for designing and testing apps
Slack today made its Block Kit tool for building more visually appealing apps generally available.
British mobile banking startup Starling Bank raises £75M for European expansion, says it now has 460K consumer and 30K SME accounts
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UK's Chief Medical Officers issue advisory for families on social media and screen use, recommending screen-free meal times and more
Palko Karasz / New York Times :
InfluxData, the San Francisco-based creator of the time series database InfluxDB, raises $60M Series D led by Norwest Venture Partners
Amazon announces it's acquiring mesh WiFi company eero to make it easier for customers to set up and connect their smart home devices
not hard to imagine a world where Alexa is baked into Eero in the future. http://press.aboutamazon.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... Jay Peters / @jaypeters : @Techmeme This buy makes a crazy amount of ...
Twilio announces Q4 revenue of $204.3M, up 77% YoY and beating analyst estimates, ends quarter with 64,286 active customer accounts
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Hacker claims to have posted ~617M online account details stolen from 16 hacked companies for sale on the dark web; MyHeritage and 500px confirm stolen data
Are You On The List? Tweets: @theregister : FYI: We've sighted a trove of 617m accounts, pulled from 16 ‘hacked’ websites, for sale on the dark web.The data appears legit. It includes email addresses ...
Q&A with the president and COO of mobile gaming company Scopely on its business model; Scopely says it has a $400M run rate and increased revenues 80% in 2018
Scopely isn't the most well-known mobile game company. But it scored a couple of hits with Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem and Star Trek …
Huawei's Watch GT, with 1.39" circular AMOLED display, GPS, heart rate monitor, and running LiteOS, is available via Amazon in the US for $199.99
Williams Pelegrin / Android Authority :
Freelance services marketplace Fiverr is acquiring ClearVoice, a company that helps customers find professionals to write promotional content
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
UK-based Rapyd, which helps companies integrate a range of payment services into their platforms, raises $40M Series B led by General Catalyst and Stripe
Manish Singh / VentureBeat :
Sources: for the past six months India's antitrust watchdog has probed claims that Google abused Android, similar to the case that led to a major fine in the EU
Twitter confirms that users are experiencing issues with notifications, likes, and retweets, with some users reporting fluctuating numbers of likes and retweets
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Reddit's latest user stats, showing 330M MAUs, gives an average revenue per user of approximately $0.30, far lower than the other major social networks
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
May Mobility, a maker of autonomous six-person shuttles deployed in the Midwest, raises $22M Series A led by Millennium New Horizons and Cyrus Capital Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
ShiftLeft, which offers security-as-a-service software that checks code before runtime for vulnerabilities, raises $20M Series B
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency transaction analysis startup, raises $30M Series B led by Accel and will open an office in London
Ian Allison / CoinDesk :
TechCrunch launches a $15/month membership tier, Extra Crunch, offering exclusive content and perks like access to a community of founders and vertical experts
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