Amazon says it has cancelled plans to build HQ2 in New York City, focusing instead on Northern Virginia and Nashville, following a backlash
Amazon said on Thursday that it was canceling plans to build a corporate campus in New York City. The company had planned to build a sprawling complex …
JP Morgan has created the JPM Coin, a digital token that will be used to instantly settle transactions, with trials set to start in a few months
- Engineers at the lender have created the “JPM Coin,” a digital token that will be used to instantly settle transactions between clients of its wholesale payments business.
Apple says it will resume selling banned iPhone 7 and 8 models in Germany using only chips from Qualcomm, after it had “no choice” but to stop using Intel chips
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said Thursday that it will resume selling older iPhone models in its stores in Germany …
Sources: Apple will unveil both its video and news subscription offerings at a March 25 event
- Company also plans to unveil news service at March 25 event — New subscription offerings may boost revenue of key segment — Apple Inc. is planning to unveil video …
EU negotiations on Copyright Directive overhaul come to a close, with Article 11 and 13 largely intact; legislation now heads to EU Parliament for approval
The hated Articles 11 and 13 remain intact after final efforts to remove them failed — Last-minute negotiations over the wording …
Apple has signed many publishers to its upcoming news service with a 50% revenue split, sources say, but that split likely won't satisfy major newspapers
Magazine publishers are on board with Apple's new subscription news service. Newspapers aren't. — Apple says it wants to help save journalism.
Illicit software distributors are using iOS enterprise developer certificates to distribute hacked versions of popular apps like Spotify and Minecraft
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple Inc to distribute hacked versions of Spotify …
Sources: Apple plans an April or May launch date for its video streaming service, but Netflix won't participate and HBO hasn't committed
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FTC: Americans lost ~$143M to online dating scams in 2018, which was number one in terms of dollar loss when compared to other types of fraud
Love is in the air, but don't let it cloud your judgment — or it might cost you. — Americans looking for love lost at least $143 million …
Alibaba's Ant Financial buys London-based payments company WorldFirst in a deal that sources say is valued at around $700M
Ant Financial, the financial services giant affiliated with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has made its first big move into Europe.
Twitter says it is testing a pop-up menu to view previews of profiles without leaving the timeline in its iOS app
Twitter announced today that it is testing a new way to quickly preview profiles in its iOS app. With this change, you can now get a quick glimpse at another user's profile without having …
Sources say Google plans to unveil a lower-priced smartphone in 2019, and expect it to be cheaper than the iPhone XR, which starts at $749
Tech giant seeks to exploit Apple woes to drive hardware expansion — TAIPEI — Google plans to unveil its first lower-priced smartphone this year …
Sources: two teams of federal officials assembled to secure election infrastructure and fight foreign influence efforts are being dramatically downsized
'It's very curious why the leadership has not committed resources to prepare for the 2020 election,' one Homeland Security official tells The Daily Beast. Tweets: @tribelaw and @brianklaas Tweets: Lau...
Paris-based freelance marketplace Malt raises $25M round led by Idinvest, will use the capital injection to expand to Germany and the Netherlands
Paris-based freelance platform Malt has landed $25 million in a funding round led by Idinvest, with participation from existing investors, ISAI and Serena, Maddyness reported.
Apple has informed members of its Developer Program that they must enable two-factor authentication on their accounts by Feb. 27
Apple today has informed members of its Developer Program that they must enable two-factor authentication on their account by the end of this month.
Critics say India's proposed internet rules, which could compel companies to remove posts, will stifle free speech; the rules can go into effect from Thursday
NEW DELHI — India's government has proposed giving itself vast new powers to suppress internet content, igniting a heated battle …
Humanitarians urge the UN World Food Programme to reconsider the terms and scope of its partnership with Palantir, since it is unclear why Palantir was chosen
The infamous data-analytics firm is now working with one of the planet's largest aid organizations. What could go wrong?
Swedish AI startup Peltarion, which helps to develop, manage, and deploy deep learning systems at scale, raises $20M Series A led by Euclidean Capital
Sweden-based Peltarion, a 15-year old company that has developed a platform which essentially allows companies and governments to create …
Profile of Atlassian founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes, Australia's first startup-to-IPO tech billionaires whose company is now worth $20B
SYDNEY, Australia — Atlassian is a very boring software company. It develops products for software engineers and project managers … Tweets: @nytimes and @tonytassell Tweets: @nytimes : Australia's fi...
Grocery store chain Kroger is launching Kroger Pay, a QR-based mobile payments service, in Columbus, OH, and Colorado today, nationwide later this year
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Ant Financial's Alipay digital wallet is now accepted at 3,000 Walgreens drugstores in the US, expects to cover 7,000 stores by April
- Chinese payments firms like Alipay and WeChat Pay are eyeing international expansion to capture a share of the lucrative growth in Chinese outbound tourism
Automated financial advisor startup Wealthfront launches a high-yield cash account with 2.24% interest rate, which it says is cleared with regulators
- Wealthfront is the latest start-up to offer a cash account with zero fees and an above-average interest rate. Tweets: @jyarow Tweets: Jay Yarow / @jyarow : Good idea to clear it with regulators ;) h...
Instagram says it expects to resolve an issue causing follower number changes for some users by 9am PST Thursday; some reported thousands of followers lost
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Brightcove acquires Ooyala's online video platform business for about $15M, with $6.25M in cash and the rest in Brightcove shares
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Anti-Defamation League survey: 37% of Americans say they have experienced severe online harassment, including stalking and physical threats, in 2018
Issie Lapowsky / Wired :
Zoho updates its core office suite products Zoho Writer, Sheet, Show, and Notebooks with Zia Voice, a conversational AI assistant
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Cisco beats with Q2 revenue of $12.45B, up ~5% YoY, Infrastructure Platforms revenue of $7.13B, up 6% YoY, and Applications revenue of $1.47B, up 24% YoY
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Google says rejected app submissions to Google Play rose in 2018 by 55%+ YoY, as tighter policies and more extensive automated protections rolled out
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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.
Plaintiff United States Securities and Exchange … Peter Bright / Ars Technica : Apple's insider-trading policy enforcer accused of insider trading Roger Fingas / AppleInsider : SEC charges former Appl...
In filing to CA's DMV, Apple says its test drivers disengaged its self driving vehicles' autonomous mode about once per mile, compared to Waymo's ~11,017 miles
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg :
Google says it will spend $13B this year on expanding data centers and offices across the US, adding a new office in Virginia as it doubles its workforce there
popular from Facebook and Google — are total crap w/r/t “job creation"http://www.cnbc.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... Ron Miller / @ron_miller : Have you ever toured a data center? It's crazy. There a...
US DOJ charges former Air Force counter-intel officer Monica Witt with aiding Iranian cyber operations against the US and sanctions two Iranian companies
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
A detailed history of the important but under-recognized roles women have played in computer coding, from Ada Lovelace through to today
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Says Company ‘Never Overpromised’ on Watson A.I. Tweets: Stacey E. Singleton / @staceynycdc : When Wilkes talks to today's young coders, they are often shocked to learn that wome...
After the Equifax breach, experts are puzzled about why data from 143M Americans didn't end up for sale online; one theory suggests a nation-state is using it
Kate Fazzini / CNBC :
Amazon now lets users create and submit custom Alexa skills for certification and publication in the US Skills Store
Tom Warren / The Verge :
How some big tech companies, including Palantir and Oracle, are hiding diversity statistics by claiming they are trade secrets
Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg : Tweets: @oliviasolon , @jordynjournals , and @rzgreenfield Tweets: Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : The absolute cojones of Silicon Valley companies trying to argue that dive...
After Khashoggi's murder, Saudi Arabia and SoftBank seem unlikely to lose out on many deals; sources say a $500M Softbank-led investment in Flexport is underway
Axios : Tweets: @billkristol , @joenbc , @alex , and @teddyschleifer See also Mediagazer Tweets: Bill Kristol / @billkristol : Tom Barrack, on Lincoln's birthday in Dubai: “Whatever happened in Saudi...
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