Microsoft says Russia-linked Fancy Bear targeted European research groups and think tanks that work on issues including election security and nuclear policy
SEATTLE — A group of hackers associated with Russian intelligence targeted civil society groups across Europe ahead of May elections there, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
Xiaomi debuts Mi 9 with three rear cameras, 6.39" AMOLED display, Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM, and 20W wireless charging, for ~$446 in China, shipping on Feb. 26
Xiaomi has officially launched the Mi 9 at an event in China after months of teasers. The triple-camera flagship is powered …
Sources: Apple plans to let developers port their iPad apps to Mac using a new SDK that will be released as early as June at WWDC
- This year, it will be easier to turn iPad apps into Mac apps — App merger initiative comes as Apple plans its own Mac chips
Google says the built-in microphone in Nest Secure devices, which it had never disclosed earlier in the tech specs, was “never intended to be a secret”
- In early February, Google announced that Assistant would work with its home security and alarm system, Nest Secure.
Soundcloud adds a self-distribution feature to its Premier tier, currently in beta, that lets artists publish and monetize their songs on other platforms
SoundCloud announced today that it is adding distribution to its self-monetization Premier program.
Industry sources: Google will reveal details about its Project Stream game streaming service during its keynote at the Game Developers Conference on March 19
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo might want to brace themselves. Googleis about to enter the lucrative video game sector with its Project Stream.
CrowdStrike: Russian state-sponsored hackers take less than 20 minutes to start moving laterally in a targeted organization's network after an initial breach
It takes Russian state-sponsored hackers less than 20 minutes to start moving laterally within a targeted organization's network …
eMarketer predicts that US digital ad spending will surpass traditional in 2019, growing 19% YoY to $129.34B, of which mobile will account for ~$87B
Amazon's ad business to grow more than 50%, taking bite out of duopoly — This year will mark a major milestone in the world of advertising.
Binance launches Binance DEX, a decentralized trading platform built on its own blockchain network, for public testing
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has rolled out public testing for a decentralized trading platform built on its own blockchain network.
Citymapper announces a £30-£40/month subscription service for London transport with access to its Ride car-sharing service, TfL trains, and Santander bikes
The company's transport as a service plan combines Transport for London services with other ways of getting around the city under one subscription
Investigation: YouTube is monetizing sexualized videos of minors, many with comments from predators; Epic Games pauses all pre-roll ads following enquiry
Scores of YouTube videos with tens of millions of views are being inundated with comments by paedophiles, with adverts from major brands running alongside the disturbing content
Arm unveils two new products for cloud and edge applications, the Neoverse N1, which focuses on compute speed, and the Neoverse E1, focusing on throughput
For the longest time, Arm was basically synonymous with chip designs for smartphones and very low-end devices.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce asks in open letter whether Facebook users were misled about what personal data could be leaked by joining closed groups
House committee asked for a briefing — Lawmakers are looking to question Facebook about its privacy practices after allegations …
Cisco Visual Networking Index: by 2022, 5G will power as many 9% of mobile data connections in North America, compared to 6.5% in Western Europe, and 4% in Asia
U.S. policymakers keep wringing their hands over a competition with China to build the world's first mass-market 5G wireless network.
Sphero is crowdfunding RVR, a new robot that can connect to accessories like Raspberry Pi through its universal expansion port, starting at $199 on Kickstarter
The RVR is coming — Sphero, the Colorado-based connected toy company, has had a successful, conventional run making sphere-shaped, smartphone-controlled robots.
The DoD will investigate some of the complaints raised by Oracle in a lawsuit over the JEDI cloud computing contract, which is expected to be won by Amazon
A federal judge delayed a lawsuit over a massive Pentagon cloud-computing contract Amazon.com was favored to win while the government continues …
Fabless semiconductor company Peraso, which is developing wireless networking chips based on WiGig, has raised $42M Series D, bringing total raised to $79.3M
Peraso Technologies, a Toronto-based fabless semiconductor company developing wireless networking chips based …
Strategy Analytics: in Q4 2018, shipments of smart speakers grew 95% from 22.6M units in Q3 to 38.5M units, with Amazon shipping 13.7M units and Google 11.5M
Smart speakers continue to sell like hotcakes. That's according to Strategy Analytics, which today reported that in the fourth quarter of 2018 …
A look at “Reply Guys”, a harmless but annoying Twitter phenomenon where one or two men reply to every tweet from a woman
On Twitter, a place where a lot of bad things happen, there's a mostly harmless but decidedly annoying phenomenon. A lot of people, mostly women … Tweets: @sbarolo , @the_shitface , @taylorlorenz , @...
German insurance giant Allianz increases the size of its VC fund, Allianz X, from €430M when it launched in 2016, to €1B, making it one of the largest in Europe
Allianz X, the venture capital arm attached to German insurance giant Allianz, has increased the size of its fund to €1 billion …
Facebook introduces new location controls for Android, letting users limit location data collection, and will prompt iOS and Android users to check settings
Android and iOS are by far the two most popular mobile operating systems, but their location settings work differently. Tweets: @shiraovide Tweets: Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Also, ADVERTISING. Smart...
YouTube updates community guidelines with a new system for rule-breaking channels, which now get a consequence-free, one-time warning for their first violation
But Not the One You're Mad About Karissa Bell / Mashable : YouTube changes ‘strike’ policy for first-time offenders David Cohen / Adweek : Three Strikes Is Still an Out, But YouTube Is Clarifying Its ...
ThousandEyes, which provides a network intelligence platform to monitor performance, raises $50M Series D led by GV
ThousandEyes, a San Francisco cloud analytics startup founded in 2010 by UCLA Internet Research Lab grad students Mohit Lad and Ricardo Oliveira, today announced …
Huawei sends invitations for its next flagship P30 series launch event in Paris on March 26
Mariella Moon / Engadget :
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X55, its second generation 5G modem, with a maximum download speed of 7 Gbps, up 40% from the X50's 5 Gbps
Jon Porter / The Verge :
Dutch startup Aidence, which works on early recognition of lung cancer using AI in medical imaging, raises €10M Series A led by INKEF Capital and Rabo Ventures
Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu :
Report: Amazon's China unit in merger talks with NetEase's Kaola, one of the biggest Chinese shopping sites for imported goods
its local business there is reportedly merging its China import unit with publishing/games giant NetEase http://techcrunch.com/...
The rise of voice computing is transforming web search by shifting the objective from providing links to providing a single correct response to any query
IF YOU HAD visited the Cambridge University Library in the late 1990s, you might have observed a skinny young man … Tweets: @javzamora and @anthpb Tweets: Javier Zamora / @javzamora : Voice as the new...
IFTTT's Linden Tibbets resigns as CEO, will stay as chief design officer; Chris Kibarian, ex-CEO of Monster.com owner Randstad Digital Ventures, named IFTTT CEO
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Alan, which makes a SaaS platform for the private health insurance market in France, raises $45M Series B after raising a $28M Series A in April 2018
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
GitHub expands its bug bounty program by upping reward amounts, removing a maximum reward limit, adding Legal Safe Harbor terms; GitHub paid out $250K+ in 2018
we gave out $250,000 in rewards. This year we celebrate our 5th anniversary, roll out full legal protection for researchers, more properties eligible for rewards, and higher bounties http://github.blo...
Coinbase buys Neutrino, which helps monitor, analyze, and track cryptocurrency flows, for an undisclosed sum
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Researchers: India's state gas company allowed a sensitive part of its website to be indexed by Google, exposing 5M+ customer records, including Aadhaar numbers
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
GN Group, which makes connected hearing aids that work with iOS and Android, is acquiring videoconferencing device and software provider Altia Systems for $125M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Uber and GM's Cruise open source their self-driving car visualization software, a rare move in the hyper-competitive autonomous world
Why the U.S. Effort to Crush Huawei Isn't Working Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Uber and Cruise open-source their visualization software Uber Engineering Blog : Introducing AVS, an Open Standard for A...
Regulators globally increasingly view “loot boxes”, which provide random in-game items for real money, as a form of gambling, and are considering regulations
Makena Kelly / The Verge : Tweets: @nickstatt and @carnage4life Tweets: Nick Statt / @nickstatt : Really great in-depth look at loot box regulation from @kellymakena. One particularly fascinating bit...
For YouTube, curbing misinformation on its platform may mean punishing some of its stars, a step it's not shown it can broadly take, despite recent policy shift
which has also pledged to clean up misinformation that could lead to real-world harm — is that the definition of “harmful” misinformation is circular, our columnist explains. http://www.nytimes.com/.....
Google announces plans to acquire cloud migration startup Alooma, which has raised around $15M to date
bringing together the best-in-class database migration services. Check out our blog for more! https://bit.ly/2Eitbd7 #dataintegration #cloudmigration #datapipelines Sally Shin / @sallyshin : Thomas Ku...
London-based Entrepreneur First, a “talent investor” backing people pre-team and pre-idea so they can found startups, raises $115M fund to keep scaling globally
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch : Tweets: @triketora . Thanks: @sohear Tweets: Tracy Chou / @triketora : lol the url on this article “a lot of effing money” accurate $115m pre-seed fund for @join_ef that i...
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