Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs plan to start issuing a joint credit card in spring, which will be paired with special money management features in Wallet app
Apple and Goldman Sachs are readying a joint credit card, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Samsung says it will extend Bixby button remapping to all Galaxy phones on Android Pie in a future software update, after confirming the feature for the S10
That includes the S8, S9, and Note line — The Bixby button saga has been an ongoing blemish on an otherwise sterling smartphone record …
WSJ: Apple partnered with Ant Financial's Alipay to offer its customers in China up to two years of interest-free financing to buy products in its online store
- In an effort to boost falling sales in the region, Apple introduced two-year financing to Alipay users who buy their products.
Samsung debuts 6.1" Galaxy S10 and 6.4" Galaxy S10+ with triple rear cameras, in-screen fingerprint sensors, priced from $899 and $999 respectively, out Mar. 8
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Facebook has removed its Onavo VPN app from the Google Play Store, will stop pulling in data from users for market research, and will eventually shut it down
Facebook will end its unpaid market research programs and proactively take its Onavo VPN app off the Google Play store in the wake …
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé is retiring, and will be replaced by the VP of Sales and Marketing Doug Bowser on April 15
To be replaced by marketing boss Doug Bowser — One of Nintendo's most public faces is leaving the company.
Investigation shows how CQ Roll Call, a D.C. media firm, may be responsible for hundreds of thousands of fake anti-net-neutrality comments on FCC's site in 2017
Millions of records that the FCC's top lawyer once fought to hold back from state law enforcement officials now serve as key evidence …
Duo Security survey of 120K+ Chrome extensions finds 35.4% ask users for permission to access and read all their data on any site, 84.7% had no privacy policy
Eighty-five percent of all Chrome extensions don't have a privacy policy. — More than a third of all Google Chrome extensions ask users …
Samsung Galaxy S10 appears to be the first non-Pixel or Android One device to ship with Google's Digital Wellbeing; Nokia 6 and 8 got the feature in an update
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Developers and Intel officials expect Apple to move to ARM-based Macs as soon as next year; Bloomberg report suggests first ARM-based Mac arriving in 2020
Apple is widely expected to move its Mac line to custom ARM-based chips in the coming years. — What we're hearing …
Sources: Pinterest has confidentially filed for an IPO, seeking a valuation of at least $12B
Pinterest has confidentially filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering, joining a parade of highly valued technology startups planning to list their sh...
Sources: Uber Eats is in the final stages of negotiations to sell its India business to rival Swiggy, which raised $1B in last December, in return for 10% stake
Stock swap deal may give Uber Eats around 10% in rival, expected to close by March — In what would be one of the most …
BMW and Daimler merge 14 services into five joint ventures including Reach Now for multimodal services, Free Now for ride-hailing, and Share Now for car-sharing
When Daimler and BMW announced a plan to fuse carsharing services Car2Go and DriveNow in March 2018, it was largely …
Circle, which makes a screen time management tool, raises $20M Series B from Netgear, T-Mobile, and others, bringing the total raised To $30M
Circle makes a fantastic screen time management tool and today the company announced a round of funding to help fuel its growth.
Source: Google plans to announce gaming hardware on March 19 in addition to details about its game streaming service
On Tuesday, Google announced a mysterious keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 19th. The event comes as the Project Stream beta …
Google launches .dev top-level domain with built-in security; preorders for available domains cost just over $1,000, but drop to $17.50/year on Sunday
Kieren McCarthy / The Register :
OpenAI's recent decision to limit the release of its new text generator algorithm has sparked a debate among AI researchers over ethics
Nonprofit lab OpenAI withheld its latest research, but was criticized by others in the field — A recent decision by research lab OpenAI to limit … Tweets: @mark_riedl and @jjvincent Tweets: Mark O. ...
AT&T says it is pulling all advertising from YouTube, after reports of pedophiles openly using the platform; Nestle and Epic Games have also pulled ads
And If History Is A Guide, They'll Be Back Soon Sheila Dang / Reuters : AT&T pulls ads from YouTube as concerns about content resurface Lisa Vaas / Naked Security : Advertisers flee YouTube after vide...
CTRL-labs raises another $28M for its armband and SDK that translate impulses, that go from brain to hand muscles, into digital signals for gesture control
Ctrl-labs, a New York startup that's developing a device capable of translating electrical muscle impulses into digital signals …
Google says it will no longer enforce mandatory arbitration for current and future employees starting March 21; change won't apply to many temporary staff
conditioning civil rights on how much societal power workers in any one company have—isn't enough. It's time for Congress to #EndForcedArbitration. http://twitter.com/... Liz Fong-Jones / @lizthegrey ...
Baidu beats with Q4 total revenue of $3.96B, up 22% YoY, profit down 50% YoY to $303M; iQiyi beats with Q4 revenue of $1B, reports 87.4M subscribers
Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal :
Police across the US are increasingly using “reverse location search warrants” to force tech companies to hand over location data of anyone near a crime scene
Aaron Mak / Slate :
A look at Facebook's Analog Research Lab, which makes posters for the company's offices, and how its messaging has changed since Facebook's recent scandals
The Analog Research Lab has evolved its messaging, from “Be the nerd” to “What matters is what you do next.” Tweets: @beneltham and @fastcompany Tweets: Ben Eltham / @beneltham : Facebook has its own ...
DoorDash says it has raised $400M in new VC funding at a $7.1B post-money valuation, up from a $4B valuation in August
Doordash just almost doubled its valuation in less than 6 months - exclusive from @AditiRoyCNBC - tip @Techmeme http://twitter.com/...
Portland, Ore.-based Lytics, whose platform helps enterprises provide personalized marketing experiences, raises $35M Series C, bringing total raised to $58M
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Zillow says CEO Spencer Rascoff is stepping down, to be replaced by co-founder and former CEO Rich Barton, as the company announces Q4 earnings
Sara Salinas / CNBC :
Singapore Airlines and American Airlines confirm that some seat screens have embedded cameras but say they are disabled, after a photo of one goes viral
other than current corporate policy — stopping the airline from re-enabling. Bring a small amount of duct/masking tape on trips. http://twitter.com/... Soplane Nik / @akinsoul : Not sure why people ar...
HPE reports Q1 revenue of $7.55B, down 2% YoY, Intelligent Edge revenue of $686M, up 5% YoY, and Hybrid IT revenue of $6B, down 3% YoY
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Google partners with US government departments and pharmacies to help fight the opioid crisis by showing drug disposal locations inside Google Maps
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Roku reports Q4 revenue of $275.7M, up 46% YoY and vs. $262.11M est., says it has 27.1M active accounts, up 40% YoY; revenue for 2018 grew 45% to $742.5M
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
The Galaxy Fold is Samsung's Google Glass: an exciting technical showcase that is hitting the market too soon and makes no sense as a consumer device yet
Vlad Savov / The Verge :
Dropbox reports Q4 revenue of $375.9M, up 23% YoY, vs. $370M est., narrows its loss to $9.5M, and says it has 12.7M paid users, up from 11M a year ago
Munsif Vengattil / Reuters :
Microsoft previews Dynamics 365 AI and mixed reality services and applications on iOS, Android, and HoloLens for remote assistance, customized bots, and more
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Armorblox, which uses natural language processing to protect against cyber attacks by analyzing sensitive info in emails and documents, raises $16.5M Series A
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
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