Sources: Samsung is working on two new foldable smartphones, a vertical clamshell-like device with an extra outside screen and another that folds like Mate X
- Device that folds from top to bottom is next in line — ‘Outfolding’ model may also challenge Huawei, Xiaomi
Fitbit announces new $160 Versa Lite smartwatch, Inspire and Inspire HR lower-cost fitness trackers, and discontinues the Zip, Flex 2, Alta, and Alta HR
It's also discontinuing the Zip, Flex 2, Alta, and Alta HR — Fitbit's renewed take on the smartwatch appeared to have worked with the Versa …
Internal doc: iPhones with batteries installed by third-party repair shops are now eligible for being repaired at Apple Stores and authorized service providers
iPhones with aftermarket batteries installed by third-party repair shops are now eligible for service at Genius Bars …
Google is testing shoppable sponsored ads within image search results that highlight products available for sale, with details like prices and brands
Google is borrowing a few cues from Instagram and Pinterest to encourage more shopping in its search results.
Report: hackers believed to be sponsored by the Chinese government targeted over two dozen universities in an apparent bid to access maritime military research
Chinese hackers singled out over two dozen universities in the US and around the world in an apparent bid to gain access …
Waymo starts selling lidar sensors to customers who don't compete with its robotaxi business, expects increased production of sensors to lower costs
Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car unit, Waymo, is getting into the sensor business. — Waymo is set on Wednesday to begin selling …
Axios Harris Poll of US adults: Facebook's reputation dropped from 51st to 94th in 2018, following myriad scandals; Amazon, Netflix, and Apple's remained steady
Data: The Axios Harris Poll 100; Chart: Axios Visuals — Facebook's reputation took a long dive over the past year …
France unveils a 3% tax on large internet companies with over €25M in French revenues, affecting about 30 companies; law is expected to pass in coming months
PARIS (AP) — The French government on Wednesday unveiled plans to slap a 3 percent tax on the French revenues of internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook.
Grab confirms $1.46B investment from SoftBank's Vision Fund, which takes Grab's ongoing Series H to $4.5B, source says at a $14B valuation
Grab has become the newest addition to the SoftBank Vision Fund after it announced today that it has pulled in a $1.46 billion investment from the super fund.
Following its Dec. report, Privacy International finds seven major Android apps, including Yelp and Duolingo, still send personal data to Facebook upon launch
Even when you're not logged in or don't have a Facebook account — Major Android mobile apps from companies including Yelp …
Proposed agreement from Amazon HQ2 winner Arlington County, Virginia says Amazon must only meet specific office space targets to get about $23M in incentives
In exchange for giving Amazon about $23 million in incentives, activists wanted Arlington County to require the retail giant …
Inside the world of digital hoarders, who enjoy collecting terabytes worth of data and take pride in archiving files that often disappear from the internet
This week, we are writing about waste and trash, examining the junk that dominates our lives, and digging through garbage for treasure.
littleBits founder claims the central focus of the recent 60 Minutes segment on women and computing was changed from her company to Code.org during production
How 60 Minutes cut women's voices from a segment on . . . girls and women — I must have spent four hours on the phone on Monday.
Google announces TensorFlow Privacy, an open source module for the machine learning framework that lets developers safeguard data with differential privacy
The company's new TensorFlow Privacy module lets devs safeguard data with differential privacy — Google has announced a new module …
Valve faces criticism for its hands-off approach to content moderation as upcoming game glorifying rape and sexual assault is listed on Steam
Matt Wales / Eurogamer.net :
How Corning is working to create truly bendable, ultra-thin glass, as Samsung and others announce folding phones with plastic polymer screens
Brian Barrett / Wired :
In a letter, a county attorney in Tempe, Arizona says that Uber has not been found criminally liable in last year's fatal crash of one of its self-driving cars
but what about human drivers? Brad Templeton / Forbes : No Criminal Charges In Uber Fatality Means We Learn Little Yavapai County Attorney : Re: Rafael Vasquez / Uber Corporation, Tempe Police Departm...
Managed hosting platform Pantheon, which works with WordPress and Drupal, raises $40M Series D led by Sageview Capital and says it has 10,000+ customers
There's no shortage of choices when it comes to managed hosting platforms (MHP), and some niches are more cutthroat than others.
Google unveils a trio of new hardware devices for AI development under the Coral brand, including a $149.99 development board and $74.99 USB accelerator
They're designed to help prototype AI products — Google continues to expand its range of AI products and services with a trio …
Zinier, which wants to automate field service management for the telecom and gas industries, raises $22M Series B led by Accel
Zinier, a startup that's setting out to bring automation to the field service management (FSM) realm, has raised $22 million in a series B round of funding led by Accel …
Echo owners can now ask Alexa to control their Roku devices via a new skill, months after a similar capability came to Google Assistant-powered devices
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
August View wireless video doorbell unveiled with 1440p recording, 24/7 live video streaming, and rechargeable battery, available for $230 from March 28
Megan Wollerton / CNET :
Amazon and Mexico's central bank are working on CoDi, a mobile payments system that lets consumers make payments using QR codes; testing begins this month
Stefanie Eschenbacher / Reuters :
Barclays to merge its bPay and Pingit mobile payments products after bPay struggled to gain users
Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg :
Researchers find that ~400 servers running unpatched Docker instances are also cryptojacked, after a flaw was found last month in runC, a command line utility
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
Apple acquired the patent portfolio of failed smart home security startup Lighthouse AI, including those related to visual authentication, late last year
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
SoundCloud now offers SoundCloud Go+ subscriptions to students for $5/mo., a discount of 50%; it's the last major streaming service to offer student pricing
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Singapore-based Sea is raising as much as $1.5B from a new share offering, most likely for its Shopee e-commerce business in Southeast Asia
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Sources: Mountain View-based Y Combinator is looking for space in San Francisco for its HQ, following other VC firms that have opened offices in the city
Kate Clark / TechCrunch :
Dalil, a caller ID Android app for Saudi and other Arabian users with 5M+ downloads, has exposed user data, including some GPS coordinates, for more than week
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Tweets: @zdnet , @cipherstorm , @lukasstefanko , and @zackwhittaker Tweets: @zdnet : Saudi caller ID app leaves data of 5+ million users in unsecured MongoDB server https://...
Report: 40% of 2,830 AI startups in Europe do not use AI programs in their products; ~8% of EU startups were AI companies in 2018, up from ~3% in 2015
Aliya Ram / Financial Times :
Berlin-based insurance tech startup Wefox Group, which runs Wefox and One, raises $125M Series B to help it become an all-in-one insurance platform
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com launches Joybuy, a store offering simple consumer electronics, on Alphabet's Google Express shopping site
Josh Horwitz / Reuters :
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