Facebook says original Christchurch attack video was viewed <200 times during live broadcast; first user report came in 12 minutes after live broadcast ended
Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and the community affected by the horrific terrorist attacks in Christchurch.
Apple updates iMac lineup with Intel's 8th-gen and 9th-gen Core CPUs and AMD's Radeon Pro Vega GPUs; 21.5" starts at $1,299, 27" 5K at $1,799, available today
Nearly two years have passed since Apple last refreshed the iMac, but updates are finally here for both 4K and 5K models.
In iMac Pro's build-to-order options Apple now includes a $5,200 option for 256GB RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64X graphics with 16GB dedicated video memory for $700
Apple has quietly updated the iMac Pro build-to-order options to include new Radeon Pro Vega 64X graphics and a 256 GB RAM option.
Reed Hastings confirms that Netflix won't be offering its content through Apple's upcoming video service
In other news: Turns out Netflix is not a tech company, Hastings says. — Apple is planning a big announcement to unveil its new video strategy next week, and there is a long list of unknowns about A...
Instagram adds in-app shopping to let users buy from 20 beauty and fashion brands including Kylie Cosmetics, Nike, and Huda Beauty
Shopping on Instagram is about to change forever. — On March 19, the social platform announced in a blog post it was launching a beta shopping program …
A look at an iPhone prototype board from 2006-2007, when the device was codenamed “M68” and “Purple 2” within Apple
“This is a day I've been looking forward to for two and half years,” said Steve Jobs, Apple's late CEO, as he introduced the original iPhone on January 9th, 2007.
Rep. Devin Nunes is suing Twitter and some of its users for defamation, alleging Twitter is shadow banning conservatives, seeks $250M+ in damages
House Intelligence Committee ranking member and former chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) is suing Twitter and a number of its users for more than $250 million.
Amid a noticeable uptick in Mirai botnet activity, a Palo Alto Networks report says a new Mirai malware variant targets signage TVs and presentation systems
Security researchers spot new Mirai botnet with an enhanced arsenal of IoT exploits. — Security researchers have spotted …
Microsoft Teams says it is now used by 500,000 organizations, including 91 of the Fortune 100, and promises eight new features, three available today
Microsoft Teams, which launched worldwide in March 2017, turns two years old this week. To celebrate, Microsoft is sharing some news …
HP Reverb, a lightweight $600 VR headset that's slated to arrive late April, has ~24 pixels per degree vs. ~14 on the Vive Pro, but pixels are still discernable
Virtual reality headsets are going through a hardware evolution, slowly, with eye tracking, wireless connections, wider fields of view and higher resolutions.
Firefox 66 arrives with autoplaying blocked by default, the ability to search through open tabs, and smoother scrolling, even when there are slowly-loading ads
Mozilla today launched Firefox 66 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The release includes autoplaying content (audio and video) …
Nvidia launches the 70mm by 45mm Jetson Nano, its AI computing board for entry-level applications aimed at developers, makers, and enthusiasts, starting at $99
The Jetson Nano is the latest example of cheap edge computing for AI — In recent years, advances in AI have produced algorithms …
Source: Google's upcoming lower-priced Pixel phones will be called Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL with 5.6- and 6-inch displays; 3a to feature Snapdragon 670, 4GB RAM
According to a source familiar with the phones, the forthcoming mid-range Google Pixels are indeed called the “Google Pixel 3a” …
Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest producers of aluminum, has shut down several metal extrusion plants as it deals with a ransomware attack
Norway's Norsk Hydro said a cyber-attack on late Monday night crippled its IT systems. — Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest aluminium producers …
Report: US has spent $36B digitizing health records, which has risked patient safety with thousands of reports of deaths and injuries tied to software glitches
The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer, and cheaper. Tweets: @erictopol , @ldrogen , @seemacms , @laware75 , @ros...
Despite Alex Jones' YouTube ban, an account posting only InfoWars content, called Resistance News, had millions of views, before YouTube took it down today
Although YouTube has banned several channels associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars site, the outlet still maintains …
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager on why breaking up big tech should be a last resort measure, GDPR favoring large companies, and more
Vestager spoke with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South by Southwest. — On the latest episode of Recode Decode …
Arlan Hamilton's diversity-minded investment fund Backstage Capital falls through, after two “anchor investors” pulled out and other deals failed to materialize
Arlan Hamilton seems to be everywhere. Keynote interviews at conferences like SXSW and the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit …
Patreon will offer creators three new plans beginning in May, with fees ranging from 5-12%, but existing creators can keep their current pricing model
Patreon, a subscription and donation platform that lets YouTubers and other creators earn money for their online content …
Intel claims it will build America's first exascale supercomputer by 2021 using its new Xe GPU architecture, partnering with Cray in a Department of Energy deal
Intel today announced that it and subcontractor Cray will build the first supercomputer with of one exaflop of performance …
Indian ride-hailing company Ola raises $300M from Hyundai and Kia for exploring mobility solutions and developing electric vehicles
Manish Singh / VentureBeat :
As platforms crack down on other forms of hate, experts and researchers say anti-Muslim bigotry has spread unchecked on Facebook and other social networks
Facebook, YouTube, and Amazon moved to remove or reduce the spread of anti-vaccination content after recent public outcry. Tweets: @buzzfeedyarns , @miriamelder , @buzzfeedben , @brandyzadrozny , and ...
CEO of Exactis talks about the fallout after the marketing company exposed 230M personal records on a public server, says he plans to focus on another startup
STEVE HARDIGREE HADN'T even gotten to the office yet, and his day was already a waking nightmare. Tweets: @a_greenberg , @wired , and @privacydigest Tweets: Andy Greenberg / @a_greenberg : Last June, ...
Report: Myspace has lost all the photos, videos, and music its users uploaded between 2003 and 2015 due to data corruption during a server migration project
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A roundup of the 85+ companies that launched at Y Combinator's Winter 2019 Demo Day 1, including medical, AI, on-demand, e-commerce, and robotics startups
Y Combinator's incubator classes have gotten huge. — With over 200 companies, the Winter 2019 class is by far YC's largest yet.
Apple debuts new 10.5" iPad Air, from $499, and 7.9" iPad mini, from $399, both with retina display, A12 Bionic chip, and support for the first-gen Apple Pencil
Xiaomi launches Black Shark 2, a ~$480 gaming smartphone with a pressure-sensitive 6.39" OLED display, vapor chamber cooling, and 6GB-12GB of RAM, in China
Stefan Etienne / The Verge :
Denmark-based Peakon, which provides a SaaS platform for employee retention, raises $35M Series B led by Atomico
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
AWS is launching new EC2 G4 instances with support for Nvidia's T4 GPUs, which optimize for running AI models and use ray tracing tech, in the coming weeks
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Yandex partners with Hyundai to develop software and hardware for autonomous cars
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Putin signs into law bills banning “fake news” and penalizing those who post content found to be insulting to state officials, state symbols, or Russian society
and others. In Nicaragua, Ortega and his crew dismiss human-rights reports as “noticias falsas.” https://www.rferl.org/... @axiosworld : Putin has signed a set of controversial measures that criminali...
Nvidia says Drive Constellation, its cloud-based autonomous vehicle simulation platform, is generally available, with Toyota as its first customer
Virtual Proving Ground for Validating Autonomous Vehicles Greg Nichols / ZDNet : Software-powered simulation is like VR goggles for autonomous vehicles in training
Atlassian acquires AgileCraft, which lets companies plan their strategic projects and workstreams using the Agile software development methodology, for ~$166M
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Mobile ad network Kiip hires new CEO after former CEO Brian Wong was indicted by a grand jury Friday on a sexual assault charge from an SXSW encounter in 2016
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger :
Six banks sign letters of intent to issue stablecoins on World Wire, an IBM payment network that uses Stellar's public blockchain
Ian Allison / CoinDesk :
Facebook is struggling with Today In, its feature curating local news, because 40% of Americans live in places that do not have enough local news coverage
turns out after you help kill off local newspapers, there's no original local reporting left to steal. #newsdeserts http://apnews.com/... Anand Giridharadas / @anandwrites : Facebook complains about p...
OneWeb, which recently launched its first constellation of micro-satellites to provide global internet access, raises $1.25B to begin mass producing satellites
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
NIST's benchmark test for facial recognition systems uses images of immigrants, US visa applicants, abused children, and dead people, without consent
General Catalyst announces initiative to invest at least $25M into 25 to 35 seed-stage startups each year, with initial investments between $500K and $2M
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Tweets: @bonatsos Tweets: Niko Bonatsos / @bonatsos : Very eager to meet with ridiculously ambitious founders with bold ideas that most would dismiss. Excited about new s...
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