Apple iPad mini (2019) review: same specs as larger iPad Air, headphone jack, and solid performance, but has huge bezels and a Lightning port instead of USB-C
Sometimes smaller is better — People who love the iPad mini really, really love the iPad mini.
Four European Wikipedia sites are blocking access and directing users to contact their EU representatives on March 21 to protest the copyright directive
Sites including Reddit, Twitch, and PornHub are also encouraging users in the EU to contact local politicians
Facebook admits it inadvertently stored some user passwords in plain text, searchable by employees; source says it may have been between 200M and 600M passwords
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees …
Facebook says it will notify hundreds of millions of Facebook users and thousands of Instagram users after it found passwords were stored in a readable format
As part of a routine security review in January, we found that some user passwords were being stored in a readable format within our internal data storage systems.
Facebook says it blocked 800+ distinct variants of New Zealand shooting video, in contrast to ISIS-style propaganda which is not rebroadcast or reshared widely
We continue to keep the people, families and communities affected by the tragedy in New Zealand in our hearts.
Microsoft launches Windows Virtual Desktop in public preview and Microsoft Defender ATP for macOS in limited preview
Microsoft today made a slew of announcements to help IT pros reduce costs, increase security, and boost employee productivity. The headline items are the launch …
Sources: WSJ plans to join the new paid tier of Apple News to be announced on Monday, expected to cost $10/month; NYT and The Washington Post have opted out
SAN FRANCISCO — The Wall Street Journal plans to join a new paid subscription news service run by Apple, according to two people familiar …
Square CEO Jack Dorsey introduces Square Crypto, a new initiative for open source contributions to the “bitcoin/crypto ecosystem”
Payments startup Square plans to hire a number of engineers and a designer to work on its crypto initiatives, according to tweets from CEO Jack Dorsey.
Microsoft says support for Windows 7, which makes up 40% of desktop market, will end Jan. 14, 2020; enterprise customers can pay for extended support until 2023
Microsoft has rolled out a patch that will warn Windows 7 users that security updates will soon come to an end.
After Rep. Devin Nunes sued Twitter and the @DevinCow account claiming defamation, the parody account gained 465K+ followers, surpassing his own follower count
Consider this: a parody account pretending to be an imaginary cow owned by Representative Devin Nunes, the California Republican …
Google's Stadia could be the future of gaming but the announcement left questions unanswered, like cost and subscription, launch date, or available games
A lot of questions remain unanswered — “The future of gaming is not a box,” according to Google. “It's a place.”
Tesla files two lawsuits against multiple former employees and the self-driving car startup Zoox alleging misappropriation of the company's trade secrets
The automaker claims employees brought logistics info to Zoox, while another took Autopilot data to Xiaopeng Motors
Internal documents: disc-less Xbox One S, a cheaper alternative with a 1TB HDD, will launch globally on May 7
Photoshop mockup of the Xbox One S All-Digital edition. — Following up on our previous reveal of the Xbox One S All-Digital console, we now have a bit more information, as well as the box art and te...
Two crypto indices from CoinMarketCap, CMC Crypto 200, which includes bitcoin, and CMC Crypto ex BTC, which doesn't, launch on Nasdaq, Bloomberg, and Reuters
Two cryptocurrency benchmark indices from data provider CoinMarketCap will launch today on financial data feeds …
Instagram, which has largely escaped scrutiny, is teeming with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and extremist memes, linked by its recommendation algorithm
When Alex, now a high-school senior, saw an Instagram account he followed post about something called QAnon back in 2017 … Tweets: @mims , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @elcush , @sl...
Researchers hacked Apple's Safari, Oracle VirtualBox, and VMware Workstation in Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019 contest, earning $240K in cash awards
SUBSCRIBE — The first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019 is in the books and already, we've seen some great research.
A look at an automated Instagram influencer account made to garner free meals from NYC restaurants in exchange for posts
Chris Buetti had a problem: Dining out in New York was getting too expensive. He saw was one obvious solution — becoming an Instagram influencer and asking restaurants …
Amazon vendors say Amazon is more aggressively blocking ads of unprofitable products and telling them to lower wholesale prices for ads to be reinstated
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Israeli startup Guesty, which provides tools for property managers who list on Airbnb and other rental sites, raises $35M Series C led by Viola Growth
The growth of Airbnb — and likewise other platforms like Booking.com, VRBO and Homeaway for listing and renting short-term accommodation …
By integrating Stadia into YouTube, Google plans to cement YouTube's dominance, as 200M users already watch gaming content there every day
Vlad Savov / The Verge :
Tencent misses Q4 profit estimates with net income falling 32% YoY to $2.1B on revenue of $12.6B, partially due to China's gaming freeze
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post :
The European Commission has fined Google €1.49B for “abusive practices in online advertising” and breaching EU antitrust rules
EU Press Room :
Sources: Amazon is beta testing video ads on its shopping app on iOS with plans for a similar product for Android later in 2019
- Online retailer pushing video ad space in its smartphone apps — Product-related video content can keep shoppers from defecting Tweets: @spencersoper Tweets: Spencer Soper / @spencersoper : Amazon...
US retailers are deploying facial recognition tech to fight shoplifters, raising privacy concerns due to lack of legal restrictions or rules to prevent abuse
At my bodega down the block, photos of shoplifters sometimes litter the windows, a warning to would-be thieves that they're being watched. Tweets: @eff , @alfredwkng , and @evacide Tweets: @eff : Faci...
AT&T and Comcast say they successfully tested anti-robocall protocol SHAKEN/STIR, which adds a verified status to calls authenticated across networks
Patrick Howell O'Neill / Gizmodo :
Report: Apple approved production of its wireless charging AirPower mat earlier this year, after announcing it in 2017 with a 2018 launch date
and not Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge : Apple's new AirPods come with a wireless charging case, Hey Siri support, and more battery life Chris Davies / SlashGear : AirPower with new AirPods caught hidin...
In its first quarter since going public, Tencent Music posts net loss of $127M on $785M revenue, mainly due to a one-off share-based charge to label partners
Rita Liao / TechCrunch :
LogRocket raises $11M Series A, led by Battery Ventures, for its software tool that records a user's activity for engineering teams to review and resolve issues
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Oculus announces $399 Rift S, developed alongside Lenovo, with higher-res 1280x1440 displays and improved optics, available in spring
Lucas Matney / TechCrunch :
Epic says Fortnite has 250M registered players, up from 200M in December, releases a free cross-platform SDK to help developers launch, operate, and scale games
Jessica Conditt / Engadget :
Walmart's CTO Jeremy King is leaving the company to start a “new adventure”, to be replaced by Senior VP of Customer Technology Fiona Tan
Survey: average US consumer subscribes to three streaming video services, 69% subscribe to at least one, up from 55%, and 47% experience subscription fatigue
Mike Snider / USA Today :
A look at the history of game-playing AI and how it often beats humans, from IBM's Deep Blue to AlphaGo
Jamie Rigg / Engadget :
Sources: Netflix is testing a low-cost, mobile-only subscription with select users in India, for half the price of its entry-level plan in the country
Vikas SN / The Economic Times : Tweets: @ryanreith . Thanks: @tsuvik Tweets: Ryan Reith / @ryanreith : This would 100% be a success. Mobile video consumption in India is growing like crazy. Data is c...
Uber says Freight, which connects truck drivers to shipping companies, is expanding to Europe, starting in the Netherlands
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Khronos Group releases OpenXR 0.90 specification for AR and VR hardware standards; supporters include Google, HTC, Microsoft, Oculus, Samsung, Unity, and Valve
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
YouTube faces legal and ethical minefield from unmarked “kidfluencer” sponsored marketing, which targets kids under 13, who are barred from creating accounts
this is gonna sound funny—but I don't even let my kids watch videos on YouTube.” https://motherboard.vice.com/ ... Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : After YouTube's first kids nightmare, it purged videos & bo...
Qualcomm says it is developing Snapdragon-powered VR and AR headsets that will double as wireless VR for PCs, with hardware arriving this year
Scott Stein / CNET :
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