Report: Apple will charge $9.99/mo each for HBO, Showtime, and Starz subscriptions, and will monetize its own content; premium news service will cost $9.99/mo
For the first time, Apple will present its Services vision to the public at tomorrow's March 25 event. Source: Wall Street Journal .
Report: Nintendo could launch two new Switch consoles this year, a high-end model aimed at serious gamers and a cheaper model with a focus on portability
Nintendo might launch two new Switches as early as this summer, reports the WSJ. As previously rumored, one would likely be a smaller … Source: Wall Street Journal .
Kaspersky: ASUS pushed a malicious backdoor to ~500K Windows machines for at least five months last year, after its live software update tool was compromised
The Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through …
Source: Apple's planned game subscription service for iOS will only include paid titles, not freemium ones, and will pay developers based on user play time
Everyone and their brother knows that at tomorrow's … Charlie Wood / Business Insider : Apple is teasing fans with a playful live stream of the Steve Jobs Theater ahead of its big TV event Tristan Ray...
Telegram debuts anonymous sending, which strips forwarded messages of author's info; now lets users delete messages from both sender's and recipient's devices
To further increase privacy, Telegram announced today that they have added a feature that allows users to delete any message …
Sources: YouTube has canceled plans for high-end dramas and comedies as it pulls back from earlier plans for a paid service with Hollywood-quality shows
- Google video unit is said to cancel plans for high-end series — Executive Susanne Daniels is said to be looking to move on
Sources: Uber to announce the $3.1B acquisition of Dubai-based Careem soon, paying $1.4B in cash and $1.7B in convertible notes at a price of $55 per Uber share
Uber Technologies Inc. is set to announce a $3.1 billion cash-and-share deal to acquire its Dubai-based rival Careem Networks FZ …
Palmer Luckey says the redesigned Oculus Rift S headset won't properly fit around 30% of users' eyes, up from the original Rift's ~10% of users
Since leaving Oculus in 2017, consumer virtual reality pioneer Palmer Luckey has occasionally used his personal blog to discuss minor and not-so-minor issues at the company he founded.
Xiaomi reports Q4 revenue of ~$6.62B, up 26.5% YoY, as its sales outside of China grow to 40% of its total revenue from 28% last year
Xiaomi, the Chinese company known for its cheap handsets and a vision to drive revenues by selling internet services, has come in ahead of analysts' estimates …
Early version of Microsoft's new Chromium-powered Edge browser shows support for Chrome extensions, limited sync, a mixed Chrome/Edge UI, and dark mode support
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Alibaba acquires Israel-based startup InfinityAR, sources say for $10M+; in 2016, Alibaba invested $15M in the startup at an implied valuation of $80M
The Ramat Gan-based company's technology can turn any device into a content augmentation platform, using basic hardware.
Overview of Google's new dedicated search site for hotel listings, announced last week, that features an uncluttered, map-based interface, similar to Airbnb
Google has launched a full destination search site for hotel listings in a move that could seriously shake up online travel - again. Tweets: @rakeshlobster Tweets: Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster : Ho...
Naspers plans to spin off its internet businesses, including a $133B stake in Tencent and investments in Mail.ru, Delivery Hero, and Swiggy, in a Dutch listing
- Bulk of the company will be listed on Euronext Amsterdam — Move is part of plan to cut gap with value of Tencent holding
Tarana Wireless, which develops tech for fixed wireless access, raises $60M from Khosla Ventures and satellite operator EchoStar, bringing total raised to $200M
WASHINGTON — Tarana Wireless, a broadband infrastructure developer that counts OneWeb founder Greg Wyler among its backers …
In-depth profile of Maksym Igor Popov, an infamous Ukrainian hacker whose stated goal was to create conflict and cyberwar between nations using disinformation
this is the coolest infosec news of the day. The career of a RIS collaborator who developed and perfected leaking hacked doc via online personas, with an operational history from Anonymous to CyberBer...
A moderator for the /r/aww, a cute animal subreddit with 19M subscribers, details his processes for identifying and banning bots, trolls, and propagandists
Robert Peck / Wired : Tweets: @kfury and @nxthompson See also Mediagazer Tweets: Kevin Fox / @kfury : The difference between Reddit and the other major social sites is that its worst parts are contai...
WorkBoard, a SaaS platform that helps companies assess their strategic plans, raises $23M Series B led by GGV after it more than tripled total revenue last year
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Transsion, which reportedly makes ~59% of feature phones and ~34% smartphones sold in Africa, files for IPO on China's upcoming Nasdaq-like exchange in Shanghai
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