Microsoft unveils new mid-range 13-inch Surface Book 2 with Intel quad-core i5 processor, 256GB storage, and 8GB RAM for $1,499
Microsoft is quietly refreshing its Surface Book 2 base model today. The software giant is introducing Intel's latest 8th Gen quad-core i5 processor …
Walmart will let customers order groceries by voice through Google Assistant beginning this month, expanding the service to other platforms in the coming months
- Prior purchase data will help identify preferred brands, size — Retailer to expand service to more platforms in coming months
WhatsApp debuts a fact-checking tip line in India to combat fake news, will work with startup Proto to help review text, photos, links, and video sent by users
WhatsApp has launched its next weapon in the fight against misinformation on its platform in India: a tip line to which you can send forwards …
Facebook says it removed over 800 Indian and Pakistani Pages, accounts, and Groups for spreading misinformation and propaganda, ahead of India's election
NEW DELHI — Facebook and Instagram removed more than 800 political pages, accounts, and groups in India and Pakistan for spreading misinformation …
Report: data provided by TokenData shows about $118M has been raised via ICOs in Q1 2019, compared to $6.9B raised during the same period in 2018
About $118 million has been raised via initial coin offerings (ICOs) in Q1 of 2019, over 58 times less than $6.9 billion … Source: Wall Street Journal .
Rajan Anandan, Vice President of Google's Southeast Asia and India operations, is leaving to join Sequoia Capital India as a managing director
Rajan Anandan, the Vice President of Google's Southeast Asia and India operations, is leaving the company after more than eight years with the firm, the company said on Tuesday.
Valve confirms its Index VR headset with integrated headphones and new controllers will ship on June 15, plans full reveal for May 1
You won't have to wait until May to learn more about Valve's Index VR headset. Valve briefly posted (and promptly removed) unfinished pages for the Index …
1,300+ Googlers sign a petition demanding Google remove Kay Coles James, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, from its external AI advisory board
‘They think that some of our colleagues either do not or should not exist’ — When Google announced an external advisory board …
Readdle brings popular free email app Spark to Android with features aimed at power users and promises no ads or tracking
Twelve years after its inception, Readdle is finally venturing beyond Apple's ecosystem with the launch today of its Spark email app for Android.
YouTube is removing UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson's videos from search results and prohibiting him from live streaming, stopping short of an outright ban
The video platform is removing the far-right activist's videos from search results and stopping him live-streaming.
Source: Slack plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange in June or July, taking the same path as Spotify for its direct listing
The workplace messaging company Slack Technologies Inc. plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange in June or July, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Sources: YouTube execs ignored internal warnings, concerns about the spread of toxic videos, and proposals to change recommendations, in favor of engagement
A year ago, Susan Wojcicki was on stage to defend YouTube. Her company, hammered for months for fueling falsehoods online …
CollegeVine, a college guidance platform that predicts a student's chance of acceptance and helps families manage the application process, raises $24M Series B
CollegeVine, the Cambridge-based education technology startup, has raised $24 million as it eyes offering its services to employers as an employee benefit.
Sqreen, which helps developers monitor and protect their web apps from vulnerabilities and attacks, raises $14M Series A led by Greylock Partners
Sqreen, a cybersecurity startup that helps developers monitor and protect their web apps from vulnerabilities and attacks …
a16z raises new $2B fund and says the firm's 150 employees are being registered as financial advisors, so they can go deeper on riskier bets, like buying crypto
Emerging from the financial crisis in 2009, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz laid out their campaign to take on Silicon Valley. Tweets: @bizcarson , @zalzally , @bizcarson , @bizcarson , @alexrkonrad ...
Ming-Chi Kuo reaffirms all three new iPhones in 2019 will have bilateral wireless charging, says 5.8" model's battery size will jump 20-25%, the 6.5" by 10-15%
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Microsoft teams up with BMW on the Open Manufacturing Platform, a new initiative for collaborative IoT development in manufacturing
Car companies are making big investments in technology to help ensure that they are not cut out of the next generation of transportation and automotive manufacturing …
Google Assistant does not always disclose that some audio recommendations in search results are connected to a paid program
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - On stage at an investor conference last month, Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler identified a vexing challenge for the company's …
Intel Capital says it's invested $117M in 14 startups, the majority of which create products and services related to AI
$117M Investment in 14 Tech Startups John Kennedy / Silicon Republic : Intel invests $117m in 14 disruptive tech start-ups Andrea Leinfelder / Houston Chronicle : Houston company bringing AI to health...
Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm's former CEO and a former director, has dropped his effort to take the company private
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China's internet regulator says short-video apps should have a “youth mode” feature for parents from June that can limit what children watch and for how long
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A new biography on Tim Cook offers a first-hand view from former staff about how Apple battled the FBI's order to unlock the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone
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Cloudflare says users can now join waitlist for its mobile-only VPN service Warp via its 1.1.1.1 app, says it has plans to offer a faster, paid version of Warp
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Gmail launches email scheduling and brings Smart Compose to all Android phones with subject suggestions and personalized greetings
making Gmail work faster and smarter for businesses Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Google Adds New Gmail Tools to Mark the App's 15th Birthday Chris Merriman / Inquirer : Happy 15th birthday...
Palo Alto-based digital business payments company Bill.com raises $88M at a $1B+ valuation and announces a strategic partnership with Mastercard
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin Tweets: @billcom Tweets: @billcom : In the US, $58 trillion is paid between compa...
Mark Zuckerberg, in a conversation with Axel Springer's CEO, floats a “news tab to surface more high quality news”, says Facebook could pay publishers
Hi. This is your host Can Duruk speaking. Joyce Koh / Bloomberg : Singapore Isn't Waiting for Facebook to Crack Down on Fake News Leif Johnson / Macworld : Apple News+ FAQ: Magazine list, price, down...
Sources: Apple tried hard to sign up The New York Times and WaPo to Apple News+, was flexible on some terms but wanted the papers' entire content offerings
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Bragi, creator of Dash wireless earbuds, says it sold its product business to “a third-party buyer” in March, will keep licensing IP but won't make new devices
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ManoMano, a French e-commerce website and marketplace focused on DIY and gardening, raises €110M, says it generated €400M in gross merchandise value last year
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Researchers tricked Tesla Autopilot into steering into oncoming traffic by using stickers on the lane markings; Tesla has since patched, but questions remain
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Tom Conrad, ex-Snap VP of product and ex-Pandora CTO, has joined mobile video startup Quibi to lead product and customer support, reporting to CEO Meg Whitman
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Researcher: ~13,500 iSCSI storage clusters left exposed online without a password, opening backdoors to enterprise disk storage arrays and people's NAS devices
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When it comes to low-light photography, Huawei's P30 Pro is markedly better than a Pixel 3 with Night Sight, preserving far more detail
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Facebook asks for public input via questionnaire and free-form questions about Oversight Board, which is to be its “supreme court” for content policy decisions
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