Kuo: 31.6-inch Apple display with mini-LED backlight will launch in Q2 or Q3 2019; new iPad and MacBook with mini-LED displays will launch by 2020 or early 2021
TF Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo has released a report which lays out Apple's product interest in mini-LED technology.
China's economic planning body has proposed new rules that would ban all local cryptocurrency mining farms; the rules are under public consultation until May 7
Bitcoin, the world's most traded cryptocurrency, is now at around US$5,200, its highest level in four months China's plan …
Alphabet's Project Wing gets approval in Canberra, Australia to launch a commercial drone delivery service, will initially deliver from a dozen local businesses
Google has launched a world-first commercial air delivery business in Canberra's north, delivering gelato and golfing equipment by drone directly to homes.
Twitter lowers the number of accounts a user can follow per day from 1,000 to 400 to cut down on spam and bot activity
Twitter just took another big step to help boot spammers off its platform: it's cutting the number of accounts Twitter users can follow, from 1,000 per day to just 400.
Instagram class accounts are used by incoming freshmen to make friends and find roommates, similarly to how teens once used Facebook
By the time many college freshmen arrive on campus this fall, they'll have already met their roommate, their core friends, and many of their classmates on Instagram.
Opera for desktop now includes a cryptocurrency wallet, after its Android app got one in December; wallet keys and transactions are synced between PC and mobile
Opera has updated its eponymous web browser for the desktop with a crypto-makeover and a number of additional features.
Facebook is using AI to map population density around the world and is releasing new maps covering the majority of Africa
The work has humanitarian applications, but it could also benefit Facebook's commercial interests — Facebook has always been a company with global ambition …
Bitcoin wallet Electrum hit by DoS attack with the attackers apparently directing users to download “backdoored” versions of Electrum to steal their bitcoin
The servers of popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum are under heavy attack, and users are advised to be extra careful when using the pl
Google announces Cloud Run, bringing serverless and containerized app development together, and Cloud Run for GKE, running on Google's version of Kubernetes
Two of the biggest trends in applications development in recent years have been the rise of serverless and containerization.
Microsoft makes developer and “canary” builds of its Chromium-based Edge browser available today for Windows 10 64-bit, says builds for macOS “coming soon”
Microsoft today released the first Edge build based on Google's Chromium open source project, the same browser that Google's Chrome is based on.
Some fear the sweeping nature of UK's proposal to combine work done by 8+ regulators into a new “super-regulator” with the power to block online platforms
Technology giants will be forced to have a “duty of care” for their users, if a proposal announced by the government on Monday becomes law.
Snap is officially rolling out a faster version of its Snapchat Android app, which it's been rebuilding since the beginning of 2018 for better performance
Snapchat announced a big move in late 2017. It was going to fix all of the problems its Android version had in comparison to the iOS version.
Facebook agrees to update its T&Cs in EU and clarify its use of user data to develop profiles and target advertising
Today, the European Commission and consumer protection authorities have welcomed Facebook's updated terms and services. They now clearly explain how the company uses …
Slack now has deeper integration with Office apps and files including full previews of Office files like PowerPoint slides and new Outlook and OneDrive apps
Available to Slack users today — Slack is integrating Microsoft's Office 365 services today.
G Suite now lets Dropbox users work with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides directly inside the file sharing service, following a similar Box integration
More than a year after announcing a series of cross-platform integrations, Google and Dropbox have finally given a first glimpse …
Yahoo reaches a revised settlement with US and Israeli victims of its 2013 to 2016 data breach, paying out $117.5M in total to as many as 194M people
(Reuters) - Yahoo has reached a revised $117.5 million settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information …
Roku rolls out an update that makes it less of a neutral platform, as it now more prominently features and automatically plays back The Roku Channel's content
In the past, Roku seemed to be more of neutral platform compared with streaming media player rivals like Amazon Fire TV or Apple TV.
Klook, an online activity booking platform for travelers, raises $225M “Series D plus” led by SoftBank's Vision Fund
We recently noted that SoftBank's Vision Fund has stepped up its deal-making in Asia this year, and today it added a new company to its roster: travel services platform Klook.
Sonos and Ikea unveil a $179 Symfonisk table lamp and a $99 bookshelf speaker, both of which can be controlled with Sonos' app, shipping in August
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As it preps for India's elections, Facebook says it removes ~1M accounts/day using AI, will open centers on election integrity in Singapore and Dublin this week
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In an updated filing, video conferencing company Zoom sets an IPO price range of $28-$32 per share, valuing it at $8.25B on the upper end of the range
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EU publishes seven guidelines for developing ethical AI applications including being accountable, sustainable, explainable, privacy-respecting, and unbiased
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Microsoft changes the default removal policy for external storage like USB thumb drives in Windows 10 from “Better performance” to “Quick removal”
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Tencent launches WeGame X, a global version of its games distribution platform WeGame
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Study: the App Store's Top 30 popular apps have been available to download for 5+ years on average in 2019, compared to less than two years on average in 2014
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Tencent leads game streaming in China after Panda TV shuts down; China's streaming market, the world's biggest, is expected to reach $16.5B in revenue by 2022
China is home to the world's biggest live streaming user base, with industry revenue expected to grow to US$16.5 billion by 2022 …
Pinterest sets IPO price range at $15-$17 per share, to raise as much as $1.275B at up to a $11.3B valuation; Pinterest was valued at $12.3B in its last round
below its latest private valuation Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Ahead of IPO, Pinterest sets price target below last valuation PE Hub Blog : Pinterest seeks $15-$17 per share in IPO, below last pr...
14 HTC apps that were on the Google Play Store have been unpublished in the last three months, including HTC Mail and HTC Calendar
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PubNub, which develops infrastructure to power data streams for real-time apps and IoT devices, raises $23M Series D
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Expanse, which indexes global IP addresses and helps track connected devices for large organizations, raises $70M Series C led by TPG Growth
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EU starts investigation into Microsoft products used across EU institutions, after a Dutch probe found some products' hidden telemetry violated GDPR
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RiskLens, formerly Cxoware, a cyber risk qualification and management software provider, raises $20.55M Series B led by Paladin Capital
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Branch, which gives loans starting at $2 in emerging markets like India and Kenya, raises $170M, partners with Visa to offer virtual pre-paid debit cards
Jake Bright / TechCrunch :
Roblox says it now has 90M MAUs, up from 70M last fall, which it credits to international expansion and recent support for the French and German languages
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Klaviyo, a Boston-based email marketing firm founded in 2012 that says it has 12,000 customers, raises $150M Series B from Summit Partners
Today we closed a $150M series B financing … FinSMEs : Klaviyo Receives $150M Investment from Summit Partners Tweets: Ron Miller / @ron_miller : Klaivyo, a Boston email marketing firm decided to build...
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