Several journalists have reported their Samsung Galaxy Fold review unit's screen breaking after a day or two of use
Yikes — Look closely at the picture above, and you can see a small bulge right on the crease of my Galaxy Fold review unit. It's just enough to slightly distort the screen, and I can feel it under ...
Facebook says it unintentionally collected email contacts of 1.5M users who used email password verification, will notify affected users and delete contacts
- Exclusive: Facebook said that it has “unintentionally uploaded” the email contacts of 1.5 million new Facebook users since May 2016.
Samsung responds to reports of display issues in Galaxy Fold, says removing the top protective layer or adding adhesives to the main display may cause damage
Also: be careful with that screen cover — Samsung has released an official statement addressing reports of display issues with the upcoming Galaxy Fold.
Google and Amazon end their streaming video spat: YouTube will come to Fire TV and Prime Video will work with Chromecast and Android TV
Google and Amazon haven't historically been the best of friends, at least when it comes to their respective streaming video services.
Google will display options for five alternative search apps and browsers when Android users in EU open Google Play to comply with European Commission's orders
People have always been able to customize their Android devices to suit their preferences. That includes personalizing the design …
Kuo: All new 2019 iPhones will feature a 12MP front camera, the 6.5" and 5.8" OLED iPhones will have a triple-camera system with a new super-wide 12MP lens
Kuo today said that Apple plans to upgrade the front camera in the 2019 iPhones from 7-megapixels to 12-megapixels.
Apple opens Material Recovery Lab in Austin to study future recycling processes, expands iPhone recycling program to Best Buy stores in US, KPN in Netherlands
Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a major expansion of its recycling programs, quadrupling the number of locations US customers …
T-Mobile's no-fee Money banking app gets a nationwide rollout, offers T-Mobile customers 4% interest rate on the first $3,000
While it's not quite a pivot, it seems more and more tech companies are straying out of their lane and into the finance world. T-Mobile has decided to join …
Zoom opens up ~80% on its first day of trading after raising $356.8M in its IPO at a valuation of $9.2B
Videoconferencing software company Zoom made its debut on the Nasdaq on Thursday under the ticker symbol “ZM,” and surged 80 percent to $65. — The initial pop gives Zoom a stock market value of $16....
Report: VC investments in crypto and blockchain startups have totaled $850M so far this year; Coinbase estimated to have revenue of ~$520M in 2018
LONDON (Reuters) - Major finance and tech firms are pouring money into startups building technology to develop the crypto market …
Cisco's Talos: state-backed hackers are continuing to brazenly hijack domains, targeting key infrastructure of several countries, in a months-long DNS campaign
Despite widespread attention since January, DNS campaign shows no signs of abating. — The wave of domain hijacking attacks besetting …
Pinterest opens up 25% on its first day of trading after raising $1.43B in its IPO at a valuation of $10B
Pinterest began its first day of trading Thursday at $23.75, up 25%. — The bump pushed Pinterest's market cap above $12 billion after it was initially priced at $19 per share, which had valued it at...
Hacker shares source code of tools from Iranian cyber-espionage unit APT34, alleged personal info of Iranian intelligence officers, and more on Telegram
APT34 hacking tools and victim data leaked on a secretive Telegram channel since last month. — In an incident reminiscent …
Facebook permanently bans far-right individuals and groups, like the British National Party, the English Defence League, and Britain First
Swath of organisations and individuals permanently banned for being ‘dangerous’ — Facebook has permanently banned a swath of far-right organisations …
A look at Microsoft's hardware design labs and how the company designed the Surface Hub 2S
Building 33 on Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington, houses a conference room unlike any you've ever seen. It includes an enormous glowing sphere, a buckyball for a boardroom.
Wisconsin governor says he wants to renegotiate the state's Foxconn contract, which has up to $4B in incentives, thinks goal of 13K Foxconn jobs is unrealistic
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel :
Twitter says it has acquired highlight sharing app Highly, which will shut down its iOS and Slack app on April 26
Quotes from articles are much more eye-catching than links on Twitter, so the social giant is scooping up the team behind highlight-sharing app Highly.
Security researcher takes over a subdomain that Windows 8 and Windows 10 use to deliver RSS-based news and updates to Live Tiles
Subdomain currently in the possession of a German security researcher, preventing any abuse. — Microsoft has lost control over a crucial subdomain …
Sources: ByteDance, which is adding thousands of employees to its 40K staff, expects a net loss of ~$1B in 2018 and revenues of $18B this year and $29B in 2020
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Phantom Auto raises $13M Series A to expand to delivery bots its teleoperation business, which lets remote drivers take control of autonomous vehicles
Remote driving startup Phantom Auto has raised $13.5 million of financing in a Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners …
The US intelligence community must adapt to rapid technological changes like advances in AI, which are eroding traditional advantages of US intelligence
Foreign Affairs :
Terry Gou, the founder of Foxconn, has announced he will run for Taiwan's presidency
Chris Horton / New York Times :
Sources: Amazon plans to close its marketplace in China by mid-July, after struggling to get a foothold in a competitive market; AWS and Kindle sales to remain
Salesforce says it's buying MapAnything, which helps companies make location-based workflows on Salesforce's platform; MapAnything has raised more than $84M
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
UK government announces that porn websites will have to introduce age-checks by July 15; sites failing to comply will face being blocked by ISPs
Leo Kelion / BBC :
Airbnb leads $160M Series B in debt and equity financing for Lyric, a hospitality platform offering short-term serviced apartments for business travelers
Deanna Ting / Skift :
Sources: a team at Facebook Reality Labs has been working on a voice assistant since 2018 and has contacted vendors in the smart speaker supply chain
basically: their AI wasn't strong enough to consistently get voice commands correct https://www.recode.net/... Dan Frommer / @fromedome : Promise I'm not trolling: Do people actually want to use anyth...
T-Mobile and Comcast say they're rolling out call verification for calls made between their networks, using STIR/SHAKEN protocol, for some Samsung and LG phones
Christine Fisher / Engadget :
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says he opposes China Mobile's plan to enter the US market and will hold a vote on whether to deny its application in May
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Newzoo data: the top 25 public game companies accounted for nearly 80% of the $134.9B global market in 2018; Tencent, Sony, Microsoft, and Apple topped the list
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Microsoft says it denied a California law enforcement request to use its facial recognition tech over bias concerns, but it has sold the tech to a US prison
James Vincent / The Verge :
Sources: Uber is nearing a deal with SoftBank, Toyota, and Denso to invest $1B in its self-driving unit, valuing it at $7.25B, as Uber prepares for its IPO
Wall Street Journal :
Investigation finds six Android apps from DU Group, a major Chinese developer, that have been committing large-scale ad fraud and abusing user permissions
BuzzFeed News :
Profile of Playrix, founded by two Russian brothers, which creates smartphone games, played by 30M+ daily users, and has $1.2B in annual sales
Bloomberg :
AirPods' rapid ubiquity and wireless design, letting users keep them in constantly, has become a source of annoyance for service industry workers and others
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