AT&T and Sprint say they have settled a lawsuit over AT&T's “5G Evolution” branding; source: AT&T will continue to use the branding in its ads and marketing
Law360 (April 22, 2019, 3:41 PM EDT) — Sprint and AT&T said Monday they have agreed to settle Sprint's lawsuit seeking …
Facebook hires Jennifer Newstead, a legal advisor for the US State Department who helped craft the Patriot Act, as its general counsel, replacing Colin Stretch
'Jennifer is a seasoned leader whose global perspective and experience will help us fulfill our mission,' says Sheryl Sandberg
The EU has voted to interconnect border control, migration, and law enforcement systems into a searchable biometrics database of 350M+ EU and non-EU citizens
EU Parliament green-lights the creation of the Common Identity Repository (CIR), a gigantic biometrics database.
Amazon launches Key in-garage delivery service and expands Key to 13 more US cities
Amazon Key faced a bumpy start in late 2017, with plenty of folks mocking the program's concept of delivering packages inside people's homes. — But, a year and a half later and following a slight na...
Intel debuts 9th Gen Core chips: 34 desktop CPUs with minor enhancements and more cores at the high end, as well as 45W H-Series, best suited for gaming laptops
How Intel has launched its range of ninth generation processors has been an odd and awkward one.
Twitter Q1 beats with revenue of $787M, up 18% YoY and net income of $191M, reports MAUs of 330M, up 9M QoQ but down 6M YoY; stock up 16%+
Social networking and media platform Twitter today reported its results for the first quarter of the year, and it's a strong one.
Short-form looping video app Byte, developed by the creator of Vine, sends first 100 invites to its closed beta, says it will expand to more testers soon
Twitter shut down Dom Hoffman's app Vine, giving away the short-form video goldmine to China's TikTok.
Facebook names John Pinette, a former Vulcan and Gates Ventures exec, as its VP of global communications, replacing Caryn Marooney, who is leaving after 8 years
James Thorne / GeekWire :
After ditching Nvidia, Tesla unveils its own custom chip for enabling “full self-driving” features, says all newly made Model S, 3, and X vehicles include it
The Tesla computer, a new custom chip designed to enable full self-driving capabilities, is now in all new Model 3 …
A look at Tesla's first self-driving chip, manufactured by Samsung, which can be installed into existing Teslas, but the cost to do so is unknown
Advice on Pivoting to the Future and Avoiding Disruption Shreya Ganguly / Inc42 Media : Elon Musk Promises A Million “Self-Driving Robotaxis” By 2020 João Carrasqueira / Neowin : Tesla wants to launch...
How Turbotax uses dark patterns on its website to trick lower-income Americans, who are eligible to file taxes for free, into paying for its filing service
Did you know that if you make less than $66,000 a year, you can prepare and file your taxes for free? — No? That's no accident.
KeepTruckin, which develops hardware and software that helps truck drivers manage their vehicles and cargo, raises $149M Series D at a $1.25B valuation
KeepTruckin, a developer of hardware and software that helps truck drivers manage their vehicles and cargo, has raised $149 million in Series D funding.
Alphabet's drone delivery business, Wing, is the first drone operator to get FAA approval as an airline
- Google offshoot becomes only drone firm approved as an airline — Wing's new status clears way for others seeking drone commerce — An offshoot of Alphabet Inc.'s Google …
Interviews with contractors who write crypto white papers reveal startups routinely force them to fabricate business models, inflate funding budgets, and more
We dive into this murky industry to find out who writes these things, what goes into the research and how much it really costs to get one written.
Sources: Sets, Microsoft's Windows-management feature which allowed users to organize their workflow in tabs, is gone and not expected to return in Windows 10
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Harness, a continuous app delivery and release platform for engineering and DevOps teams, raises $60M Series B co-led by IVP, GV, and ServiceNow Ventures
Harness, a San Francisco startup developing a continuous app delivery and release platform for engineering and DevOps teams …
Two Google employees who helped organize walkouts say they've faced demotions or dramatically changed roles, plan a town hall to share stories of retaliation
both at research institutions like @AINowInstitute, and at places like Google, which need calls for change and self-reflection from strong voices within. http://www.nytimes.com/... Kate Conger / @kate...
The Galaxy Wearable app has had login problems since at least Thursday, as Samsung Gear and Galaxy Watch Active users report getting stuck on a white screen
Corbin Davenport / Android Police :
Sources: billionaire SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son made a huge personal bet on bitcoin just as prices peaked and lost more than $130M when he sold out
Wall Street Journal :
Samsung says it is delaying the release of the Galaxy Fold past the original April 26 launch date, will announce a new release date “in the coming weeks”
and Even Worse for Folding Phones Todd R. Weiss / eWeek : Samsung Delays Release of Galaxy Fold Smartphone Due to Screen Issues C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Samsung delays Galaxy Fold release,...
Tencent-backed DouYu, a Chinese video game live-streaming platform, files for a US IPO; DouYu reported net revenue of $531.5M and a net loss of $127.4M in 2018
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION … Rita Liao / TechCrunch : Douyu, China's Twitch backed by Tencent, files for a $500M U.S. IPO Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News : A Quick Look At DouYu's...
DataCamp, which hosts online data science courses, said that an unnamed exec made “uninvited physical contact” with an employee; sources say the exec is the CEO
Hi everyone, DataCamp's mission … Arielle Gordon / Motherboard : DataCamp Teachers Boycott Their Own Classes Following Sexual Misconduct by Executive Tweets: Steven Tweedie / @stevetweedie : scoop fro...
India-based ZestMoney, a company that helps consumers with no credit history get loans to buy items online, raises $20M Series B, bringing total raised to $42M
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Luminary, the subscription-based podcast app backed by $100M in venture capital, debuts Tuesday without The New York Times' The Daily or shows from Gimlet Media
Ashley Carman / The Verge :
Coinbase shuts down Coinbase Markets, its Chicago-based high-speed crypto trading division opened a year ago, eliminating 30 jobs
Ian Allison / CoinDesk :
Coinbase has filed to shut down its PAC, which did not raise any funds or back any candidates during its 10-month lifespan, according to public filings
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk :
Jacobs Engineering, a Dallas-based engineering firm with over 80,000 employees, acquires KeyW, a US government cybersecurity contractor, for about $603M
Crayton Harrison / Bloomberg :
Connected car platform Smartcar says it's taking legal action against rival Otonomo, which has raised ~$53M to date, alleging copying of its API documentation
Sahas Katta / Smartcar Blog :
TED talk details the targeted disinformation on Facebook ahead of Brexit and the dark money that likely funded it, as Zuckerberg keeps refusing to testify in EU
or, rather, sold—for the profit of Facebook. http://www.theguardian.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Anyway I'm sure that Facebook has been shaken to its very core now that someone has dared to c...
Gate.io, one of the oldest Chinese crypto exchanges, raises $64M in an ICO for its Gate Points token which can be used to offset trading fees
Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk :
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