Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown reveals a fragile build that lacks adequate protection against the ingress of debris between the OLED screen and the bezel
A teardown of the Samsung Galaxy Fold performed by iFixit in April of 2019.
Kuo: Apple will launch two new AirPods models in the Q4 2019 - Q1 2020 timeframe, one an iterative update, the other with a new design and higher price
Following just hours after a Digitimes report on ‘AirPods 3′, the veritable TF Industries’ Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple is set …
Report: the UK will allow Huawei limited access to help build parts of the country's 5G network, such as antennas and other “non-core” infrastructure
Experts and policymakers are wary of letting China get involved in domestic infrastructure — UK Prime Minister Theresa …
Source: Trump complained in a meeting with Jack Dorsey that Twitter had removed some followers; Dorsey stressed even he lost followers from new Twitter policies
President Trump on Tuesday met privately with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, a huddle at the White House between one of the site's …
Google makes Fit, its activity tracker, available on iOS as a standalone app with full Health integration
Last August, Google Fit was completely revamped with the Material Theme and a focus on two new metrics. The health and activity tracking application is now coming to iOS with full Apple Health integr...
Twitter is adding an option to report attempts to mislead election voters, which will be available in India from April 25 and the EU from April 29
Voting is a fundamental human right and the public conversation occurring on Twitter is never more important than during elections.
Chrome 74 for desktop starts rolling out with Windows Dark Mode support, a user preference media query to help limit motion effects in web pages, and more
Google today launched Chrome 74 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The release includes support for a reduced motion media query …
Sources say Fortnite's growth led to months of intense crunch for Epic staff and contractors, and some are enduring an ongoing crunch to maintain game's success
Sources reveal long hours and intense pressure while working on hit game — In a dozen interviews conducted by Polygon …
Microsoft says Paint will be included in Windows 10 “for now”, after previously announcing it would be deprecated
Microsoft had been planning to remove its popular Paint app from Windows 10, but the company has now reversed course. The software maker had been warning Windows 10 users …
Researchers find that someone has guessed the private keys of some Ethereum users and siphoned off ~45,000 ether from their accounts; low entropy keys to blame
LAST SUMMER, ADRIAN Bednarek was mulling over ways to steal the cryptocurrency Ethereum. He's a security consultant; at the time …
Sources: former DHS Secretary tried to focus White House on potential Russian interference in 2020 election, but was told not to bring it up in front of Trump
WASHINGTON — In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities … Tweets: @theplumlinegs , @maggienyt , @kfile , @maggienyt...
Samsung plans to invest $116B in its semiconductor division through 2030 to develop non-memory logic chips for use in self-driving cars and AI-enabled devices
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to invest $116 billion in non-memory chips through 2030 …
How a group of black women outed Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color in 2014, in what may have been a dry run for the 2016 misinformation campaign
Before Gamergate, before the 2016 election, they launched a campaign against Twitter trolls masquerading as women of color. Tweets: @cjane87 , @jamilsmith , @wesleylowery , @mckaycoppins , @yair_rosen...
Survey of 2,791 adult US Twitter users shows they are younger, more likely to be Democrats, and have higher incomes than US adults overall
U.S. adult Twitter users are younger and more likely to be Democrats than the general public. Most users rarely tweet, but the most prolific 10% create 80% of tweets from adult U.S. users
Blocking social networks after terrorist attacks can do more harm than good, especially in places like Sri Lanka where official sources are often unreliable
We should be suspicious when governments crack down on speech in the name of safety — Imagine for a moment that you run …
Open Technology Institute director and Facebook critic Kevin Bankston says he is leaving in mid-June to become a director of privacy policy at Facebook
Kevin Bankston, currently director of the privacy-focused Open Technology Institute in Washington, will be joining Facebook as a director of privacy policy, he announced Tuesday.
As China exports its surveillance tech to the world, a look at its use in Ecuador, where 4,300 cameras feed video to 16 monitoring stations employing ~3K people
In Ecuador, cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. Tweets: @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @m...
Snap reports Q1 revenue of $320M, vs. $307M est., up 39% YoY, DAUs of 190M, up 2% QoQ; Snapchat reaches 90% of 13-24 year-olds in US
- Snap, the maker of Snapchat, posted a loss fo 10 cents per share, vs. expected loss of 12 cents per share. — The company also managed to continue growing …
Founder of KISSMetrics reflects on how the analytics startup failed because of distraction from random ideas, drive-by management, lack of prioritization, more
Back in 2008, I co-founded KISSmetrics, an analytics company. — There were so many times when I thought about giving up during the early days. Tweets: @rrhoover , @amix3k , @shearic , @joshelman , @...
A look inside the creative streaming community on Twitch, which includes channels from musicians, knitters, makeup artists, scientists, and photographers
“Hi! I see you, but I'm focused on the reading right now. I can chat during the next break!" This message popped up on the stream … Tweets: @sweetpotatoes and @kohquette Tweets: Nicole Carpenter / ...
SoftBank Group will invest ~€900M in German digital payments company Wirecard in a convertible bond deal that could give it a 5.6% stake in the company
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American companies keep building surveillance tools that are used to violate human rights; workers who organize protests or refuse to comply deserve protections
American companies continue to build surveillance tools that are used to violate human rights. Workers who refuse to comply deserve protections. Tweets: @gortnacul_house , @supernodal , @supernodal ,...
Japanese government and financial institutions are scrambling to update their software and IT systems to align with the imperial era calendar reset on May 1
It isn't exactly Y2K, but the country is scrambling to reconcile its systems with the ancient demands of an imperial calendar.
Bumble says it will soon launch Private Detector, a feature that uses AI to automatically blur incoming lewd images and present blocking and reporting options
New York (CNN Business)On Bumble, lewd pictures will soon come with a warning. — The company, which launched …
Alphabet's Wing becomes the first drone operator to get FAA approval as an air carrier, plans to launch a delivery trial in Virginia this year
a crucial step towards getting the first ever unmanned package delivery operation up and running in Blacksburg. We've come a long way since the first burrito delivery by drone at @Virginia_Tech in 201...
Facebook supports 111 languages, but translates content rules to just 41, and its moderation staff speaks ~50; deficit leaves it struggling to monitor content
NAIROBI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's struggles with hate speech and other types of problematic content are being hampered … Tweets: @yolandavalery and @bafeldman See also Mediagazer Tweets...
Letter from Wisconsin governor to a Foxconn executive reveals that Wisconsin is renegotiating its contract with Foxconn to build an LCD plant in the state
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Docker and Arm announce a new partnership to help Docker developers more easily build apps for the Arm platform
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Getaround acquires Paris-based car-sharing startup Drivy, which operates in 170 European cities, for $300M, expanding beyond the US for the first time
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Kohl's and Amazon expand partnership: Amazon customers will be able to return products to Kohl's 1,150 US stores, some of which will now carry Amazon products
not specific to Kohl's — is that some traditional retailers convince themselves main issue is foot traffic rather than underlying issues that led to decreased store traffic in the first place: lack of...
Instagram adds quiz stickers, which allow users to ask their followers multiple choice questions through Stories
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VDOO, a platform that detects and fixes vulnerabilities in IoT devices, raises $32M Series B led by WRVI Capital and GGV Capital
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Lawyers say an Indian state court reversed its ban on TikTok; source says IT ministry will ask Apple and Google to reinstate the app
Facebook tells UK MPs that New Zealand shooter's first-person video fooled its AI content detection, saying it was something “we had not seen before”
- Labour party lawmaker calls tech platforms a “cesspit” — Tech firms giving evidence on hate crime to U.K. panel Tweets: @zackwhittaker Tweets: Zack Whittaker / @zackwhittaker : In other words, a ...
Tim Cook shares his thoughts on privacy, tech regulation, politics, and the “rigged” San Bernardino encryption case, citing an inspector general report
@tim_cook at the #TIME100 Summit pic.twitter.com/EJTxoG0e8C @mashable : Tim Cook says “we don't want people using their phone all the time.” That's total BS. https://trib.al/N09QwqL pic.twitter.com/IG...
Report from FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) says online theft, fraud, and exploitation caused losses of $2.7B globally in 2018, up from $1.4B in '17
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Indian music streaming service Gaana says it has 100M monthly active users and is introducing video, starting with made-for-mobile video from top local artists
Manish Singh / VentureBeat :
Squarespace makes its first acquisition by buying Acuity Scheduling, which helps businesses manage online appointments; all 45 employees will join Squarespace
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Reddit says it is rolling out Events, used to schedule posts related to an event like a TV show, and Collections, used to curate posts, to all subreddits
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
FireEye researchers find the source code of the Carbanak malware, developed by a hacker group that stole €1B+ from banks, has been on VirusTotal for two years
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Postmates says it has launched in 1,000 new cities since December, now operates in 3,500 cities across all 50 states, and that it reaches 70% of US households
Kate Clark / TechCrunch :
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