Samsung says it cannot confirm the shipping date for Galaxy Fold and will cancel pre-orders, unless told not to, if they do not ship by May 31
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it cannot confirm the shipping date for its foldable device Galaxy Fold yet and apologized …
Symantec: a Chinese state-sponsored hacker group co-opted and repurposed NSA hacking tools to attack US allies and private companies in Europe and Asia in 2016
Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies …
Microsoft debuts WSL 2, featuring “dramatic” performance increases, support for Docker, and shipping with a Linux kernel, to be updated through Windows Update
Microsoft today announced Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2—that's WSL 2. It will feature “dramatic file system …
Starting today Twitter lets you add images, GIFs, and videos to quote tweets
Exciting news: Today we are launching the ability to Retweet with GIF, photos, and video! We find solutions to many challenges as we build for a global, vocal audience. Here is a glimpse into our proc...
Cruise Automation, GM's self-driving division, raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from investors including SoftBank, Honda, and T. Rowe Price Associates
Post-money valuation is now $19 billion — Cruise Automation, the self-driving division of General Motors, announced on Tuesday …
More than 100 Riot Games employees walked out on Monday to protest the company's use of forced arbitration to settle sexual harassment lawsuits
‘League of Legends’ developers walkout to protest the company's use of forced arbitration to settle sexual harassment lawsuits.
Microsoft unveils .NET 5, which will support Java, Swift, and Objective C interoperability on multiple platforms, and makes ML.NET 1.0 generally available
Build is Microsoft's annual developer conference, which makes Visual Studio and .NET the stars of the show.
IntelliCode, Microsoft's tool for AI-assisted coding that was trained on GitHub projects with 100+ stars, is now generally available
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Current and former employees discuss how Apple's stores changed under Angela Ahrendts' reign, with challenges around customer service festering
Web Smith's recent experience at his local Apple store in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, has been an exercise in frustration.
Microsoft announces a slew of offerings for developers including Windows Terminal, available in preview, XAML Islands, and React Native for Windows
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Microsoft announces ElectionGuard, an open source platform for securely handling voting data, available this summer with a pilot during the 2020 elections
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US Department of Energy says AMD and Cray will build the world's fastest supercomputer, dubbed Frontier, by 2021, with 1.5 exaflops of processing power
Dubbed Frontier, the supercomputer expected to go online in 2021 with 1.5 exaflops of processing power
Google to update Android Auto in the summer to make it more intuitive with features like a dynamic, persistent bar for navigating apps, and a default dark mode
A bunch of little changes that should make Android Auto easier to use — Android Auto is getting a little refresh …
Microsoft announces Fluid Framework, a new web-based modular platform for document creation, available to developers later this year
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As Europe clamps down on online hate speech and misinformation, concerns grow that these efforts will harm free expression and stifle dissent
LONDON — In Spain, activists were convicted for social media posts that violated an expanded antiterrorism law.
Microsoft says its Chromium-based Edge browser will have an IE mode, privacy tools, and Collections when it launches
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How Epic Games and ILM tried to recreate the Apollo 11 moon landing using HoloLens 2 for a demo that failed to run during Microsoft's Build 2019 keynote
The story of a tech demo 20 years in the making that fell apart in mere minutes. — How Epic & ILM's John Knoll Tried to Recreate …
With today's WordPress 5.2 release, the CMS for 33% of all websites finally gets cryptographically-signed updates and a modern cryptographic software library
WordPress 5.2 released with support for cryptographically-signed updates, a modern cryptographic library.
Bipartisan letter from two senators urges FTC to swiftly conclude its probe of Facebook, says $3-5B would be a “bargain” and calls for penalties of executives
Two top Senate lawmakers on Monday expressed frustration with a federal probe into Facebook's privacy practices …
Flexe, which operates an on-demand warehouse marketplace for retailers, raises $43M Series B led by Activate Capital and Tiger Global Management
As more consumers shop online, retailers need capacity to ship products across the country — particularly as they battle e-commerce kingpin Amazon.
Interviews with Microsoft executives shed light on the company's decision to rebuild its Edge browser with Google's Chromium, after Edge's flaws became clear
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Israeli B2B ride-hailing service Gett raises $200M in a mix of debt and equity at a $1.5B valuation, aims for an IPO by Q1 of 2020
As Uber gears up for an IPO, one of its smaller rivals has raised some money as it prepares to take its own turn on the public market.
A parent's first-hand account about how content found on Reddit, 4chan, and YouTube helped their 13-year-old become infatuated with the alt-right
A Washington family's nightmare year. — When my son Sam,* who was then 14, asked me to take him to the Mother of All Rallies on the Mall in September 2017 … Tweets: @vcav , @lrozen , @emilynussbaum ...
Cybersecurity startup Exabeam, which monitors threats on enterprise networks, raises $75M Series E co-led by Sapphire Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Tourlane, a travel booking service that coordinates bookings from different suppliers, raises $47M Series C led by Sequoia and Spark Capital
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Satya Nadella and other Microsoft execs talk about the future of AI, the company's approach to open platforms, and how the era of the “talented jerk” is over
MICROSOFT HASN'T ALWAYS had a reputation for being “open,” but CEO Satya Nadella and the rest of his executive team … Tweets: @laurengoode , @laurengoode , @laurengoode , @laurengoode , @laurengoode ,...
Alexa keeps recordings of conversations triggered by its wake word but doesn't allow a user to opt out of the collecting of recordings, unlike Google Assistant
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post :
A group of mothers have unearthed 300+ victims of Mexico's drug war over the past three years using drones to help them pinpoint areas with recent digging
they use drones, learn forensic analysis, become experts in locating graves as they search for their children. https://www.theverge.com/...
Electric motorbike startups in India such as Bounce and Vogo are competing with Uber and Ola by serving people who cannot afford current ride-hailing services
Vindu Goel / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimes , @nicolegelinas , and @vindugoel Tweets: @nytimes : As Uber prepares to go public, a low-tech approach of the company's vision of a self-driving future...
A profile of Jumia, the pan-African e-commerce startup that had its US IPO last month, as it battles issues of logistics, traffic, and customer trust
How Apple, Facebook, and Oracle Compete For Best Silicon Valley Headquarters Tweets: @richeconomics : Jumia offers payment on delivery “as a marketing tactic” since customers are worried about being s...
Facebook updates its video guidelines to promote original content, loyal and engaged viewership
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Sources: SoftBank invested ~$20M in Mexican mobile payments startup Clip early this year, as part of a round that raised ~$100M, at a valuation of $350M-$400M
Instagram starts reducing reach of posts identified as false by Facebook's 50+ fact-check partners, who will see Instagram posts in their dashboards this week
and most fact-checkers have only focused their efforts on Facebook and Twitter https://www.poynter.org/... See also Mediagazer
Pregnant Amazon workers were fired after informing managers of their pregnancies, a review of seven lawsuits shows; six of the cases were settled out of court
Alfred Ng / CNET :
Sources: Amazon in talks with big US publishers about paying them to expand internationally so it can reach more shoppers with its affiliate business
Amazon is in talks to pay publishers to expand the content they're making that is filled with affiliate links to Amazon.I wonder at what point this sort of thing becomes sponcon / a conflict of intere...
Microsoft Word Online is getting a new feature called Ideas, an AI-powered editor that suggests ways to make your writing more concise and readable
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Facebook says it has opened a “war room” in Dublin to monitor EU elections, ahead of voting later in May, with about 40 employees
things will slip through. a lot will be garbage/have no impact; tiny bit will be much better & could have outsize impact https://twitter.com/... Alex Howard / @digiphile : @facebook “There are a set o...
Dropbox announces a new long-term, more affordable storage option called Cold Storage to let users store rarely accessed files
Ron Miller / TechCrunch : Tweets: @ron_miller Tweets: Ron Miller / @ron_miller : Dropbox realized that most users backup files to their service, then only rarely open them again. They decided to crea...
Equity management platform Carta raises $300M Series E led by a16z at a $1.7B valuation, says it works with 11,000+ companies and 143 VC firms
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Pitch deck shows Amazon aims to build a video advertising business on Fire TV devices and IMDb FreeDive to rival Roku, Hulu, and others
Lauren Johnson / Business Insider : Tweets: @dinobecirovic See also Mediagazer Tweets: Dino / @dinobecirovic : Amazon to invest heavily in AVOD and be the first to provide brand advertisers with dire...
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