Microsoft announces Minecraft Earth, a real-world AR version of Minecraft, available in closed beta on iOS and Android this summer
Alex Kipman, Microsoft's HoloLens and Kinect creator, is always enthusiastic about the future of computing. As he stands in front of me inside …
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to buy supercomputer maker Cray in a deal valued at $1.3B, or $35 per share, which represents a premium of 17.4% to Cray's last close
(Reuters) - Supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc said on Friday it would be bought by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co in a deal valued at about $1.30 billion, net of cash.
Trump's actions against Huawei limit its 5G tech in US, but Huawei continues to build or improve ~100 undersea cables; ~380 cables carry most international data
President Trump's executive order and the Commerce Department's “Entity List” create new challenges for Huawei's 5G wireless technology …
Microsoft and Sony announce a strategic partnership to explore development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure for game and content-streaming services
An unusual partnership — Microsoft and Sony are announcing an unusual partnership today, allowing the two rivals to partner on cloud-based gaming services.
Huawei has been stockpiling critical US components and investing in its own supply chain to prepare for disruptions like the one created by Trump's crackdown
South China Morning Post :
Deliveroo announces that Amazon is leading a $575M funding round for the UK-based food delivery service, bringing total raised to $1.53B
KEY POINTS — Deliveroo is a British company that allows users to order food deliveries from nearby restaurants using an app.
Tests of Verizon's 5G in Chicago on the Galaxy S10 5G show download speeds of up to 1.35 Gbps, but speeds were inconsistent, though never fell below 550 Mbps
I'm in Chicago. Again. It's my second trip to the windy city in the past month, and I don't expect it to be my last. — Why? 5G!
DOJ says that it has indicted 10 members of the criminal network that used the GozNym malware to attempt to steal an estimated $100M from 41,000+ victims
Law enforcement officials from the U.S. and some European allies say they have broken up a criminal network that used banking malware …
Rural US broadband carriers, of which about 25% reportedly use Huawei equipment, say Huawei ban will hinder rural high-speed internet rollout
but ultimately liable to fail, causing immense harm (globally) in the process. Trump's economic illiteracy continues to take a toll. https://twitter.com/... Henry Farrell / @henryfarrell : 1. A thread...
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon say they've stopped selling customer geo-location data to third parties, according to letters they all sent the FCC
Reports emerged a year ago that all the major cellular carriers in the U.S. were selling location data to third party companies …
Sources: DoorDash is finalizing a major round that would value the food delivery app at $10B-$12B, just three months after it raised at a $7B valuation
DoorDash is finalizing a fundraising round likely to value the U.S. food delivery app between $10 billion to $12 billion after the investment …
Profile of Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer, who admits AI alone may not be enough to deal with toxic content and chokes up when discussing the issue
Facebook has heralded artificial intelligence as a solution to its toxic content problems. Mike Schroepfer, its chief technology officer, says it won't solve everything. Tweets: @cademetz , @vboykis ...
Researchers: NYPD used edited suspects' photos and photos of celebs, when witnesses said the suspects looked like them, to generate facial recognition matches
In one case, a photo of the actor Woody Harrelson was used to locate a suspect — A new report from Georgetown Law's Center …
Google to add the ability to save transcriptions in Live Transcribe and will include indicators for sounds like door knocks, dog barks, and phones ringing
[Clapping] — When Google released Live Transcribe this past February, it was a hugely important accessibility feature for people …
Spotify starts testing Car Thing, a voice-controlled smart assistant device for cars, with some Premium users in US
To learn how people consume audio in their car — Spotify will begin publicly testing its first hardware today: a voice-controlled smart assistant for cars …
Sources: acceptance rates for Facebook job offers among graduates of top US schools like Stanford fell from nearly 90% in late 2016 to around 50% in early 2019
KEY POINTS — Among top schools, Facebook's acceptance rate for full-time positions offered to new graduates has fallen …
Alphabet's Wing says it will start drone deliveries in Helsinki, Finland, in the coming weeks with a gourmet supermarket and a restaurant as launch partners
Alphabet X Labs graduate Wing announced late last year that it'd soon begin piloting autonomous deliveries in Helsinki, Finland …
Stack Overflow says hackers breached its systems on May 11 but that there is no evidence of customer data being accessed, promises more info when probe ends
Stack Overflow said it detected a security breach over the weekend. — Stack Overflow, the internet's largest Q&A site for programming …
Google recently hasn't investigated high-profile leaks with its past tenacity, including leaks about Project Dragonfly and Andy Rubin's exit package
OVER THE PAST couple of years, Google employees have helped expose a steady stream of information about the company's operations.
DJI launches the Osmo Action, an action camera that can shoot 4K videos at up to 60fps, has a 2.25" rear touchscreen and a 1.4" front display, out now for $349
For a brief time, DJI and GoPro were partners — or at least uncomfortable allies. Way back in 2014, the companies …
Health at Scale, which wants to match patients to the right treatments from the right providers at the right time using AI, raises $16M Series A
Health at Scale, a startup with founders who have both medical and engineering expertise, wants to bring machine learning to bear …
Sensor Tower: TikTok had the most App Store downloads for the fifth quarter in a row, with 33M+ in Q1; WhatsApp had the most on Google Play, with nearly 199M
Despite a $5.7 million FTC fine and changes to restrict its use by under 13-year-olds, TikTok retained its No. 1 position …
Sources shed light on Amazon's Away Team model inside AWS, where one team's service may be implemented by another team who needs the enhanced capability
Cloud giant's structure, staff practices revealed — Deep dive Companies inside and out of Silicon Valley have found their own ways … Tweets: @timfoster , @simonw , and @cote Tweets: Tim Foster / @ti...
Sources: Quora, which has 300M+ MAUs, is raising a $60M round led by Valor Equity Partners at a valuation of $2B, and told investors it had $20M in 2018 revenue
According to some, the financing round for the question-and-answer platform speaks to the high valuation for virtually everything these days in the tech sector.
Nvidia Q1: revenue of $2.22B, down 31% YoY but beating analyst estimates of $2.20B, and net income of $543M, down from $1.29B YoY; stock up 6%+ after hours
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Researcher finds data of 2.25M Russian citizens available through leaky Russian government sites, including passport information and other personal details
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Baidu reports Q1 revenue of $3.5B, up 15% YoY, and a net loss of $47.5M, its first net loss since going public in 2005; stock down 9%+ after hours
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :
Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, says connections will continue to work beyond Aug. 31 until they are replicated in new Works with Assistant program
Dan Seifert / The Verge :
Amazon launches flight bookings in India for a variety of carriers, offers Amazon Prime customers up to 2,000 rupees ($28.50) cash back on bookings
A shoe just dropped. Amazon is stepping into travel again. It may offer travel products in all sizes once it really gets going.
White House launches tool to solicit information from people who had social media accounts suspended or banned and who suspect political bias behind the actions
And Zip Code, Email And Phone Number Mark Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : Banned from social media? Feeling persecuted and censored? Report it to Donald Trump! Liam Stack / New York Times : Trump Wants Y...
Pinterest reports Q1 2019 revenue of $202M, up 54% YoY, net loss of $41.4M, down 21% YoY, global MAUs were up 22% YoY to 291M; stock down 10%+
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
Asus announces Zenfone 6 with a 48 megapixel flip-top camera, Snapdragon 855, and a 5,000mAh battery, starting at €499
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Filing: JD.com has invested ~$55M for a 10% stake in Chinese logistics firm Xinning, which will partner with JD Logistics to help automate its logistics service
Rita Liao / TechCrunch :
Results of The Voice Kids TV show in Russia have been canceled after Group-IB finds that bots were used to rig the competition, won by a millionaire's daughter
Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to acquire the Bitcoin custody provider Xapo for around $50M
Larry Cermak / The Block :
Instagram adds personalized Stories to the Explore tab which has been redesigned with shortcuts to Shopping, IGTV and channels for topics like Travel and Design
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Facebook is updating the News Feed algorithm to include data from user surveys about which links users find most worthwhile and who their closest friends are
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Ticketmaster announces “Safetix” digital tickets with NFC support, tied to user's phone via an encrypted barcode that automatically refreshes every few seconds
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Sheryl Sandberg: there is concern in US “with the size and power of Chinese companies, and the realization that those companies are not going to be broken up”
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC :
Phil, a platform that connects doctors, pharmacies and insurers to deliver speciality drugs to patients' homes, raises $25M Series B
Steven Loeb / VatorNews :
Freelance services marketplace Fiverr files for a US IPO, says it had losses of $36M in 2018, up from $19M in 2017 and a revenue of $75.5M in 2018, up 44.9% YoY
Becky Peterson / Business Insider : Tweets: @martinsfp and @brianmcc Tweets: Martin Bryant / @martinsfp : Their shares better open at $5. https://twitter.com/... Brian McCullough / @brianmcc : How mu...
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