Google has a “Purchases” page that shows your purchases based on receipts you have in your Gmail inbox; Google says only you can view your purchases
KEY POINTS — Google saves years of information on purchases you've made, even outside Google, and pulls this information from Gmail.
Snapchat's popular new gender-changing filter provokes mixed reactions in the LGBTQ community, with some lauding the ability to safely explore themselves
A Snapchat photo filter that lets people see themselves in highly feminized or masculine form has proven wildly popular.
By 2023, Uber Eats may own 25% of the global food delivery industry worth $191B, but both DoorDash and GrubHub make more sales, and DoorDash is growing fastest
Investor sentiment in Uber is rapidly sinking. Since last week's initial public offering, the company's stock has nosedived …
Salesforce says faulty script deployment gave users access to all of their company's Salesforce data, forcing it to shut down much of its infrastructure Friday
Faulty production script gave users access to all their company's Salesforce data. — Salesforce is going through …
A look at the rise of “tea” accounts on social media, which seek to boost their popularity by documenting gossip about influencers in obsessive detail
In 2016, James Charles was a high-school student in upstate New York. He was an aspiring makeup artist who'd do his friends' faces …
32 current and former employees on the cultural shift inside Google and the decline in trust and communication between the rank and file and the management
Some employees say Google is losing touch with its “Don't be evil” motto. What happens when an empowered tech workforce rebels?
Q&A with Sen. Ron Wyden on writing early legislation that shaped the internet, technology consolidation, and protecting publishers without requiring neutrality
“Section 230 is not about neutrality. Period. Full stop." — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) is one of the co-authors … Tweets: @voxdotcom , @voxdotcom , and @ilusasha See also Mediagazer Tweets: @voxdotcom ...
Physical storage startup Clutter, valued at $600M in its last raise, acquired the storage business of rival Omni, which is pivoting to rentals of personal items
On the heels of Clutter announcing a large growth round of $200 million earlier this year, the storage startup is cleaning up the competitive field.
Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua on the current state of AI, Intel's plans for its autonomous mobility service, and the importance of developing alternatives to LIDAR
Amnon Shashua, head of Intel's Mobileye division, is charged with transforming the chip giant into a service provider for autonomous fleets of robo-taxi.
Profile of ObEN, which creates “personal artificial intelligences”, life-size holographic AI avatars, by modeling people's appearance and adapting their voice
In January 2019, when China Central Television, the largest broadcast network in the most populous nation in the world … Tweets: @sub8u , @gideonmann , @nafeezahmed , @mims , @bcmerchant , and @bcmerc...
Experts are skeptical about Huawei's claim it can ensure a steady components supply without the US, say it would struggle to replace chips, lasers, other parts
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chip experts are calling out Huawei for its claims that it could ensure … Tweets: @benktallmadge and @stephennellis Tweets: BenTallmadge / @benktallmadge : Tall Chi...
VC-backed consumer startups are outperforming enterprise startups at IPOs in this decade, going public more often at higher valuations, compared to the 2000s
On May 10th, ride hailing juggernaut Uber Technologies went public raising $8.1 billion at an initial valuation just over $75 billion. Tweets: @efeng , @gavinsbaker , and @efeng Tweets: Eric Feng / @e...
IBM report attributes a 95% decline in attacks caused by hacktivist groups since 2015 to the disintegration of Anonymous and sustained law enforcement crackdown
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A look at various tools such as drones, sensors, and AI being deployed at the US-Mexico border, as a proposed “smart wall” garners bipartisan political support
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Swedish startup Einride's driverless truck T-pod gets a permit to make short trips on a public road in an industrial area in central Sweden at up to 5 km/hr
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Study: adding a recovery phone number to a Google Account can stop up to 100% of bot hijacking attempts, 96% of bulk phishing attacks, 76% of targeted attacks
Should You Provide It? Richard Lawler / Engadget : Google stats show how much a recovery number prevents phishing Patrick Howell O'Neill / Gizmodo : Here's the Best Way to Protect Your Accounts From H...
Techdirt settles suit by Shiva Ayyadurai, who claimed to invent email; no money exchanges hands; Techdirt to link to an Ayyadurai statement on related articles
whether or not we agree with all its policy stances. Please help celebrate its victory over an absurd defamation claim by kicking in some funds for the legal bills. https://www.techdirt.com/... Scott ...
Google says it will shut down Jump, its cloud-based VR video stitching service, on June 28, due to a usage decline as new video formats and VR cameras came out
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Sources: Google agreed to refund advertisers that paid for ads displayed in an ad fraud scheme discovered in 2017, following lawsuit over back-payments
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A look at Twitter in Japan, its second-largest market, raking in $136M in Q1 revenue, where the service has mass appeal and many users have multiple accounts
but contexts are different! https://www.bloomberg.com/... Luca Hammer / @luca : About 20% of the Japanese population use Twitter. Compared to 22% in the USA, 12% in Brazil and 5% in Germany. (Japan an...
All harmful technologies are a product of unethical design, yet, like car companies in the '70s, today's tech companies would rather blame the user
Lizzie O'Shea / Longreads : Tweets: @carnage4life , @longreads , @sesmith , and @longreads Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : This is a great read that contains an analogy I really ❤️. Lack of p...
Profile of Tall Poppy, which has raised $1M+ seed round to help companies protect employees against online threats from trolls and hackers
Sean Captain / Fast Company : Tweets: @lizthegrey Tweets: Liz Fong-Jones / @lizthegrey : What's even a closer analogy than health insurance is worker's comp insurance for folks who work in high risk ...
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