Commerce Dept. creates a general license, which expires Aug. 19, to restore Huawei's ability to maintain existing networks and push software updates to handsets
(Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday created a temporary general license restoring Huawei's ability …
Source: Google will stop collaborating and providing Huawei with technical support for Android and Google services, including Google Play
And Saves Itself Some Trouble Wall Street Journal : Google Cuts Off Huawei Smartphones From Some Android Services Stephanie Condon / ZDNet : US grants temporary license for Huawei to support products ...
Professional gamer Tfue sues esports org FaZe Clan over allegedly “oppressive” contract, says FaZe violates CA law by acting as an unlicensed talent agency
The lawsuit could be a turning point for e-sports organizations — A new lawsuit filed against Faze Clan …
Two weeks after the city of Baltimore's networks suffered a ransomware attack, many of its systems remain offline, including utilities billing, phone, and email
Houses can't be sold, bills can't be paid while city networks are shuttered. — It's been nearly two weeks since the City …
Self-driving trucks will carry mail for USPS for the first time, with autonomous truck startup TuSimple operating a two week pilot between Phoenix and Dallas
The United States Postal Service is going to put mail on self-driving trucks. — Starting on Tuesday morning …
Sources: US intelligence chiefs have been briefing US tech companies since Oct. to warn them on the risks of trade with China, showing classified info to execs
US intelligence chiefs have held a series of classified briefings with American companies and other groups to warn them of the dangers …
Mozilla releases Firefox 67 with performance improvements, new privacy features, cryptomining and fingerprinting protection, and more
Mozilla today launched Firefox 67 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The 10th release since Mozilla's big Firefox Quantum launch in November 2017 doubles down on performance and privacy.
On the first anniversary of GDPR, Microsoft calls for a similar privacy law in the US that puts the burden on the companies that collect and use sensitive data
Microsoft's idea of a US privacy law would make it easier for people to protect their data. — The company's corporate vice president …
Sources: ByteDance, owner of TikTok, is developing a paid music service via a new app it expects to debut as early as this fall, mostly in emerging markets
- ByteDance plans to target listeners in emerging markets — Company has already secured rights from Indian record labels
Source: DOJ is leaning against approving T-Mobile's takeover of Sprint because the companies' proposals don't go far enough to resolve anti-trust concerns
The Justice Department is leaning against approving T-Mobile US Inc.'s proposed takeover of Sprint Corp. because the remedies proposed …
Facebook announces that Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S are now shipping globally
Today marks an important moment for the VR community, as both Oculus Quest and Rift S begin shipping now! With all-in-one, fully immersive 6DOF VR, we're bringing the magic of presence to more people...
GM is shutting down its Maven car-sharing service in 8 out of the 17 North American cities in which it operates
GM is scaling back its Maven car-sharing company and will stop service in nearly half of the 17 North American cities it operates in. — A spokesperson who confirmed Maven … Source: Wall Street Journ...
Google now offers three release channels and Windows Server Containers for its Kubernetes Engine
At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, the bi-annual gathering of cloud-native computing boffins, Google today announced that it now offers three release channels for its Google Kuberentes Engine (GKE): Rapid, ...
Google unveils Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 with a Snapdragon XR1 chip, an improved 8MP camera, and ~8 hours of battery life; orders open today for $999
Six years after Google Glass was unveiled, it goes without saying that the first major augmented reality headset wasn't the massive success …
Microsoft says its Edge for Mac browser is now available in preview, starting with daily canary builds for macOS 10.12 and above
Daily Canary builds available at first — Microsoft teased its Edge browser for macOS earlier this month, and now the company is officially allowing Mac users to download a preview version.
Sony says talks with Microsoft on their cloud gaming partnership began last year; source: talks began after discussions with Amazon fell through
- Talks on cloud gaming pact have been underway since last year — When Sony Corp. unveiled a cloud gaming pact with archrival Microsoft Corp., it surprised the industry.
Ivalua, which provides spend management solutions for enterprises, raises $60M led by Tiger Global Management at a $1B+ valuation
Ivalua, a Redwood City, California-based provider of enterprise spend management tools, today announced the closure of a $60 million growth equity round …
Study: despite News Feed changes, “junk news” from known sources of disinformation in EU get 1.2x-4x the engagement of professional news sources on Facebook
A study carried out by academics at Oxford University to investigate how junk news is being shared on social media …
By not giving consumers control over performance and maintenance data collected by their cars, manufacturers can limit where cars are repaired and serviced
Vehicles collect a lot of unusual data. But who owns it? — Mr. Hanvey is president and chief executive officer of the Auto Care Association. Tweets: @privacyproject , @nytimes , and @jathansadowski...
Facebook's privacy setting to opt out of face recognition technology is missing for some users, nearly 18 months after it was announced
Consumer Reports finds uneven access to the setting nearly 18 months after it was announced — Facebook users don't all have access to an important privacy setting …
Modulr, which provides a Payments as a Service API platform for digital businesses, raises £14M led by Frog Capital, bringing its total raised to £24.5M
Modulr, a London and Edinburgh, UK-based Payments as a Service API Platform for digital businesses, raised £14m in funding.
Marqeta, which provides payment card services to third-parties like Square and Instacart, raises $260M Series E led by Coatue Management at a ~$2B valuation
Startups that are disrupting and unlocking the lucrative world of financial services continue to unlock big fund funding rounds for themselves.
Researcher finds database, belonging to Mumbai-based Chtrbox, with contact info, including phone numbers, of millions of Instagram users exposed online
including phone numbers and email addresses of associated Instagram accounts — which, logic suggests it could've only gotten from Facebook.
Q&A with Daniel Gruss, one of the researchers who discovered Spectre and Meltdown, on discovering the new side-channel flaw ZombieLoad and why it has that name
The release of a new speculative execution vulnerability called ZombieLoad last week follows a similar disclosure path as Meltdown and Spectre. Tweets: @e_kaspersky and @mcclure111 Tweets: Eugene Kasp...
Alphabet's Verily announces partnerships with big pharma firms Novartis, Sanofi, Otsuka, and Pfizer as it moves into the clinical trials space
KEY POINTS — Pharma companies are looking to work with Verily, which is part of the Alphabet umbrella, as they try to find ways to modernize … Thanks: @chrissyfarr
Instagram quietly overhauls the design of IGTV to have just one central feed, much like TikTok, as it tries to ramp up the app's growth a year after launch
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Snap says it has appointed Derek Andersen, its VP of finance, as CFO, and Lara Sweet, its chief accounting officer and interim CFO, as chief people officer
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Documents show that Lyft pays less per mile to drivers who rent a car via Lyft's Express Drive than those with their own car; Lyft blames the cost of insurance
it was also his home. And Lyft was asking for it back. https://www.latimes.com/... Laura J. Nelson / @laura_nelson : Important story by @JMBooyah about drivers who rent their cars through Lyft, paying...
Santa Clara-based Marvell says it's buying chip design business Avera Semiconductor from GlobalFoundries in a deal valued at up to $740M
Marlize van Romburgh / Silicon Valley Business Journal :
Inside Facebook's new robotics lab, where the company is teaching robots to walk on their own, hoping the lessons learned can advance the company's AI efforts
Matt Simon / Wired :
An update on Waymo's driverless taxi service Waymo One, six months after its Phoenix rollout: safety drivers remain at the wheel for most rides
Alan Ohnsman / Forbes :
Xbox chief outlines plans to fight toxicity in gaming through new moderation tools for Xbox Live communities and a new industry-wide initiative to share tech
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Sources: FTC seeks evidence that Broadcom's conduct harmed rivals in WiFi and network switch chip markets, broadening its probe
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Identity and authentication platform Auth0 raises $103M Series E led by Sapphire Ventures at a valuation of $1B, says it has 7,000 enterprise clients
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Quadric.io raises $15M Series A led by automotive Tier 1 supplier DENSO to build a plug-and-play supercomputer for autonomous systems
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Facebook document shows it courts carriers and phone makers, ~100 companies, with “aggregated and anonymized” personal data about its users and their histories
Sam Biddle / The Intercept :
Mexico unveils plans to withhold tax from drivers for ride-hailing and food delivery firms like Uber and Rappi; China's Didi says it won't take part in the plan
Julia Love / Reuters :
Facebook releases maps of population density, movement, and network coverage to help nonprofits and universities better map the spread of infectious diseases
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Report: Toshiba Memory plans to buy back the shares it sold to Apple, Dell, Kingston, and Seagate last year, as part of a refinancing plan
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac : Source: Wall Street Journal Source: Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal : Toshiba Memory to Buy Out Shares From Apple, Dell
Clinc, which provides a conversational AI platform for customers in verticals like healthcare, travel, and banking, raises $52M Series B led by Insight Partners
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