Apple launches new iPod touch with A10 Fusion chip, support for Group FaceTime, and a 256GB storage option, available to order now starting at $199
Featuring Support for Group FaceTime and AR Experiences — Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced the new iPod touch with enhancements to power …
Leaked screenshots reveal iOS 13's Dark Mode, new “Find My” app icon, and a redesigned Reminders app that helps you quickly sort by Scheduled, Flagged, more
Not a mockup, some information redacted to protect our sources — We're less than a week away from WWDC …
MacKenzie Bezos to give over half her $37B fortune to charity, joining the Giving Pledge with Brian Armstrong, Ben Delo, others; Jeff Bezos has not signed
MacKenzie Bezos, the world's third-richest woman following her divorce from Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has signed the Giving Pledge …
Dell updates the XPS 13 2-in-1 with a new design, Intel's 10th Gen processors, webcam above the screen, new keyboard and larger touchpad, starting at $1,000
I don't throw the word “perfect” around a lot, but that was honestly the best way to describe the latest XPS 13.
After a long tug of war, W3C says it will not publish future HTML and DOM standards, instead letting the WHATWG, a group of browser vendors, do so
W3C hands over development of HTML and DOM standards to browser vendors (WHATWG). — An industry group made up the four major browser vendors …
A Deep Instinct-commissioned art piece of a laptop containing six pieces of malware that have caused an estimated $95B in damages sells for $1.3M+ at auction
Today, bidding on a laptop packed with some of the world's most dangerous malware closed at $1.345 million.
Since GDPR, Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it has launched 19 cross-border investigations, 11 of which focus on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram
Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic …
Sources: Amazon will stop ordering from thousands of small suppliers in the next few months, focusing on wholesale purchases from major brands like P&G and Lego
- Thousands of mom-and-pops will lose bulk orders from company — Big brands like P&G and Lego will be immune from the changes
Leaked doc: Google has ~121K temporary and contract workers globally, compared with ~102K full-time staff, raising concerns about its growing reliance on them
SAN FRANCISCO — Mindy Cruz had an offer for a full-time position at another big tech company when she accepted a temporary job as a recruiter at Google in 2017. Tweets: @nytimes , @anthonymobile , @da...
A look at AT&T's grand vision of transforming into a “modern media company” spanning multiple content networks, distribution channels, and customer data streams
Bellhead CEO Randall Stephenson is taking on Netflix and Comcast simultaneously. It won't be easy.
China-based Crazy Dog, an online provider of pet supplies, raises $43.4M Series B led by Guangdian Capital and Fosun Group, and reports 2018 revenue of $86M+
Online pet supplies shop brand Crazy Dog announced today that it has recently raised RMB 300 million (USD 43.4 million) …
In the year since GDPR took effect, a look at the first wave of decisions and fines issued by data protection authorities in EU countries
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A behind-the-scenes account on what it was like to provide basic cybersecurity training to 41 Democratic Congressional campaigns from late 2017 to 2018
You know how it happens. You try to secure one Congressional campaign, and then another, and pretty soon you can't stop. Tweets: @pinboard , @allafarce , @codinghorror , @patio11 , @allafarce , @howe...
The tech community doesn't get as excited about tech as we used to, as enthusiasm about startups and embracing new things has been replaced by cynicism
WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT GOOGLE WAVE WOULD BECOME THE GOOD OL' DAYS? — Today marks 10 years since Google stoked great excitement … Tweets: @carnage4life , @cate_lawrence , @robinwauters , @dan_rowinski ...
Meta View acquires the assets of AR pioneer Meta, says it will continue to provide support for owners of Meta 2 devices but will not offer it for sale
New spatial computing company Meta View today announced it has acquired the assets of Meta, a pioneer in augmented reality head-mounted displays.
FOIA doc: Australian police can use new encryption legislation to compel social media giants, telcos, retailers, and Wi-Fi providers to provide info on users
Exclusive: Documents reveal rushed encryption legislation allows police to compel wifi providers to turn over information about users Tweets: @blakandblack , @zackwhittaker , @nick__nobody , @recordio...
Neolix, a Chinese driverless vehicle company, is mass producing autonomous delivery vans, expects to manufacture a thousand vans in its first year
- Chinese startup begins mass production of robo-delivery vans — Besides Neolix, Silicon Valley's Nuro is testing similar tech — Forget drones.
Nvidia brings pro-level Quadro RTX 5000 series to laptops, announces 17 “RTX Studio” laptops from seven partners including ASUS, Dell, HP, Razer, and Gigabyte
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Sources: Alibaba is considering raising $20B via a second listing in Hong Kong, after raising a record-breaking $25B in its 2014 market debut on the NYSE
Bloomberg :
AMD announces five Ryzen 3000 Series CPUs, including the Ryzen 9 3900X, a new mainstream desktop 4.6 GHz chip with 12 cores, coming July 7 for $499
Watch AMD President and CEO … Andrew Grush / Android Authority : AMD brings 12-core processor to the mainstream and more Chris Duckett / ZDNet : AMD 3rd-gen Ryzen series coming in July led by 12-core ...
Japanese government says, starting August 1, it will limit foreign ownership of companies in 20 sectors in its IT and telecom industries
Trump's Smart Move on Artificial Intelligence James Cook / Telegraph : Japan to limit foreign investment in its technology companies as fears over Chinese ownership escalate Jamie Davies / Telecoms.co...
Global Payments will buy Total System Services for $21.5B, valuing it at $119.86 per share, the payment industry's third mega-merger of the year
Bloomberg :
Intel Capital leads $17M round in Tel Aviv-based automotive sensor maker TriEye
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
A look at Apple's secret testing lab where Secure Enclave chips are subjected to extreme tests, and Q&A with Craig Federighi about Apple's commitment to privacy
Andrew Griffin / The Independent :
Four German publishing groups, Axel Springer, Funke Mediengruppe, RTL, and Gruner+Jahr, will sell their combined ad inventory in an effort to combat Big Tech
Four big German publishing groups are collaborating in order to fight the market power of tech platforms. Tweets: @raju See also Mediagazer Tweets: Raju Narisetti / @raju : Germany's biggest publishin...
The internet is becoming a dark forest, full of life that's retreated from public view, as private spaces like Facebook Groups and invite-only forums have grown
Requiem for a heap allocation Tweets: Tom Ffiske / @tomffiske : Wonderful write-up on the Dark Forest Theory of the internet. As the internet becomes an ever more hostile space, real conversation is r...
Sources: ByteDance, owner of TikTok, is building its own smartphone that will come with its many apps preinstalled, including newsfeeds, video platforms, games
which include newsfeeds, short video platforms and games — in a bid to further spread its reach.” https://www.ft.com/...
PUBG was banned in the Indian state of Gujarat in March amid fears about its violence and addictiveness; police had arrested 21 people for playing it in public
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @katienotopoulos and @pranavdixit Tweets: Katie Notopoulos / @katienotopoulos : Personally, I applaud India for banning a vilioent video game and throwing gamer...
Pl@ntNet, a social collaborative app for identifying plants, shows how good social media can be without the engagement imperative
Michael J. Coren / Quartz :
SoundCloud acquires rights management platform Repost Network, which is used by over 20M audio creators and offers content distribution to over 25 stores
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu :
Profile of HobbyKidsTV, a family-run children's YouTube channel with 3M+ subscribers and adult moderators protecting its kid hosts and viewers from predators
Emma Grey Ellis / Wired : Tweets: @wired and @jrostergaard Tweets: @wired : HobbyKidsTV is a low-budget Disney Channel for the social media age. It's in theory “by kids, for kids” but behind the scen...
Sources: the overseas version of Honour of Kings flopped due to development and marketing missteps and rift with Riot Games, as Tencent retools strategy abroad
Asia Pacific spending on AI will reach $5.5B in 2019, up 80% YoY, and will reach $15B in 2022, led by the retail industry
Why Standards Are Critical to Improving Artificial Intelligence
As the Tiananmen anniversary nears, censorship by Chinese internet companies has ramped up and is largely automated with AI and voice and image recognition tech
Cate Cadell / Reuters : Tweets: @reuters , @donie , and @profcarroll Tweets: @reuters : It's the most sensitive day of the year for China's internet, the anniversary of the bloody June 4 crackdown on...
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