Foxconn says it has enough capacity to make all US iPhones outside of China if required should the trade war escalate further
- Main assembler Foxconn says it's got enough non-China capacity — Apple has so far not asked its Taiwanese partner to shift gear
US CBP says photos of travelers into and out of the country were accessed in breach of subcontractor, first learned of on May 31, fails to say how many affected
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed a data breach has exposed the photos of travelers and vehicles traveling in and out of the United States.
Microsoft says it has no plans to add more backward compatible titles for Xbox One, but says Project Scarlett will run games from all four Xbox generations
No more Xbox 360 and Xbox additions to the catalog — Microsoft is winding down new additions to its Xbox backward compatibility catalog.
Radiohead says they're releasing 18 hours' worth of unheard music to benefit climate change group, after hackers stole lead singer's files and attempted ransom
Activist group Extinction Rebellion will benefit too. — Radiohead has announced that they're releasing 18 hours' worth of unheard music …
The US government and airlines are scanning faces of people not suspected of crimes, normalizing faces as data that can be kept, tracked, and inevitably, stolen
What's face recognition at the airport really about? Immigration policy and efficiency. — NEW YORK — You won't need …
Amazon will shut down its Amazon Restaurants food delivery service in the US on June 24, after closing in the UK late last year
Amazon will shutter its Amazon Restaurants food delivery service in the U.S. later this month, GeekWire has learned. — Amazon Restaurants first launched in Seattle back in 2015.
Opera launches Opera GX, the world's first gaming-focused browser, with a built-in system to limit the browser's CPU and RAM usage, so other apps run unhindered
Opera GX released in early access; currently only available for Windows users. — Today, Opera Software …
Microsoft announces updates to Xbox gamertags, including ten new alphabets and Discord-like hashcodes that will allow gamers to select any gamertag
MrStark#0528, I don't feel so good. — Major Nelson has confirmed that Xbox's iconic Gamertag system will be changing in the future.
Inside Huawei's seven-year quest to build its own OS, which, sources say, started in 2012 as a precaution against the possibility of US ban
The OS issue took an extra urgency after the US government in mid-May placed Huawei and its affiliates on a trade blacklist One of the biggest technical challenges …
Publishers, lobbying for laws around the world that will help them extract payments from platforms like Google for linking to news, are ruining the internet
Around the world, news industry trade associations are corruptly cashing in their political capital — …
RapidAPI, which developers use to search for, pay and connect to public APIs, raises $25M Series B led by Microsoft's M12
APIs — the lightweight programming interfaces used by developers to integrate other applications with theirs, or to help their apps integrate with others …
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki apologizes to the LGBTQ community, says that demonetizing but leaving Steven Crowder's channel on the platform was the right decision
‘Context really, really matters’ — YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is apologizing to the LGBTQ community in the wake …
How Spotify's vast access to mood-related data is valuable to brands and advertisers, allowing them to target its listening audience by their emotional states
Spotify pursues emotional surveillance for global profit — MUSIC IS EMOTIONAL, and so our listening often signals something deeply personal and private.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin made an appearance at Google's “Thank God It's Friday” event on May 30 after a six month absence from the weekly meetings
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have long been the stars of the search giant's weekly “TGIF” town hall meetings.
Brex, which provides corporate credit cards to tech startups, raises $100M round led by Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund at a $2.6B valuation
It has been a whirlwind 12 months for fledgling fintech startup Brex, which launched last June with $57 million in funding from some big-name investors …
Facebook has quietly made changes to limit Graph Search over the weekend, following privacy scandals, says it will work with researchers affected by the changes
Facebook's Graph Search allowed anyone to search a wealth of public data on Facebook in very specific ways …
Amazon announces general availability of Amazon Personalize, its fully-managed AI-powered recommendation service for AWS customers, starting in select regions
Delivering personalized experiences to customers just got easier, thanks to Amazon. The Seattle company today announced …
Intel acquires Barefoot Networks, which specializes in making programmable networking chips; Barefoot had raised ~$155M from Tencent, Alibaba, HPE, and others
When it launched out of stealth just three years ago, Barefoot Networks was hailed as a company that would transform the way a generation …
New form factors for Portal video chat devices are coming this fall, Facebook VP of AR/VR Andrew “Boz” Bosworth says
KEY POINTS — Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, Facebook vice president of AR/VR, spoke on stage at the Code Conference in Phoenix. — A LinkedIn photo of Facebook exec Andrew “Boz” Bosworth.
Raleigh, NC-based Pryon raises $20M Series A to automate enterprise workloads with AI
Pryon, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based provider of AI-powered tools targeting enterprise, today announced that it's raised $20 million in a series A funding round in partnership with Revolution's Rise...
AMD announces its first 7nm Navi GPUs: the $379 Radeon RX 5700 and the $449 RX 5700 XT, with speeds of up to 1.9GHz and up to 9.75 teraflops, available July 7
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget :
How one restaurant owner asked for 1-star Yelp reviews in 2014 and became famous as a vigilante hero among small business owners who were unhappy with Yelp
How one small business owner flipped the online review ecosystem on its head. — In 2014, chef Davide Cerretini advertised a special … Tweets: @dejanseo , @aatishb , @ingodwetryst , @ritholtz , and @...
H&R Block to acquire Toronto-based Wave Financial, which develops accounting, invoicing, and receipt-tracking software for small business owners, for $405M
Toronto-based Wave Financial, a financial planning platform for small business owners, is set to be acquired …
A look at Grover, an AI system that is skilled at writing convincing fake news on myriad topics, which researchers created in order to reliably detect fake news
“To know your enemy, you must become your enemy.” — One of the biggest problems in media today is so-called “fake news,” … Tweets: @allen_ai and @ingridlunden Tweets: Allen Institute / @allen_ai : “...
Volkswagen ends its relationship with Aurora, the Amazon-backed self-driving start-up; source says Volkswagen could reach a deal with Ford's Argo AI by summer
Volkswagen has ended its relationship with Aurora, the Silicon Valley self-driving start-up backed by Amazon …
South Korean budget hotel and online booking platform Yanolja raises $180M Series D led by Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC at a $1B+ valuation
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Ubisoft announces UPlay+, a $14.99/month subscription service with access to Ubisoft's full library of 100+ games, launching on PC on Sept. 3 and Stadia in 2020
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica :
A look at the rise of Facebook “blessings groups”, peer-to-peer aid groups where people ask for small amounts of money for help with pressing needs
About a month ago, Heather Wiley, a new mom, was scrolling through a Facebook group for mothers when she came across a post that made her heart break. Tweets: @taylorlorenz and @taylorlorenz Tweets: T...
Uber competitor Bolt, formerly known as Taxify, to launch in London this week after stopping operations in 2017 following a Transport for London investigation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
India-based OkCredit, an app for retailers that helps automate all transactions with their customers and wholesalers, raises $15.5M Series A led by Tiger Global
Pratik Bhakta / The Economic Times :
Salesforce to buy data visualization company Tableau for $15.7B in all-stock deal, a big premium to the company's market cap of $10.8B at Friday's trading close
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
A comprehensive look at the US export law and why foreign companies like Arm Holdings and Panasonic may be subject to the US Huawei ban
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica :
Mozilla CEO says a premium version of Firefox is being developed with features like VPN and “secure storage”, may come this fall with monthly subscription plan
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Facebook, which makes no mention of CBD in its ad policies, says users are not allowed to post ads or pay to promote posts that mention CBD-infused products
Bijan Stephen / The Verge : Tweets: @davepell and @bijanstephen Tweets: Dave Pell / @davepell : Nazis. Check. Russians. Check. Haters: Check. CBD: Wait, that's dangerous speech. https://twitter.com/....
UK man sentenced to four years for involvement in hacks including the breach of TalkTalk that affected 150,000 users, was alleged to have blackmailed victims
Amazon Credit Builder debuts as a secured retail credit card aimed at Prime members with poor credit; a refundable security deposit will represent card's limit
Jacob Passy / MarketWatch :
A look at the debate about streaming Broadway shows, as one service, BroadwayHD, ramps up, offering 300+ shows on Roku, Google Play, and more for $8.99/month
Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post : Tweets: @moschneids and @broadwayhd Tweets: Molly A. Schneider / @moschneids : The promise of bringing Broadway-caliber performances into living rooms across the c...
Mainstream TV in Russia is heavily controlled by the government, but dissenting voices are regularly heard on YouTube, especially by youths
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times : Tweets: @penamerican and @kenroth Tweets: PEN America / @penamerican : Looking for #FreeSpeech in Russia? Try YouTube https://www.nytimes.com/... Kenneth Roth / @k...
Alkami, which builds mobile app platforms for 130+ US banks and credit unions, raises $55M Series E led by General Atlantic, bringing total raised to $225M
Lance Murray / Dallas Innovates :
Sources: Uber opens a new fintech outpost in New York, hiring several dozen engineers and product managers; future financial products may include a bank account
a Countdown: The Ledger Tweets: Charley Ma / @charleyma : Financial services for drivers would definitely increase stickiness on supply side... also hi @Johnie you're famous! https://www.cnbc.com/... ...
Digital imaging company Shutterfly says it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, in a deal that values the company at $2.7B
oh and so does Snapfish. Late-day scoopage from @cararlombardo & @miriamgottfried https://www.wsj.com/... John-Henry Scherck / @jhtscherck : Every established agency in SEO after seeing this news: “ya...
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