Google confirms it is getting out of the tablet business, canceling two unreleased smaller-sized tablets, but remains committed to Pixel phones and laptops
Here's an interesting little nugget of info to chew on: Google's decided to step away from its self-made tablets and focus instead on the laptop form.
Apple launches a voluntary recall and replacement program for 15" MacBook Pro units sold between September 2015 and February 2017 due to battery safety concerns
Apple today said that it is launching a voluntary recall and replacement program for the 15-inch MacBook Pro.
Research: AT&T has the fastest mobile network in the US in 2019, displacing Verizon in the top spot after five years
Winners by City About Our Tests — All four major wireless carriers in the US are constantly flinging claims at you—they're the fastest, the largest, the friendliest, the best.
Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill that would remove CDA 230 protections for online platforms with 30M+ US MAUs, which FTC could return after paid audit
Senate newbie Josh Hawley has made it clear that he's no fan of big internet companies and has joined with others in suggesting …
Foxconn names Young Liu as its new chairman to replace founder Terry Gou, who is competing for nomination in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential elections
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the largest assembler of Apple Inc.'s gadgets, has named Young Liu its new chairman to replace billionaire founder Terry Gou.
IIHS: car makers including Tesla cause confusion by choosing names like Autopilot for automated systems, resulting in drivers overestimating cars' capabilities
Does the name “Autopilot” cause people to overestimate the abilities of Tesla's driver-assistance technology?
France is creating a task force of G7 central banks to study how cryptocurrencies like Libra can be governed by anti-money laundering and other regulations
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Three European central bankers are claiming oversight over Facebook's planned virtual currency to ensure …
Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union, says a now-fired employee leaked personal data of ~2.9M members without authorization, including full names
Data for 2.9 million bank members was taken from the bank's system by a now-fired employee. — Today, Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union …
UK's competition regulator tells Facebook and eBay to conduct an urgent review of their sites to prevent sales of fake and misleading online reviews
Facebook and eBay have been warned by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to do more to tackle the sale of fake reviews on their platforms.
Report: Facebook plans to make employees of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus transition to @fb.com email addresses, further integrating its family of apps
Facebook is attempting to unify its brand by making employees of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus adopt new emails using the Facebook domain, Business Insider reports.
Slack closes at $38.62, up 48.5% from its $26 reference price, on its first day of trading, valuing the company at about $20B
for Now Reuters : Slack stock surges at debut, values company at more than $25 billion Thomas Franck / CNBC : Slack CEO explains why the company didn't go public with a traditional IPO Shawn Knight / ...
Study finds Facebook status updates can possibly be used to predict users with certain diseases, especially diabetes and mental health conditions
At its core, Facebook is a giant repository of information about the people who use it, from their age and phone number, to their music preferences … Tweets: @edbott , @yoda , and @prsarahevans Tweets...
Swvl, a two-year-old Cairo-based startup that makes an app for booking buses, raises $42M, bringing its total raised to ~$80M
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Walmart says it is now using AI-powered cameras in more than 1,000 stores to prevent theft at checkouts, in a program internally called Missed Scan Detection
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Sources: Apple is asking suppliers to study feasibility of shifting final assembly of some products out of China amid trade tensions
old enough to remember being told this would take a decade https://twitter.com/... Nick Marro / @nickm4rro : Article mentions that Fitch identified Apple as a potential target for China's unreliable e...
Pew survey of US adults: 66% say social networks should police offensive content but 69% have little to no confidence they will correctly identify such content
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A Florida city council votes to pay $600K ransom to hackers who, over three weeks ago, encrypted city records, disabled its email system, and more
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A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day
Data Sheet Joseph Zappa / Street Fight : Report: Fake Google Maps Listings Ensnare Consumers, Harm Legitimate Businesses Luke Stangel / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Are there really millions of f...
In a report, the ICO, UK's data protection regulator, says the real time bidding ad industry is undermining GDPR and failing to protect sensitive personal data
The online behavioural advertising industry is illegally profiling Internet users. — That's the damning assessment …
Researchers find Airbnb likely removed 31K homes from Canada's rental market in 2018, or 1.5% of residences built for the rental market
Globe and Mail : Tweets: @dwachsmuth , @jen_keesmaat , and @kristynwongtam Tweets: David Wachsmuth / @dwachsmuth : It's release day! @tom_cardoso and @mattlundy33 from the @globeandmail have publishe...
Bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduces Stopping Bad Robocalls Act to outlaw a wide array of robocall practices and increase government penalties
advocates hope — also would crackdown on unwanted legit calls. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Procurify, a cloud-based procurement platform used in 71 countries by clients like Asana and Goop, raises $20M Series B, bringing the total raised to about $30M
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Signify, formerly Philips Lighting, which makes Hue-branded smart lights, announces new Li-Fi lights called Truelifi with data transfer speeds of up to 150 Mbps
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The CEO of online bank Current claims Facebook's Calibra subsidiary “ripped off” his company's logo; Facebook seems to have used the same design firm as Current
You might want to check on that design agency of yours. #theplotthickens https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... @om : 'This is a funny way to try and create trust in a new global financial sy...
Waymo partners with Renault and Nissan to explore creating driverless mobility services in France and Japan
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UK government says the age verification requirement for porn websites is delayed because it failed to inform European regulators about the plan
Inside Facebook's new Strategic Response team, tasked with quickly reacting to geopolitical events, as it grapples with Facebook's role in Myanmar and elsewhere
David Ingram / NBC News : Tweets: @reckless , @caseynewton , @rmac18 , @wentword , @danieljkelley , @david_ingram , @learmonth , @david_ingram , @david_ingram , @david_ingram , @stevekopack , and @da...
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