First look at Nintendo Switch Lite, a smaller, cheaper, handheld-only model launching September 20 for $200
When reports emerged of a lower-cost Nintendo Switch that wouldn't have detachable Joy-Con controllers and couldn't plug into a TV, my son had one question. What's the point of a Switch that doesn't ...
Researcher discloses zero-day exploit in Zoom's Mac client that lets any malicious site force a user into a Zoom call with video enabled without user permission
“'A little less creepy' is still creepy.” Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Zoom for Mac makes it too easy for hackers to access webcams. Here's what to do Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News : The Zoom Desktop A...
AT&T's WarnerMedia reveals the name, HBO Max, for its streaming service coming next spring with 10K hours of programming, including exclusive rights to Friends
AT&T's WarnerMedia finally has a name for its streaming service — and some unfortunate news for people hoping it would share some classic shows.
AT&T says it will enable Call Protect, its free service to block robocalls, by default for new customers, and “in the coming months” for existing customers
The first major carrier to automatically block fraudulent calls — In June, the Federal Communications Commission ruled …
Zoom, following backlash for initially refusing to fix a flaw in its app that allows an attacker to launch the Mac camera via a malicious link, releases a fix
AFTER INITIALLY SAYING that it wouldn't issue a full fix for a vulnerability disclosed on Monday, the video conferencing service Zoom has changed course.
Inside Microsoft's new flagship three-story retail store in central London, its first such store in Europe, with an entire floor dedicated to enterprise
The first Microsoft store for Europe — Microsoft has more than 80 retail stores worldwide, but none of them are quite like the company's new London flagship store.
ETR survey of ~580 CIOs or IT decision makers at large enterprises reveals 59% use or plan to adopt Microsoft Teams compared with 35% for Slack
Microsoft Teams isn't better than Slack, but it is freer. — Tech workers' favorite communications tool, Slack, is losing ground to its biggest rival …
Indian education platform Byju's raises $150M at $5.75B valuation, up from $4B in late 2018, bringing total raised to $925M, as it plans international expansion
Byju's, India's most valuable edtech startup, has received new $150 million as it races to expand the reach of its learning app …
Researchers identify “Agent Smith” Android malware, found on 25M handsets, which replaces apps with clones that show ads for a criminal group's profits
New “Agent Smith” malware operation is preparing to invade the Google Play Store. — A new Android malware strain …
Users are frustrated by Google's lack of response to complaints about Google Fit issues, such as the inability to log into the app or sync with third-party apps
Google Fit has undergone many changes over the past year. From a major redesign to several minor improvements, and even a new iOS app …
Twitter updates its rules against hateful conduct, will now remove tweets that dehumanize people on the basis of their religion
and even then they are just a fraction of the policy that it originally said it intended to create https://www.nytimes.com/... @komonews : Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious grou...
Anchorage, which safeguards crypto assets for institutions with a unique no-password security system, raises $40M Series B led by Blockchain Capital
Visa and Andreessen Horowitz are betting even bigger on cryptocurrency, funding a big round for fellow Facebook Libra Association member …
OPay, an Africa-focused mobile payments startup founded by Opera, raises $50M from investors including Sequoia China, IDG Capital, and Source Code Capital
OPay, an Africa focused mobile payments startup founded by Norwegian browser company Opera, has raised $50 million in funding.
GitHub removes reimplementations of DeepNude, a now-shuttered app that digitally removes clothing from images of women, citing violations of policy
After the creator of DeepNude shuttered its app that digitally undressed women, multiple people uploaded their own versions to GitHub.
Mozilla says it will not include root certificates of surveillance company DarkMatter, which has been accused of helping UAE hack its citizens, inside Firefox
Mozilla declines DarkMatter's application to have its root certificates included in Firefox's root store.
Kyndi, which is developing an “explainable” natural language processing platform, raises $20M Series B led by Intel Capital, bringing its total raised to ~$30M
Kyndi, a startup developing what it describes as an explainable natural language processing platform …
E-commerce startup Bolt, which provides a checkout, payments processing, and fraud prevention platform for online merchants, raises $68M Series B
Bolt — not to be confused with blockchain startup Bolt Labs, hardware investor Bolt, or the ride-sharing firm formerly known as Taxify …
Inside deliberations at Twitter on defining “dehumanizing speech” and its decision to limit enforcement on the issue to tweets about religious groups for now
SAN FRANCISCO — Last August, Twitter's top executives gathered at the company's headquarters to discuss how to make the site safer for its users.
Q2 2019 Global VC Report: total deal volume is up after several quarters but dollar volume growth remains stagnant, unlikely in 2019 to exceed the highs of 2018
For the global venture capital market, Q2 2019 breaks one trend and makes another. — Using data and projections from Crunchbase … Thanks: @holdenthepage
Raspberry Pi Foundation confirms that the recently released Raspberry Pi 4 does not work with some USB-C cables
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Apple updates MacBook Air with True Tone display, lowers price to $1,099, and updates base MacBook Pro with new processors, Touch ID, Touch Bar, and True Tone
Eleven years after Steve Jobs introduced … Official Apple Support : Keyboard Service Program for MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro Vlad Savov / The Verge : Apple has made shopping for MacBooks sim...
YouTube to require those submitting manual copyright claims to give timestamps of where in a video infringing content appears, making creator responses easier
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Leaked documents from surveillance company Perceptics show its pitch to New York's MTA on how it could automatically track and profile vehicles and drivers
Just months before millions of its internal documents were stolen and dumped on the internet, the Tennessee-based surveillance company Perceptics … Tweets: @samfbiddle , @theintercept , @rogerdhodge ,...
Researchers say a networking protocol flaw in two popular hospital anesthesia and respiratory devices made by GE could enable malicious remote tampering
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
International money transfer startup Remitly raises $135M Series E, sources say at a valuation of nearly $1B, to expand into new financial services
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Indian “neo-bank” NiYO, which helps blue-collar workers access company benefits and other services, raises $35M Series B from Horizon Ventures and others
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
YouTube officially returns to Fire TV, and Amazon's Prime Video apps are adding support for Chromecast and additional Android TV devices
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Mesmer, which develops robotic process automation tech to reduce time spent on app development, emerges from stealth and raises $15M Series A led by Intel
Seth Colaner / VentureBeat :
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google officials are scheduled to testify at House Judiciary Committee subcommittee's July 16 hearings on antitrust
Tony Romm / Washington Post :
IBM closes its $34B acquisition of Red Hat, its largest deal ever, announced in October 2018
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
TrustArc, which develops compliance, data protection, and certification products for large enterprises, raises $70M Series D led by Bregal Sagemount
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Brazilian lending platform Creditas raises $231M co-led by SoftBank and SoftBank's Vision Fund, valuing the company at $750M, as it expands in Latin America
Carolina Mandl / Reuters :
Google to acquire enterprise cloud storage provider Elastifile, which has raised $74M in venture capital prior to acquisition
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Uber launches Uber Comfort in 40 US markets and Ottawa, letting riders request better legroom, higher rated drivers, and more for a 20%-40% premium over UberX
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Glitch, formerly Fog Creek Software, says its community has created 2.5M+ web apps using its collaboration and code sharing platform, reveals 2018 $30M Series A
all documented in a public handbook. https://medium.com/... https://twitter.com/... Anil Dash / @anildash : There's so much more we can share (we've made a major social platform with no wide-scale abu...
Interview with Margaret O'Mara, author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, on how the government became a catalyst for the birth of SV
Hope Reese / OneZero : Tweets: @medium , @sesmith , and @medium Tweets: @medium : Tech historian and author @margaretomara on how Silicon Valley was born, and why she thinks big tech companies like F...
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