Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he has serious concerns about Facebook's Libra, joining Trump and other officials including the Federal Reserve chairman
- Treasury Secretary says he has serious concerns about coin — Facebook executive says crypto won't launch without approvals
Livestream of Facebook's David Marcus testifying before the US Senate on the Libra cryptocurrency
Co-Creator of Facebook's digital currency Libra, David Marcus, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee. Lawmakers are expected to question him about data privacy issues.
In the next Windows 10 update, expected to arrive in September, Microsoft will allow voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa to activate on the lock screen
New changes coming later this year — Microsoft is opening up Windows 10 even further to third-party digital assistants.
A look at the Apollo 11's guidance computer, the first digital general-purpose, multitasking, interactive portable computer, with about 145K lines of code
The moon landing was one of the most important moments in the history of computing, laying the foundations of much of our digital world
Trump threatens to “take a look” at Google for alleged China ties, in a tweet that cited claims Peter Thiel made at a conference and repeated on Fox News
President Trump on Tuesday appeared to threaten that his administration would “take a look” at Google …
Meredith Whittaker, who helped lead employee protests at Google over its military and AI work, and sexual harassment policies, is leaving the company
Meredith Whittaker, who helped lead employee protests at Google over the search giant's military work, artificial intelligence and policies, is leaving the company.
While Twitter recently said it would add a notice for tweets from politicians that break its guidelines, it didn't flag Trump's racist tweets over the weekend
President Trump's attack this Sunday on four first-term congresswomen was widely viewed as one of the most racist he's ever produced.
Sources: Amazon faces a full-blown EU antitrust probe within days; Qualcomm could face a second hefty EU penalty as soon as next week for underpricing chips
- EU to escalate investigation targeting Marketplace platform — Qualcomm also set to face further EU fine in coming days
Facebook introduces a scam ads reporting tool in the UK and donates £3M to Citizens Advice for Scams Action, a dedicated online anti-scam service
Social media firm to investigate users' complaints and take down violating posts — Fresh efforts to tackle scam adverts across Facebook …
Twitter says its redesigned desktop website with simplified navigation, which has been in testing since early this year, is rolling out globally starting today
Twitter's website is getting a major overhaul. The company has been testing a new version of its desktop website since …
Patreon, which helps content creators manage paid membership communities for fans, raises $60M Series D led by Glade Brook Capital
Patreon, the San Francisco-based platform that helps over 100,000 online content creators manage paid membership communities for their most dedicated fans, has raised $60 million in Series D funding.
Newsletter platform Substack raises $15.3M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, says Substack newsletters now have 50,000 paying subscribers
Andreessen Horowitz is betting that there's still a big opportunity in newsletters — the venture capital firm is leading a $15.3 million Series A in Substack.
Curve, a London-based mobile banking platform that consolidates all of a user's bank cards into a single card and app, raises $55M Series B at a $250M valuation
Curve, the London-based “over-the-top banking platform,” has raised $55 million in new funding.
Arm launches Flexible Access, a new licensing option that makes it easier for startups to access a range of Arm's IP without any upfront licensing costs
Arm today launched Flexible Access, a new licensing scheme in addition to its existing model, that will make it easier for startups …
Feeling unwelcome to share opinions within Google, its conservative staffers have leaked internal info to generate pressure on Google from Republican lawmakers
On Jan. 16, Republican lawmakers turned on one of the world's biggest tech companies. — A month earlier, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told …
Intel says Pohoiki Beach, its neuromorphic computing system with 64 Loihi chips, has the computing power of 8M neurons and will be available to select partners
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Flybits, which develops personalized recommendations for customers of financial institutions, raises $35M Series C led by Point72 Ventures
Knowing when and where a person is, was, and will be can enable magical customer experiences. That's the founding premise of Toronto …
Disney's theme parks have not faced the same level of scrutiny as tech companies over their data mining because the parks are real-world walled gardens
We're in the heat of the summer blockbuster season, when Walt Disney Co. is taking over theaters with releases like Toy Story 4 and live-action versions of Aladdin and Lion King. Tweets: @mikebelobrad...
Microsoft has blocked the Windows 10 May 2019 update for the Surface Book 2 after reports that updated machines weren't always detecting the Nvidia GPU
Nick Heath / ZDNet :
AI-based drug discovery company Recursion raises $121M at a $646M valuation; VCs invested about $1B in AI drug discovery startups in 2018, up from $237M in 2016
Robert Langreth / Bloomberg :
Documents describe how WikiLeaks' Assange used London's Ecuadorian Embassy as a command center to orchestrate disclosures during the 2016 presidential election
Researcher: software from RingCentral and Zhumu, which license Zoom's tech, is affected by the same flaw in Zoom that could give attackers access to Mac cameras
Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News :
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 855 Plus, which runs the CPU at up to 2.96GHz instead of the earlier 2.84GHz and also delivers a 15% graphics speed boost
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
Google says it will shut down AdSense's iOS and Android apps by the end of 2019 to focus instead on its mobile web interface
Corbin Davenport / Android Police :
Dish's AirTV launches $80 4K streaming stick for accessing Sling TV, Netflix, and broadcast channels from one Android TV user interface
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Near, an AI-based platform that merges online and offline behavior to build anonymized user profiles, raises $100M Series C from Great Pacific Capital
One of the holy grails in the world of advertising and marketing has been finding a way to accurately capture and understand what consumers …
Sources: Symantec and Broadcom have ceased acquisition negotiations as Symantec would not accept less than $28 a share; Symantec stock is down 10%+ after hours
Thomas Franck / CNBC :
Facebook has hired former Vine GM Jason Toff to join the newly formed experimental app division, NPE Team, as a Product Management Director
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Drivers from the I'm Independent Coalition, which works with Uber and Lyft, were paid $25-$100 to protest a bill that would give them some employee protections
Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times :
Blackstone is acquiring mobile ad company Vungle, which says it's being used in 60,000 apps and serves 4B+ video views/month, for $750M, according to sources
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Workers detail how Instacart punishes them if they don't accept low-paying, undesirable tasks they otherwise might reject
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg :
Uber releases its third annual global diversity report, ties some diversity goals for 2022 to the compensation of senior executives for the first time
Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNN :
Lendbuzz, a Boston-based startup that uses AI to underwrite auto loans, raises $130M in debt funding and $20M in new equity funding led by 83North
Brian Dowling / Xconomy :
How YouTube trampled dozens of companies as it grew over the years, from ad brokers like AppNexus to content networks like Vevo and Machinima
monetization. No one can compete with AdSense. No one ever has. How do we know? Remember the promise of Vine at VidCon in 2015? I do. https://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : TikTok was everyw...
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