FTC announces a $5B fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations as part of a settlement that requires federal oversight of its business practices
The settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Facebook ends a 16-month probe that began after revelations of the tech giant's entanglement with Cambridge Analytica
Google launches Gallery Go, a lightweight 10MB photo gallery app for organizing and editing photos, designed to work offline
Today, at Google for Nigeria we introduced Gallery Go: a photo gallery, designed to work offline, that uses machine learning to automatically organize and make your photos look their best.
Facebook agrees to pay a $100M fine to the SEC over charges of making “misleading disclosures” related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook isn't just settling with the FTC over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The social network has also agreed to pay …
DOJ is opening an antitrust review of whether tech giants are unlawfully stifling competition, examining search, social media, and retail services platforms
Inquiry signals Barr's deep interest in tech sector, poses threat to companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple
Netflix launches a $2.80 per month mobile-only subscription plan in India, restricted to one mobile device at 480p standard definition
Netflix has a new plan to win users in India: make its service incredibly cheap. The streaming giant today introduced a lower-priced mobile plan in the country that costs Rs 199 ($2.8) per month.
Nintendo memo tells customer service to fix a Joy-Con in-game “drift” issue for free, even out of warranty, following a Kotaku report and a class-action lawsuit
The company will repair devices free of charge, even outside of the warranty period. — IMAGE COURTESY OF NINTENDO
Facebook cuts off access to friend data for Microsoft and Sony, the last two of its legacy partners, under FTC deal, says allowing them access was “our mistake”
One more consequence of the FTC's investigation of Facebook, which culminated in a record $5 billion settlement announced today …
FTC's Facebook settlement does little to hamper the company's ad business or data collection practices, mostly re-committing Facebook to previous goals
- Social media giant agreed to ‘changes’ it's already made — Massive data collection, ad targeting won't be affected
DoorDash CEO to change tipping policy “in the coming days”, says it will add all customer tips to driver's earnings, after a renewed backlash
Earlier this year, news reports exposed that not only did DoorDash (and others, like Instacart) sometimes lower its payout to delivery workers …
Google Store page updates the availability of the Google Nest Hub Max, its $229 10-inch smart display, from 9/9 in the US, UK, and Australia to “coming soon”
Google's new Nest Hub Max arrives on September 9, folks. That date has now been confirmed by the Google Store …
GM's Cruise says it will not meet its 2019 target to deploy a commercial robotaxi service in San Francisco, citing performance and safety concerns
GM's Cruise is postponing plans for a fully driverless taxi service, which it previously said would launch by year-end 2019.
As Google Photos crosses the billion-user threshold, Anil Sabharwal, the Google VP who led its creation, shares how the app was spun out of Google+
In a tech industry obsessed with scale, no aspiration is more iconic than building something that reaches a billion users.
Fake accounts, pages, and groups purporting to represent or sell Libra digital currency have sprung up across Facebook and Instagram
A wave of fakes purporting to sell or represent Facebook's not-yet-available Libra currency have swept onto the social-media giant's platforms …
The old enforcement mechanisms of regulatory agencies are no match for large companies and the unprecedented amount of lucrative personal user data they possess
Charlie Warzel / New York Times : Tweets: @max_read , @privacyproject , and @mdudas Tweets: Max Read / @max_read : the problem with the FTC isn't that “old enforcement mechanisms of regulatory agenci...
As streaming offerings get more expensive and convoluted, people are setting up their own platforms via Plex servers to share media, including pirated content
Have you heard about the best new streaming platform on the internet? It's totally customizable, works on any device, and, best of all, is basically free.
Interviews, including with the dev who led the team that built the retweet button, discuss the power of retweets and shares and ways to limit their virality
Developer Chris Wetherell built Twitter's retweet button. And he regrets what he did to this day.
Filings: Apple has asked the Trump administration for exclusion from import tariffs of 25% for components of a computer that is likely to be the new Mac Pro
- Trump has promised relief for companies in certain cases — High-end computer was only major Apple product made in U.S.
OpenTable adds restaurant deliveries to its iOS app in 90 US cities through partnerships with Uber Eats, Caviar, and Grubhub
As of today, you can use OpenTable's updated iOS app to book dinner reservations or have your food delivered. OpenTable announced that it's partnering with Uber Eats …
Gusto, which offers payroll and HR software for SMBs, raises $200M Series D co-led by Fidelity and Generation Investment Management
Every employee loves receiving their paycheck. It just so happens though that paying employees can be a royal pain, what with incredibly diverse labor laws across all 50 U.S. states.
Bravado, a community platform for sales professionals, comes out of stealth with $12M in backing from Redpoint Ventures, Freestyle Capital, and others
Take a moment to imagine the most successful salesperson you know. — Is it someone you respect? Probably not.
Amazon Kindle Oasis (2019) review: hardware is still excellent and new warmer E Ink display is great, but it's an incremental update to an expensive device
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How programmer and artist Ben Grosser's 2012 idea to “demetricate” social media platforms has influenced companies to experiment with hiding visible metrics
Will Oremus / OneZero : Tweets: @dlberes , @bengrosser , and @willoremus Tweets: Damon Beres / @dlberes : I love this story by @WillOremus about demetrication. It adds a lot of relevant context to th...
CERT-Bund discovers a serious vulnerability in VLC for Windows, Unix, and Linux that allows for remote code execution and hasn't been patched yet
but VideoLAN says it is not reproducible Firstpost Tech : VLC media player has a ‘critical’ security flaw that can let the hackers in Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : Confusion about a rece...
IBM report on data breaches: cost to firms is up by 12% over five years, reaching $3.92M on average; hacked firms with <500 staff suffer $2.5M losses on average
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet :
Tile, which makes item-tracking devices, raises $45M as the opening commitment for a Series C round led by Francisco Partners
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Amid slowing global demand and the US-China trade war, some chipmakers in Singapore say they are slowing production and laying off staff
John Geddie / Reuters :
Snap reports Q2 revenue of $388M, up 48% YoY, vs. $359.7M est., DAUs of 203M, up 8% YoY, and that its net loss shrunk from $353M to $255M YoY; stock jumps 13%+
Snap Inc. has been slowly righting its ship recently … Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Snap reports strong Q2 earnings, beating revenue and daily active user expectations Tweets: Meg Graham / @megancgraham ...
Hipcamp, a platform for listing and booking campsites, raises $25M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total raised to $41.8M
We have had a long history of making investments …
Facebook details Map With AI, a set of tools that maps previously unmapped places, many in the developing world, using commercially available satellite imagery
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Analysis: Apple's own apps rank first in 60%+ of App Store test searches; Podcasts, which had a 1.7-star rating before its reviews were removed, ranks #1 in US
Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal :
Video game industry is coming under increased pressure from static triple-A prices, a turn towards the cloud, developer burnout, and slower release schedules
Joshua Rivera / Kotaku : Tweets: @ohemgeelizabeth , @philhornshaw , @gwotaku , @alexhern , @satchelprice , @alexhern , and @alexhern Tweets: @ohemgeelizabeth : My only issue with this article is it f...
Google bans root certificates owned by DarkMatter from Chrome and Android; Mozilla declined to include DarkMatter certificates in Firefox earlier this month
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Sources: Huawei's first-half YoY revenue growth was 30%, a slowdown from 39% in just Q1 but still impressive given US technology export restrictions
Bloomberg :
Huawei has laid off more than 600 workers from its US-based research arm Futurewei, as a result of being put on a trade blacklist by the US government
Researchers gained access to internal corporate networks of Uber and Twitter after finding flaws in VPN apps of Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Pulse Secure
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Amazon partners with Realogy to offer TurnKey, which connects homebuyers with Realogy agents; with each purchase, customers get $5K in free Amazon home services
Diana Olick / CNBC : Tweets: @conordougherty , @kyweise , @nytimes , and @nytimesbusiness Tweets: Conor Dougherty / @conordougherty : Amazon is partnering with the owner of Century 21 and Coldwell Ba...
Profile of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who has donated $100M+ to charities and who champions “vigorous, trustworthy journalism” and women in tech
starting with your daily #news https://cnet.co/2YpB4rO via @CNET Arya Grande Puppuccino / @blkbaer : “I really didn't know what I was creating,” Newmark says. It just kind of happened. Craigslist's ne...
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