Intel unveils eleven 10th-gen Ice Lake laptop CPUs, built on its new 10-nm Sunny Cove architecture, claims they run 18% more instructions per clock than before
Intel gave us the broad strokes of its 10th-generation “Ice Lake” notebook CPUs at Computex a few months ago, but now the company is finally ready to give us more details.
Cisco to pay $8.6M to settle government claims for selling video surveillance tech with a security flaw, reported in 2008, to government agencies until 2013
WASHINGTON — Cisco Systems agreed on Wednesday to pay $8.6 million to settle claims that it sold video surveillance technology …
Leaked render of Samsung's 3.5mm to USB-C adapter is a further indication that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10 will not have a 3.5mm headphone jack
We've seen the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ in all their glory in a slew of leaked renders already, and now, a render showing the 3.5mm …
Lyft has made its 1,000 e-bikes in San Francisco “unavailable to riders” following two reports of bikes catching fire
The flames appear to have originated from the battery — The battery of an electric Lyft bicycle appeared to catch fire Wednesday in the Lower Haight.
Bird unveils new electric scooter with 50% more battery life, anti-vandalism sensors, anti-tipping kickstands, and anti-puncture tires
Bird Two also has anti-tipping kickstands and anti-puncture tires — It's been less than three months since Bird unveiled Bird One …
Sensor Tower: YouTube remains world's top-grossing video app, generating $138M in user spending in Q2 2019, up 220% YoY; US users generated ~70% of this revenue
Google must be happy. YouTube is the world's top-grossing app in the photo and video software category for a second quarter in a row.
Facebook says it was “not our role” to remove fake news during Australian election; it only demotes fake news, removes content that violates community standards
Exclusive: Facebook executive Simon Milner says company ‘only removes content that violates our community standards’
Analysis: in Q2 2019, global smartphone shipments declined 1% YoY, making it the 7th consecutive quarter of declining shipments; Samsung shipments grew 7.1% YoY
Overall smartphone shipment declined 1% in Q2 2019, making it the seventh consecutive quarter of declining shipments.
UK-based fintech startup Revolut launches commission-free US stock trading service, including the ability to buy fractions of shares
KEY POINTS — Revolut users will be able to buy a fraction of shares in U.S. companies through its trading platform. — British fintech firm Revolut …
Fitbit beat analyst estimates with Q2 revenue of $314M, up 5% YoY, but lowered Q3 guidance; stock down 18%
KEY POINTS — The Fitbit Ionic has a few apps, with more to come — Shares of Fitbit cratered as much as 21% after hours on Wednesday after the company cut guidance …
After 6 months of fact-checking for Facebook, Full Fact published 96 fact-checks, was paid ~$171k, wants Facebook to share more data with fact-checkers
In December 2016, Facebook enlisted a handful of U.S.-based news organizations (ABC News, Snopes, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, and the AP) …
With an estimated 420K CCTV cameras operating in the city, London has become a test bed for visual surveillance tech, including live facial recognition
On the last day of January, few of the shoppers and office workers who hurried through Romford town centre in east London … Tweets: @henrymance , @nuffieldfound , @financialtimes , @financialtimes , a...
An in-depth look at Apple Maps in iOS 13, the biggest update to the service so far, and how it compares to Google Maps
Apple's path to a home-brewed mapping solution has been long and perilous, but it's almost arrived. — 12 years ago the iPhone launched with Google powering …
A look at the debate about commercializing open source software, as more companies adopt restrictive licenses for their open source software to generate revenue
As open source software grows more popular, and important, developers face an existential question: How to make money from something you give away for free? Tweets: @wired , @_msw_ , @degoodmanwilson ...
Ofcom gives BBC approval to make its content available on iPlayer for a year or more, scrapping the previous 30-day limit, to help compete against Netflix
The UK media regulator has given permission for the BBC to transform its iPlayer from a catch-up service into a Netflix-style streaming platform …
New York-based Lux Capital raises $500M for its early-stage fund and $550M for its opportunity fund to invest in startups on “the cutting edge of science”
Lux Capital, a New York-based venture capital firm, has raised more than $1 billion across two new funds to back companies on “the cutting edge of science.”
Google to let G Suite admins select users for the Advanced Protection Program, designed to prevent cyberattacks against high-profile users, in the coming days
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Armory, which commercializes the open source continuous delivery platform Spinnaker, raises $28M Series B led by Insight Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
DJI unveils new goggles for its drones, offering a 720p streaming first-person view, and a new controller, both geared toward racing and available now from $819
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Four major broadcast networks sue Locast, which is funded by AT&T, to try to stop it from freely retransmitting the signals of their local TV stations
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Report: Cloudflare plans to pursue an IPO in September and has filed a confidential S-1 with the SEC; it was valued at ~$3.2B in its $150M March Series E
Morning Markets: Cloudflare is reportedly going public this year, meaning that we have at least two big-name IPOs left in the tank. Source: Business Insider .
Apple reports Q3 revenue of $53.8B, up 1% YoY, record Services revenue of $11.5B, up from $10.2B YoY, iPhone revenue of $26B, down from $29.5B YoY; stock up 4%+
One thing that Apple has always been good at is being doomed. Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Apple announces Q3 2019 revenue of $53.8 billion, net quarterly profit of $10 billion MacRumors : A...
Court filing: former IBM HR VP Alan Wild says the company has fired 50,000 to 100,000 staff in recent years; ongoing litigation argues older staff were targeted
Olivia Carville / Bloomberg :
Report: more than 32M patient records were stolen between January and June 2019, more than double the 15M records stolen in all of 2018
Christine Fisher / Engadget :
Spotify reports 108M paying subscribers in Q2, up 31% YoY, revenue of €1.67B, up 31% YoY, and an operating loss of €3M
Spotify Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times : Spotify misses a beat as subscriber numbers disappoint Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Spotify hits 108M paying users and 232M overall, but its average revenue pe...
Samsung posts Q2 operating profit of ~$5.6B, down 56% YoY, on revenue of ~$47.4B, down 4% YoY, after profits from its chip and mobile businesses declined YoY
Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet :
Qualcomm misses with Q3 revenue of $4.9B, down 13% YoY, and licensing revenue of $1.29B, down 10% YoY
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Chrome 76 arrives with Flash blocked by default, a new safeguard to prevent Incognito mode detection, PWA improvements, and more
For Now Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : How to Bring Back the HTTPS and WWW to the Google Chrome Address Bar Corbin Davenport / Android Police : Chrome 76 breaks Incognito Mode detection, supports site...
Researcher discovers unsecured Honda database, now secured, containing 134M rows of employee systems data that could help hackers compromise its systems
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Google says its Titan security keys are now available in Canada, France, Japan, and the UK, expanding beyond the US
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Sex tech startups protest outside Facebook's NYC offices, saying it bars them from running ads, and launch site to show alleged double standard of ad approvals
Rebecca Aydin / Business Insider :
In an apparent bid to sway Trump after he rejected Apple's request for Mac Pro part import exclusions, Tim Cook says Apple plans to make the Mac Pro in the US
Chris Welch / The Verge :
A look at the potential benefits of 5G in a variety of applications and services, including AR/VR, healthcare, emergency response, connected cars, and broadband
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