Samsung debuts the Galaxy Note10 with 6.3" screen, wide angle and telephoto rear cameras, Snapdragon 855, coming Aug. 23 with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage for $949
Available on August 23rd starting at $949 — Samsung is announcing not one, but two versions of its flagship Galaxy Note 10 smartphone …
Samsung unveils Galaxy Note10+ with a 6.8" display, all-screen design, Snapdragon 855, 12GB of RAM, 256GB or 512GB storage, coming on August 23 for $1,100+
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget :
Hands-on with Samsung's Galaxy Note10 and 10+: sleeker all-screen design is nice, the S-Pen has more tricks like gesture support, better DeX support is useful
Cherlynn Low / Engadget :
iPhones now do not display the Battery Health feature when their batteries are replaced by unauthorized service providers
By activating a software lock on newer iPhones, Apple is announcing a drastic new policy: only Apple batteries go in iPhones, and only they can install them.
Samsung claims the Note10 has lost its 3.5mm headphone jack to increase battery size by 2%-3% and to improve haptic feedback
but no dongle to connect your existing buds. http://wapo.st/31qSu5w pic.twitter.com/R14RqyzHEf Dieter Bohn / @backlon : I'm more sad that I can't watch Samsung commercials sniping about headphone jack...
Netflix signs multi-year film and TV deal with Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss; sources say the deal is worth $200M
David Benioff and Dan Weiss have signed a multiple-year film and TV pact with the streamer, which was bidding for the duo's services alongside Disney and Amazon.
Google expands its beta AR walking navigation feature, now called Live View, to all Android and iOS devices that support ARCore and ARKit, starting this week
Google wants its Maps app to be about more than just getting directions. The search giant on Thursday announced a handful …
Google will start surfacing individual podcast episodes in search results and will soon let users ask Google Assistant to play podcasts about specific topics
Search for what you want to hear — Google is taking the next step in making podcasts easier to find.
Samsung and Microsoft extend partnership with tighter integration of Outlook, OneDrive, Office, Your Phone in Galaxy Note10, more; Microsoft to sell Note10
Samsung is working with Microsoft to integrate Redmond's apps and services on the Galaxy Note 10 and coming Galaxy Book S devices as part of the pair's extended partnership.
Source: 5.7" Pixel 4 and 6.3" Pixel 4 XL will have 90Hz OLED displays, rear camera with 12MP sensor with phase-detect auto-focus and 16MP telephoto lens, more
The physical appearance and some headlining features of the Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL have already been confirmed by Google itself …
Sources: Instagram has banned “preferred marketing partner” HYP3R, which scraped millions of posts per month, including Stories, and tracked users' locations
- A buzzy San Francisco startup has been secretly saving what appears to be millions of Instagram users' stories and tracking their locations.
Samsung says Galaxy Note10+ 5G with 256GB storage will be $1,300, the 512GB model will cost $1,400; in US, Verizon will have exclusivity initially
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Twitter says it may have shared users' data with its ad partners without user consent due to two ad targeting-related bugs that it says were fixed on August 5
Twitter has disclosed more bugs related to how it uses personal data for ad targeting that means it may have shared users data …
Samsung unveils Galaxy Book S, a $999 ultra-thin 13" Windows 10 laptop with LTE, a Snapdragon 8cx chipset, and a claimed 23 hour battery life, coming September
New smartphones weren't the only thing Samsung announced today at its Galaxy Unpacked 2019 event in Brooklyn.
During its Note10 event, Samsung did not mention Bixby assistant or show any demonstrations of it on stage, in stark contrast to last year's Bixby-focused event
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Samsung's Note10+ includes a depth camera for 3D object scanning and augmented reality apps
Tommy Palladino / Mobile AR News :
How user-facing platforms, infrastructure companies, and democratically elected governments can get better at deciding what content should be moderated and when
On Sunday night, when Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince announced in a blog post that the company was terminating service for 8chan, the response was nearly universal: Finally.
Facebook is testing selling video streaming subscriptions in the US, starting with four services including BBC and ITV's BritBox and CollegeHumor's Dropout
Facebook is dipping its toes into the subscription VOD waters — as an aggregator and reseller. — The social giant is launching …
A look at Samsung's updated DeX feature, which offers a desktop-like computing mode for its smartphones and has been expanded to work with Windows and macOS PCs
Dan Seifert / The Verge :
Apple, Eli Lilly, and health data startup Evidation team up on a study on how iPhones, Watches, and Beddit sleep monitors may help detect dementia
KEY POINTS — Apple has teamed up with Eli Lilly on new research to detect evidence of brain decline by using data from popular connected devices.
Robinhood gets approval to operate as a broker by UK regulator, as it gears up for a UK launch
Robinhood, the Silicon Valley-based stock trading app that was recently valued by investors at $7.6 billion, has received regulatory approval in the U.K., breaking cover on its plans to set up shop in...
How Piano created a “propensity” paywall that uses machine learning with 76 metrics to predict how likely someone is to subscribe, and adjusts accordingly
They went from being the kid nobody wanted to talk with to one of the cool kids on the block. (Apparently showing the other kids how to make money helps.)
Postmates says it's been granted the first-ever permit to test sidewalk delivery robots in San Francisco
On-demand delivery business Postmates says it's been granted the first-ever permit for side-walk robotics operations in the city of San Francisco. — According to San Francisco Public Works …
Lyft reports Q2 revenue of $867M, up 72% YoY, and an adjusted net loss of $197.3M compared to $176.5M a year ago
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Check Point researchers: Facebook has failed to address a WhatsApp flaw that lets hackers alter messages and sender identities, a year after it was reported
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times :
NYC extends the cap on the number of Uber and Lyft vehicles for another 12 months, further limits time cars can spend cruising without passengers in Manhattan
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :
Kazakhstan claims ISPs asking customers to install government-issued encryption certificates on their devices was simply a test, says users can now remove them
Olzhas Auyezov / Reuters :
Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony say they will require game publishers to disclose the odds of receiving types of in-game items from loot boxes starting in 2020
Makena Kelly / The Verge :
Salesforce announces it has acquired field service software company ClickSoftware for $1.35B
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
FedEx says it will not renew its ground-delivery contract with Amazon when it expires at the end of this month, as the e-commerce giant emerges as a competitor
Bloomberg :
Sources: Facebook is rebuilding Instagram's messaging feature using Messenger tech, with Instagram's team reporting to Messenger; Instagram's look won't change
Bloomberg :
Sources: White House is circulating drafts of an executive order addressing alleged anti-conservative bias on social media, although exact details are unclear
Daniel Lippman / Politico :
Cloudleaf, which uses AI to create digital twins of supply chains that provide real-time insights, raises $26M Series B, bringing its total raised to $39M
Tel Aviv-based WSC Sports, which develops an AI-powered video creation tool for sports content, raises $23M Series C led by O.G. Tech Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
A look at WhatsApp's legal fight in an Indian court against weakening encryption, as the country's government pressures the company to add message traceability
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Amazon now gives users the ability to choose how fast Alexa talks by saying “speed up” or “slow down”, with seven different speed options
Dieter Bohn / The Verge :
FCC filing reveals Walmart's wireless device that connects to garage door openers, likely for its upcoming InHome grocery delivery service
Stacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT : Tweets: @gigastacey . Thanks: @kevinctofel Tweets: Stacey Higginbotham / @gigastacey : Walmart's Wi-Fi and Z-wave device at the FCC looks like Walmarts answer to...
Source: Broadcom nears a deal to buy Symantec's enterprise business for $10B after earlier attempts to buy the whole firm failed; deal may be announced Thursday
Wall Street Journal :
Chinese phone maker Transsion, which has an estimated 54% of Africa's feature phone market, will list its IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market, seeking to raise ~$426M
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