Google stops using dessert-themed names for Android for better worldwide accessibility, names Android Q Android 10, and refreshes Android brand logo and color
Over the last decade, Android's open platform has created a thriving community of manufacturers and developers that reach a global audience with their devices and apps.
Sources: Apple is planning to launch Pro iPhones with three-sensor camera systems for better low-light, new iPads, and a 16-inch MacBook Pro next month
Apple Inc. is readying a clutch of new hardware for the coming weeks and months, including “Pro” iPhones, upgrades to iPads and its largest laptop in years.
Eminem's publisher Eight Mile Style sues Spotify claiming copyright infringement, challenges the constitutionality of the Music Modernization Act passed in 2018
Eight Mile Style alleges “Lose Yourself” and many of the rapper's hits aren't licensed by the streamer. Now comes a suit eyeing Spotify's billions.
Source: Google is planning an update to the Home Mini, called the Nest Mini, with a similar form factor, wall mount, improved sound, and 3.5mm jack
Google plans to launch a followup to 2017's Google Home Mini with a second-generation ‘Nest Mini,’ a reliable source tells 9to5Google.
Google officially rolls out a redesign for the Play Store, using its Material design language, and creates two distinct destinations for games and apps
After months of waiting and temporary appearances, the Play Store Material Theme redesign is now official on Android.
Google proposes new privacy and anti-fingerprinting controls aimed at making it harder for online marketers and advertisers to track users across the web
Google today announced a new long-term initiative that, if fully realized, will make it harder for online marketers and advertisers to track you across the web.
Investigation reveals popular on-demand massage app Zeel repeatedly ignored therapists' complaints about sexual harassment and inappropriate client behavior
When Ilene Antelman arrived at a client's Manhattan duplex in December of 2016, she was in a good mood.
Assessing the impact of telecoms' poor privacy practices through the story of a woman stalked by a man who obtained her real-time location data from T-Mobile
Telecom giants are giving up customers' real-time location data to stalkers and bounty hunters. Now, Motherboard speaks to a victim. Tweets: @jason_koebler , @lam_barrett , @josephfcox , @jrosenworce...
Samsung Galaxy Note10+ review: the screen is beautiful and handwriting recognition with S Pen is neat but software backslides into confusion and DeX is a mess
The most phone — How much would you pay to have a stylus in your phone? — That's the essential question for the Note 10 Plus.
A snapshot of Amazon's financial history and why free cash flow, which Bezos called Amazon's “ultimate financial measure”, is always higher than its profits
It's all about investing in the future. — Amazon skeptics have long repeated a narrative about the e-commerce behemoth … Tweets: @recode , @naijaflyingdr , @recode , and @recode Tweets: @recode : Th...
Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Baidu, IBM, ARM, Intel, Red Hat, and others form the Confidential Computing Consortium to promote better data security practices
A number of big-name tech companies — including Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Red Hat, IBM, and Intel — are joining forces …
A look at Oculus Insight, Facebook's technology that makes inside-out VR tracking on Oculus Quest and Rift S headsets possible
VR hardware was tethered to a PC — until one Facebook engineering team found a way to cut the cord — When Anna Kozminski joined Facebook as a software program manager …
SpotHero, which allows users to buy and sell parking spaces, raises $50M Series D led by Macquarie Capital, bringing its total raised to $118M
Chicago, Illinois-based parking inventory and booking startup SpotHero today announced that it's secured $50 million in a series D round led by Macquarie Capital …
Big data analytics service Splunk to acquire cloud monitoring company SignalFx for $1.05B
The company announced the deal along with its second quarter financial results, which topped estimates. — Splunk delivered better-than-expected second quarter financial results and announced …
Knotel, a WeWork rival that uses blockchain to make acquisition decisions, raises $400M Series C at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to $560M
While some analysts are calling WeWork's IPO filing a “masterpiece of obfuscation,” the esteemed tech observer Professor Scott Galloway simply calls it “WeWTF.”
The European Commission is planning regulation to impose strict limits on the use of facial recognition technology by companies and public authorities
Brussels is exploring ways to impose strict limits on the use of facial recognition technology in an attempt to stamp out creeping public surveillance of European citizens.
Users whose accounts have been disabled by Facebook say the opaque review process, the endless wait, and the inability to contact an employee can be maddening
For a decade, Christopher Reeves, an Uber driver in Seattle, used Facebook for everything: talking with friends, communicating with fellow drivers, meeting singles. Tweets: @mvzelenks , @robpegoraro ,...
Google, Mozilla, Apple to block root certificate issued by Kazakhstan which could be used to monitor users; Microsoft says cert not in its Trusted Root Program
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Numbrs, an app that enables users to manage existing bank accounts in one place, raises $40M at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to ~$200M
- Numbrs raises $40 million as it looks to expand beyond Germany — Company counts 50 indivuals and families among its investors
Microsoft contractors say they listened to recordings, including accidentally invoked ones, of Xbox users, many of them children, to improve voice command tech
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Remediant, which develops privileged account management software, raises $15M Series A led by Dell Technologies Capital and ForgePoint Capital
Remediant, a San Francisco- and Fort Worth-based provider of privileged account management software, today announced that it's raised $15 million …
Drop, which scans users' credit card purchases and offers personalized rewards, raises $44M Series B led by HOF Capital
Commerce and marketing are radically changing these days. Consumers are increasingly looking for brands they identify with, while at the same time …
Overstock CEO Partick Byrne has resigned from the e-commerce company after his comments about being involved in a “Deep State” investigation of 2016 election
- Overstock CEO Partick Byrne has resigned from the e-commerce company after making controversial comments about his role in the “Deep State.”
Fitbit wins a Singapore government contract to provide fitness trackers for free for up to a million citizens who subscribe to the $10/month premium service
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Intel unveils 10th-gen Comet Lake CPUs with up to 6 cores for thin and light laptops, based on its Skylake CPU architecture and 14nm process
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Amazon is bringing its online grocery store, Amazon Fresh, which will offer two-hour delivery, to India, starting with Bengaluru on August 23
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Researcher who was banned from Valve's HackerOne bug bounty program after submitting a Steam 0-day that Valve downplayed, reveals details of another Steam 0-day
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Google is rolling out its face-grouping feature in Google Photos, first introduced in 2015, across Europe
Google Photos recently hit one billion users after being spun out from Google+ just four years ago. One reason the product grew so quickly is its frequent updates …
The definition of hacking under US federal law needs to evolve to account for new technological developments such as adversarial machine learning
Using adversarial machine learning, researchers can trick machines — potentially with fatal consequences. But the legal system hasn't caught up. Tweets: @techpolicylab Tweets: @techpolicylab : Lab Co...
Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, who led a heavily criticized unit focusing on practical AI uses, has been placed on leave for unspecified reasons
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Used clothing online marketplace ThredUp says it has raised a total of $175M over the past year; ThredUp is valued at ~$670M according to PitchBook
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Waymo releases a self-driving open data set with 1,000 segments of 20-second footage in a range of driving conditions, free for non-commercial research
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Zenoti, which develops booking software for spas and salons, raises $20M from Steadview Capital, bringing its total raised to ~$100M
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Shanghai-based The CareVoice, which is building an end-to-end mobile platform for insurers to integrate their existing solutions, raises $10M Series A
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Berlin-based Mister Spex, an online store selling various brands of prescription glasses and contact lenses, raises €65M for store and international expansion
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A look at the weird and wacky patents filed by tech companies, some seemingly unrelated to the industry, and the reasons behind filing for them
and far more effective ways to encourage and protect innovation. https://slate.com/... @stanfordlaw : Tech companies are competing to amass as many patents as possible, but could this arms race be mis...
A look at the many failed social networks launched since 2002, including Friendster, Myspace, Bebo, ConnectU, Path, Yik Yak, Orkut, Google+, and Vine
that your feed could look a lot more interesting, more avant-garde, joyous, local, intimate, kinky, weird, and hilarious and, yes, scarier and even more hateful than it does now.” https://gizmodo.com/...
Wireless giant SoftBank Corp's brokerage unit, One Tap BUY, will allow individuals in Japan to participate in IPOs for as little as $10, starting next year
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IAC has acquired short-term nursing jobs marketplace NurseFly, source says for $15M
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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