TiVo confirms it is planning to place pre-roll video ads before DVR recordings for all customers, even those with a lifetime subscription plan
Rolling out to TiVo's current devices over the next 90 days — So much for it being an early, experimental test.
Facebook says it has removed tens of thousands of apps from about 400 developers to date, as part of its investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook indicated on Friday that the scale of its data privacy issues was far larger than it had previously acknowledged …
AMD says it is delaying release of its Ryzen 9 3950X until November due to high demand and the time needed to ensure sufficient stock availability
In a shock email late on Friday, AMD has released a statement to clarify the situation it is in with the manufacturing of its latest Ryzen processors.
Sources: anti-Amazon “grass roots” non-profit FFMI, which actively lobbies and influences media op-eds, is funded by Walmart, Oracle, other Amazon competitors
Walmart, Oracle and mall owner Simon Property Group are secret funders behind a nonprofit that has been highly critical of the e-commerce giant
Polling of US adults shows that most, across party lines, support breaking up Big Tech, such as reversing Facebook's Instagram purchase, to improve competition
One hundred cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC …
Sources: many Airbnb employees are frustrated they can't sell company stock; to compensate, management has offered more perks to keep longtime employees happy
Tension has grown among a 6,000-person work force as it waits to sell company shares, people with knowledge of the situation said.
YouTube CEO apologizes to creators and users over the company's decision to revoke verification statuses and says it is working to address creator concerns
you will keep your badges Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : YouTube CEO says it ‘missed the mark’ with verification overhaul Todd Haselton / CNBC : YouTube CEO apologizes for ‘frustration and hurt’ over verif...
Minecraft's latest beta update introduces a character creator that allows players to change body types and wear accessories
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Samsung releases a new care guide instructing Galaxy Fold users to “just use a light touch” and keep the phone free of water and dust
Apple Card: can't touch leather, denim, other credit cards, or be in a pocket/bag with any loose items —Samsung Fold: “just use a light touch,” don't let any water or dust get on it ?!ok!? https://twi...
Netflix CEO warns of a “whole new world” when streaming services from Disney and Apple drop in November, reiterates that Netflix isn't in “acquisition business”
After dominating the subscription streaming scene for so long, Netflix is girding for a new phase …
Apple says the new iPhones include a new software and hardware system to reduce performance impacts as battery ages, making them less susceptible to throttling
better performance management as battery ages on 11 and 11 Pro. They even show a different message on the Battery Health screens. https://9to5mac.com/... https://twitter.com/...
New data from Kruze Consulting finds 60% of funded startups paid for Slack, while only 12% paid for the Office software bundle that includes Teams
Nearly 60 percent of funded startups pay for Slack — much higher than the rate for Microsoft Teams. — Slack is still king at startups. Tweets: @recode and @supreetsays Tweets: @recode : The share of...
Singapore-based AI startup Advance.ai, which helps banks and other clients with fraud detection and credit scoring, raises $80M Series C to fuel Asia expansion
LOCAL artificial intelligence startup ADVANCE.AI has raised US$80 million in Series C funds led by Gaorong Capital and Pavilion Capital …
Contrary to hype around big data, the explosion of available information amid eroding trust in media makes it harder, not easier, to achieve consensus on truth
It's not about foreign trolls, filter bubbles or fake news. Technology encourages us to believe we can all have first-hand access … Tweets: @jayrosen_nyu , @spj_tweets , and @ricksearle1 Tweets: Jay ...
Facebook acquires Servicefriend, a startup that builds customer service AI chatbots for messaging apps; founders now work for Facebook's Calibra, per LinkedIn
As Facebook prepares to launch its new cryptocurrency Libra in 2020, it's putting the pieces in place to help it run. Tweets: @ourielohayon Tweets: Ouriel Ohayon / @ourielohayon : “We acquire smaller ...
Profile of Adrian Lamo, a famous hacker in the early 2000s who died mysteriously in 2018 and was decried by the hacking community for turning in Chelsea Manning
a self-styled Robin Hood of the early internet. When he died mysteriously last year, conspiracy theorists went wild. An NPR investigation sets the record straight. https://www.npr.org/...
Amid rising competition and a dramatic fall in US subscribers during Q2, doubts arise over the sustainability of Netflix's debt-driven business model
and adds that they got outbid on “Fleabag” Stock is the 2nd worst S&P name this am: (via @variety) $NFLX https://variety.com/... Ivan Maljkovic / @ivan_brussels : “Hastings warned that steadily rising...
How Neil Young's reluctance to embrace streaming doomed his company PonoMusic, even as the company helped the industry to adapt high-resolution music
Toward the end of music legend Neil Young's recent memoir, he makes an admission: “I was wrong.” — The book, To Feel the Music …
YouTube Music rolling out “Discover Mix”, a personalized playlist mostly focused on evergreen tunes and artists that the user might not have heard before
From the beginning, YouTube Music has relied on playlists from the service's curators to automated creations based on your listening history. Tweets: @nikitahertz Tweets: Nikita Hertz / @nikitahertz :...
A look at Sign in with Apple, which is available for users with iOS 13 for a small number of apps including Nike, Instacart, Bird, and Kayak at launch
If You Can Find It Publishers/services/banks should implement this quickly. Apple's business model (you pay $$$ for nice devices) allows it to be careful than ad companies with your privacy. https://w...
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