EU's top court rules that Google does not have to apply “right to be forgotten” globally
Europe's top court has ruled that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. — It means that firm only needs to remove references to articles and other material …
Facebook buys CTRL-Labs, which makes a bracelet that measures neuron activity to detect movements the user is thinking about; sources: size of deal is $500M-$1B
- CTRL-Labs is said to fetch $500 million to $1 billion — Facebook may one day pair the technology with AR or VR glasses
Kik says it is officially shutting down its messaging app and will reduce its headcount to 19 people, amid its heated legal battle with the SEC
The Kik app is officially shutting down. The company will reduce its headcount to 19 people, and will focus solely on converting Kin users into Kin buyers …
Sources: Amazon is developing Alexa-enabled wireless earbuds with an accelerometer that monitors things like calories burned and the pace and distance of runs
code-named “Puget,” the company is working on wireless Alexa earbuds that can track distance run, calories burned, more. Big move by Amazon into health. Unclear release date. tip @Techmeme https://twi...
Amazon announces the Voice Interoperability Initiative to improve voice assistant compatibility, with 30+ companies on board but not Google, Apple, and Samsung
A day ahead of its annual fall hardware event, Amazon is making a big partnership announcement: it has created … Tweets: @backlon Tweets: Dieter Bohn / @backlon : Big news: this is a who's who of comp...
Xiaomi announces Mi 9 Pro 5G with Snapdragon 855+, 8 or 12GB RAM, 6.5-inch 1080p OLED display, and support for 30W fast wireless charging, starting at ~$520
Full charge in 69 minutes, no wires required — Xiaomi has announced the Mi 9 Pro 5G, a new variant of its generally very good Mi 9 …
Facebook page with 1.1M followers called “I Love America” is one of many Ukrainian-run pages now pushing pro-Trump propaganda and recycling 2016-era IRA memes
The “I Love America” Facebook page boasts 1.1 million fans, with viral content that reaches more Facebook users …
Microsoft is creating a new Data Dignity initiative in an attempt to help users control their own personal data, possibly to the point of buying and selling it
Microsoft is staffing up a new Data Dignity team in its CTO's office which could help users to control their own personal data …
Disney's Bob Iger says he pulled the plug on Disney buying Twitter at the last minute because the nastiness on the platform is “extraordinary”
Hollywood's nicest C.E.O. on the great family dramas of Hollywood — and why he, too, is disturbed by Twitter.
Alibaba closes the acquisition of 33% of Jack Ma's Ant Financial; Ant will now stop paying 37.5% of its pre-tax profits to Alibaba
- E-commerce giant now has 33% interest in the fintech giant — Ant will no longer pay 37.5% of its pre-tax profit to Alibaba
Russian national Andrei Tyurin pleads guilty to stealing the data of 80M+ customers of JPMorgan and other US financial institutions from 2012-2015
- Tyurin could face 15 to 20 years, will forfeit $19 million — Plea leaves unresolved case against alleged mastermind
The Spotify for Artists app on iOS and Android gets a big revamp with real-time listening stats, after Apple's artist dashboard exited beta last month
Spotify this morning is rolling out an updated version of its app for artists, across both iOS and Android.
Twitter says it is expanding its policies to explicitly prohibit financial scams on the platform and details the kind of scams it's banning
Twitter today says it's expanding its policies to prohibit financial scams on its platform — something you'd think would have already been banned …
How massively popular short-video app TikTok holds our attention, using AI to churn through a deluge of images and sounds to deliver the best bite-size content
On the popular short-video app, young people are churning through images and sounds at warp speed, repurposing reality into ironic, bite-size content.
Samsung Galaxy S10 gets the Galaxy Note 10's camera features like AR Doodle and DeX for PC support with an update
Some companies can be stingy with what new features they bring to older devices. Samsung is generally good about this, launching devices with features that eventually trickle down to the rest of the ...
Fundbox, which is building a B2B payment and credit network, raises $176M Series C from investors, including Allianz X, bringing its total funding to $300M+
Credit cards have become all but ubiquitous for consumer transactions, and it isn't hard to see why.
Google Play Pass unveiled as a $4.99/mo. subscription for access to 350+ unlocked Android apps and games that are free of ads and IAPs; first year to be $2/mo.
devs make money based on engagement. Huge news. https://www.theverge.com/... @manan : this is the kind of thing MSFT would do during the Windows Vista days. While all users would already have pirated ...
Code deployment toolmaker Chef says it will not renew an ICE contract, after an ex-employee deleted his open-source code in protest leading to customer downtime
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Facebook's content moderation policies are difficult to apply given the breadth of cases, and poor communication between contractors and FB cripples the system
When actor Burt Reynolds died last September, fans across Instagram and Facebook paid tribute to him by posting his 1972 Cosmopolitan magazine centerfold. Tweets: @katienotopoulos Tweets: Katie Notopo...
Sentry, an open source application performance management platform, raises $40M Series C led by Accel, bringing its total raised to ~$70M
Application performance management, or APM, concerns tools that help to monitor and manage the performance and availability of software apps.
Fivetran, which helps companies move data from disparate repositories to data warehouses, raises $44M Series B led by a16z, bringing its total raised to $59M+
Fivetran, a startup that helps companies move data from disparate repositories to data warehouses, announced $44 million Series B financing today …
After testing it in June, Twitter now lets all users add up to five lists as alternative timelines in the main iOS Twitter app, to quickly swipe between them
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
A look at the history of cyberattacks between US and Iran as the US Cyber Command seeks a process of deterrence to curb future Iranian retaliation
after one launched against Iran just three months ago — has emerged as the most appealing course of action for President Trump, who is reluctant to widen the conflict in a region he has said the Unite...
Fiddler raises $10.2M Series A, co-led by Lightspeed and Lux Capital, for AI that explains its reasoning, which it aims to launch next year
Explainable AI, which refers to techniques that attempt to bring transparency to traditionally opaque AI models and their predictions, is a burgeoning subfield of machine learning research.
Q&A with Huawei's Richard Yu about shipping Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro without Play Store apps, its plans for luring developers to Huawei App Gallery, and more
As the world's second largest smartphone manufacturer, the growth of Huawei over the last decade has been immense. Thanks: @anandtech
Samsung says Galaxy Fold will go on sale in the US on September 27 for $1,980 and will be available at AT&T, Best Buy, and Samsung stores
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
After founding the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism in 2017, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube say it will become an independent organization
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN :
Tulip, which is building a no-code app development platform for manufacturers, raises $39.5M Series B led by machine tools manufacturer DMG MORI
Tulip, a software developer building a no-code app development platform tailored to manufacturers, today revealed that it's raised $39.5 million …
Amazon debuts a feature called Show and Tell, which helps blind and low vision customers with an Echo Show smart display identify common household pantry goods
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Immutable Games, an esports company planning to release its first game Gods Unchained on the ethereum blockchain this year, raises $15M Series A led by Naspers
Yolanda Redrup / Australian Financial Review :
China's social credit system extends to businesses, with 33M recently rated; some US firms were warned ratings may be affected by their stances, like on Taiwan
including court decisions, payroll data, environmental records, copyright violations, even how many employees are members of the Communist Party — and using it to grade businesses and the people who r...
London-based Everledger, which develops and maintains an immutable blockchain ledger for asset ownership, raises $20M Series A led by Tencent
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange launches long-awaited bitcoin futures as part of its Bakkt venture
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal :
Fintech companies like Square are leveraging the banking licenses of services like Cambr, which manages accounts in many smaller banks, to handle payments
Julie Verhage / Bloomberg : Tweets: @mdudas and @mdudas Tweets: Mike Dudas / @mdudas : Per usual, the odd FinTech + community bank business setup in the US is due to financial regulators being unhapp...
Netflix, which has faced new streaming rivals and disappointed on subscriber numbers recently, has seen its stock drop from $380+ in early July to $265.92 today
Yun Li / CNBC :
Kheiron Medical Technologies, which aims to help radiologists detect cancer earlier using machine learning, raises $22M Series A led by Atomico
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat : Tweets: @stevejarrett . Thanks: @bryce_keane Tweets: Steve Jarrett / @stevejarrett : So proud of @SarahKerruish, Peter, Toby, and @KheironMedical who just closed a VERY ra...
Cloudflare enables a new “bot fight mode” as an opt-in feature for all accounts, which will frustrate bots via computationally intensive challenges
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Microsoft previews Dynamics 365 Commerce, which lets brands create product web pages with customer ratings and reviews, an expansion of Dynamics 365 for Retail
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
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