Researcher claims he found “a permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit” for iOS devices with A5 to A11 chips, enabling jailbreaks for iPhone 4S to X, releases code
New jailbreak will work on iPhones 4S up to iPhone 8 and X. — A security researcher has released today …
Sen. Warren proposes to reinstate Office of Technology Assessment, created in 1970s to help Congress legislate on science and tech; OTA was dissolved in 1990s
'Our representatives shouldn't have to rely on Google's policy team' — Over the past few years, some of the largest tech firms …
DoorDash confirms a data breach on May 4 affecting 4.9M customers, workers, and merchants, with last-four digits of payment cards, driver's license info stolen
DoorDash has confirmed a data breach. — The food delivery company said in a blog post Thursday that 4.9 million customers …
Google says that YouTube Music will be preinstalled on all new Android 9 and Android 10 devices, replacing Google Play Music
Behind-the-scenes, Google requires hardware manufacturers to preinstall certain apps to get access to other first-party services.
2019 Defcon Voting Village findings reveal detailed vulnerabilities related to six models of voting machines, most of which are still in use
The results of the 2019 Defcon Voting Village are in—and they paint an ugly picture for voting machine security.
Former employees of dog-walking startup Wag, which raised $300M from SoftBank and replaced CEO in Jan. 2018, describe slowed growth, multiple layoffs, and more
(CNN)At the start of 2018, Wag looked like tech's next Big Thing. — In January, the founders of the dog-walking startup announced … Tweets: @seldo , @carnage4life , @_cingraham , @tomgara , @sfieger...
AI research increasingly requires datacenter-scale computation, raising concerns that only a few big tech companies will dominate advances in the field
Each big step of progress in computing — from mainframe to personal computer to internet to smartphone — has opened opportunities …
Latest beta version of Spotify's app now lets iOS 13.1 users play songs, albums, and playlists using Siri
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Sources: Apple plans to give its movies traditional theatrical release runs before releasing them on Apple TV+ in the interest of brand-building and prestige
will it go the Amazon or Netflix route? Brandon Russell / iMore : Apple reportedly sets theatrical release dates for three original movies Maggie Tillman / Pocket-lint : Apple's original movies could ...
UK-based digital wealth management company Moneyfarm raises £36M Series C, says its assets under management grew 80%+ YoY to £734M in 2018
Moneyfarm, a Milan, Italy and London, UK-based digital wealth management company, raised £36M in Series C funding.
Source: US-UK treaty, to be signed soon, will compel US-based platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to share users' encrypted messages with British police
- Information will be shared in serious criminal investigations — Social media firms to provide data under U.S. treaty with U.K. Tweets: @martinsfp Tweets: Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp : What thi...
Sources: hackers with suspected Chinese links have targeted Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and French tech firm Expleo over the past year in search of commercial secrets
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Researchers: new Nodersok malware, which installs Node.js to turn PCs into proxies, has infected thousands of machines, mostly in the US and EU over past month
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Tesla starts rolling out Software Version 10.0, featuring Smart Summon, a karaoke library, Spotify, Netflix, YouTube integration, and more
Plus ‘Caraoke’ Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Tesla's New Software Version 10.0 Brings Netflix, Spotify, Youtube, and More Digital Trends : Tesla V10.0 adds Netflix, Spotify, more games, and ...
Netflix is experimenting in India with making the first episode of its latest Indian original series available to non-subscribers, amid growing competition
Netflix is making available the first episode of its latest India original series ‘Bard Of Blood’ to non-members in the country for a limited time … Tweets: @tsuvik Tweets: Vikas SN / @tsuvik : Netfli...
In an email to staff, Docker CEO Rob Bearden says the company is trying to raise cash amid “significant challenges”; Docker was valued at more than $1B in 2015
- Docker CEO Rob Bearden sent an email to employees this week acknowledging challenges as the company tries to raise money. Tweets: @jordannovet and @toddanglin . Thanks: @levynews Tweets: Jordan Nove...
Logitech agrees to acquire Streamlabs, which makes the popular live streaming app Streamlabs OBS, for $89M cash; Streamlabs is used by 15M+ streamers
a ton of streamers already use Logitech gear. Now Logitech has popular streaming software, too: https://www.theverge.com/...
DoJ announces an interim policy, that will go into effect Nov.1 2019, limiting how genealogy DNA databases can be used by law enforcement in serious crimes
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In an email to staff, Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan denies retaliating against employees for union organizing, but says union framework is “inherently adversarial”
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE : Tweets: @itsmeagentv , @_grendan , @gmgunion , @mariskreizman , @hamiltonnolan , @alexhern , @jason_koebler , and @laurenkgurley Tweets: Rook / @itsmeagentv : Kickstarter...
Audius, a SoundCloud alternative built on the blockchain, has launched its music streaming service with songs hosted on independent operators to avoid takedowns
Launching today — “It was SoundCloud's opportunity to lose and now it's ours,” says Audius CEO Roneil Rumburg. Tweets: @joshelman See also Mediagazer Tweets: Josh Elman / @joshelman : Audius - Block...
SEC Filing: Oracle invested $40M in Ampere, the ARM-based server chip company founded and run by former Intel president Renee James
Ari Levy / CNBC : Tweets: @whatthebit Tweets: Stefan Constantine / @whatthebit : i read this tweet three times and i keep saying “oh snap” https://twitter.com/...
Sources: China's ByteDance is in talks to sell TopBuzz, the English language version of its Chinese AI-powered news aggregator Toutiao
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Ohio-based commercial insurance platform Bold Penguin raises $32M Series B, bringing its total raised to over $50M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Booksy, an online marketplace and business management app for beauty services, raises $28.5M Series B2, bringing the total raised to $48.7M
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