Report: attackers are exploiting an Android zero-day vulnerability, giving them control of ~18 phone models, including four Pixel models, via a malicious app
Vulnerable phones include 4 Pixel models, devices from Samsung, Motorola, and others. — Attackers are exploiting a zero …
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to launch the iPhone SE 2 in Q1 2020 with an iPhone 8-like design and an A13 chip
Apple is set to launch the next version of the iPhone SE 2 in the first quarter of 2020, according to renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The new phone will be more affordable …
Apple confirms it has acquired IKinema, a UK-based startup developing motion capture animation tech used in games and VR
Apple may have recently acquired UK-based motion capture company IKinema, based on evidence from company filings and information shared by a MacRumors reader.
US and UK sign the first-ever bilateral data access agreement, enabled by the Cloud Act, to speed up court-approved data exchanges for criminal investigations
Police and intelligence agencies are to be given expedited access to electronic communications sent by terrorists …
HP Inc. says it plans to cut 7,000 to 9,000 positions, or as much as 16% of its workforce, as it prepares for a CEO transition in November
- Fiscal 2020 adjusted profit to be $2.22 to $2.32 per share — PC giant boosts share buybacks by $5 billion, dividend by 10%
Instagram launches Threads, a Close Friends-only messaging app with auto-status based on location, accelerometer, and battery level, globally on iOS and Android
What if Instagram could automatically tell you're Close Friends you're 🏠 (home), 🤓 (working), 🚗 …
Sources: Disney is banning Netflix ads on its networks; it had initially issued a blanket ban on ads from any streamers, but reversed course for all but Netflix
Entertainment giants are set to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to promote new streaming services
US AG and officials from UK and Australia call on Facebook to stop plans for end-to-end encryption across its messaging apps, citing public safety risks
not just for us, but also for the billions living under tyranny who can't. https://twitter.com/... Chris Daw QC / @crimlawuk : If the authorities need to have the ability to invade privacy online, pur...
TikTok says it is banning political ads because they don't fit with its “positive, refreshing environment”
Already under fire for advancing Chinese foreign policy by censoring topics like Hong Kong's protests and pro-LGBT content, the Beijing-based video app TikTok …
Sources: Italian prosecutors probe Netflix for not filing a tax return, claim the company has a physical presence in the country due to its cables and servers
- Country has been cracking down on multinationals over tax — Southern Europe is key to U.S. streaming giant's growth
First look at Surface Duo, Microsoft's foldable Android phone and the first pocketable Surface device
and it's a big deal for the company: https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/... Lauren Goode / @laurengoode : When I asked Satya Nadella whether Microsoft ever thought about reviving a true Win...
Judges accepted the rationale that offering DNS and caching makes broadband an information service, allowing the FCC to reclassify it from telecommunications
Judges reluctantly accepted claim that broadband isn't “telecommunications.” — The Federal Communications Commission …
Facebook effectively allows lies in political ads because it considers them to be expressions of opinion and will not send them to fact-checkers for review
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Samsung launches a Travelex integration for international money transfers and Samsung Pay Cash virtual debit card for Samsung Pay beta users in the US
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EU's top court rules that an individual country can order Facebook to take down defamatory content and restrict global access to that material
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Bird raises $275M Series D led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital, sources say, at a $2.5B pre-money valuation
Data Sheet Wanguba Muriuki / Coinspeaker : Electric Scooter Startup Bird Acquires $275 Million in Funding, Hits $2.5 Billion Valuation Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Bird raises $275 million at a $2.5 b...
Tokyo-based AI Medical Service, which develops AI-based software to help detect gastric cancer, raises $42.9M Series B, bringing its total raised to $57M
AI Medical Service, a Tokyo-based company developing AI-based software to help detect gastric cancer, announced today that it has raised …
Bangalore-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo raises $45M Series D from Lightbox, Google, and others, sources say at a ~$200M valuation
An Indian startup that is increasingly posing a threat to established food and grocery delivery businesses and e-commerce giants just closed …
Content recommendation company Taboola has bought rival Outbrain for $250M in cash and 30% equity; Taboola says it will hit $1B in revenue in 2019
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Uber to launch Uber Works, a new service that matches temporary workers looking for shift work with businesses looking for staff, in Chicago on Friday
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Apple has banned an app that lets people in Hong Kong keep track of protests and police activity, claiming it facilitates illegal activity
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Profile of Palmer Luckey's Anduril, which is now shipping drone interceptors to US and UK military clients and has raised $120M from Founders Fund, a16z, others
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Google Shopping gets a redesign and new features including price tracking, options to shop from local stores, and style ideas via Google Lens
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Google and Temasek report: Southeast Asia's internet economy is on track to cross $100B this year before tripling to $300B by 2025
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg : Tweets: @yoolimleenews Tweets: Yoolim Lee / @yoolimleenews : Check out this year's Southeast Asia internet economy report by Google, Temasek, which adds Bain as a research pa...
Facebook's team for fighting fraudulent app developers and advertisers scores an early win after settling with a New Zealand firm selling fake Instagram likes
Tony Romm / Washington Post : Tweets: @tonyromm and @joejerome Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : NEW: Facebook has a team now that brings cases vs app devs and advertisers who defraud users or the plat...
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