PayPal says it is withdrawing from Facebook's Libra Association, becoming the first of its founding members to do so
PayPal is withdrawing from Facebook's Libra Association, the company announced Friday. — “PayPal has made the decision to forgo further participation in the Libra Association …
Microsoft: Iran-linked group, dubbed Phosphorus, attempted to hack 241 accounts belonging to a 2020 presidential campaign and others between Aug. and Sept.
Today we're sharing that we've recently seen significant cyber activity by a threat group we call Phosphorus, which we believe originates …
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 …
Apple admits some iPhone 6S/6S Plus phones sold from Oct. 2018 to Aug. 2019 may not turn on due to a faulty component, offers free repairs and repair refunds
The problem affects phones made between October 2018 and August 2019. — Apple has posted notice of a new repair program …
Disney bans Netflix ads on most of its TV networks; it had initially issued a blanket ban on ads from any streamers, but reversed course for all but Netflix
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How Tim Cook is cultivating a relationship with Donald Trump and advocates for Apple's interests, while avoiding public backlash from employees and customers
Apple CEO advocates for his company's interests while avoiding a backlash from either employees or the president
Sources: Trump's re-election campaign is the presidential campaign that Microsoft said was targeted by Iranian hackers
SAN FRANCISCO — Iranian hackers targeted President Trump's re-election campaign, two people with knowledge of the attacks said on Friday, in a sign of how cyberattacks …
Report: attackers are exploiting an Android zero-day vulnerability, giving them control of ~18 phone models, including four Pixel models, via a malicious app
and hackers are already using it Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek : Zero-Day Used in the Wild Impacts Pixel 2, Other Android Phones Ed Targett / Computer Business Review : Samsung S8, S9, Pixel, Huawei Ph...
Sources: Google has held discussions about acquiring the TikTok-like short video app Firework; California-based Firework was valued at $100M+ earlier this year
Firework is startup behind app that lets users share 30-second clips; Weibo also has expressed interest
Sources: SoftBank is struggling to raise money for Vision Fund 2; it is likely to be far smaller, at least at the start, than the $108B it said it had lined up
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group founder and CEO Masayoshi Son is struggling to raise money for a second massive technology investment fund …
Unlike other social media platforms, TikTok doesn't timestamp user uploads, frustrating some creators, but making it possible for months-old content to go viral
The popular app doesn't tell users when a video was posted. Creators say that makes it easier to steal content—but there are also upsides to forgetting what day it is. Tweets: @firstdraftnews , @wire...
Drivers say Lyft does very little to protect them from assaults and harassment by passengers and makes it “extremely traumatic to report anything”
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Apple confirms it has acquired IKinema, a UK-based startup developing motion capture animation tech used in games and VR
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How Microsoft and Google Cloud are battling for enterprise customers with partnerships, hardball licensing tactics, and tailored offerings for deskless workers
The competitive landscape is heating up. As Google Cloud aggressively approaches enterprises to get a foot in the door … Tweets: @pierangelo1982 , @mliebow , and @mikesutcliff Tweets: Pierangelo Oriz...
European tech companies struggle to compensate employees with profit-sharing in a system where stock options have big restrictions and high tax rates
Lawmakers across the Continent haven't given startups the compensation tools they need to share profits with employees. That's changing. Tweets: @alecstapp . Thanks: @vojtech Tweets: Alec Stapp / @al...
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
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Sources: FBI is investigating if an attempted hack into Voatz app used during the 2018 midterms was part of a University of Michigan election security course
currently the subject of an FBI investigation — comes from an election security class at the University of Michigan. https://www.cnn.com/...
TikTok says it is banning political ads because they don't fit with its “positive, refreshing environment”
as well as concerns that TikTok may be censoring plain-old non-advertorial content—this is concerning because it represents the de facto spread of CCP-defined norms https://newsroom.tiktok.com/ ... Na...
Interview with AMD execs about the company's partnership with Microsoft and the semi-custom Ryzen Mobile CPU that runs the consumer-focused Surface Laptop 3
One of the key takeaways from Microsoft's launch this week was that the company was spreading its wings with devices … Tweets: @anandtech . Thanks: @iancutress Tweets: @anandtech : A bit more on AMD's...
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
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Apple reverses the decision to ban HKmap.live, an app that lets people in Hong Kong keep track of protests and police activity
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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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