Google says it will update the Pixel 4 “in the coming months” with an option that requires open eyes for the phone's face unlock to be successful
In the meanwhile, learn how to use the lockdown feature — One of the headline features for the Google Pixel 4 is that it adds a new …
Joint UK and US probe finds that a Russian cyber espionage unit hacked the tools of a hacker group linked to Iran's government to lead attacks in 35+ countries
A Russian cyber espionage unit has hacked Iranian hackers to lead attacks in more than 35 countries, a joint UK and US investigation has revealed.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have privately recommended several potential hires to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign, two of whom were hired
- Facebook CEO, wife privately recommended hires to Democrat — Zuckerberg facing barrage of criticism in DC for bias, privacy
Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: fast face unlock, smooth display, and great still camera, but average video recording and battery life, and no ultrawide camera
There's a baseline for “fast enough” on Android phones, and the Pixel 4 more than hits it. It might not be the fastest Android phone …
Amid growing skepticism about Libra, David Marcus says the group may consider stablecoins pegged to national currencies, instead of the coin it has proposed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra …
Researchers show how malicious voice apps for Alexa or Google Home eavesdrop on users, as Amazon and Google take a lax approach to vetting the platforms
Exclusive: Amazon, Google fail to address security loopholes in Alexa and Home devices more than a year after first reports.
As Amazon regularly fails to prevent expired food from being sold by merchants, concerned brands are often compelled to police marketplace listings on their own
- Amazon's marketplace has grown to millions of sellers, making it hard for the company to adequately police the platform.
Twitch is testing Watch Parties, a feature that allows streamers to screen Prime Video content that their viewers can watch along if they have Amazon Prime
This is fargin' awesome! — Twitch is now testing out a long-requested “watch parties” feature, which means that streamers …
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 review: great performance, is cool and quiet, resumes quickly, and has USB-C, but no Thunderbolt 3, design is dated, and lacks LTE
Minor improvements in a familiar package — Something weird has happened over the past year: I've kind of fallen in love with the Surface Pro.
NordVPN confirms it found out a few months ago that one of its datacenters was hacked in March 2018, which could've potentially led to man-in-the-middle attacks
NordVPN, a virtual private network provider that promises to “protect your privacy online,” has confirmed it was hacked.
Microsoft announces Secured-core PCs, which will come from many vendors like Dell and adhere to security best practices for better firmware attack protection
Microsoft today announced a new initiative to combat threats specifically targeted at the firmware level and data stored in memory: Secured-core PCs.
Upstream Security, which provides a centralized security and analytics platform for connected vehicles, raises $30M Series B led by Alliance Ventures
Upstream Security, a cloud-based cybersecurity platform for connected cars, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding led by Alliance Ventures …
Gojek CEO and co-founder Nadiem Makarim resigns to join Indonesia's new cabinet, the other co-founder Kevin Aluwi and president Andre Soelistyo to be joint CEOs
fascinating part is timing: Gojek in an arms race with Grab and still struggling with regional expansion https://www.reuters.com/...
The Indian government is trying to tempt cellphone manufacturers with lower taxes, incentives, and less red tape, to make the country a major source of exports
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Commercetools, which offers an e-commerce platform for enterprises to sell to consumers, raises $145M led by Insight Partners, source says at a ~$300M valuation
Global retail e-commerce is expected to be a $25 trillion business this year, and today one of the companies that has built …
SpaceX submits paperwork for 30K more Starlink low-earth-orbit satellites, on top of the 12K already approved by the FCC
there isn't ‘a cop up there’ Ron Mendoza / International Business Times : Space Startup CEO Slams Elon Musk: ‘You Need Regulation’; Wants To Beat SpaceX Mariella Moon / Yahoo Finance : SpaceX is reque...
Google says it's aware iPhones can back up original quality HEIC photos to Google Photos for free, says it's a bug, after users wanted Pixel 4 to offer the same
Rita El Khoury / Android Police :
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear talks about company's approach to content moderation and changes announced at TwitchCon, including new tools for moderators, and more
Bijan Stephen / The Verge : Tweets: @charlesrandall , @anildash , @carnage4life , @docdre , @luckiesharms , @harpersaraha , and @arcticpenguin Tweets: Charles Randall / @charlesrandall : Anyone who h...
Facebook is rolling out a new web interface, which it announced at F8 2019, with a new dark mode option, to some users
Rita El Khoury / Android Police :
A look at the Tsunami Democràtic Android app, which uses geolocation and friend-to-friend technologies to organize protests and avoid the police in Barcelona
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How The Last Mile, a program to teach coding in prison at 15 facilities in five states, helped one man go from a life sentence to a $100K+ engineering job
Zachary Crockett / The Hustle : Tweets: @zzcrockett Tweets: Zachary Crockett / @zzcrockett : At 15, Zachary Moore committed a murder. Now 38, he's an engineer in Silicon Valley. Here's my latest. htt...
Sources: Google's attempt to cancel and reschedule an employee-led talk about unionization at its Zurich office drew attention to it and riled up rank-and-file
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox : Tweets: @supernodal Tweets: Jack Poulson / @supernodal : “Google said it was cancelling the meeting because [it] prefers to only host events on the topic organized in partners...
Online influencers are expected to make $4.1B-$8.2B in 2019, but with no good way to measure sales, some advertisers are questioning whether it's worth it
Wall Street Journal : Thanks: @chrismessina
A deep dive into music licensing in games, where the wrong type of licenses or expired ones may force developers to stop sales or game releases on new platforms
here's how to avoid them https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ ... GamesIndustry / @gibiz : “Now that people are doing remasters and more and more games are starting to get re-released, we're starting to see...
Comparing Hong Kong with Kashmir shows that manipulating social media by flooding it with propaganda may better tackle unrest than shutting down the internet
Bhaskar Chakravorti / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bopinion , @bopinion , and @business Tweets: @bopinion : In 2018 there were 195 internet shutdowns across 25 countries, and this year is already on track to...
Inside “Rebble Alliance”, an unofficial group that documented Pebble APIs and created replacement web services that have helped keep ~200K smartwatches running
and maybe even working on new hardware. My feature: https://www.ifixit.com/... @ifixit : The Rebble Alliance keeps about 200,000 Pebble smartwatches running, years after they were supposed to be dead....
Travel reservations giant Sabre acquires Radixx, which sells passenger service systems to small and budget airlines, in a deal worth ~$110M
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