At a hearing on Libra, Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by House lawmakers from both parties on the proposed cryptocurrency, privacy, diversity, and misinformation
The social media giant's chief executive took an early lashing Wednesday over the company's policies to spot and prevent the spread disinformation.
Apple TV app launches on Amazon Fire TV devices starting with the Fire TV Stick 4K and HD models, with support for other devices and models coming soon
Apple today released the Apple TV app for Amazon TV devices, starting with the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and the older HD model.
Microsoft reports Q1 revenue of $33.1B, up 14% YoY, as net income rises 21% YoY to $10.7B; Intelligent Cloud revenue rose 27% YoY to $10.8B, driven by Azure
REDMOND, Wash. — October 23, 2019 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30 …
Twitter misses Q3 estimates with revenue of $823.7M, up 9% YoY vs. $874M expected; 145M monetizable DAUs, up 17% YoY; stock down 18%+
Twitter today reported its earnings for the quarter that ended September 30, and the numbers delivered a big surprise, falling on both sales and earnings per share.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Tom Cotton ask US intelligence officials to determine whether TikTok poses “national security risks”
Two senior members of Congress, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) …
As Google opens its first gaming studio in Montreal, head of Stadia Jade Raymond discusses its strategy, including building several first-party studios
As Google unveils new Montreal development studio, Stadia Games & Entertainment boss Jade Raymond discusses the platform strategy
Google employees accuse the company of making an internal tool to monitor attempts to organize meetings; Google says it's only to prevent calendar spam
- Company says it's an effort to curb calendar, meeting spam — Allegation underscores tensions between employees, leadership
BBC News launches dark web mirror of its international site, accessible via Tor, as it seeks to thwart censorship from states such as China, Iran, and Vietnam
The BBC has made its international news website available via Tor, in a bid to thwart censorship attempts.
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (15") teardown: seems pretty repairable with an easily accessible SSD, but there's one big drawback: its battery is firmly glued down
Teardown of the Surface Laptop 3 reveals a shocking turnaround in repairability on what used to be our least-favorite laptop design.
Inside the debate in the Trump White House over how to restrict China's access to US tech, with some cautioning against a hard line approach
will potentially remake how global R&D happens and how much gets done in the US. If interested in a deeper dive on the issue of emerging tech controls, check out my blog on the tough balance between b...
New report says the proliferation of right-wing content on YouTube is driven by both supply and demand rather than the platform's recommendation algorithm
In a new report, Penn State political scientists say that it's not the recommendation engine, but the communities that form around right-wing content. Tweets: @parismartineau , @wired , @parismartinea...
Former FBI general counsel explains why US law enforcement needs to embrace encryption to protect the country against existential cybersecurity threats
I. Embrace Reality and Deal With It — From 2012 to 2014, I worked for Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund located in Connecticut.
Microsoft's Q1 Surface revenue declined by 4% YoY, which was blamed on the lack of new or refreshed products, as gaming revenue declined by 7% YoY
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Memo from a departing chief of White House security lays out how an ongoing reorg under the Trump administration has left its networks more vulnerable to attack
An internal memo on cybersecurity, obtained by Axios, warns that “the White House is posturing itself to be electronically compromised once again.”
Samsung unveils Exynos 990, its new flagship SoC that's 20% faster overall and 2x faster on AI-specific tasks, and a new 5G modem, both made with a 7nm process
If you buy next year's flagship Samsung Galaxy phone, it might come with a performance boost from a new processor the Korean electronics giant announced Wednesday.
Forty music festivals including SXSW, Coachella, and Bonnaroo promise they will not use facial recognition tech, following a musician- and activist-led campaign
Activists declare the first major victory against the spread of commercial facial recognition technology in the United States.
Samsung rolls out a patch for Galaxy S10 and Note10 to fix the fingerprint sensor flaw that caused 3D patterns in screen protectors to be read as fingerprints
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) has updated software to fix problems with fingerprint recognition features …
Sarah Lacy and Paul Carr sell Pando, seven years after launching it, to ad-tech company BuySellAds, which bought Digg in 2018
If there is a single moment when it seemed like my journalism career suddenly caught fire, it was the 2006 Business Week cover story I wrote about the rise of Web 2.0 companies.
Microsoft Azure Q1 revenue growth has slowed down to 59%, compared to 64% in Q4, and 73% in Q3
Dina Bass / Bloomberg :
Twitter says it removed 50% of abusive tweets in Q3 before users even flagged them, up from 38% in Q1, credits its moderation algorithms
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget :
Google claims “quantum supremacy” after its Sycamore processor completed a calculation in 3 min 20 sec that would take 10K+ years on today's supercomputers
even from Microsoft Kevin Hartnett / Quanta Magazine : Google and IBM Clash Over Milestone Quantum Computing Experiment Gareth Halfacree / bit-tech.net : Google proclaims quantum supremacy, but IBM di...
WeWork says SoftBank will provide $5B in new financing and buy up to $3B in shares from existing shareholders, which would give SoftBank an 80% stake in WeWork
Also FPOs and MSCI. Wall Street Journal : WeWork Ex-CEO Set for Big Payout Benedict Brook / news.com.au : Stricken billionaire's daftest idea yet Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark : WeWork Is Why People ...
Switzerland-based Coople, an on-demand jobs platform connecting companies with job seekers, raises $32M Series C led by One Peak Partners
Coople, the largest European platform for on-demand hiring, has raised a $32 million Series C round led by One Peak Partners and the growth equity arm of Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking.
Robotic process automation company UiPath says it is laying off between 300 and 400 employees, or about 11% of its workforce, months after being valued at $7B
Covering venture capital, software and startups — Investors looking for fresh signs the party is over for high-valued tech companies got …
Intel sues SoftBank-owned Fortress, which has acquired a patent portfolio from NXP Semiconductors, claiming Fortress engages in patent troll-like behavior
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
Grafana Labs, the company behind open source analytics platform Grafana, raises $24M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
George Anadiotis / ZDNet :
UK research project StreetWise led by FiveAI debuts London trials of self-driving vehicles with safety drivers, to pick up passengers along a 19km public route
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat :
US-based Triller, a TikTok rival, raises $28M Series B led by Proxima, following an $11.5M Series A in 2018; company says it has 13M MAUs and 60M downloads
Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter :
Amazon has acquired Health Navigator, which provides online symptom checking and triage tools to companies that are looking to route patients to the right place
Christina Farr / CNBC :
Industrial IoT company PTC to acquire Onshape, maker of a SaaS product development platform for CAD, for $470M; Onshape has received over $150M in VC funding
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Facebook to unveil news tab at an event Friday with News Corp's Robert Thomson; sources: direct payments to 200 publishers will go up to millions of dollars
Craig Timberg / Washington Post :
Truebill, which makes an app for managing personal finances, raises $15M Series B, says the app currently has 500K active users
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Very Good Security, which helps companies protect their customers' data, raises $35M Series B led by Goldman Sachs, bringing its total raised to $43.5M
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Mobile banking app Current, which began as a teen debit card controlled by parents and now offers personal checking accounts, raises $20M Series B
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
PayPal reports Q3 revenue of $4.38B, up 19% YoY, and profits of $462M, beating analyst estimates, as it adds 9.8M new accounts, bringing the total to 295M
Emily Bary / MarketWatch :
Tinder says it will roll out its “Swipe Night” choose-your-own adventure series globally in February, after messages rose 12% compared to a typical Sunday night
Kerry Flynn / CNN : Tweets: @72andsunny and @cnnbusiness See also Mediagazer Tweets: @72andsunny : “It's not about creating ads. It's how do we create an experience that brings spontaneity to life an...
Huawei says the Mate X foldable phone will launch in China next month for ~$2,400, and has shipped 200M smartphones so far in 2019, 64 days faster than 2018
Andy Boxall / Digital Trends :
eBay reports Q3 revenue of $2.65B, flat YoY, meeting analyst estimates, says it grew active buyers by 4% across its platforms, for a total of 183M globally
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
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