Researchers reveal bugs in Google and Samsung camera apps before July 2019, which could let unauthorized apps record video, take pictures, and extract GPS data
A new vulnerability has been found in the Camera apps for millions, if not hundreds of millions, of Android devices that could allow …
16" MacBook Pro teardown shows a new thermal system, keyboard similar to the standalone Magic Keyboard, a six-speaker system, and a high-performance mic array
A beloved old feature returns to the MacBook Pro, and it starts with M-a-g. If you guessed MagSafe, we have disappointing news …
Apple announces press event on December 2 in NYC, focusing on “honoring our favorite apps and games of 2019”
Apple just announced a press event that it will hold a special press event at 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 2 in New York City. The event will be focused on “honoring our favorite apps and games of 2019.”
Spotify launches Your Daily Podcasts, a personalized podcast playlist, featuring trailers, older evergreen episodes, and more, to help listeners discover shows
Spotify is taking the personalization technology that powers its music playlists, like Discover Weekly and Daily Mix, and turning it to podcasts.
WhatsApp says a recently-patched flaw in the way the messaging app handled video files could have let attackers remotely execute code on users' devices
The buffer overflow flow bug has been disclosed by Facebook. — Facebook has disclosed the existence of a severe vulnerability leading …
Apple's integrated approach is fostering monopolistic behavior and has started to stifle innovation resulting in user-hostile keyboards and no NFC based apps
When I started Stratechery in 2013, the conventional wisdom was that modularized ecosystems were best.
Google buys Microsoft-backed CloudSimple to help its customers run VMware workloads on the Google Cloud Platform, after partnering with the company in July
- CloudSimple makes it easier for large companies to run applications in public clouds like Google's.
T-Mobile President and COO Mike Sievert to succeed John Legere as CEO on May 1, 2020
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Microsoft claims 20M DAUs for Teams, up from 13M in July, extending its lead over Slack, which in October said it had 12M; Slack's stock drops +7%
- The new 20 million daily active user count is up from 13 million, which Microsoft announced in July. — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella …
Google Stadia review: works well and has a clearer picture than early rivals but 4K games do not look 4K, tons of features are missing, and it feels like a beta
its botched launch does the opposite Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net : Stadia tech review: the best game streaming yet, but far from ready Brian X. Chen / New York Times : Google Stadia Wants You t...
DeepMind outlines collaboration with Google on the Play Store's recommendation engine, claims app recommendations are now more personalized than they used to be
AI and machine learning model architectures developed by Alphabet's DeepMind have substantially improved the Google Play Store's discovery systems, according to Google.
Evan Spiegel says Snapchat has a team that fact checks all political advertising on the platform, in stark contrast to Facebook
- Snap's policy represents a middle ground in a debate that has been largely defined by extremes as Facebook pushes for no regulation and Twitter grapples with removing political ads altogether.
Amazon unveils $34.99 Fire TV Blaster, a new infrared device that brings more TV voice commands for those with a Fire TV and Echo
The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links. — Amazon today announced their new Fire TV Blaster …
DC attorney general brings charges against DoorDash, accusing it of pocketing tips meant for workers and misleading customers about where their money was going
- D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing DoorDash over its tipping model that his office called “deceptive.”
Salesforce launches Cloud Voice, which integrates telephony inside Service Cloud, a revamped Einstein Voice Assistant, and a voice app development toolkit
Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco is in full swing, as evidenced by the steady clip of product- and service-related announcements.
Amazon expands its free ad-supported version of Amazon Music to its mobile apps, FireTV, and the web, with access to select playlists and radio-like stations
Watch out Spotify: Amazon Music has widened the net of its ‘free’ music streaming platform. — Amazon Music customers without …
BlueVine, which offers financing and other banking services to SMBs, raises $102.5M Series F, bringing its total raised to between $240M and $250M
When it comes to fintech plays, small and medium businesses are not often the target audience: they're too small and fragmented compared …
Musical.ly founder Alex Zhu, who now heads TikTok, claims that TikTok doesn't share data with China or ByteDance and doesn't censor videos at China's behest
This is peak TikTok PR. https://www.nytimes.com/... Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : The head of TikTok sat down for an interview for the first time since taking the role. The NYT mentions his interesti...
Filings show that the US Commerce Department is giving Huawei another reprieve of three months before the US ban takes effect, now slated for February 16, 2020
Colin Lecher / The Verge :
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley debuts a bill targeting Apple and other US tech companies that prohibits them from storing user data or encryption keys in China and Russia
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios :
Apple launches a dedicated mobile app for its developer community, replacing the existing WWDC app, with video resources, news, account management, and more
Apple today is introducing a new resource for the over 23 million registered members of its developer community, with the launch of a dedicated Apple Developer mobile app.
Facebook launches Oculus Link software for Oculus Quest in beta, allowing users to access Rift PC games using a USB-C cable
Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica :
Uber Chief Product Officer Manik Gupta, who joined from Google in 2015, says he is leaving the company
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Home insurance startup Luko raises $22M Series A led by Accel for its home protection tech that monitors doors, pipes, and meters, using AI to detect anomalies
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Line and SoftBank's Yahoo Japan announce merger plan, aim to sign a deal by December 2019, and integrate the businesses by October 2020
Nikkei Asian Review :
Self-driving startup Wayve, which considers sophisticated sensor tech like lidar unnecessary for safe autonomous driving systems, raises $20M Series A
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Berlin-based Enway, which is developing autonomous street-sweeping machines and other special purpose vehicles, raises €6M in seed funding led by Redalpine
Aerospike, which provides a high-scale NoSQL database platform for processing data queries really quickly, raises $32M Series D, bringing total raised to $78M
Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News :
A look at Facebook and Google's funding of nonprofits shaping the privacy debate; together they gave $960K+ to Center for Democracy and Technology alone in 2018
Bloomberg Law :
Twitter adds a way to report abusive use of Lists, like when users get added to public lists with derogatory titles, which has been a problem for years
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Czech government approves a proposal for a 7% digital tax covering revenue from large companies gained via targeted ads, user data sales, and more
Jason Hovet / Reuters :
Microsoft updates its privacy rules for commercial cloud contracts, after a EU probe found that it failed to protect data under EU law
Paul Hill / Neowin :
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