DOJ charges a Russian hacker accused of leading Evil Corp, which oversaw the creation of banking malware Dridex, allegedly used to steal $100M+
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An in-depth look at Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 865 and 765 chips, and why Snapdragon 865 does not come with an integrated 5G modem
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Huawei files lawsuit with a federal appeals court against the FCC's decision to bar rural carriers from using federal subsidies to buy Huawei's equipment
Huawei says FCC order is unlawful as it does not give Huawei required due process protections in labelling the company …
Kashmiris, who are subject to an ongoing four month internet shutdown, are losing their WhatsApp accounts because of the platform's policy on inactive accounts
On Wednesday, Kashmiris began disappearing from WhatsApp — and no one initially knew why. Citizens of the disputed geographical territory …
FCC investigation finds Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular exaggerated 4G coverage in official filings to the FCC; Ajit Pai has no plans to punish the carriers
FCC buries investigation's finding in 5G press release, won't punish carriers. — 49 with 42 posters participating
Ming-Chi Kuo: the highest-end model in the 2021 iPhone lineup will launch without a Lightning port, offering a “completely wireless experience”
Apple plans to launch an iPhone without a Lightning connector in 2021, according to a research note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo obtained by MacRumors.
Sources: FTC investigators, who have been looking into Amazon's e-commerce business, have begun asking software companies about Amazon's practices around AWS
- FTC said to broaden Amazon inquiry beyond online retail — Amazon's cloud business leads market over No. 2 Microsoft
Sources: Microsoft is planning a cheaper, disc-free Xbox, codenamed Lockhart, to go alongside its high-end Project Scarlett console
Jason Schreier / Kotaku :
Larry Page steps down as Alphabet CEO; Sundar Pichai to lead both Alphabet and Google
Silicon Valley is still politely shrugging … Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg : Alphabet's New Boss Leaves Silicon Valley Giants Low on Founders PYMNTS.com : Top News In Payments: CFPB Seeks Remittance Exempti...
Jerome Pesenti, VP of AI at Facebook, on using AI for content moderation, limitations of deep learning and current AI, commercializing AI research, and more
Jerome Pesenti is encouraged by progress in artificial intelligence, but sees the limits of the current approach to deep learning. Tweets: @went1955 and @wired Tweets: Robert Went / @went1955 : Facebo...
Imgur says it now has 300M MAU and launches Melee, an iOS app where users see a feed of memes and gameplay clips for the games to which they subscribe
10 years after debut, 300 million monthly user Imgur is one of the last massively popular yet unpersonalized home pages on the internet.
Instagram says it will now require birthdates from new users, in order to improve safety features for minors and better target ads for age-restricted products
Paresh Dave / Reuters :
Figure, the lending platform led by Mike Cagney, who resigned as CEO of SoFi due to sexual harassment allegations, raises $103M Series C at a $1.2B valuation
Figure, a San Francisco-based consumer lending platform, raised $103 million in Series C funding led by Morgan Creek Digital at a $1.2 billion valuation.
Craigslist, which launched in 1995, finally gets an official app, available now on iOS and in beta on Android
Victoria Song / Gizmodo :
How the Basel Action Network, which embeds trackers in discarded devices to trace where they end up in the world, uncovered bad practices of an e-waste recycler
How an e-waste sting uncovered a shocking betrayal — Jim Puckett got the messages from his “little lie detectors.” Tweets: @russellbrandom and @colinlecher Tweets: Russell Brandom / @russellbrandom ...
Alibaba-backed Chinese startup AutoX applies to test self-driving vehicles without an in-car backup driver in California
(Reuters) - Chinese startup AutoX, backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has applied to test self-driving vehicles without an in-car backup driver in California …
BMW reverses its decision to charge $80/year for Apple's CarPlay, saying it will offer it free in some models and for a one-off $300 fee in others
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
More Google employees accuse the company of retaliation in NLRB complaint filed Tuesday in Chicago, alleging Google fired one or more employees for organizing
Bloomberg :
Reddit publishes its 2019 retrospective: 430M MAUs, up 30% YoY, with 199M posts, 1.7B comments, and 32B upvotes; Bill Gates AMA had the most upvotes with 110K
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Analysis: Series A and Series B rounds have annually accounted for between 21% and 37% of total $100M+ VC rounds across the globe since 2010
It's become the norm for some private tech companies to raise in a single round what VC firms raise for an entire new fund.
Slack reports Q3 revenue of $168.7M up 60% YoY, beating analyst estimates, and a net loss of $87.8M, says its paying customers grew to 105K, up 30% YoY
Neha Malara / Reuters :
Fair Tax Mark report on Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Netflix over the past decade finds they have collectively avoided $100B+ in taxes
Fair Tax Mark :
Plex launches a free, ad-supported streaming service featuring thousands of movies and shows from studios like MGM, available in ~220 countries
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Google says Focus mode, a Digital Wellbeing feature for Android that mutes notifications, is rolling out to Android 9 and 10 users
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Internet Society says private equity firm Ethos Capital will pay $1.135B for the .org top level domain registry
Kieren McCarthy / The Register :
Language learning app Duolingo raises $30M Series F from Alphabet's CapitalG at a $1.5B valuation, more than double the valuation from its 2017 Series E
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
A study by Avaaz may have overstated the problem of false stories on Facebook, but it also revealed cracks, loopholes, and limitations in Facebook's systems
@WillOremus https://medium.com/... Roger McNamee / @moonalice : A thoughtful piece by @WillOremus offers hope relative to disinformation on FB in 2020. Gaping holes remain in FB's disinformation block...
Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill are stepping down, with day-to-day work taken up by Chairman Barry Diller, after a disagreement over strategy
Annie Palmer / CNBC :
A look at the problems caused by spyware on student devices, marketed as a way to prevent shootings, without any independent research to support the claims
Todd Feathers / VICE : Tweets: @josephfcox , @inhabitglobal , @zenalbatross , and @vice Tweets: Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : We tested out some software used to monitor kids laptops at school and... it...
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