In report, Uber discloses 3,045 sexual assaults, 9 murders, and 58 people killed in crashes out of its 1.3B US rides in 2018
In its first safety report, the ride-hailing company detailed sexual assaults, murders and fatal crashes through its platform. — SAN FRANCISCO …
DOJ charges two members of Evil Corp, a Russian hacker gang behind the Dridex malware, which allegedly stole $100M+ from banks; US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp
The US is charging Maksim Yakubets over two of the biggest cybertheft campaigns of the last decade, and offers a record reward for information on the case.
Sources: Galaxy S11 to have a 108MP sensor, ultrawide-angle lens, 5x zoom, and time-of-flight sensor like in Note 10+; Galaxy Fold to have 108MP sensor, 5x zoom
- The Galaxy S11 and clamshell Galaxy Fold will feature 5x zoom — Next flagship to have almost every camera phone feature
Bernie Sanders unveils a “High-Speed Internet for All” plan with $150B to build publicly owned broadband networks, wants to break up ISPs like Comcast and AT&T
- Bernie Sanders announces a plan to expand rural broadband internet access and break up giant internet service providers.
Qualcomm unveils 5G-compatible Snapdragon XR2 to power standalone headsets, says it is working with Niantic Labs to develop a reference design for smart glasses
VR headsets take you places and AR headsets show you things in the real world that aren't really there.
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8c, with a Kryo 490 CPU, Adreno 675 GPU, and X24 LTE modem, and a lower-end 7c chip; both designed for budget Windows laptops
The Snapdragon 8c and 7c join the high-end 8cx — Qualcomm has had big ambitions for ARM-powered Windows laptops for years.
Apple says iPhone 11 Pro shares location data even when the feature is turned off due to ultra wideband tech, will provide a new toggle in an upcoming update
This week, security reporter Brian Krebs asked why the newest iPhone 11 Pro appeared to be sending out a user's location …
Kuo: Apple to launch an iPhone in 2021 without a Lightning port, offering a “completely wireless experience”, and an iPhone SE with Touch ID in the power button
here's what we know about them so far Dan Moren / Macworld : Evaluating the rumors of the 2020 and 2021 iPhones Dalvin Brown / USA Today : Will Apple kill off the Lightning charging port on its iPhone...
Facebook sues a Hong Kong-based company and two persons for compromising user accounts via a browser extension and running deceptive ads using those accounts
Facebook is suing a Hong Kong-based company and two Chinese citizens it says used malware to compromise user accounts in order …
Amazon expands Bezos' elite ‘S-team,’ adding 6 execs from emerging branches of the company such as advertising and fashion, bringing the team to 22 executives
Amazon's executive suite, nicknamed the “S-team,” is adding six new members as the company doubles down on emerging fields such as advertising and fashion.
Microsoft brings Fluent Design to mobile Office apps, creates mobile UI toolkits to let third-party developers adopt Fluent Design elements in their apps
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Fourteen former Razer employees say company CEO Min-Liang Tan instituted and celebrated a culture of fear; Tan says violent threats were “figurative or in jest”
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Kotaku :
Sources: digital bank Chime raises $500M Series E at a $5.8B valuation led by DST Global, just nine months after its Series D which valued Chime at $1.5B
- Chime, valued at $1.5 billion in March, is now pegged at $5.8 billion just nine months later, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Spotify says it now has 500K+ podcasts, podcast listeners are up more than 50% since the start of 2019 and podcast hours consumed by listeners grew 39% QoQ
Spotify, the global music audio streaming service, each year unpacks the listening habits of users and unveils the artists …
Sundar Pichai's most important job now is to stabilize Google's internal culture, which became increasingly closed and antagonistic during his tenure as CEO
not products or moonshots—is Sundar Pichai's biggest challenge BBC : DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman switches to Google JR Raphael / Computerworld : 6 smart things to think over with Google's lea...
Huawei files a lawsuit in a US appeals court against an FCC order that bans rural carriers from using federal subsidies to buy Huawei's equipment
here's why Campbell Kwan / ZDNet : Huawei legally challenges FCC's Universal Service Fund ban Sarah Lai / International Business Times : Huawei Moves To Overturn ‘Unlawful’ US Subsidy Ban Rohail Salee...
Facebook's tactic of announcing features to a small minority of its users often garners positive press coverage, even if the features aren't live for most
Yesterday, Facebook announced an uncharacteristically useful tool, one that would transfer photos from a user's Facebook account to their Google Photos account. Tweets: @yoda , @mikeisaac , and @bafel...
After criticism, DHS drops a proposal to expand facial recognition scans to US citizens arriving and departing the country
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Netflix says it is spending ~$420M on content in India over the next year, a majority of which will be on original programming
Vikas SN / The Economic Times :
Cyberhaven, which provides data behavior analytics to protect company trade secrets such as IP for customers including Motorola and DARPA, raises $13M Series A
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
New York-based used car marketplace Vroom raises $254M Series H, bringing its total raised to $721M
TechCrunch :
May Mobility, a Michigan-based startup that is operating autonomous shuttle services in three US cities, raises $50M Series B led by Toyota
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