Uber says Travis Kalanick, its former CEO, will step down from the company's board of directors effective Dec. 31; Kalanick has sold all of his stock in Uber
- Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is leaving the board effective Dec. 31. — Kalanick was ousted as CEO in 2017 but remained a director.
Chuck Peddle, a key designer of the cheap MOS 6502 CPU that powered the first big wave of personal computers, like Commodore PET and Apple II, has died at 82
His invention brought digital technology to a new breed of consumer devices and powered early Apple and Commodore computers.
Researcher says he was able to match 17M phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter's Android app, before Twitter blocked his effort
A security researcher said he has matched 17 million phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter's Android app.
Sources: building on tactics deployed during 2018 midterms, US Cyber Command is exploring additional strategies to counter Russian 2020 election interference
Military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior Russian officials …
Huawei got ~$46B in loans from Chinese state lenders, saved $25B in taxes from state incentives, $2B in land discounts, and $1.6B in grants in the last 25 years
China's tech champion got as much as $75 billion in tax breaks, financing and cheap resources as it became the world's top telecom vendor
Many schools in the US, including Syracuse U., track students' phones to monitor class attendance, as some worry it desensitizes students to 24/7 surveillance
When Syracuse University freshmen walk into professor Jeff Rubin's Introduction to Information Technologies class …
Report: APT20, a Chinese government-linked hacking group, has bypassed key fob-enabled 2FA in recent attacks on government orgs and managed service providers
Chinese state-sponsored group APT20 has been busy hacking government entities and managed service providers.
State of Live Streaming in 2019: Fortnite player Tfue was the most popular with 87M viewership hours, League of Legends retook the top title from Fortnite, more
It's the holiday season, so our gift to you is our State of the Stream report created in partnership with Arsenal.gg.
Hedera Hashgraph, which has raised $100M+ in 2018 ICO, asks investors to wait longer for purchased tokens, to help stabilize their cratering price
Hedera Hashgraph, the company behind the blockchain-like Hedera network, is asking investors to wait longer for tokens they paid for, in order to stabilize their cratering price.
Turkey's top court rules that a two-year ban on Wikipedia violates freedom of expression; it remains unclear when access to the site will be restored
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's highest court on Thursday ruled in favor of Wikipedia, saying the Turkish government's two-year ban …
YouTube gives creators more ways to handle copyright disputes with a YouTube Studio update that includes an Assisted Trim tool to edit out claimed content
An automatic trim feature helps directly tackle the problem — YouTube's recent Studio update is finally giving people an easier way to deal with copyright claim disputes.
Samsung plans to rival chip foundry market leader TSMC, as it invests heavily in a chip miniaturization process called extreme ultraviolet lithography
- Custom chips are the future that Samsung wants to profit from — Laying the foundation for expanding its semiconductor empire
Twitter blocks animated PNGs, saying a bug had allowed them, and that they did not respect autoplay settings so could be used to harm people sensitive to motion
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget :
Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies show mostly have a negative impact on learning, harming lower performing students the most
Educators love digital devices, but there's little evidence they help children—especially those who most need help. Tweets: @alexlindsay , @naomikritzer , @drewharwell , @e_mln_e , @onlinecrslady , @d...
Sources show how Amazon repeatedly delayed or scrapped investments in common industry practices like onroad safety training, as it built out its driver network
and the human costs of that system. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Lara Korte / @lara_korte : Merry Christmas Eve — here's a new investigation by ProPublic/Buzzfeed to really pack on the guilt from...
Randy Suess, co-creator of the first public dial-up bulletin board system, which was a forerunner of today's social media services, has died at 74
Cade Metz / New York Times :
AI is assisting teachers in the classroom by taking over repetitive tasks like grading and optimizing coursework, helping students with exam prep, and more
for so many reasons—would seem to be: JUST HIRE MORE TEACHERS! https://www.nytimes.com/... Amy J. Ko / @amyjko : This is a very utopian view of AI in education. Some is appropriate—there are big oppor...
Indonesian education platform Ruangguru, which claims to serve 15M+ students and 300K+ teachers, raises $150M Series C led by General Atlantic and GGV Capital
Aditya Hadi Pratama / Tech in Asia :
SQLite flaws left Chrome open to remote code execution before being patched two weeks ago, were found by Tencent researchers a year after revealing similar bugs
Magellan 2. is some vulnerabilities that exist … Guenni / Born's Tech and Windows World : Google Chrome/SQLite: New Magellan 2.0 vulnerabilities Tweets: @tencent_blade : No need to worry: SQLite and G...
Sources: earlier this year, YouTube considered screening all videos for kids under 8 in YouTube Kids but dropped the idea to avoid looking like a media company
every step toward “responsibility” smacked into its third rail of being an open platform (w @Lucas_Shaw) https://www.bloomberg.com/... Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp : Having just 500 guaranteed safe ...
Discord channels used to sell stolen PayPal accounts, credit and debit card numbers, and Amazon gift cards, thrive despite account bans, untrustworthy sellers
Luke Winkie / OneZero : Tweets: @ozm , @tsuyohime_ , and @apandahvevo Tweets: OneZero / @ozm : On Discord, a gift card supposedly worth $200 costs $25; a $1,000 gift card costs $80. Stolen credit car...
Deep dive into what is known of Intel's graphics strategy, from its upcoming “Ponte Vecchio” GPU product and Memory Fabric to its new oneAPI software stack
Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech : Tweets: @anandtech . Thanks: @iancutress Tweets: @anandtech : Intel has some big plans for GPU hardware over the next few years, and the grandest of those efforts is Xe ...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.