Ajit Pai says FCC has concluded “that one or more wireless carriers apparently violated federal law” by selling user location data and will consider fines
More than a year after a Motherboard investigation revealed that wireless carriers were collecting and selling user location data …
Roku says it has settled its carriage dispute with Fox to distribute Fox channels on the Roku platform ahead of the Super Bowl
At midnight tonight, it was expected that Roku would remove the FOX Now, FOX Sports, FOX News, FOX Business, FOX Nation, Big 10 Network, and FOX Soccer apps from the Roku Channel Store and existing de...
FCC approves $20.4B Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to deploy rural broadband but Democratic FCC commissioners warn it won't help many areas that need internet
In this April 30, 2015 photo, Sylvia Fonseca, 16, works in the computer lab at Cuyama Valley High School in California.
California AG asks ICANN for information about .org TLD price caps removal; ICANN says it is cooperating, asks Public Interest Registry to delay .org TLD sale
Office that oversees California non-profits demands extensive documentation. — The California Attorney general …
Apple's performance in 2019 across hardware, software, and services is rated and critiqued by a 65-person panel, including writers, developers, and podcasters
It's time for our annual look back on Apple's performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors …
The EU Parliament overwhelmingly passes measure pushing for adoption of a common charging standard for mobile devices, which Apple said would stifle innovation
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Amazon Q4: $87.4B revenue, up 21% YoY, net income of $3.3B, up from $3B in Q4 2018, AWS revenue of $9.9B, up from $7.4B in Q4 2018; stock up 9%+
Microsoft launches Xbox bug bounty program, will pay rewards up to $20K for vulnerabilities found in the Xbox Live network and services
The Xbox Bounty Program invites gamers … Ethan Gach / Kotaku : Microsoft's Bug Bounty Program Will Pay Players To Find Security Flaws In Xbox Live Anthony Spadafora / TechRadar.com : Microsoft to pay ...
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty to step down on April 6, to be replaced by SVP of Cloud and Cognitive Software Arvind Krishna; Jim Whitehurst to become President
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Founding president of the Internet Association, Michael Beckerman, to step down after eight years and join TikTok as VP of US public policy in March
The president of tech trade group the Internet Association is stepping down to run TikTok's Washington policy shop, the organizations said Friday. Tweets: @tonyromm , @mmasnick , @tonyromm , @jason_ki...
Yandex launches a new online service in Moscow called Lavka, which delivers orders in 15 minutes using bike couriers and small warehouses spread across the city
In Moscow, online orders delivered in just 15 minutes by bicycle signal what the future of shopping may hold. Tweets: @cristinagberta , @csertoglu , @matt_townsend , @leonidragozin , and @evangershkov...
A look at a secretive team of quantum researchers at Alphabet's X, who are focused on creating new algorithms and applications to run on quantum computers
Google's parent touted its quantum supremacy achievement last year. It doesn't talk about a group at X working on software. Tweets: @scottthurm , @gregoryjbarber , @nxthompson , and @tsimonite Tweets...
Global tablet shipments declined 1.5% YoY to 144.1M units in 2019; Apple's shipments grew 15.2% YoY to 49.9M units during the year
Behind the revival of Dubsmash, an app that lets users post lip sync and dance videos that now has 27% of the US short-form video market share by installs
The loud app that quietly hit 1 billion monthly views — Lip-syncing app Dubsmash was on the brink of death. Tweets: @dennishegstad , @sacca , and @joshconstine Tweets: Dennis Hegstad / @dennishegsta...
Hulu CEO Randy Freer is leaving the streaming service as Disney continues the reorganization of its direct-to-consumer business
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Gabi, which lets users upload their home, car, or renters insurance policies to compare them with other providers and find better offers, raises $27M Series B
Gabi Insurance has raised $27 million in funding to disrupt insurance brokers and get you better rates for car, homeowner's, or renter's insurance.
Utah-based Neighbor.com, a peer-to-peer self-storage marketplace, raises $10M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
As my partner, Marc Andreessen … Neighbor / PR Newswire : Neighbor.com Taps Andreessen Horowitz to Lead $10 Million Series A Funding James Thorne / PitchBook : Airbnb-inspired startup Neighbor raises ...
A Russian law requiring all smartphone makers to pre-install Russian-made software, which goes into effect in July 2020, could force Apple to quit the country
In November 2019, Russian parliament passed what's become known as the “law against Apple.” The legislation will require … Tweets: @sub8u , @kschwabable , and @harrymccracken Tweets: Subrahmanyam Kvj...
Amazon's 2019 taxes: $1B+ in federal income tax expense, $2.4B+ in other federal taxes, $1.6B+ in state and local taxes, and ~$9B sales taxes collected
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India-based InterviewBit, which offers an online computer science program and lets its students pay part of the fee after getting a job, raises $20M Series A
InterviewBit, a Bangalore-based startup that runs an advanced online computer science program for college graduates …
One Medical, a concierge-like primary healthcare startup, closes up 58% on its first day of trading, after raising $245M in its IPO, and is now valued at $2.7B
Bloomberg :
TokenAnalyst: five mining entities - AntPool, BTC.com, BTC.top, F2 Pool, and ViaBTC, all based in China, control 49.9% of Bitcoin network's computing power
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg : Tweets: @digieconomist , @el33th4xor , @alistairmilne , and @bitcoin Tweets: Digiconomist / @digieconomist : In the meanwhile this PoW thing is turning in the most environme...
OECD says 137 countries have committed to reach an agreement on a rewrite of international tax rules for tech giants and other multinationals by the end of 2020
basically, punt into the long grass
The Bouqs, a US-based flower delivery startup, raises $30M from Japanese company Yamasa to expand in Japan, bringing its total raised to $74M
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In latest transparency report, Amazon says it got 1,841 subpoenas, 440 search warrants, and 114 other court orders for user data in H2 2019, down 4% from H1
and it reveals a rare dip in the number of government demands for user data. https://techcrunch.com/... @privacydigest : Amazon quietly publishes its latest transparency report | TechCrunch https://te...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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