Alleged leaked video shows off Samsung's folding Galaxy Z Flip
Samsung's next foldable should be coming this month — Samsung's next folding phone is likely to be announced this month, and what appears to be the first hands-on video with the device has just appe...
WeWork names commercial real estate veteran Sandeep Mathrani as its new CEO; SoftBank's Marcelo Claure will continue as WeWork's executive chairman
Sandeep Mathrani, a senior real estate executive, will take over the operator of shared office space, which was on the brink of financial collapse last year.
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 …
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.
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...
West Virginia governor to sign a bill that would allow voters with physical disabilities to vote via smartphone in 2020, becoming the first US state to do so
Cybersecurity experts have long railed against voting apps, saying that any kind of online voting unnecessarily increases security risks.
UK startup Exscientia and a Japanese pharmaceutical firm claim to have created the first human trial-ready drug using AI, which took under a year to develop
An OCD drug created via AI will be tested on humans. — The British startup Exscientia claims it has developed …
Doubtnut, an India-based startup which wants to teach math and science concepts through short videos, raises $15M Series A led by Tencent, says it has 13M MAU
Doubtnut, a Gurgaon-based startup that operates an app to help students learn and master concepts from math and science using short videos …
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: @glenngabe , @scottthurm , @tsimonite , @gregoryjbarber , and @nxth...
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 …
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
Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire :
Apple's performance in 2019 across hardware, software, and services is rated and critiqued by a 65-person panel, including writers, developers, and podcasters
@drdrang https://sixcolors.com/... Rob Griffiths / @rgriff : It's always nice when @jsnell's Six Colors Apple report card comes out and I get to see that (at least some of) my opinions aren't just the...
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 , @evangershkovich , @leonidragozin , and @matt_towns...
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
Hulu CEO Randy Freer is leaving the streaming service as Disney continues the reorganization of its direct-to-consumer business
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap :
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.
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
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire :
A look at MSCHF, a group behind viral stunts like an astrology app to pick stocks or “holy water” sneakers, which has raised ~$11.5M in funding since fall
Sanam Yar / New York Times : Tweets: @dgisserious , @nytstyles , @mikkipedia , and @jenn_rtr Tweets: Danny Gold / @dgisserious : Couldn't make it through this whole thing but still not sure if this i...
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
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios : Tweets: @niubi , @axios , @tonyromm , @mmasnick , @tonyromm , @jason_kint , and @tonyromm Tweets: Bill Bishop / @niubi : Tech trade group chief to join TikTok https:...
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
Josh Nadeau / Fast Company : Tweets: @sub8u , @kschwabable , and @harrymccracken Tweets: Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : How long before Android is only “legal” option in many countries, thanks to “secur...
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.