Google Maps turns 15, updates its app with five tabs: Explore, Commute, Saved, Contribute, and Updates, new transit features, and more
In 2005, we set out to map the world. Since then we've pushed the limits of what a map can do: from helping you easily navigate from point A to B …
Apple releases the first iOS 13.4 beta, which includes a “CarKey” API, making it possible to unlock, lock, and start a car with an iPhone or Watch
Apple today released the first beta version of iOS 13.4 for developers, and now 9to5Mac has found evidences to a new feature …
Apple adds universal purchases for iOS and macOS apps to the Xcode 11.4 beta, letting developers bundle apps
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Report: Apple shipped 30.7M Watches worldwide in 2019, up 36% YoY, outselling the entire Swiss watch industry, which shipped 21.1M units, down 13% YoY
The Apple Watch continues to dominate the market — The Apple Watch wasn't just the best-selling smartwatch last year …
Huawei is suing Verizon, accusing it of using 12 patents relating to its network technology without authorization
US carrier accused of using 12 patents without authorization — Huawei has announced that it's suing Verizon for alleged patent violations, marking the latest twist …
Twitter Q4: revenue of $1.01B, up 11% YoY, net income of $119M, down from $255M in Q4 2018, monetizable DAU of 152M compared to 126M a year ago; stock up 15%+
As Twitter continues to try to find the right balance between making its platform easier to use while also less prone to toxicity and abuse …
Software engineer finds that Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application opened on a user's computer and send the data to Google Analytics
Chapter 1: The discovery — I have a Wacom drawing tablet. I use it to draw cover illustrations for my blog posts, such as this one:
Sources: Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo are creating a platform to let developers outside China upload apps onto all of their app stores simultaneously
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi, Huawei Technologies, Oppo and Vivo are joining forces to create a platform for developers outside China …
Google says Chrome's ad blocker will expand to target disruptive video ads in August, including long pre-roll ads, mid-roll ads, and overlays ads on video
Last year, Google made Chrome's standards-backed ad blocker fully available around the world. The Better Ads Standards today announced a …
Dutch court rules that a surveillance system used to detect welfare fraud violates human rights; called SyRI, it used a secret algorithm to run risk modeling
Government told to halt use of AI to detect fraud in decision hailed by privacy campaigners — A Dutch court has ordered …
NHTSA allows autonomous vehicle startup Nuro to deploy up to 5,000 low-speed delivery vehicles for two years without controls like mirrors and steering wheels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. safety regulator said on Thursday it has allowed SoftBank Group-backed autonomous vehicle startup Nuro Inc …
Amazon launches Brand Voice, a fully managed service within Amazon Polly for letting brands work with Amazon's engineers to build custom text-to-speech voices
If Amazon has its way, companies will soon tap Amazon Web Services (AWS) en masse to create voices tailored to their brands.
Sources: EU antitrust investigators have deepened their inquiry and sought internal Facebook documents related to alleged efforts to squash potential rivals
Authorities have sought documents related to allegations that company leveraged access to user data to stifle competition
After layoffs at 23andMe, Ancestry says it is laying off 6%, citing slowdown across entire DNA testing category, now that most of early adopters have enrolled
- Ancestry, following 23andMe, made the decision to lay off some employees. It confirmed to CNBC that the cuts affected 6% of its workforce.
Profile of Multicoin Capital, a $100M crypto hedge fund which, between Oct. 2017 and Nov. 2019, had returns of 143%, compared to bitcoin's rise of 109%
I cover fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and investing. — Sitting side-by-side in a trendy Manhattan cafe where a glass … Tweets: @thebearablebull , @forbes , and @forbescrypto . Thanks: @johnr...
Cloud security company Netskope raises $340M led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities at a valuation of nearly $3B
Netskope has always focused its particular flavor of security on the cloud, and as more workloads have moved there, it has certainly worked in its favor.
An in-depth look at the role of ethicists within tech companies, spurred by scandals like Cambridge Analytica, and their somewhat limited power to effect change
Fifty-two floors below the top of Salesforce Tower, I meet Paula Goldman in a glass-paneled conference room where the words EQUALITY OFFICE … Tweets: @dsilverman , @rachaelmyrow , @protocol , and @ben...
Twilio announces Q4 revenue of $331.2M, up 62% YoY, 2019 total revenue of $1.13B, up 75% YoY, ends Q4 with 179K+ active customer accounts, forecasts loss in Q1
Twilio is posting strong revenue growth but its earnings outlook for the first quarter and fiscal 2020 fall short of expectations.
Amazon says it plans to expand its headcount in Bellevue, Wash. to more than 15,000, an increase of more than 7x over the 2,000 Amazon staff in the city today
Amazon said it plans to expand its headcount to more than 15,000 people in Bellevue, Wash., the growing city 10 miles east …
LinkedIn says CEO Jeff Weiner is stepping down in June after 11 years in the role, becoming executive chairman, to be replaced by SVP of Product Ryan Roslansky
and learned from — @jeffweiner and @ryros for nearly 9 years now. This CEO transition couldn't make me happier: to see Ryan step into the top role at LinkedIn and to still have Jeff involved on a dail...
Microsoft says it resolved an issue that caused Windows 10 Search, which is powered by Bing, to return blank results for several hours
we were benchmarking a $17,000 Threadripper PC against the Mac Pro this morning and could not figure out what was wrong. “Bing is down” did not spring to mind. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twi...
IoT security company Forescout Technologies says it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Advent International in a deal valued at $1.9B
Enterprise device security firm Forescout Technologies (NASDAQ:FSCT) announced on Thursday that it has agreed to be acquired …
Clear, which wants to build a high-volume transaction system on the blockchain, raises $13M Series A led by Eight Roads
Clear is an early stage startup with a big ambition. It wants to build a blockchain for high-volume transaction systems like payments between telcos.
Brave browser report: 198 local UK councils' websites are using real-time bidding advertising, which is the subject of a number of data protection complaints
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
France-based IoT startup Kinéis, which wants to launch a constellation of 25 satellites to connect IoT devices and track ships, raises €100M
WASHINGTON — French Internet of Things startup Kinéis has raised 100 million euros ($110.5 million) from private and public investors …
YouTube and Facebook send cease-and-desist letters to Clearview AI over photo scraping after a similar move by Twitter in January
With Authoritarian Regimes James Hale / Tubefilter : YouTube Sends Cease-And-Desist To Facial Recognition Company That Scrapes Social Media Images For Law Enforcement Tristan Greene / The Next Web : F...
Facebook says older versions of the WhatsApp desktop app, which uses Electron, let hackers access files on macOS and Windows via a malicious link in messages
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica :
Lawyers and repair advocates say Apple's contract for its independent repair provider program is onerous for shops and invasive for consumers
it is WILD. https://www.vice.com/...
In a filing, Qualcomm discloses it is being investigated by the European Commission for anti-competitive behavior over its radio frequency chips
(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday detailed the first significant sales gains from a new category of chip it is selling to mobile phone makers …
Child safety experts from 102 countries urge Facebook to halt plans for encrypted messaging across its apps until it addresses child exploitation concerns
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times :
Dallas-based Worlds, which lets enterprises model their physical spaces in 3D and then observe them using AI, comes out of stealth with a $10M Series A
Worlds, whose AI helps large organizations observe their physical spaces to ensure security, safety, and productivity, has raised $10 million in a first round of funding.
Although Google disclosed many financial metrics for the first time in Q4, it removed cost-per-click, which has steadily declined, and the number of paid clicks
more ads in more places. Or rather, more ineffective ads in more places. This is an unsustainable business model.” https://www.zdnet.com/... Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe : Although Google disclosed YouTube...
Spotify reports Q4 revenue of $2B, up 24% YoY; 271M total MAUs, up 31% YoY, as paying users rise 29% YoY to 124M; 16% of its MAUs engage with podcast content
Spotify Business Wire : Spotify Announces Strategic Acquisition of Bill Simmons' The Ringer to Grow Sports Vertical Eric Jhonsa / TheStreet : Snap and Spotify Are Finding That Profitably Competing Aga...
Uber gets a permit to test autonomous vehicles on California's public roads, nearly two years after a fatal crash in Arizona, but says it has no plans to do so
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Qualcomm beats Q1 expectations with revenue of $5.08B, up 5% YoY and net income of $925M, up 13% YoY; revenue from licensing division was $1.4B, up 38% YoY
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Apple seems to have fixed a macOS Catalina bug, first reported in July, that caused snippets of encrypted emails sent via the Mail app to be stored unencrypted
Jay Peters / The Verge :
Lightning Labs, which wants to speed up bitcoin transactions, raises $10M Series A led by Craft Ventures and rolls out its first enterprise product
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune :
Armis researchers find five serious vulnerabilities in Cisco's Discovery Protocol, affecting millions of enterprise products, including routers and desk phones
you now need to have serious graphic design/Photoshop/Illustrator skills in addition to heap exploitation/packet injection/reversing in order to get taken seriously: https://www.armis.com/cdpwn/ #cdpw...
Documents show the CIA plans to hire multiple companies for lucrative cloud computing contracts offering an opportunity for Amazon's rivals
Naomi Nix / Bloomberg :
Deliverr, which operates a US shipping logistics platform for e-commerce, raises $40M Series C, led by Activant Capital, bringing its total raised to $70M+
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
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.