Sources: Sony's PlayStation 5's retail price may be as much as $450 per unit due to scarce components, which have pushed the manufacturing costs
- May wait for Microsoft's Xbox group to make first pricing move — New PlayStation VR headset also planned after PS5 launch
DOJ has charged the owner of Helix, a dark web Bitcoin mixer service operating from 2014-2017, for allegedly laundering bitcoins worth $300M+ at the time
This is the first case the DOJ has brought against a Bitcoin mixer. — US authorities have arrested and charged an Ohio man for running a …
DOJ announces a 16-count superseding indictment against Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou that includes charges of racketeering and conspiracy to steal IP
Ratcheting up its pressure campaign against Huawei and its affiliates, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced today …
California Supreme Court rules that Apple violated CA law by not paying employees at its stores for time spent on mandatory bag and iPhone searches
Listen — Apple Inc. violated California law when it failed to pay employees for time they spend waiting for mandatory bag and iPhone searches …
Researchers: Voatz, the voting app used in W. Virginia and four other states, has elementary security flaws that could let an attacker intercept and alter votes
A mobile voting app being used in West Virginia and other states has elementary security flaws that would allow someone …
Judge orders a temporary block on Microsoft's JEDI cloud contract with Pentagon, in response to a suit filed by Amazon
- A judge ordered Thursday a temporary block on the JEDI cloud contract in response to a lawsuit filed by Amazon. — Last month, Amazon filed a motion asking the court …
YouTube TV to end support for subscriptions through Apple in-app purchases on March 13
YouTube today sent out emails to customers who are subscribed to its YouTube TV service through Apple's App Store, letting them know that App Store subscriptions are going to be discontinued in Marc...
Sources: Google is in talks with publishers, mostly outside the US, about paying a licensing fee for content that would be in a premium news product
The search giant is in talks with some publishers about paying a fee for content that would be part of a premium news product
Google has removed 500+ malicious Chrome extensions from its Web Store, likely affecting millions of users, that were part of a long-running ad fraud network
A network of malicious Chrome extensions was injecting malicious ads in millions of Chrome installs.
Facebook says it will allow influencers to produce sponsored content for US politicians and political campaigns, if the posts are clearly identified as ads
Bloomberg's bad memes might just be the beginning — Facebook will allow influencers to produce sponsored content for political campaigns …
Facebook's NPE Team releases Hobbi, a photo and video sharing app designed for documenting personal projects and hobbies
Facebook is adding another app to its group of experimental projects from the NPE Team, an initiative it announced last year focused on rapidly trying out new ideas in social to see how users react.
Researchers found a now-secured database online with ~900K records of plastic surgery patients, including photos with nudity and identifying information
Thousands of images, videos and records pertaining to plastic surgery patients were left on an unsecured database where they could be viewed …
Payments startup Flywire raises $120M Series E at a $1B+ valuation, led by Goldman Sachs; announces it has acquired healthcare tech startup Simplee
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is leading a new funding round for payments startup Flywire. The deal will add $120 million to the company's coffers …
Behind Signal's push to go mainstream by adding features like iPad support, ephemeral images and video, downloadable customizable stickers, and emoji reactions
The encryption app is putting a $50 million infusion from WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton to good use, building out features to help it go mainstream. Tweets: @a_greenberg , @nxthompson , @thevowel , @...
Xiaomi launches 5G flagships Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro, with 6.67" 90hz displays and 108MP cameras; Mi 10 Pro comes with 10x hybrid zoom and 20MP ultrawide angle lens
Yordan / GSMArena.com :
Larry Ellison is hosting a fundraiser for Donald Trump next week; while Ellison has consistently backed Republicans, he wasn't a major Trump donor until now
the most significant display of support from a major tech titan for the president, by far,” @teddyschleifer reports https://www.vox.com/... Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer : “It signals what I and m...
Social Science One and Facebook say they are now making a dataset with ~38M URLs available to academic researchers, two years after announcing the initiative
and acted with such hesitation — before releasing a massive batch of data. Beats the alternative. https://twitter.com/... Gary King / @kinggary : Today, we released a privacy-protective Facebook datas...
Roku reports Q4 revenue of $411M, up 49% YoY, net loss of $15.7M down from a profit of $6.8M YoY; active accounts up 4.6M QoQ to 36.9M
Dade Hayes / Deadline :
Nvidia reports Q4 revenue of $3.11B, up 41% YoY, gaming revenue of $1.4B, data center revenue of $968M, and net income of $950M; stock up ~8%
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Moscow court fines Twitter and Facebook ~$63K for refusing to store data on Russian citizens inside Russia, the largest such fine issued under internet use laws
Associated Press :
Google's Area 120 launches GameSnacks, which offers casual games for low memory devices on 2G and 3G, launching initially in Indonesia on Gojek's GoGames
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
The CEO of Clinc, an AI chatbot maker that has raised $59M and whose clients include Walmart, resigned following an investigation into sexual misconduct
Zoe Schiffer / The Verge :
CloudCath, a cloud-based platform for remote monitoring of patients undergoing catheter-based treatments, raises $12M Series A led by Capital Integral
Sources: Instagram is considering increased funding of up to seven figures for multiple shows on IGTV, as it tests an ad product and a revenue-sharing program
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal :
Inside the global cybersecurity market, which could be worth $266B by 2024, its talent shortage, and the role of automation and AI in addressing the skills gap
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat : Tweets: @obrien Tweets: Chris O'Brien / @obrien : Is the cybersecurity skills gap as bad as it seems? And can AI help close it? A thoughtful and surprising look at this is...
Amazon's one-tap ratings for product reviews, quietly introduced late last year to draw more customer feedback, could also help drown out fake reviews
Jason Del Rey / Vox :
Cybersecurity company Praetorian raises $10M Series A from McKinsey and Bill Wood Ventures
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News : Tweets: @praetorianlabs Tweets: Praetorian / @praetorianlabs : Praetorian is extremely honored and excited to announce a $10M Series A investment from Bill Wood a...
Broadcom unveils Wi-Fi 6E chip designed to deliver 2 Gbps+ speeds with better battery life, says it will also improve Bluetooth audio performance and range
but Broadcom is clearly banking on it Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central : This new chip is the key to unlocking your phone's faster Wi-Fi
Walmart is shutting down Jet black, its personal shopping service in NYC, on February 21, after struggling to find adoption or additional investment
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Intuition Robotics, which makes companion robots for elderly people, raises $36M Series B co-led by Sparx Group and OurCrowd
Paul Sawers / 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.
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