HQ Trivia, the company behind the once popular live mobile trivia game, is shutting down
New York (CNN Business)It's over for HQ Trivia. — The company behind the once popular live mobile trivia game is shutting down, CNN Business has learned. HQ will part ways with 25 full-time employe...
Source: Apple is not happy with the QTM 525 mm-wave antenna module Qualcomm is offering for this year's 5G iPhones and is trying to design its own antenna
In a year where the 5G radio will be the new iPhone's spotlight feature, Apple has decided to design the phone's antenna itself.
Facebook canceled its Global Marketing Summit, scheduled for March 9-12 at San Francisco's Moscone Center, due to coronavirus concerns
Facebook will cancel its Global Marketing Summit slated to take place in in San Francisco next month because of coronavirus concerns.
Workers on Google's outsourced maps team say they alter maps based not just on history and local laws but also on whims of diplomats and Google executives
The Silicon Valley firm alters maps under political pressure and the inscrutable whims of tech executives
Google says it saw a 98% drop in the number of Play Store apps accessing SMS/call log data in 2019 since cracking down on apps abusing permissions in Oct. 2018
Google has been clamping down on Android apps that abuse permissions, and that appears to have had a very tangible effect on the Play Store.
Target's Shipt delivery app workers describe a culture of retaliation and fear, say its algorithm pushes them to buy gifts for customers to boost their ratings
In late October, Ashley Johnson, a single mom and seasoned gig worker in a quiet Seattle suburb, tweeted about the decline …
Samsung announces partnership with Netflix with bonus content associated with Netflix shows on Galaxy smartphones and deeper device integration
As the streaming battles heat up, Netflix is hoping a new partnership with Samsung will help it fend off rivals.
EFF's first staff lawyer reflects on how the debate around online speech has evolved and where he thinks the early internet activists got things right and wrong
I've fought for a free internet for 30 years. Here's where I think we went wrong, and right. Tweets: @sfmnemonic , @mpawlo , @paulmbaker , @blakereid , and @harrisonstephen Tweets: Mike Godwin / @sfm...
Facebook to allow influencers to produce sponsored content for US politicians and political campaigns, if the posts are clearly identified as paid partnerships
Makena Kelly / The Verge :
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
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Google says it is restructuring its Cloud business, including eliminating some roles; source says fewer than 50 employees are affected
- Google is restructuring its Cloud group internally, which will include eliminating some roles, a Google spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. Source: Wall Street Journal . Tweets: @realrobcopeland , @jenn...
Amazon is cutting ties with small delivery firms in the US because they don't meet its delivery standards, putting at least 1,300 drivers out of work
- Illinois, Washington and Kansas firms are among those culled — About 1,300 drivers in several states will lose their jobs
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
admittedly this was a couple of years ago — not even NSA employees had to go mandatory bag searches as they left secure facilities. https://twitter.com/... Will / @itswilltime : Note: Disneyland emplo...
After a study showed that Ring shares data with Facebook, Google, and others without users' consent, Ring says it will soon allow more control over data sharing
Stephen Gandel / CBS News :
Gerard Williams III, the former Apple exec sued by the company for allegedly poaching employees for his startup Nuvia, claims Apple is poaching his employees
Bloomberg :
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
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Increasingly automated job screening systems are forcing job seekers to adopt time-consuming tasks to be noticed, like writing application-specific resumes
Jeffrey Johnson was on one continuous job search, more or less, for 12 years. — After the recession shuttered the textbook publisher … Tweets: @imani_barbarin , @sesmith , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: ...
Researchers found a now-secured database online with ~900K records of plastic surgery patients, including photos with nudity and identifying information
Laura Hautala / CNET :
Nonprofits say Facebook's donation tools let them reach big audiences with minimal effort, but give them “virtually useless” data on actual donors
- Groups weigh donor relations versus network's broad reach — Company's fundraising products have generated $3 billion Tweets: @kurtwagner8 , @db , @myurow , and @tszzl Tweets: Kurt Wagner / @kurtw...
Sources: DOD dropped its opposition to the Trump administration's efforts to make it harder for US companies to supply Huawei from overseas facilities
Wall Street Journal :
HK-based Amber, which offers crypto trading services like arbitrage, market making, and lending to institutional investors, raises $28M at a $100M valuation
Jeff Kauflin / Forbes :
India's Supreme Court orders Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to clear dues of around $13B to the government by March 17, which could bankrupt Vodafone Idea
Stephanie Findlay / Financial Times :
Gun sales continue on Facebook and Instagram after 2016 ban as sellers keep finding workarounds that evade Facebook's algorithm
Matt Drange / Protocol : Tweets: @mattdrange , @protocol , @popularmechani4 , @mattdrange , @protocol , @issielapowsky , @mattdrange , @senatormenendez , and @atharproject Tweets: Matt Drange / @matt...
MatHem, an online grocer which claims to have served over half of Swedish households, raises €47.5M from Kinnevik and others, bringing its valuation to €266M+
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu :
In a presentation, online retailers in India ask the government to scale back a proposal for 1% tax on each sale made by third-party sellers on their platforms
Manoj Kumar / Reuters :
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.