Microsoft announces Defender ATP for Linux, will offer the antivirus software for Android and iOS later this year as part of its enterprise security platform
New Defender mobile apps will be available later this year — Microsoft is planning to bring its Defender antivirus software to Android and iOS later this year.
Sony and Facebook say they will not attend Game Developers Conference this year due to coronavirus concerns; Facebook to make Oculus announcements online
Oculus announcements will now take place online — PlayStation and Facebook Gaming/Oculus will not be attending …
Twitter confirms it is testing bright labels beneath lies and misinfo posted by politicians and public figures, and points-based “community badges” for users
A leaked demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that have been deemed “harmfully misleading.”
Sprint and T-Mobile have agreed to amend their merger agreement to give Deutsche Telekom a higher ownership stake in the new combined company
- Sprint and T-Mobile have agreed to amend their merger deal agreement to give Deutsche Telekom a higher ownership stake in the new combined company.
Facebook will pay users up to $5 for voice recordings via its Viewpoints app to improve its speech recognition tech; recordings won't be tied to user profiles
But it won't pay much — Facebook will offer to pay some users for voice recordings that will be used to help improve …
Google says that from August 3 all new Google Play apps that access background location will need to pass review, expanding to all existing apps on November 3
Apps will face a new review process to enable the feature — Google is placing new restrictions on which Android apps can track …
Shopify says it will join the Libra Association, contributing financially and operating a node that processes transactions of Facebook's stablecoin
After eBay, Visa, Stripe, and other high-profile departures, the Libra Association scored a win today with the addition of Shopify.
MIT researchers say they used AI to discover new potent antibiotics that treat drug-resistant diseases
Machine learning uncovers potent new drug able to kill 35 powerful bacteria — Artificial intelligence has been used to discover new antibiotics effective against untreatable diseases …
New Mexico AG sues Google, alleging the company tracks data of students who use free Chromebooks provided to schools through its G Suite for Education platform
‘Tracking student data without parental consent is not only illegal, it is dangerous’ — Google is facing a new lawsuit filed …
Sources: Google is resisting efforts to surrender emails, texts, and other documents sought by state investigators probing anticompetitive digital-ad practices
Company is reluctant to surrender some documents in investigation of possible anticompetitive practices
Sources: around 300 workers at Oracle offices around the world walked out on Thursday to protest Larry Ellison's fundraiser for Trump on Wednesday
- Chairman's fundraiser for Trump re-election sparked anger — Activism more muted than at tech companies like Google
Google indexes invite links to private WhatsApp group chats, exposing the participants and their phone numbers to anyone who discovers and joins the chats
Google is indexing invite links to WhatsApp group chats whose administrators may want to be private.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip review: the best hinge on a folding phone so far but the screen's plastic covering scratches easily and the cameras are disappointing
Even with a glass screen, it's just a curiosity — Samsung's brand-new Galaxy Z Flip is the third folding screen phone that I've reviewed.
Morgan Stanley says it will buy online discount brokerage E-Trade for about $13B, in the biggest takeover by an American lender since the 2008 financial crisis
Who remembers Super Bowl XLII? Business Wire : Morgan Stanley to Acquire E*TRADE, Creating a Leader in all Major Wealth Management Channels Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC : Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade for...
Shogun, which helps e-commerce brands build faster websites, has raised $10M Series A, led by Initialized Capital with participation from VMG Partners and YC
Amazon may have a market cap of more than $1 trillion, but Finbarr Taylor, CEO of Y Combinator-backed startup Shogun, said the e-commerce giant is “kind of dropping the ball.” Tweets: @rishmishra and ...
Google removed ~600 Android apps, which were installed 4.5B+ times, and banned the developers behind them from Play Store for ad fraud and “disruptive” ads
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News :
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to reject Alphabet's appeal against Oracle, on the same day Trump attended a re-election fundraiser by Larry Ellison
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg :
Swiss Federal Court rules that Facebook likes and shares can in some cases be considered as illegal defamation
The Local :
Volocopter, which aims to develop an autonomous air taxi service, extends its Series C by another €37M, taking the round total to €87M
Volocopter, a German company that's developing autonomous electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial air taxi services …
Internal documents and interviews with former staff and students detail Lambda coding school's misleading claims about graduate outcomes and curriculum quality
One of the more popular pieces to hit … Tweets: @jason : I'm going to reserve judgement on this one, as I think the world is much better off with MORE educational options like ISAs, @LambdaSchool, and...
Dropbox Q4: revenue of $446M, up 19% YoY, net loss of $6.6M, down from $9.5M YoY, 14.3M paid users, avg revenue per user of $125; stock up 19%+
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Sources detail the rising clout of Joel Kaplan and other conservatives at Facebook during the Trump administration
Craig Timberg / Washington Post :
HTC announces new Cosmos VR headset variants: $899 Elite, lower-end Play, and XR with “high-quality XR passthrough cameras”, giving it AR capabilities
Sam Byford / The Verge :
US links Sandworm hacking group to Russian agency GRU's Main Center for Special Technology, blaming it for cyberattacks that hit neighboring Georgia in October
Andy Greenberg / Wired :
Researcher says Cameo exposed user data including email addresses, hashed and salted passwords, phone numbers, and messages via a misconfiguration in its app
it also exposes a ton of private user data. https://www.vice.com/... Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : For the videos that users have marked as ‘private’ on Cameo, there is an issue with the website where yo...
Twitter announces a “continue thread” option, a new feature that links tweets together while they are being composed
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :
Source: Facebook is considering transparency measures around posts by political campaign staffers, due to concerns around Bloomberg campaign's use of the site
- Facebook is considering ways to show when a paid campaign staffer shares a political post on the site.
Tier Mobility, an e-scooter rental service operating in 55 cities across 11 countries, extends its Series B to $100M+, up from $60M disclosed in October
Tier, the European e-scooter rentals startup that operates in 55 cities across 11 countries, has topped up its funding for the second time in four months.
The European Data Protection Board, the EU's data protection advisor, says Google's acquisition of Fitbit entails “a high level of risk” to privacy rights
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Cloud-based HR software providers Kronos and Ultimate Software to merge, say the combined company will have revenues of ~$3B and an enterprise value of $22B
Sources: following Brexit, Google plans to move UK user accounts out of EU's jurisdiction and into the US', where privacy protections are weaker
Joseph Menn / Reuters :
Samsung Electronics names ex-finance minister Bahk Jae-wan as its new board chairman after his predecessor was jailed for union-busting activities
The Org, which is building a database of organizational charts of companies and claims to have 16K businesses profiled, raises $11M in seed and Series A rounds
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Tweets: @alexeheath and @coryweinberg Tweets: Alex Heath / @alexeheath : you can send all of Cory's seed capital checks to me for... bookkeeping purposes https://twitter....
A look at the data sharing practices of therapy apps like Better Help, which notify third parties when an app is opened and if a patient has suicidal thoughts
and especially mental health data-is some of the most valuable, and controversial. (via @Jezebel) https://jezebel.com/... Laura G. Hoffman / @lgh_dc : “[As soon as we downloaded the app], Better Help ...
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.