Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review: 120Hz screen is nice and battery life is good but the main camera often acts like a first-gen product with first-gen problems
A new-generation camera with first-generation problems — Samsung has something to prove. — That's the most obvious feeling …
Google officially adds support for Google Earth on Firefox, Edge, and Opera browsers, says it is working on adding support for Safari
When Google unveiled the new Google Earth back in 2017, it switched Google Earth from being a desktop application to a web application.
Report: Rajeev Misra, head of the $100B Vision Fund, is accused of sabotaging other SoftBank execs for career advancement; Misra and SoftBank deny allegations
- Rajeev Misra, the head of SoftBank's $100 billion Vision Fund, is accused of overseeing a plan to lure SoftBank's then-president into a … Source: Wall Street Journal .
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says TikTok is “fundamentally parasitic”, always listening, and its fingerprinting technology is “truly terrifying”
TikTok is one of the hottest social media platforms but the CEO of Reddit had some harsh words for the popular app …
Sources: Nokia is working with advisers to explore strategic options ranging from asset sales to mergers
- Company working with advisers to consider asset sales, mergers — Equipment maker has cut outlook amid fierce competition — Nokia Oyj is exploring strategic options …
DoorDash announces it has confidentially filed documents for an IPO with the SEC
Food delivery service DoorDash announced Thursday it has taken a first step toward a public offering. — DoorDash said it has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchang...
Online gaming platform Roblox raises $150M led by a16z's Late Stage Venture fund, reportedly at a $4B valuation; Roblox was valued at $2.5B+ as of last year
Online gaming platform Roblox, now home to 115 million largely Gen Z players per month, announced today it has raised $150 million … Source: Wall Street Journal .
Samsung says the S20 series came with its first dedicated security chip, called the Secure Element, separating memory from main storage
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Square beats Q4 expectations with revenue of $1.31B, up 41% YoY, says its Cash App has 24M MAUs, up 60% YoY, with a profit of $144M; stock up ~6% after hours
The company reported its fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday. — Square reported its fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday.
Sources: Apple has lost a pair of veteran execs from manufacturing, supply chain, and operations groups who had key roles in the production of major devices
- Company's vice president of manufacturing design departs — Operations executive who worked on iPhone discussing exit
Sources: Walmart plans to start publicly testing a membership program called Walmart+ as soon as next month to compete with Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime has devastated traditional retail. Walmart is about to fight back. — When Amazon launched a funky membership program called Amazon Prime in 2005 …
Ninth Circuit court affirms YouTube, as a private company, did not violate free speech rights when it tagged some of PragerU's videos as age-restricted in 2017
A top right-wing, nonprofit organization known for publishing conservative videos on YouTube has lost an appeal against Google, the owner of the video-sharing platform.
Apple Watch largely does not detect or categorize AFib at a heart rate greater than 120 beats per minute, which may give some users a false sense of security
The success of the Apple Watch is unprecedented: In five short years, the Apple Watch has outsold the entire Swiss watch industry …
At Apple's shareholder meeting, Tim Cook says Apple will open its online store in India this year, with physical stores in 2021, and addresses COVID-19 concerns
- CEO hints wearables sales $40 billion; equal to Marriott, Visa — Company plans to open retail stores in India next year
Square reports nearly half of its $361M Cash App revenue in Q4 came from bitcoin transactions, totaling $178M, up 240% YoY
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Several high-profile Instagram accounts switch to private to avoid scrutiny when posting sponsored content for Bloomberg's campaign
The Bloomberg campaign is putting out more memes on private Instagram accounts — and running faster than Facebook can keep up.
OpenAI's Jeff Clune shares a new ML algorithm, ANML, which can learn 600 sequential tasks with minimal catastrophic forgetting, a long-standing challenge of AI
People learn differently from neural networks. If a human comes back to a sport after years away, they might be rusty …
Microsoft says it will likely miss its guidance for its More Personal Computing segment, which includes Windows, due to COVID-19's impact on its supply chain
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Google adds five new languages to Translate, including Uyghur, Turkmen, and Tatar, its first additions in four years, bringing its total to 108
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South Africa-based Jumo, which partners with financial service providers and telecoms to offer lending, savings, and insurance services, raises $55M
African fintech has scored yet another major investment win: Jumo, a five-year old fintech startup has raised $55 million in debt and equity funding.
Uber Eats head Jason Droege steps down and is replaced by VP Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty as the company exits some markets amid growing competition
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Facebook has hired the World Economic Forum's former head of tech policy Zvika Krieger as its new director of responsible innovation
Facebook has hired the World Economic Forum's former head of technology policy, Zvika Krieger, as its new director of responsible innovation, Axios has learned.
Declassified study: NSA system to analyze American domestic call and text logs cost $100M from 2015 to 2019 and yielded only one significant investigation
Earlier today, the House Committee … Bruce Schneier / Schneier on Security : Newly Declassified Study Demonstrates Uselessness of NSA's Phone Metadata Program Richard Lawler / Engadget : NYT: $100 mil...
Qure.ai, which uses AI to spot abnormalities in chest and brain scans, raises $16M led by Sequoia India
More than 10.4 million people were infected with tuberculosis in 2016, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1.7 million of those people died …
Bug in Cypress and Broadcom Wi-Fi chips meant billions of devices, many now patched, were left open to eavesdropping; Apple, Amazon, and others were affected
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Apple asks game developers with in-app purchases in China to submit game licenses by June 30, enforcing China's 2016 rule requiring state approval of games
Josh Ye / Abacus :
A look at the role of accessibility consultants in the video game industry, whose efforts are beginning to become standard practice within the industry
Grant Stoner / Washington Post : Tweets: @launcherwp , @theesa , @rangerstation , and @respect_ability Tweets: Launcher / @launcherwp : ICYMI: Accessibility consultants have quietly shaped the way we...
Q&A with Steven Levy on his new book, “Facebook: The Inside Story”, Instagram, interviewing Facebook executives, and the company's future after Mark Zuckerberg
and undeniably self-serving — goal with a tragic disregard for consequences,” Levy writes of Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/... Andrew Adonis / @andrew_adonis : ‘The eye of Sauron’ https://www.theti...
Profile of Visible Figures, a support network founded in 2016 for black women startup founders that now has more than 100 members as it plots expansion
begging for money, begging for mentorship, begging for resources.” https://onezero.medium.com/... Drew Costley / @drewcostley : .@digiundiv estimated that startups with a Black woman founder had, on a...
Ribbon Health, which builds a data platform of doctors, insurance plans, and costs for healthcare companies, raises $10.25M Series A led by a16z
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Judge allows class action lawsuit against Ripple, which alleges the company misrepresented its XRP currency as a security, to proceed
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk :
A look at the current state of IoT in monitoring biodiversity loss and climate change, with examples of how it is being used to monitor vulnerable ecosystems
Charles McLellan / TechRepublic : Tweets: @vodafoneiot , @techrepublic , @techrepublic , @techrepublic , and @techrepublic . Thanks: @steveranger Tweets: Vodafone IoT / @vodafoneiot : .@TechRepublic ...
YC shares learnings across 190 Series A rounds, providing a term sheet that's the “fairest one possible”, an extensive Series A Guide, and more
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Profile of Downdetector, a resource for determining website and platform outages; Downdetector relies almost exclusively on user reports since 2001
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic : Tweets: @mattnavarra , @kait_tiffany , and @slaskow Tweets: Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : A glimpse inside the place we all head when Twitter or Facebook is down http...
Box beats Q4 expectations with revenue of $183.6M, up 12% YoY, says its achieved first full year of non-GAAP profitability; stock is up ~8% after hours
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Facebook says it has paused use of the election reminder feature in the EU after the Irish DPC raised concerns about what data it collects and how it is used
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
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
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