Microsoft is launching its Surface Duo dual-screen Android phone on September 10 for $1,399, with preorders starting today in the US
Microsoft is launching its Surface Duo dual-screen Android phone on September 10th, priced from $1,399. After months of Microsoft executives teasing …
Former Pinterest COO provides a detailed account of her claims about gender discrimination and toxic workplace culture with recommendations for the company
Pinterest has always been about aspiration. It is a platform for sharing beautiful images, curating galleries of an idealized world.
Former Pinterest COO accuses the company of gender bias in a new lawsuit, alleging she was fired in April after complaining about sexist treatment
Françoise Brougher, Pinterest's former chief operating officer, said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.
Microsoft commits to launching the Xbox Series X in November and will delay Halo Infinite until 2021
Halo Infinite will not be available until 2021 — Microsoft is committing to launching its next-generation Xbox Series X console in November. The company had previously only confirmed a vague …
Analysis: TikTok used an Android security hole to collect MAC addresses, possibly for ad tracking, without an ability to opt out; the practice ended in November
The tactic, which experts in mobile-phone security said was concealed through an unusual added layer of encryption, appears to have violated Google policies
Biden's VP pick Kamala Harris, who has close ties with tech execs and has dodged questions about breaking up Big Tech, is likely to generate excitement in SV
Sen. Kamala Harris has had a close relationship with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Foxconn says it plans to split supply chain between the Chinese and US markets as trade ties fracture and declares that China's time as world's factory is over
- Hon Hai planning separate supply lines for the two big markets — Company's earnings outperformed expectations but warns on Q3
Hands-on with a non-functioning Surface Duo prototype, which has two 5.6-inch OLED screens forming a 8.1-inch display, bound together by a unique hinge
Inside a little white box in front of me is a gadget that looks like a little book. The Microsoft Windows logo is embossed on top.
Trump's executive order to ban TikTok by Sept. 20 is a gross abuse of power and sets an alarming precedent for the executive branch's control over software
An alarming precedent for government control over software — For months, President Trump has been teasing some kind of ban on TikTok …
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says it will likely need to shut down for several months in California if it is forced to re-classify drivers as employees
- Uber would likely shut down temporarily for several months if a court does not overturn a recent ruling requiring it to classify its drivers …
Foxconn reported a better-than-expected Q2 quarterly profit of $778.54M, up 34% YoY, on $38B revenue, and says smartphone revenue dropped ~15% YoY
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer (2317.TW), reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday …
Microsoft fixes 17 critical and two zero-day flaws, including an actively-exploited RCE flaw in IE that can compromise PCs when users visit malicious sites
Microsoft says attackers have used a Windows zero-day to spoof file signatures and another RCE in the Internet Explorer scripting engine to execute code on users' devices.
Hands-on with Instagram's Reels: confusing, frustrating, impossible to navigate, and lacking TikTok's editing features
TikTok might not be winning over President Trump, but it sure beats its Instagram copycat for making and sharing short videos. — Millions of people have used …
NJ Supreme Court ruled that compelling a suspect to unlock their cell phone doesn't violate Fifth Amendment, following opposite ruling by Indiana SC in June
Courts are split on whether phone unlocking orders violate the Fifth Amendment. — New Jersey's Supreme Court has ruled …
Samsung Display reveals new generation of variable refresh rate mobile display panels, making its debut in the Note20 Ultra, helping lower device power usage
By now we've become quite familiar with high refresh-rate displays in the mobile space, as the first pioneering 90Hz devices …
After a $650M settlement in a biometric data collection case last month, Facebook faces a new suit alleging Instagram collects biometric data without consent
Facebook Inc. is facing new allegations that it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets the company's photo-sharing app Instagram.
Tencent Q2 profit beat estimates, surging to $4.7B, up 37% YoY, on revenue of $16.53B, up 29% YoY; online game revenue was $5.5B, up 40% YoY
- Tencent reported results for the three months to-June on Wednesday that beat analyst expectations in one of the fastest revenue-growing quarters in two years.
As Amazon joins SpaceX and OneWeb in launching satellite constellations, astronomers worry about the effects on astronomical observations and image quality
The F.C.C. approved the company's 3,236-satellite constellation, which aims to provide high-speed internet service around the world. Tweets: @fyiscipolicy , @nytscience , @nytscience , @mamabearkingdo...
LinkedIn says it has sold presentation-sharing service SlideShare to Scribd, which will take over its operation on September 24
SlideShare has a new owner, with LinkedIn selling the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed price. — According to LinkedIn …
A look at so-called Russian, encrypted, or “white” SIMs, used by criminals to spoof phone numbers, add voice manipulation to calls in real-time, and more
Criminals use so-called Russian, encrypted, or white SIMs to change their phone number, add voice manipulation to their calls … Tweets: @josephfcox , @brianroemmele , @lorenzofb , @kevincollier , @jos...
Gong, which uses AI to provide insights on customer behavior and improve sales, raises $200M Series D, at a $2.2B valuation, led by Coatue
Gong.io, a startup providing an “intelligence platform” for enterprise sales teams, today nabbed $200 million in funding at a $2.2 billion valuation …
Interview with Jorge Ríos, co-founder and CEO of Bridgefy, a popular protest app which uses mesh-networking tech for messaging without an internet access
Without intending to, this startup developed a messaging app used in protests from Hong Kong to Minneapolis — and found a Twitter co-founder as an investor along the way. Tweets: @anupkaphle , @cengiz...
Mozilla says it plans to lay off around 250 employees and is closing the company's current operations in Taipei, Taiwan
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Twitter says it is now letting anyone limit who can reply to their tweets to just those that follow the author or just the accounts that are tagged in the tweet
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A Texas federal jury said Apple should pay PanOptis and related companies $506M+ for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE technology
Dani Kass / Law360 :
Instagram has been taken over by “social justice slideshows” that use the 10-image carousel format to inform and educate about myriad issues
PowerPoint activism is everywhere on Instagram. Why do these posts look so familiar? — In 1971, to the backdrop of a funky jazz rhythm …
Google announces new features in its computer vision Lookout app, like document scanning, an Android Auto refresh, and Bedtime mode is no longer Pixel-exclusive
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A look at growing movements by gig economy workers in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador, protesting the conditions at UberEats, Rappi, and iFood
Martha Pskowski / VICE : Tweets: @vice , @vice , and @motherboard Tweets: @vice : “You make money but you don't live.” https://www.vice.com/... @vice : “Do you know what torture it is to go hungry wh...
Facebook says it removed 22.5M posts for violating hate speech policies in Q2, up 2x from Q1, and that 95% of the violations were caught using automated systems
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Finnish startup Varjo, which develops high resolution VR/XR headsets and VR technologies for enterprise applications, raises $54M Series C
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
US judge sides with Google in a lawsuit brought by Genius, which alleged that Google scraped lyrics in violation of copyright law
and even merited a mention during Congress' Big Tech hearing late last month. But Genius has just lost its lawsuit after judge concludes its legal claims are preempted... https://www.hollywoodreporter...
Pinterest says it is expanding its skin tone search tool, which debuted in US in 2018 and uses machine vision to sort beauty-related pins, to five more markets
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CuriosityStream, a streaming service for documentaries on science and history, has agreed to go public through a ~$330M merger with Software Acquisition Group
Bloomberg : Tweets: @curiositystream See also Mediagazer Tweets: @curiositystream : Big things happening! 🚨 https://www.bloomberg.com/... See also Mediagazer
While US adoption of the Google-Apple Exposure Notification API has been slow, 16 nations have used it in apps; Ireland's has 1.4M downloads since early July
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Filing breaks down Microsoft's revenue by product line and shows it made 15 acquisitions for a total amount of $2.4B in FY 2020, down from $9B the previous year
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Simpplr, which develops AI-powered intranet software for employee directories, raises $10M Series B led by Norwest Venture Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Tweets: @ichetan Tweets: @ichetan : Excellent. Disruption was long overdue in this space. Sharepoint + Active Directory + AI + SMAC Solution👍 https://twitter.com/...
Routable, a startup focused on streamlining B2B payments, comes out of stealth with $12M Series A from Y Combinator, Founders' Co-Op, and others
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Parallels Desktop 16 adds support for Big Sur, 3D in Metal, and zoom and rotate gestures on multitouch trackpads, and claims 20% faster DirectX performance
Samuel Axon / Ars Technica : Tweets: @arctictony See also Mediagazer Tweets: Tony Haile / @arctictony : Woah, I wonder how many publishers in Apple News+ realize that the new iOS14 and MacOS Big Sur ...
Sources: about a month before BigCommerce's successful IPO, Intuit offered to buy the company for $1.5B
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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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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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