[ad_1] But Made in Space is a rare bootstrapped business that’s growing fast in the industry. So far, the company has financed its operations with a series of government grants, revenue from research and development partnerships and sales of its services or systems. Made in Space previously developed smaller 3-D printers and installed them on…
[ad_1] Kodi users can now access a swathe of new features thanks to the latest update to the popular TV player. The team behind the software have just announced the release of v18 Leia – Alpha 2 which includes numerous changes and fixes to stability. A message on Twitter revealed the news with a tweet…
[ad_1] WhatsApp users have begun a trail of new payments service via the hugely popular app. The Facebook-owned company has been working on bringing a payments system to the app since last year and now almost one million people are testing it. Once WhatsApp fully implements the functionality it will rival the likes of Apple…
[ad_1] Samsung fans in the UK can now pre-order the new Galaxy S9 in Titanium Grey. This new colour has just been announced in an exclusive deal with Carphone Warehouse and Mobiles.co.uk. Both the S9 and larger S9+ are available in Titanium Grey and there’s even an offer to get 256GB storage on the S9+ for…
[ad_1] Sky and Virgin Media may have just announced deals with Netflix but one thing they still don’t offer is access to Amazon Prime Video content. But that might change very quickly as one of their biggest rivals has just announced a new partnership with the popular streaming service. BT has revealed that customers who…
[ad_1] Google Pixel fans have an exciting few months ahead. This popular smartphone brand looks almost certain to get a major refresh with a launch of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL expected in October. Rumours are rife that these devices will bring more power and extra features to the brand and here are…
[ad_1] Australia take on Ireland in the final test of the series at the Allianz Stadium, Sydney this morning. It’s set to be another classic with the rivals heading into the match with one win each. Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony reckons a series win in Australia would rank alongside his team’s Grand Slam success. It…
[ad_1] Apple is finally taking action on the notorious butterfly-switch keyboard in the MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. Apple on Friday finally admitted the issue that has been occurring with some MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards. Apple has acknowledged that a “small percentage of keyboards in certain MacBook and MacBook Pro models” may have the…
[ad_1] Apple is finally taking action on the notorious butterfly-switch keyboard in the MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. Apple on Friday finally admitted the issue that has been occurring with some MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards. Apple has acknowledged that a “small percentage of keyboards in certain MacBook and MacBook Pro models” may have the…
[ad_1] We only know of one planet in our universe that harbours life: Earth. So it’s logical that humanity has focused its search for life beyond our world on planetary bodies. But a new study suggests that we may be leaving out a larger chunk of the cosmos: moons. In a new study published in The…
[ad_1] Google’s Chrome browser has had a swathe of handy updates recently that allow you to get around the web faster and more easily than ever. With over one billion users, Chrome is officially the world’s most popular browser but many won’t have spotted the new features or know how to use them. Luckily you’ve found…
[ad_1] Brazil vs Costa Rica LIVE STREAM: Brazil face Costa Rica at the Krestovsky Stadium today in a match they simply must win. The favourites were underwhelming in their first game against Switzerland and only managed a 1-1 draw. Brazil must now make sure they don’t suffer the same fate as Argentina who are now…
[ad_1] Canada’s BlackBerry signaled slowing sales in its software and services business as it switches to a subscription-based model, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent. The company forecast 8 percent to 10 percent growth for the business in 2019, compared with 20 percent in 2018, overshadowing its first-quarter revenue and profit beat. BlackBerry will…
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro owners are about to get a free extra feature on their phone thanks to a new update to the slow motion video camera. Huawei appears to be adding a 960 frames per second super slow motion video recording mode to the P20 Pro triple camera smartphone soon. According to an XDA…
[ad_1] Xiaomi, a Chinese startup that helped pioneer the trend toward ultra-low-priced smartphones, is preparing for what would be the biggest initial public offering since e-commerce giant Alibaba’s in 2014. The 8-year-old is a star among the Chinese unicorns, a term that refers to startup companies that are valued at more than $1 billion (roughly…
[ad_1] Google is updating its Android P mobile operating system ahead of its launch later this year and it looks like biometrics is getting upgraded. Biometrics work across lots of devices right now, with facial recognition, fingerprint reading and iris detection appearing in many smartphones. These extra layers of security not only make it easier…
[ad_1] Despite a call for withdrawal by experts, Facebook has decided to expand the reach of Messenger Kids by introducing the video calling and messaging app designed for children under 13 to families in Canada and Peru. The Messenger Kids app was launched in the US last year. Facebook on Friday said it will also…
[ad_1] The new Samsung Galaxy S10 has leaked in a photo that shows off a radical new screen design. It appears the new S10 display could be a true edge-to-edge screen that is free from buttons, sensors, cameras and speakers. The leaked image comes from Ice Universe, a so far reliable source that has had…
[ad_1] Nigeria and Iceland battle it out in the second round of Group D fixtures. And both teams will be hoping to capitalise on Argentina’s shock 3-0 defeat to Croatia. A win for Iceland would take them to four points, which would leave them on the brink of qualifying for the knockout stages. A victory…
[ad_1] ZTE Corp is expected to deposit $400 million in an escrow account in a U.S. bank in the “next couple of days,” the last step the Chinese company must take before a ban on U.S. suppliers can be lifted, a U.S. Department of Commerce official told Reuters on Friday. ZTE, which makes smart phones…
[ad_1] Amazon Echo is the first steps into a truly smart, digital home-space, with voice controls allowing you to manage your home without ever lifting a finger. The speaker from Amazon has several helpful features to let users instantly play the music they want, control the lighting or electricity, and even buy products from the website without having to…
[ad_1] World Cup 2018 has drawn in a global audience, with millions of football fans worldwide cheering on their nation on their World Cup campaign. The tournament has been sensational so far, with each game taking fans through a rollercoaster of emotions. The World Cup can be watched on pretty much any device you may have, including…
[ad_1] YouTube stars are back at it again as KSI enters the ring to take on the controversial Logan Paul in a boxing match. The British Youtube famous for his larger-than-life personality recently fought a fellow YouTuber Joe Weller, beating him by stoppage. More than 25 million views were gained by KSI’s fight versus Joe…
[ad_1] The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is taking issue with renewed allegations that the national spy agency isn’t handling innocent Canadians’ electronic data properly. In its annual report, tabled in the House of Commons Wednesday, the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) called CSIS out for not fully complying with a 2016 federal court ruling…
[ad_1] A Conception Bay South, N.L., man is warning people who own cars with high-tech safety systems that replacing a windshield is not the simple process it used to be. In fact, he says, it can be a safety hazard. “I thought it was a pretty standard procedure,” Mike Ash told CBC News. But he soon…
[ad_1] Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the “safety” driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber was distracted and streaming a television show on her phone right up until about the time of a fatal accident in March, deeming the crash that rocked the nascent industry “entirely avoidable.” A 318-page report from the…
[ad_1] The Hawaii Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in an appeal that could determine whether an embattled multi-nation telescope project can be built on a mountain Indigenous Hawaiians consider sacred or have to move to a backup site in Spain’s Canary Islands that’s less desirable to scientists hoping to use the instrument for groundbreaking discoveries. Much…
[ad_1] If you think President Donald Trump has gotten as aggressive as he’ll get on the trade front, “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. With steel and aluminum tariffs already in place and more on the horizon, the “Mad Money” host didn’t expect the president to let up on his trade…
[ad_1] Red Hat’s stock may have just had its worst trading day since 2006 after the company’s earnings guidance underwhelmed Wall Street, but that won’t matter in the longer term, CEO Jim Whitehurst told CNBC on Friday. “If I could change anything” about the post-earnings conference call, “I would encourage investors to look long-term,” Whitehurst,…
[ad_1] Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook stands in front of an MacBook on display after an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 9, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Apple just launched a free repair program for users with faulty keyboards on some MacBook and MacBook Pro computers.…
[ad_1] Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced $167.4 million to support the recovery of three key whale species in Canada, particularly B.C.’s southern resident killer whale population. “The whales need our help,” Garneau said. “We must act now because the whales can’t wait.” For the orca population in the Salish Sea, in particular, the federal…
[ad_1] Here’s another reason for keeping raccoons out of your compost bin: our leftovers are giving them high blood sugar. A new study by a group of Ontario researchers found that raccoons with easy access to human food waste were significantly heavier and had higher blood glucose levels than others. Lead author Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde, a professor…
[ad_1] ChinaFotoPress | Getty Images Lei Jun, chairman and CEO of China’s Xiaomi Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi awarded founder and CEO Lei Jun about $1.5 billion in stock, one of the biggest corporate paydays in history, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The company gave Lei the stock to “reward him for his contributions” ahead…
[ad_1] Specifically, factory workers can log details into the MOS about whether or not the body of a Model 3 is completely assembled, whether specific items have been installed (such as steering wheels, air bags or rocker mold), and the torque levels used on factory equipment to put the Model 3s together. MOS also tracks…
[ad_1] Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster rockets land at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 6, 2018. The space industry is valued at over $350 billion but Morgan Stanley is telling its clients to pay attention to a market that could grow very quickly, as the firm said…
[ad_1] Management turnover at Intel will not negatively impact the company’s business momentum, according Credit Suisse. The firm reiterated its outperform rating for the chipmaker’s shares, predicting the company will generate strong earnings results next year. On Thursday Intel announced the resignation of its CEO Brian Krzanich for his infraction of the company’s non-fraternization policy.…
[ad_1] Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced $167.4 million to support the recovery of three key whale species in Canada, particularly B.C.’s southern resident killer whale population. “The whales need our help,” Garneau said. “We must act now because the whales can’t wait.” For the orca population in the Salish Sea, in particular, the federal…
[ad_1] Set the “days without a Facebook privacy problem” counter to zero. This week, an alarmed developer contacted TechCrunch, informing us that their Facebook App Analytics weekly summary email had been delivered to someone outside their company. It contains sensitive business information, including weekly average users, page views and new users. Forty-three hours after we…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Flags fly outside of a Tesla building in Fremont, California. Tesla confirmed a Thursday night fire contained to a cardboard bailing machine at its Fremont, California, factory, where the Model 3 electric sedan is being built. It is the latest in a series of fires to…
[ad_1] One prominent Wall Street analyst is questioning how Tesla may be allocating its expenses across different businesses. Bernstein reiterated its market perform rating for Tesla shares, citing its concerns over the electric car maker’s declining profit margin in its “Services and Other” business segment. “Tesla reports revenues and gross margins each quarter for its…
[ad_1] Just days after Google debuted its own Podcasts app, Pocket Casts, one of the most popular apps for listening to podcasts, on Thursday announced that the company’s previously closed private beta on Android (Google Play) is now open to the public with version 6.4.14. This development will allow users to now try out the…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images John Chen, chief executive officer of BlackBerry Ltd. Canadian software maker BlackBerry on Friday reported quarterly revenue and profit that topped analysts’ estimates, driven by strong growth in its high-margin software and services business. U.S.-listed shares of BlackBerry rose 2.6 percent to $11.89 in premarket trading.…
[ad_1] Urban transportation app Citymapper quietly rolled out an app update that lets you find many alternative mobility services in the app. You can now find the nearest dockless bike or electric scooter around you (not the Bird and Lime kind, the motorcycle kind). The integrations are already live in many cities. The company didn’t…
[ad_1] Google Assistant’s Continued Conversation functionality, one of the most compelling announcements at Google I/O 2018, is finally live. The search giant has announced that the new feature is ready to roll out for all users. Continued Conversation lets Google Assistant in devices understand multiple conversations in a way that mimics regular human interactions. Starting…
[ad_1] Electronic Arts shares will rise due to the success of its subscription gaming services, according to one Wall Street firm. Needham reiterated its buy rating for EA shares, saying its subscription business is already worth $3 billion to the company. “We believe that EA is building a Netflix for video games,” analyst Laura Martin…
[ad_1] Are you ready for some scary numbers? After months of Mark Zuckerberg talking about how “Protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profits”, Facebook is preparing to turn that commitment into a Time Well Spent product. Buried in Facebook’s Android app is an unreleased “Your Time On Facebook” feature. It shows the…
[ad_1] In what appears to be the latest salvo in a new, wired form of protest, developer Sam Lavigne posted code that scrapes LinkedIn to find Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee accounts. His code, which basically a Python-based tool that scans LinkedIn for keywords, is gone from Github and Gitlab and Medium took down his…
[ad_1] YouTube said on Thursday that video uploaders with more than 100,000 followers could start paid fan clubs on the service, one of several new features aimed at helping itself and its users diversify revenue after a turbulent year. The unit of Alphabet’s Google said it was investing in reducing reliance on advertisers, who deliver billions…
[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday imposed limits on the ability of police to obtain cellphone data pinpointing the past location of criminal suspects in a victory for digital privacy advocates and a setback for law enforcement authorities. In the 5-4 ruling, the court said police generally need a court-approved warrant to get access…
[ad_1] Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized…
[ad_1] Google has updated its Files Go app that brings a new Share tab. The update also includes file extraction support and enables a faster offline sharing experience. The fresh Files Go build surfaces days after the app was launched in China. In addition to supporting a list of Indian languages, such as Hindi, Punjabi,…
[ad_1] Polls conducted by CNN and Quinnipiac found that two-thirds of Americans are strongly opposed to the policy, with Democrats all strongly opposed, and Republicans split on the policy. According to Pew Research Center data published two days ago, voter engagement is higher than in previous midterm elections, and Americans’ views of the president —…
[ad_1] Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week TechCrunch’s Silicon Valley Editor Connie Loizos and I jammed out on a couple topics as Alex Wilhelm was out managing his fake stock game spreadsheets or something. (The jury is out on whether this was…
[ad_1] Final Cut Pro X, Apple’s flagship software for desktop video editing, has received its latest software update on the Mac App store, as has the company’s audio creation software GarageBand on iOS and macOS. Final Cut Pro’s version 10.4.3 brings support for viewing and editing ProRes RAW files from the DJI Inspire 2, a…
[ad_1] Leah Millis | Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen through reflective glass as he sits in the office of Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) while he waits for a meeting in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2018. The sustainability practice of a large European asset management firm is banning…
[ad_1] Google-owned YouTube has announced several new updates to the platform including the new “Premieres” feature that would allow creators to debut pre-recorded videos as a live moment. Premieres are starting to roll out to creators today and will be available broadly soon, Neal Mohan, YouTube’s Chief Product Officer, said in a blog post on…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors The language employed by Tesla’s Elon Musk when speaking on earnings calls is at the level of a 12-year-old, according to a report from CB Insights. Stretching back to 2011, the research firm has carried out…
[ad_1] After its CES 2018 gaming announcements, Corsair has now launched two gaming keyboards. The Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 and Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2 range of mechanical gaming keyboards are available worldwide through authorised retailers and distributors, as well as direct from the Corsair.com Web store. Both the keyboards integrate Cherry MX mechanical key switches…
[ad_1] Another thing to think about when you’re shooting video is how you plan to use it. This will dictate which orientation you want to capture it in. Most of the time you will want to shoot with your phone on its side. As a pro shooter, I always shoot this way because most of…
[ad_1] Niantic has begun a gradual rollout of the new features – trading, friends, and gifts – announced earlier this week for Pokemon Go. The first players to get it were those at trainer level 40 or above starting midnight Friday, and it expanded to level 30 or above in next few hours. At this…
[ad_1] Cheating husbands and wives might be most common in Seattle, according to a report from infidelity website Ashley Madison. The dating site for married men and women analyzed its 2017 data, and revealed which cities had the most member signups per capita in a release shared with USA TODAY. The data specifically was pulled…
[ad_1] Facebook Messenger now gives you a reason to make friends who primarily speak Spanish as it has received the anticipated update to let users translate messages from Spanish to English and vice-versa. The new translation functionality comes through the artificial intelligence (AI) backed M Translations that Facebook had unveiled at its F8 developer conference…
[ad_1] First, UMC lured away engineers from Micron’s Taiwan operations with promises of raises and bonuses, according to the Taiwanese authorities. Then, it asked them to bring some of Micron’s secrets with them, according to Micron’s court filings and the authorities. The engineers illegally took with them more than 900 files that contained key specifications…
[ad_1] Facebook announced at F8 that WhatsApp is getting group calling and stickers as well. Now, WhatsApp beta version 2.18.189 for Android shows a new Sticker Reactions feature is being tested, but as with other sticker-related features, is still disabled by default. WABetaInfo reports that WhatsApp begun testing the stickers feature on the Android app…
[ad_1] Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the “safety” driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber was distracted and streaming a television show on her phone right up until about the time of a fatal accident in March, deeming the crash that rocked the nascent industry “entirely avoidable.” A 318-page report from the…
[ad_1] Microsoft has introduced visual search to many of its services. Users can now open the phone camera to take a snapshot of something around them and search for it on the Web. This feature is live only for the US users for now using the Bing app on iOS and Android, and Microsoft Launcher…
[ad_1] Electric car maker Tesla’s move last week to cut 9 percent of its workforce will sharply downsize the residential solar business it bought two years ago in a controversial $2.6 billion deal, according to three internal company documents and seven current and former Tesla solar employees. The latest cuts to the division that was…
[ad_1] Google Measure, the app that was initially a part of the devices supporting Project Tango, has now reached devices supporting ARCore. The app is designed to let users use augmented reality (AR) technology to measure objects in the real world. It was originally launched in 2016 as one of the key Google apps supporting…
[ad_1] University of Alberta researchers have discovered a new species of ancient underwater lizards in a fossil so well preserved they can see what it had for lunch. “We know what it was eating,” said Ilaria Paparella, a PhD candidate who worked on the fossil. “We have a tiny fish bone in the stomach.” Fossils…
[ad_1] G Suite of Google has introduced several new features in the latest update to Google Vault. To recall, the Google Vault is a product that lets you retain, hold, search, and export data to support your organisation’s archiving and eDiscovery needs. It supports emails, chats in classic Hangouts with history turned on and Google…
[ad_1] For the third time this decade, one of the world’s rarest whales has been spotted off the B.C. coast, but scientists say it’s too early to know if the species is recovering from being hunted to near extinction. The crew aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Vector caught sight of the young North Pacific…
[ad_1] States may force online retailers to collect potentially billions of dollars in sales taxes, the US Supreme Court said in a major ruling on Thursday that undercut an advantage many e-commerce companies have enjoyed over brick-and-mortar rivals. In a 5-4 ruling reviving a South Dakota law challenged by Wayfair, Overstock.com and Newegg, the justices overturned a…
[ad_1] After media reports showed how the location of cellphone users in the U.S. and Canada could be obtained without their consent, wireless carriers in the U.S. say they will scale back the location data-sharing relationships that allowed the privacy breaches to happen in the first place. But in Canada, it’s still business as usual —…
[ad_1] PayPal Holdings has agreed to acquire fraud prevention technology company Simility for $120 million (roughly Rs. 812 crores) in cash, it said on Thursday. Palo Alto, California-based Simility sells machine-learning-based technology to help online merchants spot fraudsters and improve risk management. PayPal plans to make Simility’s services available to its merchants following the close of…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Susan Wojcicki, chief executive officer of YouTube Inc., introduces the company’s new television subscription service at the YouTube Space LA venue in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Google-owned video-sharing service YouTube has announced new features to help creators make money on the…
[ad_1] Earlier this year, a group of influential software engineers in Google’s cloud division surprised their superiors by refusing to work on a cutting-edge security feature. Known as “air gap,” the technology would have helped Google win sensitive military contracts. The coders weren’t persuaded their employer should be using its technological might to help the…
[ad_1] Read story transcript Researcher and bird enthusiast Pepper Trail has been haunted by an unusual case that began in 2013 when a box full of dead hummingbirds arrived in his Ashland, Ore., lab. There were about 70 of them — carefully dried, dressed with red satin threads and packaged with a Spanish prayer printed on…
[ad_1] Microsoft Store has received an update on both Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile. The changelog of the update includes new features such as a new drop-down menu that will consolidate all items depending on Window Size, replacing the default back arrow for native Windows 10 apps with an icon next to Home, and…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined First Nations leaders Thursday to announce a partnership with 14 B.C. North Coast First Nations in managing and protecting marine ecosystems along two-thirds of B.C.’s north coast. The press conference, held in Prince Rupert, was scheduled to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day. <a href=”https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@JustinTrudeau</a> in Prince Rupert for announcement…
[ad_1] While Nvidia may be suffering from an excessive stock of 10 series GeForce GPUs, it appears that other divisions of the company have been faring better thanks to the Nintendo Switch. While Nvidia doesn’t regularly announce how much money its gaming business makes from GPUs and the Nintendo Switch, its recent financial results do…
[ad_1] A special edition Turtle Island emoji can be activated on Twitter by using certain hashtags during the month of June. The emoji, designed by Anishinaabe artist Nancy King who goes by the name Chief Lady Bird, was created in honour of Indigenous History Month. Twitter reached out to Chief Lady Bird in May about the project.…
[ad_1] Pivotal Research Group became on Thursday the second Wall Street research firm to slap a $500 price target on Netflix this week as analysts’ love of the stock hits a fever pitch. Analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak raised his 12-month price target on the video-streaming giant to $500 from $420 per share. Wlodarczak’s new price target…
[ad_1] His comments come after his surprise departure from WPP earlier this year following the announcement of an investigation into alleged personal misconduct, which he denies. Sorrell is at the festival to promote his new venture, S4 Capital, that aims to have c-suite executives as clients. “S4 capital is going to try and deal at…
[ad_1] CNBC's Todd Haselton says Amazon's Fire TV Cube is so good that he now wants one for every TV in his home. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Google parent company Alphabet is in discussions to spin out a molten-salt energy storage project in a transaction with Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a $1 billion fund devoted to energy research, MIT Technology Review reported. It is unclear if a deal has been finalized or how much money may be involved. Nobel Prize winner Robert…
[ad_1] Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Foxconn’s booth at the CES Asia 2018 show in Shanghai, China, on June 13, 2018. Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer and a major supplier for Apple, said on Friday the biggest challenge the company is facing is the threat of a trade war between Washington…
[ad_1] Looking past ousted Intel CEO Brian Krzanich’s personal issues, Intel’s stock is too cheap at these levels, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. Shares of the chipmaker slid 2.38 percent on Thursday after Krzanich resigned, effective immediately, for having what the company called a “consensual relationship with an Intel employee.” The relationship violated Intel’s strict…
[ad_1] Even a sprawling technology player like Microsoft might have trouble going after cybersecurity company Okta’s business, CEO Todd McKinnon told CNBC on Thursday. Okta, which came public in April 2017 to huge fanfare, saw its shares surge 38 percent on its first day of trading. Shares of the company, which builds software to make…
[ad_1] Thom Baur | Reuters A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launchpad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 6, 2018. SpaceX’s behemoth Falcon Heavy rocket has won U.S. Air Force’s certification before even launching a second time, marking another milestone for CEO Elon Musk’s space venture.…
[ad_1] Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized…
[ad_1] Jim Cramer breaks down why cloud-based enterprise software stocks are still red-hot despite Red Hat’s guidance. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Chevrolet is bringing back its Blazer nameplate, but it is not the rugged truck-based SUV it once was. Chevrolet unveiled the new 2019 Blazer on Thursday, and it is a five-passenger, mid-size crossover that will fit between the slightly larger mid-size Traverse SUV and Chevy’s compact Equinox crossover. The vehicle shares a name with…
[ad_1] When CNBC’s Jim Cramer listened to Micron Technology’s conference call, he found himself considerably less skeptical about the chipmaker’s fate than most of the analysts. “I’m a believer,” the “Mad Money” host said Thursday. “I’m out on a limb here.” But, he admitted, “I think it’s worth the risk.” Micron, which makes flash memory…
[ad_1] Just three months after the head of Amazon‘s massive marketplace left the company for WeWork, the highest ranking remaining executive in the business has been stripped of much of his authority. Peter Faricy, the vice president of the Amazon Marketplace and a 12-year company veteran, currently has no direct reports except for his assistant,…
[ad_1] Tax preparation company Avalara soared as much as 33 percent Thursday after a historic Supreme Court decision on collecting sales tax from e-commerce. The stock later pared its gains, but still ended the session 13 percent higher at $51.04. The Supreme Court’s Thursday decision means states can collect sales tax from online sellers even…
[ad_1] Red Hat stock fell by more than 10 percent on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter of its 2019 fiscal year but lower-than-expected guidance. Here’s how the company performed: Earnings: Excluding certain items, 72 cents per share, vs. 69 cents per share as expected by analysts, according to Thomson…
[ad_1] Most of Amazon’s competitors, like Wayfair or Overstock, are in a more difficult position because they haven’t been as rigorous or complete about collecting sales tax in states they don’t have a physical presence. Now that they could have to collect tax throughout much of the U.S., beating Amazon on price will become even…
[ad_1] Her doctor confirmed a different diagnosis: Sjogren’s Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that attacks the glands responsible for making tears and saliva, causing dry mouth and dry eyes. The classic sign of autoimmune diseases, which are more common among women, is inflammation, and Lazos’ gynecologist suggested that an anti-inflammatory diet might eventually help reverse hers.…
[ad_1] People should get paid for work they have done. It’s a pretty simple principle of capitalism, but a principle that seems increasingly violated in the modern economy. With semi-monthly paychecks, the work an employee does on the first day of the month won’t be paid until the end of the third week — a…
[ad_1] Competition for technology is a major driver in the surge of mergers and acquisitions in 2018. Four out of 10 acquisitions of technology companies have come from companies in other industries, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ deals team said in their mid-year review and outlook released Thursday. The consumer and retail industry has made the most purchases of…
[ad_1] The decision will level the playing field between online and brick-and-mortar retailers, industry leaders say. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Artificial intelligence, or AI as it’s widely known, might be one of the hottest buzzwords right now, but the core technology behind it isn’t something new, especially for technology giants like Google and Microsoft that have been working in this area for years. As recent advancements in the area have started to impact technology…
[ad_1] Louis Ascui | Fairfax | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Square and Twitter. Square has a large untapped opportunity to offer more services to the restaurant industry, according to one Wall Street firm. Nomura Instinet reiterated its buy rating for Square shares, predicting the payment company’s new offering called “Square for…
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg is the wealthiest he has ever been and is poised to overtake Warren Buffett in net worth. The two founders remain neck and neck on Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Thursday, both worth an estimated $81.6 billion, with Zuckerberg’s Facebook fortune rising and Buffett’s net worth falling. (The daily ranking of billionaire net…
[ad_1] Facebook’s been criticized for tearing America apart, but now it will try to help us forge bonds with our neighbors to the south. Facebook Messenger will now offer optional auto-translation of English to Spanish and vice-versa for all users in the United States and Mexico. It’s a timely launch given the family separation troubles…
[ad_1] Rather than resisting data collection, society should double down on it — so long as people are appropriately compensated, technology pioneer Jaron Lanier argued. “We should think about data as a new way that people provide value. Instead of taking it, we should tell people, ‘You’re valuable in this new way,’” Lanier said on…
[ad_1] Match Group – Tinder’s parent company – has acquired 51 per cent stake in long-term dating app Hinge, also dubbed the anti-Tinder app, the media reported. This comes just weeks after social networking giant Facebook announced that it wants to introduce a match-making feature. “Match Group, which already owns platforms like OkCupid, Match and…
[ad_1] A Tesla spokesperson told CNBC that Martin Tripp, an ex-employee who the company is suing for alleged data theft and hacking, may have threatened to attack the company’s Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada. The spokesperson said: “Yesterday afternoon, we received a phone call from a friend of Mr. Tripp telling us that Mr. Tripp would…
[ad_1] Nomadic, a Japanese brand sold by JetPens in the US, makes some of my favorite bags and backpacks . The Wise Walker Toto was an amazing little bag and I’ve always enjoyed the size, materials, and design. The $89 Nomadic NF-02 is no different. The best thing about this 15×7 inch backpack is the…
[ad_1] We all like to use the autofill and built-in password manager features offered by Web browsers such as Google Chrome, as well as, some third-party password managers in order to save time and avoid the trouble of remembering dozens of credentials. Chrome has an inbuilt password manager that lets users sync between various devices.…
[ad_1] States have broad authority to force online retailers to collect potentially billions of dollars worth of sales taxes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, siding with South Dakota in its high-profile fight with e-commerce companies. The justices, in a 5-4 ruling against Wayfair, Overstock.com and Newegg, overturned a 1992 Supreme Court precedent that…
[ad_1] WP Standard – formerly called Whipping Post Leather – makes rugged leather bags, totes, and briefcases and their Rucksack is one of my favorites. Designed to look like something a Pony Express rider would slip on for a visit to town, this $275 is sturdy, handsome, and ages surprisingly well. There are some trade-offs,…
[ad_1] The Google Account interface have been revamped to make it easier for users to update their privacy and security settings. The new development is initially heading to Android, though the update will also make way to the Web and iOS sometime later this year. There are simpler ways to navigate your account and review…
[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he was “stunned” by news that Brian Krzanich had resigned as Intel chairman and CEO. However, the “Mad Money” host added he is confident that others can take charge at the tech company, which has seen its shares rise more than 54 percent over the past year. Krzanich “was…
[ad_1] Jamie Lendino Contributor By the first few months of 1982, it had become more common to see electronics stores, toy stores, and discount variety stops selling 2600 games. This was before Electronics Boutique, Software Etc., and later, GameStop . Mostly you bought games at stores that sold other electronic products, like Sears or Consumer…
[ad_1] Alto’s Odyssey (Review) was launched a few months ago for iOS users, and now Android users are set to get it too. The game app is up for pre-registration, and will be made available in July. Pre-registration is for all those users who want to be notified as soon as the game arrives on…
[ad_1] This year’s Amazon Prime Day is reportedly scheduled to start around midday July 16 and continue through the following day. The unannounced date was accidentally published on a banner of Amazon’s U.K. website this week, according to TechRadar. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment nor confirm the date to TechRadar. TWEET…
[ad_1] AT&T this morning announced the launch of a second TV streaming service, called WatchTV, days after its merger with Time Warner. The lower-cost alternative to AT&T’s DirecTV Now will offer anyone the ability to join WatchTV for only $15 per month, but the service will also be bundled into AT&T wireless plans. This $15…
[ad_1] Intel on Thursday said Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich has resigned, effective immediately, after a probe revealed that a past consensual relationship with an Intel employee violated company policy. “An ongoing investigation by internal and external counsel has confirmed a violation of Intel’s non-fraternisation policy, which applies to all managers,” the company said in…
[ad_1] Wall Street is buzzing over Micron’s surging profit growth and its better than expected sales forecast. Micron shares rose 4 percent at one point in early trading Thursday, a day after it reported better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter earnings and gave a fourth-quarter revenue guidance above consensus expectations. The stock was up 2 percent as of…
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics has launched an 8TB solid state drive (SSD) based on NF1 form factor for data centres. The South Korean electronics giant says that it is the industry’s highest capacity NVMe solid state drive (SSD) based on the next-generation Small Form Factor (NGSFF). Samsung claims that the new 8TB NVMe NF1 SSD has…
[ad_1] Intel‘s Brian Krzanich is out as CEO and chairman of the board following an investigation into a “consensual relationship with an Intel employee,” the company announced Thursday. Chief financial officer Robert Swan will step in as interim CEO, effective immediately. “An ongoing investigation by internal and external counsel has confirmed a violation of Intel’s…
[ad_1] Amazon India has silently rolled out a new monthly Amazon Prime subscription plan in the country. As per the new scheme, non-Prime subscribers will be able to avail Prime benefits at a monthly package of Rs. 129. Currently, the payment methods for this type of subscription are limited to debit and credit cards mostly…
[ad_1] Micron Technology’s third-quarter profit and current-quarter forecasts beat Street’s expectations, as the chipmaker benefited from a strong demand for its memory chips used in computers and smartphones amid tight supply. The company has been selling more memory chips at higher prices as customers look to store data and apps in smartphones and companies shift…
[ad_1] An underlying trend may be insulating the market from a sustainable decline. Based on charts of the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000, the Bespoke Investment Group’s Paul Hickey used a technical indicator called the advance/decline line to show market breadth is positive — a sign that supports expectations of higher stock prices. “What…
[ad_1] Google Play has started widely rolling out the new Subscription Center that was announced at I/O 2018 earlier this year. The newest development is designed to make it easier for Android users to manage their recurring payments from apps and services. Notably, the new hub comes as a one-stop shop to manage subscriptions on…
[ad_1] Bossa Nova robots are becoming a familiar sight in grocery stores across the U.S. Walmart uses them in dozens of its stores, from Florida to California, for example. The robots roam the aisles, scanning the shelves to figure out what’s in stock or needs to be replenished, and which items may not be selling…
[ad_1] While French banks are just catching up to Apple Pay, French startup Lydia is adding support for Samsung Pay. If you have a recent Samsung phone, you can now add a virtual card to Samsung Pay and pay using your phone in your favorite stores. Lydia started as a peer-to-peer payment app. It works…
[ad_1] Google Chrome for Android has received the ability to start making content offline for you. The browser essentially downloads relevant articles automatically when connected to an umetered Wi-Fi network, based on the popularity of any particular content in your location or your browsing history. Once downloaded, the content is available for access even if…
[ad_1] Inkinen’s online real estate information company, Trulia, was sold in 2014 to Zillow for $3.5 billion. So naturally, the next step for Inkinen was to start a new company. He teamed with a doctor and a scientist, Stephen Phinney and Jeff Volek, and founded Virta Health. Virta connects patients virtually with doctors and coaches,…
[ad_1] Facebook launched its Workplace by Facebook service two years ago, providing social tools to companies to ease intra-office communication. It is a subscription product, competing mostly with Slack, and charges $3 per user per month. Now, the company has launched something known as Workplace for Good which gives non-profit organizations all the tools of…
[ad_1] Xiaomi is selling about 2.18 billion shares in the IPO, 65 percent of which are primary, according to the term sheet. The selling shareholders are early investor Morningside, a Chinese venture capital firm, and Xiaomi managers Wong Kong Kat, Liu De, Heng Feng and Li Wanqiang. The smartphone maker is also set to hand…
[ad_1] The Press Information Bureau’s official YouTube channel was unblocked at 8am Thursday just after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s yoga event got over, a senior official said. The channel was blocked as YouTube was updating its “partner agreements”, a spokesperson for the website had said on Wednesday. “YouTube unblocked PIB’s YouTube channel today at 8am,”…
[ad_1] There’s more 4K content to coming to TVs this summer with Sky and the BBC announcing Wimbledon 2018 will be broadcast for the first time in this stunning format. The BBC will be showing some of the tournament in Ultra HD via its trial on the iPlayer app and Sky says it will be…
[ad_1] Emma Smith remembers being a girl on the Western University campus in London taking part in a health sciences camp specifically for Indigenous girls. Smith, who is Anishnabeg and is from Walpole Island, said the camp “was something that kind of kept with me for a number of years.” “I think it really led me…
[ad_1] Swiggy on Thursday announced Series G funding led by existing investor Naspers and a new investor – Hong Kong-based Internet investment group DST Global. The Indian online food delivery service provider said that it has raised $210 million, roughly Rs. 1,431 crores, just a couple of months after it had bagged $100 million (roughly…
[ad_1] The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has leaked again, this time in a photo showing off what’s claimed to be the screen cover – which reveals new trimmed down bezels. The current Galaxy Note 8 and newer Galaxy S9 have very slim bezels already but the Note 9 could take that to a new level…
[ad_1] Microsoft has renamed the MSN app to Microsoft News app on Android and iOS. The app also gets a redesign, and is available for free download on the App Store and Google Play. The app is powered by the same engine as MSN.com, and includes content from more than premium publishers and brands. The…
[ad_1] Virgin Media broadband has gone down below the standards it should and has stayed that ways for three weeks, leaving Surrey residents without a proper internet connection. New legislation will mean the government wants all UK residents and businesses to have access to at least 10Mbps broadband by 2020. This recent outage was reported…
[ad_1] Microsoft Edge for Android has received Adblock Plus integration to let you easily block unwanted ads and disturbing pop-ups. The new feature surfaces on a new beta build that carries version 42.0.02055. Notably, Microsoft Edge on Windows computers has been supporting AdBlock and Adblock Plus extensions since May 2016. Adblock Plus has over 100…
[ad_1] Lawmakers have urged Alphabet’s Google to reconsider its ties with Chinese technology giant Huawei because it “could pose a serious risk to U.S. national security” and American consumers. In a letter to the search giant’s CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday, both Republican and Democrat lawmakers said they were concerned about Google’s “strategic partnership” with…
[ad_1] Apple is getting into business with the prestigious Sesame Workshop. Apple said Wednesday it has given a multiple-series order to the non-profit organisation. The agreement expands Sesame Workshop’s presence on Apple platforms, which include ebooks, apps, and video content. The shows will be part of a slate of children’s programming for Apple’s upcoming streaming…
[ad_1] Gmail is one of the most popular email services on the internet right now, with more than one billion people logging in to check and send emails every day. Google has updated its services several times in the last few months to ensure that users are properly protected from hackers. Setting up a Gmail…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is rolling out group video and voice calls on WhatsApp for Android beta and the feature is accessible in the latest updates – namely, v2.18.189 or v2.18.192. This development comes about a month after select Android beta and iOS users reportedly received the group calling functionality back in May in version 2.18.52 for…
[ad_1] Podcast playback on Android has, until now, been less than perfect but a new Google Podcasts app should change that. The new Google Podcasts app allows Android users to find, subscribe and listen to podcasts from across the world. The podcasts available on the app are organised and offer search functionality designed to make…
[ad_1] The World Cup 2018 has brought the world closer together, as football fans from different cultures and nations band together to enjoy the greatest sporting event in the world. Millions of fans across the UK have been tuning in to watch each game, with the BBC and ITV sharing licensing rights to broadcast games. Both channels are…
[ad_1] Samsung is expected to launch its all-new Gear S4 smartwatches later this year with them likely to include improved specs and faster performance. Like the current Gear S3, two models could be unveiled with a Classic and Frontier version both rumoured. Now it seems we’re one step closer to finding out when these devices…
[ad_1] Instagram said Wednesday it now has more than one billion active users, as it unveiled a new long-form video feature in a bid to attract “creators” like those on YouTube. It becomes the fourth Facebook platform to hit the billion-user mark, including the namesake social network with more than two billion users, and the…
[ad_1] YouTube Music has been available in the USA since May 2018 but hits UK shores this week. The new app is available on both iOS and Android devices and allows users to download and listen back to music and videos on their phone or tablet. Is YouTube Music free? The app is subscription based,…
[ad_1] Canadian officials have seized 18 ton of suspected European eel meat as part of a 92-country sting involving the trade of illegal animal parts. Environment Canada says officers in several provinces also intercepted shark fins and controlled snakes, as well as products such as briefcases and handbags made from endangered species. The efforts were part…
[ad_1] Reduce, Reuse and Rethink is a CBC News series about recycling. We’re exploring why our communities are at a turning point and how we can recycle better. You can be part of the conversation by joining our Facebook group. Since 1992, China has imported 45 per cent of the world’s plastic waste. But at the start of this year, the…
[ad_1] The newly combined AT&T-Time Warner is looking to reinvent advertising — but to do so, it needs to buy more technology, AT&T Advertising and Analytics CEO Brian Lesser told CNBC on Wednesday. Lesser, who spoke on “Squawk Box” from the Cannes Lions advertising and marketing festival in France, dodged questions about a Wall Street…
[ad_1] J.P. Morgan’s Dimon told CNBC earlier in June that this is a long-term initiative. He said there are a lot of ideas out there and things they know can be done better, pointing to fraud, administrative costs, overuse and underuse of various drugs, and specialized procedures. Gawande has been vocal about his ideas to…
[ad_1] Oracle surprised analysts on Tuesday when it provided less insight than usual into its growing cloud business in its quarterly earnings statement, and now some analysts are raising concerns. Cloud represents a growth opportunity for Oracle, which gets much of its revenue by selling software that’s meant to run in companies’ data centers. The…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, CEO, AT&T It looks like AT&T has begun its buying spree on the heels of a favorable ruling in the Time Warner antitrust case. The company’s top executives have said the telecom giant would pursue several smaller deals to round out its new media-…
[ad_1] Although not significant, the company has seen an uptick this year in the overall representation of women. In 2018 the total percentage of women in Uber’s global workforce is 38 percent, up 1.9 percent over last year. (The company has brought several women onto its leadership team: Susan Anderson is Uber’s new general manager…
[ad_1] Tesla has positioned itself as a pioneer of transparent security practices, and invited hackers to exploit its weaknesses from the outside. It has one of the industry’s most active and robust “bug bounty” programs, which is an organized protocol for allowing outside hackers to test corporate systems. Hackers that find and report security issues…
[ad_1] LindkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, has more than 560 million users in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. With its graph updating 5 million times every minute, according to Roslansky, it is able to pull a wealth of information on trends in the workplace. “There’s a ton of data that we look at.…
[ad_1] Health-tech start-up GoodRx is in talks to be acquired for at least $1.5 billion, but could fetch as high as $3 billion, according several people familiar. Health distribution giant McKesson was among the companies taking a look, one person said, but will probably not be the buyer. The identity of the other potential buyers…
[ad_1] If you’re looking for a good jacket or bag, you have your choice of materials: leather, heavy nylon, waterproof synthetic weaves like Gore-Tex… but for my money (and not a little of it either) the king of them all is waxed canvas. Pliant yet protective, wind and water–resistant but breathable, handsome to start but…
[ad_1] That’s pretty much all there is to it right now. It seems like a good place to waste some time if you’re into following certain celebrities or channels. It’s not really my cup of tea — I didn’t see anything that held my attention for very long, but maybe it will get better as…
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO – Shower caddy? Check. Twin sheets? Check. Echo Dot … check? Starting this fall, some students at Northeastern University in Boston will be given the option of getting an Echo Dot smart speaker linked to their university accounts. They’ll be able to ask Amazon‘s Alexa what time their classes are, how much…
[ad_1] Dr. Atul Gawande writes and speaks about health care — a lot. But he hasn’t actually spent nearly as much time changing it. Despite that, the surgeon and Harvard professor Gawande, soon will lead the most anticipated health-care company, a joint venture between three corporate titans: J.P. Morgan, Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway. Those firms…
[ad_1] The Disney–Comcast bidding war for Twenty-First Century Fox’s movie and television assets will continue until the bid is around $40 to $45 a share, media expert Porter Bibb told CNBC. And Disney will end up the winner, said Bibb, managing partner at Mediatech Capital Partners. “Disney is the future,” Bibb said on “Power Lunch”…
[ad_1] Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Zoe, Elmo and The Count at the Sesame Workshop’s 16th Annual Benefit Gala at Cipriani in New York City in May. Apple will partner with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit media organization behind “Sesame Street,” to create children’s programming for the tech giant’s new streaming…
[ad_1] Instagram is ready to compete head-on with YouTube. Today at a flashy event in San Francisco, the company announced it will begin allowing users to upload videos up to one hour in length, up from the previous one-minute limit. And to house the new longer-form videos from content creators and the general public, Instagram…
[ad_1] Former Citrix CEO Mark Templeton has a new job. He’s taking over as chief of DigitalOcean, a trendy start-up that prioritizes developers and teams as it offers cloud infrastructure for hosting applications. DigitalOcean offers low-cost competition to big cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft and Google for the basic tasks that were the original appeal…
[ad_1] Mobile app subscriptions are a big business, but consumers sometimes hesitate to sign up because pausing and cancelling existing subscriptions hasn’t been as easy as opting in. Google is now addressing those concerns with the official launch of its subscription center for Android users. The new feature centralizes all your Google Play subscriptions, and…
[ad_1] Today’s supercomputers are made up of thousands of connected processors, and their speed has grown exponentially over the past few decades. The first supercomputer, released in 1964, was called the CDC 6600. It used a single processor to achieve 3 million calculations per second. While that may sound impressive, it is tens of thousands…
[ad_1] Instagram’s meteoric rise continues, dwarfing the stagnant growth rates of Snapchat and Facebook. Today Instagram announced that it has reached 1 billion monthly active users, after reaching 800 million in September 2017 with 500 million daily users. That massive audience could be a powerful draw for IGTV, the longer-form video hub its launching for…
[ad_1] Instagram is officially diving into long-form video. The new video hub, called IGTV, will host vertical videos as long as 60 minutes. That makes the platform more suited to mobile use than YouTube. Videos will be curated into channels, similar to Snapchat’s discover feature. Any user can upload videos. The company also said it…
[ad_1] Email marketing startup Stensul is announcing that it has raised $7 million. Stensul spun out of founder and CEO Noah Dinkin’s previous company FanBridge. Dinkin explained via email that the startup isn’t competing with the big email service providers — in fact, it integrates with ESPs including Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Oracle Marketing Cloud, Adobe…
[ad_1] Microsoft on Wednesday said it has acquired Bonsai, a small artificial intelligence start-up. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Microsoft has increasingly bet on AI and has sought to commercialize ideas its own researchers come up with, a strategy also employed by Amazon, Google and other big technology companies. By buying Bonsai, Microsoft gains…
[ad_1] Beamery, a London-based startup that offers self-styled “talent CRM”– aka ‘candidate relationship management’ — and recruitment marketing software targeted at fast-growing companies, has closed a $28M Series B funding round, led by EQT Ventures. Also participating in the round are M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, and existing investors Index Ventures, Edenred Capital Partners and Angelpad Fund.…
[ad_1] Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Tesla is suing a former employee for allegedly illegally exporting gigabytes of confidential data, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Nevada. The electric car maker said it is only beginning to understand all of former process technician Martin Tripp’s…
[ad_1] How do you tell your robot not do something that could be catastrophic? You could give it a verbal or programmatic command or you could have it watch your brain for signs of distress and have it stop itself. That’s what researchers at MIT’s robotics research lab have done with a system that is…
[ad_1] Facebook is starting to let Group admins charge $4.99 to $29.99 per month for access to special sub-Groups full of exclusive posts. A hand-picked array of parenting, cooking and “organize my home” Groups will be the first to get the chance to spawn a subscription Group open to their members. During the test, Facebook won’t…
[ad_1] Amazon India on Wednesday announced the expansion of compatible smart home products in the country for its digital assistant Alexa and its Echo range of smart speakers. These include certain models of smart home surveillance cameras, smart remote controls from select brands, and Sony’s range of Alexa-enabled Smart TVs. Users in India can also…
[ad_1] In December, Rupert Murdoch decided a $52 billion offer from Disney fairly valued his bundle of Fox assets. Now he’s staring at a bid that’s almost $20 billion higher. On Wednesday, Disney increased its cash and stock proposal to $71.3 billion. That’s because Judge Richard Leon’s decision last week to allow AT&T to buy…
[ad_1] At Computex 2018, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced that the company would not be launching any new GPUs for “a long time”. Perplexing when you consider that the GeForce 10 series of cards have been around for two years. Now we know why. It seems that Nvidia is stuck with excess inventory of 10…
[ad_1] Cryptocurrency fundraising has brought in billions of dollars this year, mostly from retail investors. The process known as an initial coin offering exposes those investors to serious risks, according to the CEO of Nasdaq. “To make it no rules at all, when companies can just willy-nilly take people’s money and offer no information at…
[ad_1] Google introduced a new recruiting tool called Google Hire in July last year, designed to help small and medium businesses recruit effectively. It allowed recruiters to post jobs to multiple job sites, track applications, schedule interviews, and even get interview feedback, all in one platform. Now, after a year, Google has updated Hire bringing…
[ad_1] When some well-regarded health-tech entrepreneurs decided to start a venture dubbed Ooda Health, they had their pick of venture capital firms. So they made an unusual step of narrowing it down to investors at firms with strong female leadership. That’s a small group, since only about 8 percent of partners at venture firms are…
[ad_1] In a bid to improve security, Google is now adding security metadata to APKs to help with app authenticity. This is especially important in areas where APKs are transferred peer-to-peer. This security metadata will help Google verify app authenticity, and manage app updates in the future. The tech giant had last year announced app…
[ad_1] I’m not saying America’s cities are turning into dystopian technocapitalist hellscapes in which corporations operate every essential service and pull every civic string. But let’s take a tour of recent news from the metropolises. ■ In Seattle, the City Council decided last week to undo its plan to impose a $275-per-employee tax on local…
[ad_1] Truecaller is one of the most popular apps that boast of over 100 million daily active users on the portal. The caller ID app comes with shortcuts to Dialer, Messages, and Contacts, and it has a Pro subscription that offers some exclusive features to subscribers. On Wednesday, Truecaller has reintroduced its Who Viewed Your…
[ad_1] For each client, Emerson said Paradigm spends several weeks gathering quantitative and qualitative data and observing people practices, from recruiting and hiring to performance evaluation and promotions. The goal: to develop a comprehensive diversity and inclusion strategy. Then it analyzes a company’s HR data and uses algorithms to determine where it has missed opportunities…
[ad_1] Recruiting is one of the latest industries to get a data science makeover through companies like Hired and Triplebyte, but the former hopes to turn it into a subscription business just like other enterprise software companies — and has raised a new pile of funding to do that. Hired looks to serve as a…
[ad_1] Nginx, the commercial company behind the open source web server, announced a $43 million Series C investment today led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity. NEA, which has been on board as an early investor is also participating As part of the deal, David Campbell, managing director at Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division will join…
[ad_1] Adobe Spark Post, the graphics design app, has now been released on Android, years after it made its debut on Apple’s iOS platform. Adobe on Tuesday announced the arrival of its Spark Post app to the Google Play Store, albeit currently in beta. Apart from Spark Post, the company also announced the June 2018…
[ad_1] Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shoppers walk through the Easton Town Center Mall in Columbus, Ohio. AMC will soon offer a MoviePass-like subscription movie membership, granting moviegoers access to three screenings a week for $19.95 a month, the company said Wednesday. The new premium membership level, dubbed AMC Stubs A-List, joins existing…
[ad_1] While you are busy giving Alexa commands to play your favourite song or book an Uber, the intelligent virtual assistant from Amazon is helping the US space agency organise daily tasks while making sense of intrinsic data-sets. According to Tom Soderstrom, IT Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), voice…
[ad_1] Disney’s bid in December was a stock deal worth $52.4 billion at the time, but CNBC has reported that the company was willing to add cash to sweeten the offer if a rival stepped in. Disney said in a statement on Wednesday, “Since the original agreement was announced, the intrinsic value of these assets…
[ad_1] Just a few years ago, it might have been a bit of a challenge to convince investors that a mindfulness app would end up being a big business — but thanks to an increasing focus on mental health from both startups and larger companies, companies like Calm are now capturing the excitement of investors.…
[ad_1] Before we get Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee for the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo is bringing Pokemon Quest to Android and iOS. This follows the game’s release on the Nintendo Switch last month. The Pokemon Quest release date for Android and iOS is June 28. You can pre-register for the game now on both…
[ad_1] Portugal kick off today’s second round matches with a game against Morocco. After a thrilling encounter against Spain in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick, Portugal face a Morocco side without a win. Iran are currently top of the group, although that’s likely to change by the end of the day. Portugal have…
[ad_1] Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp is planning to raise up to $6.1 billion (roughly Rs. 41,500 crores) from a Hong Kong IPO launching this week, people with knowledge of the matter said, in what will be one of the biggest tech floats globally of recent years. Xiaomi, which also makes Internet-connected devices, plans to…
[ad_1] In the rolling hills near Penobsquis, almost every tree has been cut down for as far as the eye can see. Greying piles of stumps and woodchips occasionally clot the bare landscape, and a single strip of trees has been left to shade the small streams at the base of the hills. The former…
[ad_1] Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein does not own bitcoin, but he did not rule out Tuesday the cryptocurrency having a future. During a talk at the The Economic Club of New York, the banker struck an optimistic tone on bitcoin. He explained how the world moved from gold to fiat currencies that we have…
[ad_1] Scientists in Lethbridge, Alta., are digging into the mystery of why a diet of seaweed helps cows be less gassy. Gassy cows are bad for the environment, so the natural gas-reliever has caught the attention of the Canadian government. Cow burps and, to a lesser extent, cow flatulence exude methane, a gas that damages the atmosphere and…
[ad_1] For the second time in 10 days, transient killer whales have been spotted in Victoria’s Inner Harbour. For marine biologist Anna Hall, the appearances are rare, exciting occurrences — but the “why” behind the sightings is a bit of a mystery. “It’s tremendously uncommon,” Hall told All Points West host Jason D’Souza about the…
[ad_1] Verizon Communications-owned Web services provider Yahoo on Tuesday announced two major updates to the mobile experience for Yahoo Mail. These include a revamped mobile Web interface and the new Yahoo Mail Go app, the latter designed to run on smartphones powered by Android Oreo (Go edition). The mobile Web version of the mailing client…
[ad_1] IBM pitted a computer against two human debaters in the first public demonstration of artificial intelligence technology it’s been working on for more than five years. The company unveiled its Project Debater in San Francisco on Monday, asking it to make a case for government-subsidized space research — a topic it hadn’t studied in…
[ad_1] Amid outrage at the separation of children from their asylum-seeking parents crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a Microsoft partnership with the government agency overseeing the “zero tolerance” policy has come under scrutiny — including backlash from the company’s own employees. The Microsoft division responsible for selling cloud computing services to government clients announced in January that it had been…
[ad_1] Facebook Messenger, one of the most popular instant messaging platforms on mobile out there, is getting a new update that most users won’t like. The Facebook-owned messaging app is getting autoplay video ads built right next to your private and group chats. The feature was rolled out from Monday and Facebook executives state that…
[ad_1] The cryptocurrency world has its detractors, with J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and legendary investor Warren Buffett topping a long list. But, sometimes it seems to be inviting ridicule. Eidoo, a company that bills itself as a cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, commissioned a 3-meter bronze sculpture showing a pregnant woman with a baby in…
[ad_1] If meat is grown in a lab without slaughtering animals, what should it be called? That question has yet to be decided by regulators, but for the moment it’s pitting animal rights advocates and others against cattle ranchers in a war of words. Supporters of the science are embracing “clean meat” to describe meat…
[ad_1] Google has finally unveiled its new standalone podcasts app for Android, called Google Podcasts. The new mobile application uses Google’s recommendation algorithms to suggest shows to users based on their listening habits. Previously, the search giant never really had a great solution for podcasts as Android users had to look for other apps to…
[ad_1] Following the Wednesday announcement of sweeping corporate changes that are set to go into effect over the next few years, Australian telecommunications company Telstra’s stock fell to 7-year lows. Speaking with CNBC’s “Capital Connection,” the company’s CEO, Andrew Penn, said the changes — which will include 8,000 job cuts — were needed because the…
[ad_1] US senators who back a clampdown on ZTE Corp urged fellow lawmakers on Tuesday not to give in to White House pressure to support an agreement lifting a ban on the Chinese telecommunications company. That agreement, announced on June 7, has not yet been enacted. A Commerce Department official told Reuters on Tuesday that ZTE…
[ad_1] Microsoft chief Satya Nadella condemned the Trump administration’s new zero-tolerance policy on illegal border crossings and called the separation of immigrant children from their families “abhorrent.” The CEO, who is himself an immigrant from India, shared an email that he said he sent to all Microsoft employees. In that message, Nadella said the new…
[ad_1] Chinese acts of “economic aggression,” according to the report, include physical and cyber-enabled theft of technologies and intellectual property, evading U.S. export control laws, counterfeiting, piracy and reverse engineering. Of note, the report also says there is a risk that Beijing would “seek to manipulate or pressure” any of the more than 300,000 Chinese…
[ad_1] “Then, one day I was reading the newspaper, and saw this Multimedia Super Corridor and I said ‘Wow! This is a genius idea. How can this thing happen?’” he continued. “The day when I read this news in China in 1997 I said: If Malaysia could, why China could not have it? If this…
[ad_1] One Wall Street firm is getting a lot more bullish on Netflix’s ability to dominate the video streaming market. GBH Insights increased its price target for Netflix shares to $500 from $400, representing 28 percent upside to Monday’s close. It is the highest target of the 36 analysts who cover Netflix, according to FactSet.…
[ad_1] Verizon and AT&T have pledged to stop providing information on phone owners’ locations to data brokers, stepping back from a business practice that has drawn criticism for endangering privacy. The data has apparently allowed outside companies to pinpoint the location of wireless devices without their owners’ knowledge or consent. Verizon said that about 75…
[ad_1] South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said Wednesday it was temporarily suspending deposit and withdrawal services after about $30 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen. The Seoul-based operator said on Twitter that the stolen coins would be covered from Bithumb’s own reserves and that all users’ assets are being transferred to safer “cold wallet.” Tweet…
[ad_1] TechCrunch has learned that the Instagram longer-form video hub that’s launching tomorrow is called IGTV and it will be part of the Explore tab, according to multiple sources. Instagram has spent the week meeting with online content creators to encourage them to prepare videos closer to 10-minute YouTube vlogs than the 1-minute maximum videos the…
[ad_1] Investors should sell Snap shares because a survey shows time spent per user on its app is declining, according to one Wall Street firm. Cowen reiterated its underperform rating on Snap shares, predicting the social media company will report sales below expectations. “We trimmed our 2Q18, FY18-FY23 estimates, lowering our revenue / EBITDA forecast…
[ad_1] A sophisticated hacking campaign launched from computers in China burrowed deeply into satellite operators, defense contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia, security researchers at Symantec Corp said on Tuesday. Symantec said the effort appeared to be driven by national espionage goals, such as the interception of military and civilian…
[ad_1] Telstra shares dropped 6.2 percent in early trade to their lowest in seven years, while the broader market rose 0.7 percent. Telstra dominates Australia’s mobile telephone and broadband markets but like incumbent telecom firms around the world, profits from traditional fixed-line networks are shrinking and it is under immense pressure to address a sliding…
[ad_1] Hulu CEO Randy Freer weighed in on Tuesday on consolidation in the media industry — and subtly heckled rival Netflix for its content spending. “I think money is a relative term. I think it’s how you spend that is really important. We are not going to make 800 shows next year, we’ll probably make…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jonathan Schwartz, chief executive officer of CareZone Inc. Two years after Express Scripts, the giant pharmacy manager, threatened to remove PillPack from its nationwide network, the company is doing the same thing to CareZone, a venture-backed start-up that delivers medications to customers’ doors. It’s a troubling…
[ad_1] As a PhD candidate in materials science at UC Santa Barbara, James Rogers used to think a lot about food waste. But when he told his mom he wanted to apply his training in polymer physics to the produce industry, she dismissed the idea. “She said, ‘it sounds really nice, but you don’t know…
[ad_1] On the worst day this month for the major averages, CNBC’s Jim Cramer wanted to take a step back and get some perspective on some of the market’s hottest stocks. So the “Mad Money” host called on Carolyn Boroden, the technician behind FibonacciQueen.com and his colleague at RealMoney.com, to explain why taking a longer…
[ad_1] As questions swirled Tuesday about who would come out on top if a trade war sparks between the United States and China, CNBC’s Jim Cramer weighed each side’s advantages. For one, the United States imports much more from China than China imports from the United States, meaning that Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods would…
[ad_1] Keepsafe, the company behind the private photo app of the same name, is expanding its product lineup today with the release of a mobile web browser. Co-founder and CEO Zouhair Belkoura argued that all of Keepsafe’s products (which also include a VPN app and a private phone number generator) are united not just by…
[ad_1] Elon Musk wants to find a way to help the thousands of migrant children who are being separated from their parents at the U.S. border thanks to the Trump administration’s new “zero tolerance” policy on illegal crossings. “I hope the kids are ok,” Musk tweeted Tuesday. “I couldn’t even keep the US in the…
[ad_1] Endemol Shine Group, the Netherlands-based TV producer of shows including “Black Mirror” and “MasterChef” has hired Deutsche Bank and Liontree to seek a sale, according to people familiar with the matter. Endemol is co-owned by 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management, each of which owns 50 percent of the company. Finding a buyer…
[ad_1] Oracle reported better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter after customers spent more money on cloud services. The stock rose slightly in extended trading after falling 0.5 percent to $46.27 at the close. The company will hold a conference call with analysts at 5 p.m. Eastern time to discuss the results. Here are the…
[ad_1] As of June 13, an Amazon Prime membership will earn you discounts at Whole Foods locations in 23 states. Whole Foods is gradually rolling out the lower prices for Prime members at stores across the U.S. this summer. The benefits include huge discounts on certain seafood and produce as well as a broad 10…
[ad_1] Rather than build its own HQ trivia competitor, Facebook is launching a gameshow platform. Today the company announced a new set of interactive live and on-demand video features that let creators add quizzes, polls, challenges and gamification so players can be eliminated from a game for a wrong answer. The features could help Facebook…
[ad_1] “How do we reach the right consumer in a safe way?” That’s what Michael Roth, CEO of ad agency holding company IPG, says he’s focused on at the Cannes Lions festival, where he’s meeting with the tech platforms and clients. This year, he’s looking at the range of platforms that might grow to pose…
[ad_1] Facebook wants to help connect brands to creators so they can work out sponsored content and product placement deals, even if it won’t be taking a cut. Confirming our scoop from May, Facebook today launched its Brand Collabs Manager. It’s a search engine that brands can use to browse different web celebrities based on…
[ad_1] Facebook is taking another jab at YouTube by expanding its video ad opportunities to more social media stars. The company announced at an event for Facebook video creators on Tuesday it would allow more content to be eligible for its Watch program. By doing so, it opens up the doors for both the company…
[ad_1] Verizon is cutting off access to its mobile customers’ real-time locations to two third-party data brokers “to prevent misuse of that information going forward.” The company announced the decision in a letter sent to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who along with others helped reveal improper usage and poor security at these location brokers. It…
[ad_1] Dropbox has been one of the hottest tech stock IPOs this year, but some traders are betting the big rally could be coming to an end. Shares of the cloud services provider were down nearly 6 percent on Tuesday afternoon, but have been on a tear since going public. Despite the dip, Dropbox is…
[ad_1] Meet Riskified, an Israel-based startup that has raised $64 million in total to fight online fraud. The company has built a service that helps you reject transactions from stolen credit cards and approve more transactions from legitimate clients. If you live in the U.S., chances are you know someone who noticed a fraudulent charge…
[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook criticized the Trump administration on Tuesday for its “heartbreaking” and “inhumane” policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the Mexican border. Speaking in Dublin on Tuesday, Cook criticized the policy and said Apple will be a “constructive voice” in the situation. “I’m personally a big believer in the…
[ad_1] Britain said Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox had answered its remaining doubts about the independence of Sky News if the U.S. company buys all of its parent Sky, paving the way for a takeover battle over the pay-TV group. Fox in April offered to spin off Sky News to Walt Disney to head off…
[ad_1] PAX Labs, makers of the popular PAX 3 and PAX Era vaporizers, have today updated their app to offer a new feature called Session Control. The idea here is based around the fact that people can sometimes overindulge when using a vaporizer for the first time, as the effects of cannabis oil can take…
[ad_1] Lyft hasn’t acquired a bike-sharing startup or gotten a scooter permit yet, but it’s already preparing its app for them with a feature codenamed “last mile”. Code and screenshots dug out of Lyft’s Android app reveal a way to search a map for last mile vehicles, and scan a QR code or enter a…
[ad_1] Since Google Hire launched last year it has been trying to make it easier for hiring managers to manage the data and tasks associated with the hiring process, while maybe tweaking LinkedIn while they’re at it. Today the company announced some AI-infused enhancements that they say will help save time and energy spent on…
[ad_1] Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer is defending his restaurant group’s push into cashless transactions, saying in a blog post, “we’re unaware of any federal law that requires private businesses to accept [cash].” Meyer owns Union Square Hospitality Group, which faced criticism after testing cashless operations at select restaurants. Shake Shack was founded by both…
[ad_1] Google is officially rolling out Android Messages client for Web after months of rumours, and a couple of months after an announcement on the company’s part. With the latest update, sending and receiving SMS and RCS (Rich Communication Services) messages from a PC will become easier for Android users. Google has informed that the…
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Getty Images Peter Navarro, director of the National Trade Council, pauses during an interview outside the White House. White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said Tuesday he has no knowledge of an exemption for Apple‘s iPhones in U.S. trade talks with China. On Monday the New York Times reported, citing a source,…
[ad_1] YouTube extended its music streaming service to Europe Monday a month after it launched in North America and parts of Asia. YouTube Music will offer Europeans millions of songs and videos advertising-free for a subscription of EUR 9.99 (roughly Rs. 800) a month – 11 percent more expensive than its US version. An existing free…
[ad_1] Drugstore chain Walgreens is partnering with health insurer Humana to open senior-focused care centers. They plan to open two locations inside Walgreens stores this fall in the Kansas City, Missouri, area with primary care services, pharmacies and other services like a Humana representative to answer seniors’ Medicare questions. Humana will run the clinics through…
[ad_1] Some Amazon company investors said Monday they are siding with privacy and civil rights advocates who are urging the tech giant to not sell a powerful face recognition tool to police. The American Civil Liberties Union is leading the effort against Amazon’s Rekognition product, delivering a petition with 152,000 signatures to the company’s Seattle…
[ad_1] Amazon wants a hand in all your deliveries, even if the package isn’t coming from Amazon. The e-retailer announced Tuesday it’s rolling out so-called Hubs by Amazon, a last-step delivery option for FedEx, UPS and private mail. It’s essentially a broader use case for Amazon lockers and is marketed to apartment buildings or residences.…
[ad_1] Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized…
[ad_1] Customer experience management is about getting to know your customer’s preferences in an online context, but pulling that information into the real world often proves a major challenge for organizations. This results in a huge disconnect when a customer walks into a physical store. This morning, Cisco announced it has bought July Systems, a…
[ad_1] American software giant Adobe on Tuesday announced updates to its suite of products under Adobe Document Cloud. Adobe Scan, the company’s PDF scanner mobile app, now gets more features with the ability to now automatically save new digital business contacts in the smartphone. The company said it had also advanced its partnership with Microsoft,…
[ad_1] “[A manufacturer] might have the right answer, but is it compatible with all the other things that go on in a device and can you scale it?” said William Stofega, program director for IDC’s mobile device technology and trends research program. “What we really need is something that’s not a lab experiment; something that…
[ad_1] Google Podcasts is about to become a reality, thanks to a product page spotted that reveals details about the upcoming Android app. Having been in the works for a long time now, podcast search is soon about to be official with an app coming soon to the Google Play Store. As for functionality, users…
[ad_1] A new research note warns that too many investors are stuck in a losing trade reminiscent of the dot-com era. The Leuthold Group’s Jim Paulsen is behind the ominous call. “More and more of the leadership stocks have been the more aggressive, high beta stocks and a lot of the defensive names have been…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Reddit/ ballinbeastauto In May 2018, Google Maps received several new updates at the company’s I/O 2018 annual developer conference. Among the new features, the Google Maps ‘For You’ tab was announced and was promised to arrive later this year. The new tab offers a customised view of trending places in areas that…
[ad_1] The company will start selling targeted ads for Turner networks such as TNT and CNN “in short order,” Stankey said. An industry-wide, automated marketplace, which would sell ads across other companies’ channels, would require cooperation across multiple players, and Stankey acknowledged that remains “easily a year off.” The Justice Department and other critics had…
[ad_1] Amazon has launched a version of Alexa for hotels that lets guests order room service through the voice assistant, ask for more towels or get restaurant recommendations without having to pick up the phone and call the front desk. Marriott has signed up for the service, and will place Amazon Echo smart speakers in…
[ad_1] Former Uber executive Bozoma Saint John said the company is “on its way to being great. It’s not there yet.” Saint John, at one point tasked with repairing the company’s reputation and morale, stepped down from her role at the ride-sharing giant last week after just a year at the company. “I came in…
[ad_1] A bug in the Quick Look feature of macOS can potentially leak sensitive user files, according to security researchers. The Quick Look functionality in macOS is a marquee feature that Mac users reckon to preview files without opening another app. However, researchers claim to have uncovered a security hole in the years-old tool that…
[ad_1] Scientists from universities across the country are working to open the world’s largest offshore-earthquake research centre in Halifax within the next two years. The new lab will take in data from more than 100 sensors placed offshore to monitor seismic activity from coast to coast. Mladen Nedimovic, a Dalhousie University professor and seismologist, says 90 per cent of…
[ad_1] Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a former CIA employee with violations of the Espionage Act and related crimes in connection with the leak last year of a collection of hacking tools that the agency used for spy operations overseas. Joshua Adam Schulte, who worked for a CIA group that designs computer code to spy…
[ad_1] Amazon.com said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Marriott International to help increase guest access to amenities with Alexa, through its voice-controlled device Echo, in an attempt to expand its presence in the hospitality industry. Alexa for hospitality would assist in providing services ranging from ordering room service to requesting housekeeping or calling…
[ad_1] While Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi were giving up on their augmented reality startup inside Y Combinator and figuring out what to do next, they saw their batch mates struggling to get even the most basic corporate credit cards — and in a lot of cases, having to guarantee those cards themselves. Brex, their new startup, …
[ad_1] Google is updating its Datally app to give users more ways to control data usage on their smartphones. In November 2017, the company had introduced the Datally app designed to help Android smartphone users stay under the limits of pricey mobile data packages in developing countries, including India. The service lists data consumption by…
[ad_1] Beluga whales in Alaska’s Cook Inlet may have changed their diet over five decades from saltwater prey to fish and crustaceans influenced by freshwater, according to a study by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers. An analysis of isotopes in beluga bone and teeth showed belugas formerly fed on prey that had little contact with…
[ad_1] Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has lowered its likely valuation to between $55 billion (roughly Rs. 3.75 lakh crores) and $70 billion (roughly Rs. 4.78 lakh crores) following its decision to delay its mainland share offering until after its Hong Kong IPO, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The delay was triggered…
[ad_1] Sarah Katz’s eyes dart around the Palo Alto, Calif., coffee shop. “Am I OK to speak here?” she said, not wanting to offend anyone within earshot with what she was about to describe. “I don’t want to, like, bother people.” Katz is a 27-year-old self-described former “spam analyst” who worked on contract with Facebook in 2016. She…
[ad_1] Apple has been fined AUS$9M (~$6.6M) by a court in Australia following a legal challenge by a consumer rights group related to the company’s response after iOS updates bricked devices that had been repaired by third parties. The Australian Competitor and Consumer Commission (ACCC) invested a series of complaints relating to an error (‘error 53’)…
[ad_1] File hosting service Dropbox on Monday announced the expansion of previews to several new file formats across ebooks, videos, AutoCAD, PDFs, PowerPoint, ZIP, and RAR files. The update also brings the ability to preview and interact with larger video files, feedback from any user, synchronisation without the need to install the original application, and…
[ad_1] The company’s shares closed down 3.4 percent on Monday. Richard reduced his price target for Intel shares to $45 from $53, representing 18 percent downside to Friday’s close. The analyst predicts Intel’s sales growth in its data center segment will peak at 25 percent in its second quarter, then drop to 20 percent in…
[ad_1] The US Senate defied President Donald Trump by voting Monday to overrule his administration’s deal with Chinese telecom firm ZTE and reimpose a ban on high-tech chip sales to the company. Senators added an amendment targeting ZTE into a sweeping, must-pass national defence spending bill that cleared the chamber on an 85-10 vote. The…
[ad_1] The operator behind the Beijing subway system is considering introducing face scanning and other so-called biometric technology which could be used to pay for a ticket, China Daily reported on Tuesday, but the move also raises concerns over surveillance. Facial recognition and a system for scanning people’s palms could be introduced on the Beijing…
[ad_1] Chinese smartphone marker Xiaomi will postpone its application for a mainland share offering until after it completes a separate listing in Hong Kong, the firm said on Tuesday, casting a pall on Beijing’s drive to lure tech giants back home. Xiaomi Corp, expected to raise around $10 billion (roughly Rs. 68,000 crores) in Hong…
[ad_1] Every currency in the world — from the U.S. dollar to the Chinese yuan — will have its own cryptocurrency version, the CEO of fintech firm Circle said. “Our view is that all fiat currency will be crypto,” Jeremy Allaire, who co-founded Circle in 2013, told CNBC in an interview on Monday. “It seems…
[ad_1] Google’s catalogue of smart home gadgets include the Google Home smart speaker range as well as the popular Chromecast streaming device. Fresh reports are now coming in that indicate Google might soon push out an update to fix a glaring bug that allows websites to easily run a script that can acquire precise location…
[ad_1] Twitch began in 2011 as an offshoot of Justin.tv, a lifecasting site founded by two Yale graduates, Emmett Shear and Justin Kan. They started the platform after they found that viewers were more interested in watching their lifecasters play video games than eat or sleep. Big tech companies came courting, and Amazon beat out…
[ad_1] Google Maps has now taken away a handy Uber feature that let users book rides without leaving the app. In early 2017, Google had added the ability to book Uber trips via Maps, but it appears the convenience was short-lived. Since Google has quietly pulled the feature from Maps, it is not certain when…
[ad_1] Shares of flea market app operator Mercari surged on their debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers market on Tuesday. Mercari’s stock was up 74 percent at 5,230 yen ($47.68) per share as of 1:43 p.m. HK/SIN. Shares had risen as much as 100 percent earlier in the session. The company had priced its…
[ad_1] Intel Corp topped a list issued on Monday ranking how well technology companies combat the risk of forced labour in their supply chains, overtaking HP and Apple. Most of the top 40 global technology companies assessed in the study by KnowTheChain, an online resource for business, had made progress since the last report was published…
[ad_1] “I didn’t get any reply,” he told Rose. “I mean I had a physics and economics degree, or physics and business degree from Wharton, and I was doing grad studies in applied physics and materials science. I guess that… I didn’t have a computer science degree or several years working at a software company,”…
[ad_1] The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up Apple’s bid to escape a lawsuit accusing it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolising the market for iPhone software applications and causing consumers to pay more than they should. The justices said they would hear Apple’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that…
[ad_1] Biogen tumbled as much as 6 percent on Monday, after a rival drugmaker reported its experimental drug for spinal muscular atrophy helped a majority of babies who received it. Spinal musclar atrophy is a rare genetic condition that prevents the body from developing a muscle protein called SMN. Without the protein, muscles atrophy and…
[ad_1] After releasing the Mi Router 4 in China back in May this year, Xiaomi has now gone ahead and quietly introduced the latest offering in its router lineup – Mi Router 4Q. Priced at CNY 89 (roughly Rs. 939) in the country, the Mi Router 4Q comes with support for single-band (2.4GHz) Wi-Fi 802.11…
[ad_1] Lucas Jackson | Reuters Dropbox Inc. co-founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi celebrate while watching the initial trade of Dropbox (DBX) as it is listed for the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, U.S., March 23, 2018. Dropbox continued to climb on Monday, adding to last…
[ad_1] President Donald J. Trump signed Space Policy Directive – 3 directing the United States to lead the management of traffic and mitigate the effects of debris in space. Space Policy Directive – 3 provides guidelines and direction to ensure that the United States is a leader in providing a safe and secure environment as…
[ad_1] Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images A logo of Chinese telecommunications company ZTE is seen on an office building in Shanghai, China, on May 3, 2018. Shares of ZTE sank during Tuesday morning trade after the U.S. Senate passed a defense bill that had major implications for an agreement struck with the Chinese…
[ad_1] Anthony Kwan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signage for Xiaomi Corp. is illuminated inside one of the company’s stores in Hong Kong, China. China’s Xiaomi Corp said on Tuesday it will postpone its mainland share offering until after it completes its listing in Hong Kong. Xiaomi said it would submit an application to China’s…
[ad_1] Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting of the American Technology Council on June 19, 2017. President Donald Trump told Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook that the U.S. government would not levy tariffs on iPhones assembled in China, the New York Times reported on…
[ad_1] SkySkopes, an unmanned aircraft operator based in North Dakota, has devised a new way to string power lines using drones. Their multi-step process uses an unmanned drone to pull a lightweight rope. This initial lead line pulls a heavier metal cable, and finally the cable pulls the much heavier power lines. Typically, large power…
[ad_1] The slew of technology-focused initial public offerings this year has CNBC’s Jim Cramer focused on a key question: how hot is too hot when you’re invested in a red-hot IPO? As businesses increasingly find themselves in need of enterprise-level software, a host of tech companies like DocuSign and Zuora have come public in the…
[ad_1] Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signage is displayed at the ZTE headquarters in Shenzhen, China, on Monday, June 4, 2018. The Senate easily passed a military funding bill that would reimpose sanctions on Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, challenging a controversial deal negotiated by the Trump administration. The so-called National Defense Authorization Act,…
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[ad_1] Microsoft on Monday faced criticism about its work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the agency came under fire because of separations of immigrant children and their parents at U.S. borders. The issue reflects the challenge that tech companies face as they seek to gain big customers. Microsoft, Google and Amazon are all…
[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to all employees on Monday morning about a factory fire, and seemed to reference possible sabotage. Now, CNBC has learned that Musk also sent an e-mail to all employees at Tesla late on Sunday night alleging that he has discovered a saboteur in the company’s ranks. Musk…
[ad_1] Pick a category, wager a few dollars, and double your money in 60 seconds if you’re smarter and faster than your opponent. Proveit offers a fresh take on trivia and game show apps by letting you win or lose cash on quick 10-question, multiple choice quizzes. Sick of waiting to battle a million people on…
[ad_1] Tesla continues to struggle with fires at its electric vehicle plant in Fremont, California, according to correspondence reviewed by CNBC on Monday. Tesla CEO and chairman Elon Musk sent an email to employees on Monday morning explaining that the factory had to stop their “body production line” for several hours on Sunday night due…
[ad_1] There’s a great deal of activity in the fields of speech recognition and the “Internet of Things,” but one natural application of the two has gone relatively unpursued: helping the deaf and hard of hearing take part in everyday conversations. SpeakSee aims to do this (after crowdfunding, naturally) with a clever hardware design that…
[ad_1] Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, may be the leader of the world’s most valuable public company, but lately he has had to act a lot like the tech industry’s top diplomat. Last month he visited the Oval Office to warn President Trump that tough talk on China could threaten Apple’s position in the…
[ad_1] Bitcoin spiked suddenly Monday afternoon following news users of the “Cash” mobile payments app could trade the cryptocurrency in New York. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization gained more than 4.5 percent to $6,793, its highest since Tuesday, according to CoinDesk’s bitcoin price index. Bitcoin was trading near $6,694 as of 3:56 p.m. ET.…
[ad_1] Snap CEO Evan Spiegel faced widespread criticism of the Snapchat app’s infamous redesign early this year, including from his own wife, supermodel Miranda Kerr. Kerr tipped Spiegel off on the public outcry to come. “I wasn’t too surprised, because my wife, the first thing she said was ‘what are you doing?’” he told CNBC’s…
[ad_1] Swiss financial services giant UBS Group may not be a fan of bitcoin but CEO Sergio Ermotti believes blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrencies, is “definitely an opportunity” in the long term. “It’s almost a must. The freeing up of resources to become more efficient will come through technology and blockchain is a great way…
[ad_1] Tesla CEO and chairman Elon Musk went after shorts on Twitter over the weekend. He generally warned investors selling his electric vehicle venture short that they have about 3 weeks to cover if they don’t want to lose their money. tweet 1 Tesla stock has rallied more than 20 percent since the company’s early…
[ad_1] Tel Aviv-based Photomyne, an A.I.-powered app that helps you bring your old photo prints online, has been benefitting from the subscription app boom to the tune of $5 million in Series A funding. Today, the app is used by a million people every month, and 250,000 people pay the $20 annual subscription for the expanded…
[ad_1] By placing all the information about services or complex manufacturing and assembly processes on a private, permissioned blockchain, the idea is that a company can create an “immutable” audit trail of data. When you think about it, currently this involves a labor-intensive combination of paper and networks. But initial trials with private blockchains in…
[ad_1] U.S. online survey company SurveyMonkey on Monday said it had confidentially registered for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, through its parent SVMK. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined, the company said. In May, sources told…
[ad_1] President Donald Trump declared Monday he would move to make a new branch of the military focused solely on space. “I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces,” Trump said during a meeting…
[ad_1] Utah data analytics company Domo is no longer worth more than $1 billion, a symbolic mark that could spell trouble for private investors ahead of the company’s planned IPO. In an updated filing for its initial public offering on Monday, the company said the middle of the range for pricing shares is $20.50, which…
[ad_1] Amy Garvoille wanted to get back into the gym. She was looking for a routine and stumbled upon a fitness app called Aaptiv. It offers audio workouts where trainers coach users through the moves and encourage them throughout the session. Garvoille signed up for a free trial and was hooked after two workouts. “I’ve…
[ad_1] Snap CEO Evan Spiegel isn’t worried about Facebook‘s frequent imitations of his app features, saying Monday, “the innovators win in the long run.” Spiegel spoke to CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” Monday. The Snapchat-owner faced criticism from users and advertisers alike in recent months, after an app redesign separated friend content from celebrity and…
[ad_1] In November, Google introduced Datally, a data-saving app largely aimed at emerging markets where users often rely on prepaid SIM cards, and don’t have access to all-you-can-eat unlimited data plans. The app lets users granularly control which apps can use data, which resulted in a 30% savings on data usage during pilot testing and…
[ad_1] J.P. Morgan believes Micron shares can go higher even after its stunning rally. The firm reiterated its overweight rating for the chipmaker’s shares, citing strong demand for memory chips in the cloud computing market. “Stay long Micron heading into earnings. We see further upside in Micron shares as the team is executing well in…
[ad_1] Disney is expected to add cash to its bid for Twenty-First Century Fox assets, sources tell CNBC. The move comes days after CNBC parent Comcast launched a $65 billion cash bid for the assets, which include Fox’s movie studios, networks National Geographic and FX, Star TV, stakes in Sky, Endemol Shine Group and Hulu…
[ad_1] Fellas, you’re gonna want that cowbell. And what better way to get that cowbell than with an automatic cowbell-playing robot that uses simple components to create a musical experience like no other. The system, built over at Adafruit, includes a simple Arduino controller, a potentiometer to control the speed of the cowbell hammer, and…
[ad_1] A new Android malware that combines a banking trojan, a ransomware, and a keylogger has been discovered. Security researchers at ThreatFabric have found the new type of malware that packs all the three threats in one package, and it was earlier thought to be an updated version of LokiBot. But, since the new malware…
[ad_1] Disney‘s shares are up 9 percent this month amid the battle for Fox and hopes of overall industry consolidation in the wake of a judge’s decision on Tuesday to allow the AT&T-Time Warner merger proceed. On Wednesday, Comcast bid $65 billion for the Fox units currently set to be acquired by Disney. Comcast’s cash…
[ad_1] Apple is trying to drag the US’s antiquated system for handling 911 calls into the 21st century. If it lives up to Apple’s promise, the next iPhone operating system coming out in September will automatically deliver quicker and more reliable information pinpointing the location of 911 calls to about 6,300 emergency response centres in…
[ad_1] Rick Wilking | Reuters Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, shows the NVIDIA Volta GPU computing platform at his keynote address at CES in Las Vegas, January 7, 2018. Nvidia shares will rise as the chip maker benefits from governments using artificial intelligence technology to monitor its citizens, according to a Wall Street firm. UBS…
[ad_1] Collaboration software provider Slack Technologies has released the last version of its app for the Windows Phone platform. The company has rolled out an update, and has mentioned inside the app that it is “saying goodbye to Windows Phone.” This does not mean that the company will not make the app available in the…
[ad_1] Mellanox Technologies, a chipmaker based in Israel and the United States, is close to reaching a deal with activist investor Starboard Value over the composition of its board of directors, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The agreement would come after the chipmaker, which had a market capitalization of roughly $4.5 billion…
[ad_1] Just days after the arrival of customisable swipe actions, Gmail for Android has now been updated with an Unsubscribe tips feature that will show occasional suggestions to help you unsubscribe from bulk email senders you rarely read. An APK teardown of the latest Gmail app separately found it to be preparing to add an…
[ad_1] Apple will automatically share a user’s location with emergency services when they call 911 in the future, the company said Monday. The new feature will be part of iOS 12, the upcoming software update for the iPhone and iPad, and will help emergency services locate a person more quickly when in need. It will…
[ad_1] Virgin Media is taking on Sky with a new Netflix feature that allows customers to add the popular streaming service to their monthly bill. Virgin says that, from October, all new and existing TV customers who don’t yet have Netflix will be able to instantly add and pay for it through their Virgin Media…
[ad_1] The voice of Stephen Hawking was beamed into space with a message of peace and hope on Friday as the British physicist, who gained international acclaim for his work on black holes, was laid to rest during a service at London’s Westminster Abbey. The wheelchair-bound scientist who died in March aged 76 after a…
[ad_1] Getty Images Lufthansa airplanes at waiting position on the first of a two-day strike at Frankfurt Airport on November 23, 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany. Lufthansa is in contact with Norwegian Air Shuttle, also the subject of bid interest from British Airways owner IAG, the German group’s chief executive told a German daily, sending Norwegian’s…
[ad_1] The CRM industry is now estimated to be worth some $4 billion annually, and today a startup has announced a round of funding that it hopes will help it take on one aspect of that lucrative pie, customer support. Kustomer, a startup out of New York that integrates a number of sources to give…
[ad_1] WhatsApp Business is reportedly adding a feature to let businesses offer an online catalogue of their products. While WhatsApp is yet to announce the new development, a screenshot showing the online catalogue feature has emerged online to reveal its existence. It could give a boost to the user base of the business-focused app that…
[ad_1] Hey, Google, order a large pizza! Alexa, I need vitamins! Voice shopping using smart speakers and smartphone apps is starting to gain traction among consumers, opening up a new “conversational commerce” channel and potentially disrupting the retail sector. Devices such as Amazon’s Alexa-powered speakers and Google Home, which use artificial intelligence to respond to…
[ad_1] To understand why it’s so hard to pry yourself free from your phone, Facebook account and Twitter, you need to know about BF Skinner’s pigeons. In the 1950s, Skinner began putting the birds in a box and training them to peck on a piece of plastic whenever they wanted food. Then the Harvard psychology researcher…
[ad_1] Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images A woman stands next to signage incorporating the logo of JD.com, and the company’s mascot ‘Joy,’ at the company’s headquarters in Beijing, China. Tech giant Google said Monday it will invest more than half a billion dollars in China’s second-largest e-commerce player, JD.com. As part of a…
[ad_1] JD.com competes with Jack Ma’s Alibaba in China’s massive e-commerce market. Both companies have invested significantly in technology, retail and logistics to win over consumers. Those include opening high-tech supermarkets and testing drone delivery to reach China’s rural consumers. Gil Luria, director of research at D.A. Davidson & Co told CNBC’s “The Rundown” on…
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[ad_1] The emergence of interstates and increased travel by car and plane led to fewer people taking trains. In 1985, the station handled only 82,408 passengers. That number tumbled to 64,097 a year later. Great Lakes World Trade Center bought the station and office tower in 1985 and developers planned to turn it and some…
[ad_1] A software update to the iPhone in the next few months lets you create a digital animated version of yourself that you can send to friends. It’s a custom version of Apple‘s Animoji called Memoji, and I’ve been trying it on the developer beta of iOS 12. It will eventually be available to the…
[ad_1] Amazon’s Whole Foods deal had a ripple effect, according to Joe Rosenberg, a former strategic partnerships specialist for Google Shopping. “It was a real wake-up call,” Rosenberg, who left Google in April to launch an e-commerce consulting firm, tells CNBC. “Deals we’d been discussing for years were suddenly fast-tracked to retailers’ C-suites.” Guru Hariharan,…
[ad_1] One of Wall Street’s most established tech investors believes the historic tech rally will break down. Sloy, Dahl & Holst’s Paul Meeks blames frothy valuations. “The valuations are not pre-internet bubble popping valuations, but they still are extreme,” the firm’s chief investment officer said Friday on CNBC’s “Trading Nation.” The tech heavy Nasdaq has…
[ad_1] Chinese drone giant DJI is building the headquarters of the future. The company, known for making popular consumer drones, teamed up with Foster + Partners, a leading architectural firm, to design a new home base in Shenzhen, China. The building was designed to resemble a “floating community in the sky,” and will feature twin…
[ad_1] Brazil walk into their first 2018 World Cup game against Switzerland tonight with a lot of pressure on their shoulders. The South American giants emerged among the pre-tournament favourites, boasting an incredibly high-quality squad. Tita has put together a dream team of the biggest footballing stars, with Neymar back to full fitness, Philippe Coutinho and…
[ad_1] Getting broadband internet doesn’t mean you have to get a landline phone, even though lots of operators insist on it. The UK plans to make it a legal requirement that everyone has at least a 10Mbps broadband connection from 2020 onwards. Many providers, like BT, charge for a landline as it’s these copper phone…
[ad_1] GOOGLE • GETTY PIC POSED BY MODEL Android warning – ‘Frankenstein’ malware can attack smartphones on many fronts Android users are being warned about a new ‘Frankenstein’ virus that combines the worst features of different malware to form a dangerous threat. Dubbed MysteryBot, the malware blends features of ransomware, keyloggers and banking trojans to…
[ad_1] It’s been another hectic year for smartphones with a swathe of devices already hitting shelves in 2018. We’ve already seen Samsung, HTC, LG, Nokia, Oneplus and Huawei all reveal new flagships with some of them definite contenders for phone of the year. However, before you rush to take out your next two-year contract it’s…
[ad_1] MotoGP 2018 continues today with the latest instalment of an explosive season so far about to take place at the Catalunya Grand Prix in Barcelona. Last time out championship leader Marc Marquez saw his lead at the top of the standings cut after a disastrous race. Marquez surged from sixth on the grid to…
[ad_1] In January, an Indian rocket arced across the sky over the island of Sriharikota as it soared into space. On board were several satellites, including an Indian mapping satellite, one from Canada and one from an asteroid mining company. The rocket also contained four satellites that were actually denied permission to launch in the first place. The rogue…
[ad_1] Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is getting yet another discount and this could be one of the best offers we’ve ever seen. When this flagship smartphone launched in April last year it would have set you back £689 SIM-free and around £40 per month on contract with a hefty £100 upfront fee. Now a new deal has slashed…
[ad_1] The WhatsApp feature that allows you to send audio messages is becoming more popular and with it comes the embarrassment of playing personal messages aloud. If you’ve ever received a WhatsApp audio message out and about, when your headphones aren’t available, you’ll know the frustration of not being able to listen. A handy feature…
[ad_1] Microsoft Office 365 users are getting some new features aimed at boosting productivity. The big upgrade, which has just been announced by Microsoft, includes better search, cleaner look and improvements to help users focus on their work. Announcing the news in a blog post, Microsoft said: “When we ask customers why they continue to…
[ad_1] Google has announced Chrome updates including a change to the way you install Chrome extensions. You will no longer be able to install within the Chrome browser. Google says that from now on newly published extensions will only be available to install via the Chrome Web Store. Until now developers were able to offer…
[ad_1] An e-mail sent to all Tesla staff from Elon Musk on Friday night congratulated employees for the progress they’ve made on Model 3 vehicle production recently — but also said “radical improvements” are still needed in manufacturing to hit the company’s quarterly targets. During the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting earlier this month, Musk said…
[ad_1] Are you Overgramming? Instagram is stepping up to help you manage overuse rather than leaving it to iOS and Android’s new screen time dashboards. Last month after TechCrunch first reported Instagram was prototyping a Usage Insights feature, the Facebook sub-company’s CEO Kevin System confirmed its forthcoming launch. Tweeting our article, Systrom wrote “It’s true…
[ad_1] The most impressive thing about the Traverse is how well it handles itself on the road. While many three-row SUVs tend to be lumbering and bouncy, the Traverse isn’t. The ride is soft but not too springy, with handling that’s confident. A traditional 3.6-liter V6 engine powers the Traverse, with a 9-speed automatic transmission…
[ad_1] Galaxy S8 owners might be tempted to upgrade to the Galaxy S9 with a new deal from Samsung. The Korean technology giant is currently offering those with a Galaxy S8 the chance to get £300 off the new Galaxy S9. The deal is part of Samsung’s trade-in scheme which offers customers the ability to hand…
[ad_1] At-home genetic testing services have gained significant traction in the past few years. 23andMe, which costs $99, has over five million customers, according to the company; AncestryDNA (currently $69), over 10 million. The companies use their large databases to match willing participants with others who share their DNA. In many cases, long-lost relatives are…
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[ad_1] Mounds of colourful plastic, paper and glass tower six metres high and cover most surfaces at Sherbrooke’s recycling plant. Several stray cats climb to the top of the pile, playing in cardboard boxes and sniffing empty tin cans. Every step produces a loud crunch as miscellaneous discarded objects shatter underfoot. Conveyor belts used to sort the material are…
[ad_1] Automation is infiltrating the food and hospitality business, from ordering kiosks at McDonald’s to the robotic bartender aboard the Royal Carribean’s cruise ship the Symphony of the Seas. Rather than make technology to be used by other food businesses, one start-up called Spyce has started a fast-casual restaurant with a robot-operated kitchen in Boston.…
[ad_1] One of the most compelling signs that consumers have a positive view of these companies is that a majority agree to let them share DNA with researcher partners. All of these companies make clear that they will not share your DNA with any third-party unless you explicitly consent to it, but as 23andMe data…
[ad_1] Instagram is making its presence known in the Big Apple with its first New York office, where the company plans to eventually house up to 50 percent of its engineering staff. “We were just finding from a recruiting perspective it’s going to be really great to just be able to expand,” said Instagram co-founder…
[ad_1] Argentina kick off their World Cup campaign with a match against Iceland. And Argentina boss Jorge Sampaoli isn’t taking Iceland lightly, naming a strong attacking lineup. Lionel Messi starts in attack alongside former Manchester United forward Angel di Maria and Man City legend Sergio Aguero. Willy Caballero will start in goal for Argentina, while Eduardo…
[ad_1] Google has updated its Ad Settings feature to make it easier to control tailored ads. Apart from being able to turn off all Ad Personalization, users have also provided an option to turn off any of the factors that they don’t want to be used to tailor ads. Additionally, the search giant is expanding…
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6 has been well received as a high-spec Android phone for a low price, but a hidden cost in the form of a bug has been found. OnePlus says it’s working on an update to fix the weakness which it hopes to roll out “shortly”. The flaw allows anyone to boot the…
[ad_1] While companies like Netflix and Amazon prime have become go-to options for watching the latest films and TV shows, Kodi has quietly developed into a streaming powerhouse. Kodi is a piece of software that allows users to instantly stream a huge variety of content – ranging from movies and TV shows, to live sporting…
[ad_1] Apple’s latest iPhone security update is polarising an already heated debate over law enforcement’s access to smartphones. The divisions were on full display when Apple announced this week it would block access to the Lightning port on the bottom of iPhones, which law enforcement sometimes uses to break into the devices during investigations. Privacy…
[ad_1] Apple Inc has hired a senior self-driving car engineer from Alphabet’s Waymo unit, Apple said on Friday, a sign that the iPhone maker maintains autonomous vehicle ambitions. Apple hired Jaime Waydo, previously a systems engineer at Waymo, Apple said, confirming a report by The Information, a technology news provider. Waymo did not immediately return…
[ad_1] Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is reportedly working with Microsoft to deliver a proper desktop app. WhatsApp is one of the few developers that consistently delivered updates to its Windows Phone app, but a report by Windows Central suggests WhatsApp is actually getting ready to deliver a proper desktop app as well, The Next Web…
[ad_1] Australia and Ireland are back in action for the second test at the AAMI Park in Melbourne. The home side looked impressive in the first test beating Ireland 18-9 at the Suncorp Stadium last weekend. The men in green must win today if they stand any hope of clinching the series and they’ve made…
[ad_1] Sony has discontinued the Xperia Home launcher to make way for a new launcher. The latest revelation comes just in a week after the Japanese giant formally announced the discontinuation as a “business decision”. The company is putting its original launcher into “maintenance mode” and is even closing the Xperia Home beta community in…
[ad_1] Android P is due for final release around October time when Google launches its Pixel 3 and Pixel XL smartphones and now we have an early preview. The latest Android P Beta 2 release has been unleashed to allow developers and early adopters to test and trial the mobile operating system. While this early…
[ad_1] Critics have been urging companies involved in the creation of artificial intelligence to develop a code of ethics before it’s too late. Now Google is complying, following backlash over its work with the U.S. Pentagon developing a system to analyze military drone visuals. But is this new set of principles enough to calm people’s fears about…
[ad_1] Apple Maps on Friday faced a multi-hour outage that affected navigation and location search services for several hours. The outage wasn’t limited to a specific region. As per the system status available on Apple’s website, all users were affected by the issue that was resolved after over four hours of its emergence. The prime…
[ad_1] Human activity is forcing mammals to become more active during the night, research published Thursday in the journal Science has found. A review of 76 studies of 62 mammal species from six continents found that “human disturbances” — settlement, hunting or even just recreational activity — have increased nighttime activity for these animals by more than one-third. While the effects…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: UKE Left to Right: BEREC OAM Laszlo Igneczi, TRAI Chairman R.S. Sharma, BEREC Chair Johannes Gungl Telecom regulators from India and the European Union (EU) met this week to announce their common understanding of the “building blocks of net neutrality rules”, and their intention to collaborate on regulations. Representatives of Telecom Regulatory…
[ad_1] Kodi add-on fans have been alerted that the UK Government is looking at dealing online pirates in Britain a big blow. Research has suggested Kodi – which offers access to thousands of channels – is being used in more than five million UK homes. Kodi software is perfectly legal, but unaffiliated developers can produce…
[ad_1] Gmail for iOS will now send you notifications only when the emails important to you reach your inbox. Leveraging machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, the new feature helps you get rid of alerts from spam emails and some random newsletters. The latest update will be rolled out in the coming days…
[ad_1] Google’s Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will be two of the highest profile Android smartphone releases of 2018. Leaks have suggested that the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will be up their with the biggest smartphones that money can buy. While it’s also expected that these new Google devices will sport an…
[ad_1] The Russia World Cup 2018 is well underway, with the hosts thrashing Saudia Arabia 5-0 in the first game of the tournament. The game was a spectacle of goals, with many football fans tuning in late to catch the action, thinking the fixture would be a rather mundane affair. Every four years, hundreds of millions…
[ad_1] Since it announced its high-end video ambitions one year ago this week, Apple has been seeking major names to provide it an identity. And on Friday it landed another big one. The tech giant said it had reached an overall agreement with Oprah Winfrey for the entertainment impresario to provide content to its streaming…
[ad_1] Have you ever taken a sip of wine and tasted green peppers, asparagus or even cut green grass? These earthy and vegetative aromas are known as green notes and are a natural part of the bouquet of certain wines. But they can be undesirable to some wine drinkers, which is why a team from Australia…
[ad_1] The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says unapproved genetically modified wheat that is resistant to herbicides was found in southern Alberta last summer, but the problem has been mitigated. Genetically modified (GMO) wheat is not approved for commercial use in Canada for growing or seed production. An unspecified number of plants were found along an access road, after…
[ad_1] First, a disgruntled former client called her the “worstest lawyer” in a Google Plus post. Then, a B.C. Supreme Court judge awarded Kyla Lee $1 in damages as a way of expressing her disapproval with Lee’s decision to sue for defamation. But the Vancouver lawyer says she doesn’t regret going to court over what she claims was…
[ad_1] If you need to dispose of a gigantic whale corpse, two Dalhousie University professors can tell you just what to do. Dalhousie marine biologist Chris Harvey-Clark wondered how he’d get the flesh off a 12-metre right whale and a 20-metre blue whale. “I knew nothing whatsoever about large-scale preparation of skeletons,” he says. He…
[ad_1] Ontario premier-designate Doug Ford has vowed that his first act in the legislature will be to scrap the province’s cap-and-trade program. “In Ontario, the carbon tax’s days are numbered,” he announced Friday during a news conference at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Ford, who will be sworn in later this month, campaigned on a promise to…
[ad_1] AT&T will be launching a “very, very skinny bundle” of television programming free to its mobile customers, Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC on Friday, a day after the company closed its $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner. “We will be launching, and you’re going to hear more about this next week, a…
[ad_1] Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Drew Houston, chief executive officer and co-founder of Dropbox Inc., left, and Arash Ferdowsi, co-founder of Dropbox Inc., applaud during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Friday, March 23, 2018. Dropbox shares soared for a second day…
[ad_1] Apple may not seem like a subscription-service play, but the iPhone maker is carving a space for itself in the subscription economy with its budding razor-razorblade model, Cramer said. “The phones are the razors and the various subscription services that you pay for automatically are the blades,” he said. “This is why I’ve been…
[ad_1] Bitcoin is on the decline, but ethereum might be a better bet in cryptocurrency, Brian Kelly told CNBC. Bitcoin, the most popular digital coin and largest by market cap, was priced around $6,400 on Friday — a staggering decline from its December highs of around $19,500. But cryptocurrency is still a relatively new industry,…
[ad_1] As stocks turned positive towards the end of Friday’s trading session, CNBC’s Jim Cramer warned investors not to get too cheery about Wall Street shrugging off the escalating trade war. “Many bulls were heartened that the stock market clawed its way back up and at one time was almost even, despite the tariffs. I…
[ad_1] For the first time, Google also included a weighted attrition index, which showed that black and Latino employees were leaving the company at the highest rates. A lack of diversity is a problem across the tech industry, but Google has recently been at the center of public attention. Late last year, a Google engineer…
[ad_1] “The tests performed on Theranos technology, in addition, were likely to contain inaccurate and unreliable results,” the prosecutors’ office said. The indictment says that Holmes and Balwani also made “numerous misrepresentations to potential investors about Theranos’ financial condition and its future prospects.” Those lies included claiming that the company used Theranos-made analyzers for patient…
[ad_1] Respected geopolitical analyst George Friedman thinks blockchain, the technology underlying bitcoin, will one day become “obsolete.” “I’ve never known any encryption technology not to be broken,” Friedman told CNBC Thursday on the sidelines of the UBS CIO Global Forum in New York. “I doubt between Russia, China, U.S. intelligence services” that blockchain can’t be…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, CEO, AT&T Time Warner is changing its name to WarnerMedia now that its $85 billion deal with AT&T has closed, and Turner CEO John Martin is departing the company, according to an internal memo from an AT&T executive. The memo, written by John Stankey,…
[ad_1] The U.S.-China trade dispute escalated Friday with the Trump administration announcing tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods that will take effect July 6. Beijing quickly responded with its own list of U.S. goods worth about the same amount that will also be subject to tariffs on July 6. U.S. stocks fell Friday…
[ad_1] Getty Images Robert Iger, chairman and chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co. and Brian Roberts, Comcast chairman and CEO. The irony of the Comcast-Disney battle to buy the majority of 21st Century Fox is that CEOs Brian Roberts and Bob Iger could both walk away happy. All they’d have to do is split…
[ad_1] A U.S. District Court judge ruled on Friday that a Russian company charged with meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is not entitled to review grand jury materials and gave the two sides 10 days to agree on rules for sharing evidence. Lawyers for the Russian company, Concord Management and Consulting, had last…
[ad_1] A company run by former officials at Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm brought down by a scandal over how it obtained Facebook users’ private data, has quietly been working for President Donald Trump‘s 2020 re-election effort, The Associated Press has learned. The AP confirmed that at least four former Cambridge Analytica employees are…
[ad_1] Apple has signed a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey as part of the hardware giant’s push into original content, the company said Friday. Winfrey will create “original programs that embrace her incomparable ability to connect with audiences around the world,” Apple said in a statement. The actress and philanthropist has dominated daytime TV for…
[ad_1] You’ve probably received a bunch of emails from companies telling you that they’re changing their privacy policies, and perhaps asking you for permission to keep sending you email. And, if you’re like most Americans, those emails went straight into the trash. This is causing a nightmare for companies that rely on email newsletters or…
[ad_1] Tax software company Avalara skyrocketed more than 50 percent on its opening day of trading Friday. Shares opened at $35 after pricing at $24 in the company’s $180 million IPO on Thursday. It’s another successful cloud software IPO for the tech sector. Zuora and Ceridian each jumped roughly 40 percent on their opening days…
[ad_1] PayPal-owned, peer-to-peer payments app Venmo is ending web support for its service, the company announced in an email to users. The changes, which are beginning to roll out now, will see the Venmo.com website phasing out support for making payments and charging users. In time, users will see even less functionality on the website,…
[ad_1] Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the 2018 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 4, 2018 in San Jose, California. New software that Apple will launch for the iPhone and iPad in the coming months will make managing notifications and alerts much…
[ad_1] Gmail has recently introduced a brand new redesign. While you can disable or ignore most of the new features, Gmail has started resurfacing old unanswered emails with a suggestion that you should reply. And this is what it looks like: The orange text immediately grabs your attention. By bumping the email thread to the…
[ad_1] Adobe reported its Q2 FY’18 earnings yesterday and the news was quite good. The company announced $2.2 billion in revenue for the quarter up 24 percent year over year. That puts them on an impressive $8.8 billion run rate, within reach of becoming the next $10 billion software company (or at least on a…
[ad_1] Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brian Roberts, chairman and chief executive officer of Comcast Corp. Comcast said Friday that the European Commission has cleared its bid for Britain’s Sky. The cable company submitted a 22 billion pound ($30.7 billion) bid for Sky in April, prompting the Europeanpay TVgroup to drop its support…
[ad_1] AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC on Friday he feels “relief” at winning the company’s court case against the government and completing its purchase of Time Warner. AT&T got its day in court and “the system worked,” Stephenson said on “Squawk Box.” “We live in an amazing country,” he said. “We have…
[ad_1] Apple has launched an new advertising campaign for the Mac called “behind the Mac”. In this campaign, the company is sharing user stories of people using Mac for work, creative projects and accessibility reasons. The Mac is a versatile platform. People use it for boring tasks, such as checking emails and browsing the web.…
[ad_1] Despite some concerns over its adoption by scammers, new payment service Zelle is shaping up to overtake rival Venmo this year, according to a new forecast from eMarketer. The firm expects Zelle to grow more than 73 percent in 2018, to reach 27.4 million users in the U.S., ahead of Venmo’s 22.9 million. Square…
[ad_1] Google Maps for Android has been spotted to have added quick access buttons to let you easily navigate to your home or work. All you need to tap one of the quick access buttons from the app’s home screen to navigate while on the go. The latest change comes a long time after the…
[ad_1] Cowen is more optimistic on AMD gains in the cloud computing market after a presentation from a key company executive. The firm raised its price target for AMD shares to $21 from $18, predicting the chipmaker will report better than expected profits in 2020. “Along with recent announcements of new server deals with Cisco/Tencent…
[ad_1] Google has made App Maker, its low-code tool for building business apps, generally available and open to all developers, a year and a half after the launch of its beta version. “Today, we’re making App Maker generally available to help you rethink how your teams operate,” Geva Rechav, Product Manager, App Maker, wrote in…
[ad_1] The most bullish analyst on Tesla today, Romit Shah of Nomura Instinet, told CNBC: “In the shareholder meeting, Tesla was so incredibly confident about reaching their targets — 5,000 Model 3 cars per week, GAAP profitability in Q3 and Q4. I think that people do not realize they have a very savvy CFO who…
[ad_1] The market for DNA testing has exploded in the past decade, with consumer demand increasing and costs continuing to plummet. Researchers expect that the global consumer DNA testing market will reach $928 million by 2023. Many of these companies sell their kits directly to consumers on their own websites, as well as on Amazon,…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday his Digital India flagship programme empowered citizens by eliminating middlemen’ and promoted the four Es – Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment. “We launched Digital India with a very simple focus – to ensure more people can benefit from the joys of technology, especially in rural areas,” PM Modi…
[ad_1] Back in February this year, Instagram had reportedly started testing a new feature that notifies users about the viewers who have taken a screenshot of their publicly shared Instagram Stories. While this wasn’t confirmed at that point in time, the Facebook-owned service has now issued a statement stating that the testing process is now…
[ad_1] Didi Chuxing Technology Co, the Chinese ride-sharing company which bought the mainland operations of Uber Technologies, said it will begin offering its service this month in Australia, its first foray in a Western country. The scheduled June 25 launch in Australia’s second biggest city Melbourne sets Didi up for a showdown with the US rival…
[ad_1] Desiree Martin | AFP | Getty Images Stephen Hawking gives a lecture on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife on September 23, 2014. The voice of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who died in March, is to be beamed into space Friday, following a memorial service held at Westminster Abbey in London. The European Space…
[ad_1] Didi said it had been piloting its ride-hailing service in Geelong, a city southwest of Melbourne, last month. It said the Melbourne service would include “rigorous” driver vetting and safety features including a round-the-clock emergency support line and location sharing. It’s latest expansion comes as concerns rise over the safety of Didi’s platform after…
[ad_1] Kodi users are facing more trouble accessing content after another hugely popular addon has been removed from the TV Player. Crunchyroll is one of the biggest online sources of Japanese anime and Asian content but it will no longer be accessible via Kodi. The service, which is available across numerous platforms such as iOS,…
[ad_1] Successor to last year’s Chromebook Plus, the Samsung Chromebook Plus v2 has been announced on Thursday by the South Korean giant in New Jersey, US. The 2-in-1 convertible will be made available in the country starting June 24 across Best Buy stores and Bestbuy.com at a starting price of $499.99 (roughly Rs. 34,000). Key…
[ad_1] Amazon’s intelligent Echo smart speaker has just got another big update with the Alexa voice assistant now able to answer all of your World Cup queries. The online retail giant has pushed out the upgrade as the world’s biggest football tournament gets underway in Russia later today. The new Alexa commands now include help finding…
[ad_1] Netflix fans can binge on all the latest box sets this summer for free thanks to a new deal from O2. The mobile operator has just announced a partnership with the online streaming service to offer customers free access for up to a year. This latest deal is available to all new and existing customers who…
[ad_1] Valve announced its Steam Link app for Android and iOS last month, and soon after, released the app in beta for Android. Steam Link hasn’t arrived yet for iOS however, and Valve said its App Store approval was revoked over “business conflicts”. Soon after, Phil Schiller, Apple Senior Vice President for Worldwide Marketing, clarified…
[ad_1] Facebook has grown to become one of the most recognisable brands in the world, with more than one billion people having an active account. Social media is a massive part of modern day culture, with users expecting tighter security for their personal accounts. Facebook has plenty of security options in place to protect its…
[ad_1] Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 Insider Preview build that finally brings SwiftKey, the popular mobile keyboard app it had acquired back in February 2016, to Windows 10. The SwiftKey app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to offer text prediction and enables on-screen typing through gestures. Alongside bringing the new Redstone 5 Windows 10…
[ad_1] VAR, or the video assistant referee, could be the defining factor in this year’s tournament, as the World Cup 2018 kicks off in Moscow today. 32 nations from around the world will head to Russia to take the first steps on their road to World Cup glory, with VAR entering the competition for the first…
[ad_1] Republican senators pushing to keep stiff sanctions on China’s ZTE Corp. dug in for a potential showdown with the White House as some of their colleagues said they’d try to negotiate a way out with President Donald Trump. Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Thursday there was no plan in…
[ad_1] Millions of UK WhatsApp users are being warned to stay alert after another shocking new scam has been uncovered. The latest fake message to target fans of the popular app claims to come from Legoland with it offering 5 free tickets to 500 families. Once users click on the link they are taken to…
[ad_1] A US Senate Commerce Committee panel plans to call a former Cambridge Analytica contractor at the centre of a scandal involving the use of data from millions of Facebook users, a committee spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. The panel’s subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security will hold a hearing next Tuesday on data…
[ad_1] U.S. prosecutors have charged six current and former employees of San Francisco-based Fitbit, Inc. with possessing trade secrets stolen from rival company Jawbone. An indictment filed Thursday in federal court in Northern California says the employees received the stolen trade secrets after leaving Jawbone and knew they were not supposed to have them. Both…
[ad_1] Snapchat messaging service on Thursday set out to spread its reach, and panache, to other smartphone apps with a software kit that promised to share little data about users. Parent company Snap said people will be able to use Snapchat credentials to sign into apps the way they might do using Facebook or Google…
[ad_1] It seems there’s never been a better time to create an app. Apple has just published official figures showing the health of the app economy with over 290,000 jobs created in the UK alone. The US technology firm has also revealed that, since the App Store was first created in 2008, it has paid…
[ad_1] Sky Sports fans have just one day left to grab a very good deal. The satellite TV firm is currently offering a four-month subscription to its popular channels for £70. The deal, which is available via the Summer Golf Pass on NOW TV, saves customers £60 off the usual price of the package. With a huge…
[ad_1] A toothy squirrel named Bucky is once again fattening up on nuts after an Alberta woman trimmed his tusks. When Jannet Lee Talbott spotted the critter on the backyard bird feeder at her Barrhead horse ranch earlier this week, she couldn’t believe her eyes. The squirrel’s teeth had grown so long they curled out of…
[ad_1] Spacewalking astronauts set up TV cameras Thursday for new crew capsules set to arrive in coming months. The International Space Station’s commander, Drew Feustel, and Ricky Arnold completed the installation — their main job — after struggling with a shield for protection against space debris. As the work got underway, Feustel had trouble removing…
[ad_1] Smartphones can be addictive. But some of the biggest tech companies may have found a solution with new tools to help users better understand their habits and usage. Earlier this month, Apple unveiled the new iOS 12, which includes management tools for customers to control how they spend their time interacting with their devices.…
[ad_1] Verizon has a new unlimited plan, one it hopes will appeal to the heaviest data users. Called “Unlimited Above,” the new plan is available starting June 18 and is priced at $20 more per line, per month than the company’s cheapest unlimited offering. For that extra buck, you are getting a bit more bang,…
[ad_1] WeWork more than doubled its sales in the first quarter of 2018 to $342m, according to an internal memo seen by the Financial Times, accelerating from the fevered growth the shared office space provider achieved last year and bolstering its hopes for a new fundraising and eventual stock market listing. The company did not…
[ad_1] Chinese regulators have approved Qualcomm‘s proposed US$44 billion merger with NXP Semiconductors, South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The decision by China’s Ministry of Commerce clears a months-long antitrust roadblock caused by trade tensions between the United States and Beijing and will allow the takeover to…
[ad_1] Broadcom said it had laid off about 1,100 employees across its businesses to cut costs after its merger with Brocade. The chipmaker completed its $5.5 billion acquisition of network gear maker Brocade in November. Broadcom is further evaluating its resources and may terminate additional positions, it said in a regulatory filing. Broadcom said it…
[ad_1] It’s become almost second nature to accept that cameras everywhere — from streets, to museums and shops — are watching you, but now they may be able to communicate with you, as well. New technology from Purdue University computer science researchers has made this dystopian prospect a reality in a new paper published today.…
[ad_1] The entire entertainment sector is readjusting after AT&T got legal clearance to buy Time Warner and Comcast topped Disney’s bid for a key portion of Twenty-First Century Fox’s assets, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. “The industry finally got a two-part catalyst: a federal judge who wants old media to have the firepower to compete…
[ad_1] While Shantanu Narayen doesn’t see his company, Adobe Systems, as a monopoly despite some Wall Street criticism, he does want it to offer the only true “end-to-end solution” for digital creators, the chairman and CEO told CNBC on Thursday. “I think creativity will continue to be this incredible opportunity for us,” he said in…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc., left, speaks while Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Bewkes, chairman and chief executive officer of Time Warner Inc. The Justice Department has agreed to let AT&T complete its purchase of Time Warner, according to joint government filings, likely clearing…
[ad_1] A year after Amazon‘s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, the organic grocer’s outspoken CEO, John Mackey, remains at the helm. But Amazon isn’t leaving Mackey, who co-founded Whole Foods in 1980, in control of the integration or the future of the business. According to an organization chart viewed by CNBC, Mackey is working…
[ad_1] Adobe stock fell as much as 5 percent on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter of its 2018 fiscal year, which ended on June 1. Here’s how the company performed: Earnings: Excluding certain items, $1.66 in earnings per share vs. $1.54 in earnings per share as expected by analysts,…
[ad_1] Legendary hedge fund manager Julian Robertson believes technology stocks are inexpensive compared to their growth prospects. Robertson was asked about valuations in the technology sector. “I don’t think the FANGs or the tech stocks are frothy at all. I think relative to the rest of the market never have [these] stocks been this cheap,”…
[ad_1] Facebook head of communications and public policy Elliot Schrage said Thursday that he is stepping down after a decade at the social media company. “After more than a decade at Facebook, I’ve decided it’s time to start a new chapter in my life. Leading policy and communications for hyper growth technology companies is a…
[ad_1] Samsung has announced that it will use 100 percent renewable energy for all its factories and offices in the U.S., Europe and China. This is the first time Samsung has announced a public commitment for renewable energy. Greenpeace and environmental activists have been calling out Samsung for months as many tech companies have already…
[ad_1] No matter how popular scooters are in certain places and how enjoyable they are to ride, the industry is going to be dogged by critics, at least for a while, for four main reasons: Valuation — Based on any reasonable numbers today, it’s hard to make the math work. The bet is on expansion,…
[ad_1] The world’s second largest cryptocurrency spiked Thursday after a key Securities and Exchange Commission official made it clear that in the eyes of the agency, it’s not a security. The digital currency ether rose 8.8 percent to a high of $520.68, according to CoinDesk. Its price has struggled along with other cryptocurrencies this year,…
[ad_1] Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world and is currently worth more than $140 billion, according to Forbes. He has a lot of wealth to share, if he so chooses. And it appears that’s exactly what he intends to do. Bezos has settled on “two areas” on which to focus…
[ad_1] Elon Musk is “masterful” in the way he fights back against the short sellers of Tesla stock, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. “You can’t lay a glove on him [Musk]. He floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee,” said Cramer, paraphrasing the famous quote from the late boxer Muhammad Ali. Tesla is one…
[ad_1] Hinman specifically said that bitcoin is not a security because it is decentralized: there is no central party whose efforts are a key determining factor in the enterprise. In addition, ether is also not a security because the Ethereum network is also decentralized. Mr. Hinman did not address the securities status of other cryptocurrencies,…
[ad_1] Juul Labs, the company behind the ever-popular Juul e-cig, has today announced a new policy around social media. This comes in the midst of Juul’s effort to get FDA approval, which has been made more arduous by the fact that the FDA has cracked down on Juul after learning how popular the device is…
[ad_1] Lucas Jackson | Reuters Dropbox Inc. co-founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi celebrate while watching the initial trade of Dropbox (DBX) as it is listed for the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, U.S., March 23, 2018. Dropbox was on pace for its best day since…
[ad_1] After its brief announcement at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last week, Apple Book app has now formally been previewed. The new app, which will debut on iOS 12 later this year, comes as a refresh of the original iBooks app. It offers ebooks and audiobooks through dedicated tabs to iPhone and iPad users. The…
[ad_1] Donna Brunswick drove to a Costco last month to pick up 2 pounds of raw flank steak — not at the wholesale club, but from a truck in the parking lot. “Typically you wouldn’t buy meat off a random truck,” says Brunswick, a technical manager in Atlanta. But she says $20 for the slab…
[ad_1] Microsoft has announced a design update to Office 365, and it will also be made available to users of Office.com. The update, which is planned to roll out this month, brings a simplified command ribbon at the top. This ribbon comes from the Fluent Design system that the Redmond company originally brought to Windows…
[ad_1] The project falls under falls under the healthcare group on Google Brain, part of its Google AI division, and is sometimes referred to internally as “Medical Brain.” It has the “ambitious goal” of deploying tests with an external health-care partner by the end of the year, according to one job listing. The project would…
[ad_1] Twitter will personalise news for users and send them notifications of events, trying to attract a bigger, broader audience with one of its most comprehensive product updates in years. The changes follow several iterations to make the social-media platform less cumbersome for new users, who may find it hard to decide whose opinions to…
[ad_1] Brendan McDermid | Reuters People pass by a video sign display with the logo for Roku Inc, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, that held it’s IPO at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York, September 28, 2017. Roku shares will turn around after a disappointing start this year, according to one Wall Street analyst. Macquarie…
[ad_1] Reliance Jio and Airtel have announced that their respective live TV apps – Jio TV and Airtel TV – will live stream the FIFA World Cup 2018 for their subscribers in India. The FIFA World Cup 2018, being held in Russia, is the biggest football tournament of the year. If you follow football, you will want to watch the…
[ad_1] Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company’s headquarters in the Brooklyn. Online crafts marketplace Etsy‘s shares soared Thursday after announcing it’ll take a larger percentage of each sale and raising its full-year guidance to reflect the higher revenue. Shares opened up roughly…
[ad_1] Today Snapchat finally gets a true developer platform, confirming TechCrunch’s scoop from last month about Snap Kit. This set of APIs lets other apps piggyback on Snap’s login for sign up, build Bitmoji avatars into their keyboards, display public Our Stories and Snap Map content, and generate branded stickers with referral links users can…
[ad_1] Mozilla, the creator of Firefox, is said to be working on a voice-controlled platform of its own, called Scout. Move over keyboards, mice, or even finger swipes, as after the success of Google Assistant, Apple Siri, and Amazon Alexa, companies like Mozilla are also considering that the future of Web browsing is voice control.…
[ad_1] While Salesforce and Microsoft have a dominant position in the world of sales software today, there are a number of startups nipping at their heels, and today one of the more promising of them has announced a growth round to help them in the effort. Pipedrive, a startup co-headquartered in Estonia and New York…
[ad_1] Google has announced that it will open an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Africa, its first on the continent. The Silicon Valley giant said that the new research hub will open in Accra, Ghana, later this year, announcing the move in a blog post published on Wednesday. “We’re committed to collaborating with local…
[ad_1] For an energy source that’s been around for three decades, the lithium-ion battery is only just hitting its stride. It’s worked its way up from primitive cellular phones to cameras and laptops before entering everyone’s pockets inside smartphones. But only now that the electric car has arrived is this energy storage system truly taking…
[ad_1] Facebook is being used less and less to find and share news while people are increasingly turning to alternative platforms like Whatsapp instead, according to a study. The use of Facebook for news dropped by 9 percent from 2017 to 2018 in the U.S., research by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute found, with news consumption…
[ad_1] Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp has proposed a $10.7 billion (roughly Rs. 72,000 crores) financing plan and nominated eight board members in a drastic management overhaul, as it seeks to rebuild a business crippled by a US supplier ban. The news, announced late on Wednesday, indicates China’s No.2 telecom equipment maker is working towards meeting…
[ad_1] Oracle is losing favor among technology buyers to leading cloud computing vendors, according to J.P. Morgan. The firm lowered its rating to neutral from overweight for Oracle shares, citing negative tech spending survey results from chief information officers. Oracle “specific metrics in our large-scale CIO survey have arced over into negative territory, which makes…
[ad_1] Google has been spotted to have started testing use of the Google Sans font in Search on mobile devices. The new font, which is an optimised version of Product Sans, is already used across all the product logos used by Google. It is reported that the new font is also rolling out to many…
[ad_1] The Securities and Exchange Commission may be getting set to clear up confusion around whether and under what conditions initial coin offerings, and possibly alt-coins like ether and ripple, constitute securities. William Hinman, a key SEC official for formulating policy on bitcoin and blockchain, is speaking Thursday at Yahoo’s All Markets Summit: Crypto in…
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, has pledged to convert its operations in the United States, Europe and China to using only solar and other renewable energy by 2020. With its announcement Thursday, the tech giant joins Apple and other Silicon Valley companies in making such a commitment, but it faces bigger challenges…
[ad_1] Windows 10 users are being urged to make sure their PCs are fully up-to-date as a serious vulnerability has been discovered which could give hackers full access to PCs. The security issue, which was found by McAfee Labs, leaves Microsoft-powered machines open to attack by bypassing the lock screen. McAfee Labs Advanced Threat Research team…
[ad_1] Payments platform PhonePe on Thursday announced its partnership with Ola for a hassle-free cab and auto booking experience. The tie-up will enable users to now book an Ola using the PhonePe app. With this integration, PhonePe users will have access to Ola’s multi-modal commuting offerings, along with the benefit of using the industry-first AutoPay…
[ad_1] A comprehensive study suggests the Antarctic ice sheet lost roughly three trillion tons of ice between 1992 and 2017. The study, published today in Nature, found that annual ice loss in West Antarctica — the most vulnerable to warming temperatures — was almost three times higher than an earlier estimate in 2012, from 59 billion…
[ad_1] Dell has launced a new lineup of OptiPlex All-in-Ones (AIO) and OptiPlex Towers in India. On the 25th year of OptiPlex series, Dell at an event in New Delhi released a refreshed lineup that come in small form factors and 8th generation Intel processors. Earlier in April this year, the company had announced a…
[ad_1] A NASA rover on Mars has been knocked out by gigantic dust storm that is enveloping the planet and blocking the sun. Officials from the space agency said Wednesday they’re hopeful the Opportunity rover will survive the storm, which already covers one-quarter of Mars and is expected to encircle the Red Planet in another few days.…
[ad_1] If you sleep next to someone who snores you know that the endless horking and honking isn’t very fun… and it makes the snorer’s life even worse. Some students and doctors in Baltimore, Maryland, however, have created something that acts like an internal breathing strip to help you breathe better and snore less. Called…
[ad_1] Adblock Plus creator Eyeo has built a new Chrome extension that is designed to highlight fake news by leveraging blockchain technology. The new add-on, called Trusted News, will label ‘Trustworthy’, ‘Unknown’, and ‘Untrustworthy’ news content on the Web using independent “politically objective” data sources. It will also categorise websites that include satirical, biased, malicious,…
[ad_1] Apple Inc. said Wednesday it will change its iPhone settings to undercut the most popular means for law enforcement to break into the devices. The company told Reuters it was aiming to protect all customers, especially in countries where phones are readily obtained by police or by criminals with extensive resources. The privacy standard-bearer of the tech industry said…
[ad_1] Ever since Scott Forstall took the stage at the iPhone launch event in 2011 to introduce Siri to the world, the rise of virtual assistants has been swift. With so many intelligent assistants out there, it is hard to decide which one to use on a day to day basis. While Microsoft’s Cortana ships…
[ad_1] The White House opposes a Senate proposal to block President Donald Trump‘s deal to revive Chinese telecommunications company ZTE. The Trump administration is working with Senate leaders to change language included in a defense authorization bill the chamber is set to pass this week, White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said Wednesday. The…
[ad_1] Almost a year after the Google for Jobs service was rolled out, tech giant Google on Tuesday announced that it is looking to help higher education seekers with the perfect college match. Starting this week, prospective students will be able to search for information on things like admissions, cost, student life, etc directly from…
[ad_1] Players of hit game “Fortnite” have hit out at Sony over a problem that has seen users have issues playing the title on a Nintendo Swtich console after initially using it on a PlayStation 4. Gamers have taken to social media and forums like Reddit to express anger over the so-called “cross-play” problem. Players…
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon.com’s automated grocery shop, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant is developing systems that track what shoppers add to their carts, the people say. Microsoft has shown…
[ad_1] Billionaire tech pioneer Steve Case urged AT&T on Wednesday to learn from AOL’s failed merger with Time Warner, which unraveled less than a decade after it was announced in 2000. Case, co-founder of AOL, appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” a day after a federal judge cleared the way for AT&T’s $85.4 billion bid to…
[ad_1] Apple’s new rules for app developers limit their ability to harvest user contact data, but they also could hurt a key app owned by Facebook called Onavo Protect. The iPhone maker’s updated App Store Review Guidelines ban applications that “collect information about which other apps are installed on a user’s device for the purposes of…
[ad_1] Microsoft’s effort to date has largely fallen under its Business AI, or artificial intelligence, team, one person said. A group consisting of 10 to 15 people has worked on a host of retail store technologies, and they have presented some of their efforts in front of CEO Satya Nadella, the person said. In a…
[ad_1] The long-term bull case for Netflix is that its subscriber growth, coupled with incremental price increases, will eventually propel earnings and cash flow. BTIG’s Greenfield predicts Netflix will increase its global subscribers from 125 million to 200 million by 2020. Bank of America analyst Nat Schindler estimates Netflix will have 360 million subscribers by…
[ad_1] Google Pixelbook, the company’s laptop-tablet hybrid, has been a popular device primarily because of its design and functionality, but it is arguably limited thanks to running Chrome OS. However, according to latest reports, Google could be working on getting the Pixelbook certified by Microsoft to run Windows 10. As per a 9to5Google report, latest…
[ad_1] SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images The LG Electronics logo is seen at the World IT Show in Seoul, South Korea, on May 23, 2018. Shares of LG Electronics jumped more than 4 percent on Thursday, outperforming other South Korean technology shares and the broader market. LG Electronics rose 4 percent to 93,600…
[ad_1] Uber Technologies has hired Facebook product director Daniel Danker as its head of driver product, Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said in a tweet on Wednesday. “Psyched to have @mrdanieldanker (Danker) join our team so we can continue to improve, innovate and build great experiences for our driver partners!” Khosrowshahi tweeted. Uber has been without a…
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[ad_1] Twitter said on Wednesday it is changing its service to give more space to major events such as the World Cup, earthquakes, royal weddings, and elections in a bid to make it easier for people to find interesting tweets. Twitter has tried to stand out with users and advertisers by emphasising live events and instant…
[ad_1] Elon Musk’s Boring Company has won the bid to build a high-speed express train to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the company told CNBC. The company beat a consortium that included engineering firm Mott MacDonald, which worked on the development of a terminal at London’s Heathrow airport, and an infrastructure fund backed by former basketball…
[ad_1] Mike Segar | Reuters Jack Dorsey, CEO and co-founder of Twitter and founder and CEO of Square, speaks at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York City, May 16, 2018. Twitter announced updates to its platform on Wednesday that it says should make it easier for users to find and follow big…
[ad_1] Donald Trump‘s concerns over international trade are understandable but the U.S. president is choosing the wrong approach to level the playing field, the U.K.’s trade chief told CNBC Wednesday. Speaking at 10 Downing Street, the U.K.’s International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said he “understands” the U.S. reservations related to Chinese overproduction, Chinese market access,…
[ad_1] Oli Scarff | Getty Images The Old Street roundabout, which has been dubbed ‘Silicon Roundabout’ due to the number of technology companies operating from the area in London. London remains Europe’s top hub for tech investment despite Brexit uncertainty, and in 2017 U.K. tech firms took in almost four times more funding than Germany,…
[ad_1] NASA engineers last heard from Opportunity three days ago, when the rover sent a message from its perch on a slope in Perseverance Valley on Mars, a location appropriately named for Opportunity’s current situation. With the temperature on Mars falling as low as minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, Callas explained how Opportunity must stay warm…
[ad_1] Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brian Roberts, chairman and chief executive officer of Comcast Corp. The assets would increase Comcast’s international footprint and boost its entertainment portfolio at a time when it’s facing pressure in its video business as more consumers cut the cord and turn to internet-delivered video services like Netflix.…
[ad_1] Once a year in mid-winter, Amazon fulfillment center employees are sent an offer called “pay to quit.” Employees who take the offer get paid based on their years of services to the company, the first year the offer is $2,000 and goes up by $1,000 each additional year until it is capped at $5,000.…
[ad_1] Gap appointed Neil Fiske president and CEO of its Gap brand, the clothing company announced on Wednesday. Fiske will assume his new role on June 20. “Neil brings significant retail and apparel experience to Gap Inc. and a track record of transforming and repositioning brands,” Gap President and CEO Art Peck said in a…
[ad_1] In an email, an Apple spokesman, Fred Sainz, said the company is constantly strengthening security protections and fixes any vulnerability it finds in its phones, partly because criminals could also exploit the same flaws that law enforcement agencies use. “We have the greatest respect for law enforcement, and we don’t design our security improvements…
[ad_1] Billionaire media investor Mario Gabelli told CNBC on Wednesday he was “applauding” Comcast’s latest bid for Twenty-First Century Fox on behalf of his clients. And he believes there’s a chance it may not end there. “I wouldn’t rule out a small possibility that one of the global behemoths … may come in over the…
[ad_1] In Silicon Valley, hyperbole is becoming a problem, according to prominent short-seller Jim Chanos. The billionaire who predicted the fall of Enron is warning investors to be skeptical of young, optimistic leaders of companies that he says could end up like disgraced start-up Theranos. “There seems to be a culture where you’re allowed to…
[ad_1] Ned Newell-Hanson, a 26-year-old Londoner, watches football obsessively but avoids paying for it. Some of his happiest moments are watching Chelsea games on his mobile, ideally on his balcony with a glass of wine but if necessary on a bus, hours after they have ended. (He goes to great lengths to avoid prematurely hearing…
[ad_1] Disney CEO and media mogul Bob Iger sits on the board at Apple, which has been building out its own content studio. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings — whose radical approach to media has set off a frenzy among traditional players — sits on the board at Facebook. The social media company hosts original shows…
[ad_1] Elon Musk just made another big bet on himself. Over the last two days, Musk has bought 72,500 shares of Tesla, when shares were trading at $342-$347, according to an SEC filing. The total purchase is worth about $24.9 million. Tesla has an abundance of skeptics, but Musk has continued to fork over cash…
[ad_1] A federal judge’s ruling in favor of AT&T‘s acquisition of Time Warner on Tuesday gave affirmation to dealmakers that regulatory authorities are willing to factor in the impact of new technology into their view of the regulatory landscape. For the media giants and their peers, that ruling acknowledged the effect of new competition from…
[ad_1] Waymo is closer than any other company to making fully autonomous vehicles a real product, even as the industry is facing increased scrutiny. Americans are more afraid of riding in self-driving cars this year than last year, according to recent AAA surveys, and Uber temporarily halted all of its self-driving tests after one of…
[ad_1] Fintech startup N26 is updating its N26 Metal product and launching it tomorrow. You might remember that the company first announced its premium card at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin in December 2017. Shortly after the conference, the card was available in early access for existing N26 Black customers. But the company had to go back…
[ad_1] Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on Tuesday held a company town hall in which he assured employees he continues to stand his ground against the grocer’s new corporate parent, according to Business Insider, which said it obtained a recording of that meeting. “I ultimately am not afraid to get fired so — not that…
[ad_1] Musical.ly is merging the functionality from its two-year old live streaming platform Live.ly into its main app, and has disabled Live.ly’s standalone app as part of the transition process. The Live.ly app will eventually be pulled from the App Store and Google Play, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Instead of being able to go…
[ad_1] What Amazon potentially has going for it in the home insurance space is name recognition, lots of consumer data and the ability to analyze it effectively. If it did have a home insurance offering, it would be very convenient for the 49 percent of American consumers that already have an Amazon Prime premium membership.…
[ad_1] Way back in October of last year, Ring announced “Ring Protect” — a modular, no contract, DIY home security system. After a few delays, a bit of legal drama and Ring being acquired for a billion dollars by Amazon, the alarm is finally about to ship — albeit with a slightly different (better!) name.…
[ad_1] When Docker burst on the scene in 2013, it brought the idea of containers to a broad audience. Since then Kubernetes has emerged as a way to orchestrate the delivery of those containerized apps, but Docker saw a gap that wasn’t being addressed beyond pure container deployment that they are trying to address with…
[ad_1] For years, plenty of developers have taken a different path — hosting models in public clouds operated by Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other companies. Many developers choose to train their models in clouds, too. They can pay to rent out banks of powerful machines for as long as they need to in order to…
[ad_1] If you’ve tried selling your old smartphone on a refurbishment website, chances are you ended up with a dozen browser tabs comparing prices. French startup Back Market is taking advantage of this fragmented industry to create a marketplace and aggregate all refurbishers on a single online platform. The startup just raised $48 million (€41…
[ad_1] Bozoma Saint John, the face of Uber Technologies for a brief period after her 2017 hiring, is leaving to join the parent company of a top Hollywood talent agency. Saint John joined Uber from Apple, where she was a marketing executive working on the company’s music service. She was chief brand officer at Uber…
[ad_1] Disney shares are rising after a federal judge ruled in AT&T’s favor on its deal to acquire Time Warner. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled Tuesday that AT&T could buy Time Warner with no conditions attached, denying a Justice Department antitrust challenge to the deal. As a result of the ruling, Wall Street analysts…
[ad_1] Facebook is hoping to avoid another privacy scandal by adding new accountability and transparency requirements for businesses that use its Custom Audiences too to target you with ads based on your email address or phone number. Starting July 2nd, advertisers will have to declare whether contact info uploaded for ad targeting was collected with…
[ad_1] Google has announced some major changes to the way extensions are handled in its Chrome browser. Starting June 12, Chrome will no longer support the inline installation of extensions. This essentially means that Google is phasing out the method that web developers use to trigger Chrome extension installations from their own sites. The search…
[ad_1] Analysts at MoffettNathanson do not think Time Warner will save AT&T. On Tuesday, afederal judge ruledthat the deal, which would give AT&T ownership of cable channels like CNN and HBO as well as the film studio Warner Bros., was legal without any conditions. On Wednesday, analyst Craig Moffett said in a research note that…
[ad_1] BitWall, a Bitcoin-focused startup promising to help online publishers make money, has been acquired. Its new owner is Watch Out, the company behind an app that sends alerts about things like product and food recalls and weather-realted emergencies. It’s not the most obvious acquirer, but the companies say BitWall can help Watch Out improve…
[ad_1] Microsoft today announced that it’s bringing a new user interface design to its Office apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. This new look will be in line with the Fluent Design System the company launched last year and will roll out to both the Office.com online apps and the Office desktop tools over…
[ad_1] Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to buy a $1 billion (roughly Rs. 6,700 crores) stake in Southeast Asia’s Grab in the biggest investment by a carmaker into a ride-hailing firm, at a time when traditional automakers are racing to team up with disruptive tech companies. The value of six-year-old Grab will be just over…
[ad_1] Both Bitfinex and Tether, the company that issues the virtual currency, have been a cause of concern for some in the industry. “The lack of transparency surrounding Tether raises red flags for me,” said Dan Ciotoli, software engineer and blockchain analyst at Bespoke Investment Group. “It’s probable that Tether issuance made significant contributions to…
[ad_1] When Tableau was founded back in 2003, not many people were thinking about artificial intelligence to drive analytics and visualization, but over the years the world has changed and the company recognized that it needed talent to keep up with new trends. Today, it announced it was acquiring Empirical Systems, an early stage startup…
[ad_1] Reliance Jio and Airtel have announced that their respective live TV apps – Jio TV and Airtel TV – will live stream the FIFA World Cup 2018 for their subscribers in India. The FIFA World Cup 2018, being held in Russia, is the biggest football tournament of the year. If you follow football, you will want to watch the…
[ad_1] Apple is launching a new Measure app in iOS 12 in the next few months that will let you size anything with just your iPhone. You no longer have to go searching for a tape measure while hanging pictures or when trying to determine if a couch will fit in your living room. I…
[ad_1] Managed by Q, the office management platform based out of NYC, today announced its acquisition of NVS. Founded by Jason Havens in 2011, NVS is an office space planning and project management service, helping businesses plan their moves or office redesigns from start to finish. The company helps connect with a network of brokers,…
[ad_1] Intel has announced plans to launch a discrete GPU in 2020. The company tweeted the news along with a link to a press release on its site dating back to November 2017 when AMD’s Raja Koduri joined the company. While the tweet labels it as Intel’s “first” discrete GPU, it conveniently forgets Intel’s i740…
[ad_1] General Motors CFO Chuck Stevens is retiring after spending more than four decades at the automaker. The largest U.S. automaker has appointed Dhivya Suryadevara, vice president of corporate finance, to replace him on Sept. 1. Stevens will stay on as an adviser from that point until his official retirement date of March 1, 2019.…
[ad_1] Investors are placing another huge bet on a startup looking to reinvent a decades-old process into something that’s near instant, this time pouring $325 million into Opendoor — a company that wants to bring the complex operation of buying or selling a home down to something similarly as simple as hailing a Lyft. The…
[ad_1] Microsoft is reportedly in plans to upgrade its existing range of Surface computing devices by adding new models. The Redmond company already has its Surface Pro hybrid, Surface Book notebook, and Surface Hub smart screen. But now, it is rumoured that the existing Surface family will get a low-cost Surface Tablet, codenamed “Libra”, and…
[ad_1] However, the stock price has since recovered and is now trading at a record, with a market value of over $12 billion. “It’s validating and we are flattered,” Wu said, of Opendoor’s entrance into the market. “We are humbled to have like-minded competition in the category.” General Atlantic and Access Technology Ventures led the…
[ad_1] Reliance Jio has announced that its Live TV app Jio TV will live broadcast the FIFA World Cup 2018 for its subscribers in India. The FIFA World Cup 2018, being held in Russia, is the biggest football tournament of the year. If you follow football, you will want to watch the FIFA World Cup…
[ad_1] Battery life is one of the most sought-after features in smartphones, yet it rarely gets improved. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 may change that with a new battery system. Samsung is rumoured to be placing a larger battery in its Galaxy Note 9 phablet smartphone which is expected to be released in August this…
[ad_1] Last Fall at Dreamforce, Salesforce announced a deepening friendship with Google . That began to take shape in January with integration between Salesforce CRM data and Google Analytics 360 and Google BigQuery. Today, the two cloud giants announced the next step as the companies will share data between Google Analytics 360 and the Salesforce…
[ad_1] Aiming to strengthen its business in India, Truecaller on Wednesday announced it has acquired Chillr. Truecaller forayed into the digital payments segment in India in March last year. The company also announced the launch of Truecaller Pay 2.0, and said the size of its team in India has more than doubled with the acquisition.…
[ad_1] Lionel Bonaventure | AFP | Getty Images Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation. 21st Century Fox shareholders will benefit the most from AT&T’s major legal victory in its pursuit to buy Time Warner, according to one Wall Street firm. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled that AT&T could buy…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Lenovo / Digital Trends At the NXT BLD conference, Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad P52 – a 15.6-inch laptop with VR-ready features and killer specifications. Key specifications include up to an 8th Gen Intel Xeon hexa-core processor, an Nvidia Quadro P3200 GPU, along with up to 6TB of storage, and up to…
[ad_1] The Pirate Bay is down with “the galaxy’s most resilient BitTorrent site” not working as servers are offline at the moment. The Pirate Bay has been hard to reach for around 48 hours with the site displaying a CloudFlare error message, TorrentFreak reported. The 502 Cloudflare error message mentions that a “bad gateway” is…
[ad_1] Ever struggled to hold a phone steady while ordering an Uber? What about plugging typos into a pickup or drop off address? Those are some of the flags Uber could one day use to predict whether its riders have had too much to drink. Uber has a pending application with the US Patent and…
[ad_1] Dixons Carphone said there was an attempt to compromise 5.9million bank cards in a processing system for Currys PC World and Dixons Travel stores. However, they added that so far there is no evidence of any fraudulent use as the vast majority of cards have chip and pin protection. Dixons Carphone has also notified…
[ad_1] After making a commitment to 4K Ultra HD last year, Sky is now broadcasting more content in this ultimate format. Customers with the new Sky Q system can already watch football, F1 and some movies in 4K and now cricket is being added to that list. Sky says that customers will be able to…
[ad_1] Asus has now provided Google Lens integration within its PixelMaster Camera app to bring an advanced visual experience on ZenFone models. The new move comes weeks after Google expanded the presence of Google Lens by bringing it within the camera apps of vendors including Asus, BQ, HMD Global/ Nokia, LG, Motorola, OnePlus, Sony, TCL,…
[ad_1] MPs from across party lines today tore into a senior executive of a B.C.-based tech firm linked to the Facebook data scandal, accusing him of obfuscation and reminding him several times that he was under oath. AggregateIQ chief operating officer Jeff Silvester appeared alone before the House of Commons privacy and ethics committee, where he…
[ad_1] British mobile phone and electricals retailer Dixons Carphone said on Wednesday it had become the latest victim of cyber crime after discovering unauthorized access to its payment card data. “We have taken action to close off this access and have no evidence it is continuing. We have no evidence to date of any fraudulent…
[ad_1] Cloud computing company Salesforce has announced a $2.5 billion investment in the U.K. over the next five years ahead of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Tech Investment Roundtable on Wednesday. The San Francisco-based firm, notable for its customer relationship management (CRM) platform used by multinational companies around the world, said it plans to increase headcount,…
[ad_1] Microsoft has announced the commercial preview of Office 2019 for Mac. It comes with new features across Office apps like Powerpoint and Word. The Office 2019 for Mac commercial update will roll out alongside the Office 2019 for Windows update sometime later in this year. Office 2019 for Mac includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook…
[ad_1] Shares of Dutch fintech firm Adyen surged over 66 percent at the market open on their first day of trade on Wednesday in Amsterdam, in what is one of Europe’s biggest technology initial public offerings (IPO) in recent times. On Tuesday, Adyen priced its shares at 240 euros ($281.6), which was at the upper…
[ad_1] Canada’s much anticipated cyber security strategy, released Tuesday, has exposed one of the key problems facing the federal government in the digital age. The strategy warns of the need for better encryption to safeguard data — particularly against the lightning advances of quantum computing. But it also places an extraordinary emphasis on increased national security…
[ad_1] Google is rolling out an update to its Google Translate app that will enable translations even when you are offline. In 2016, Google had implemented ‘Neural Machine Translation’ to make its translation tool better than ever before. The technology giant is now introducing the feature in offline mode, and will run in the Google…
[ad_1] In its IPO, Adyen is not selling new shares. Instead, it’s shareholders are selling their stock, which amounts to 13.4 percent of outstanding shares. The largest shareholder is early backer Index Ventures which invested in Adyen in 2011. It owns 16.86 percent. General Atlantic is another major backer with 10.82 percent of the company.…
[ad_1] The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia starting tomorrow, and Apple has announced new features for many of its services to celebrate the occasion. It has introduced football-related features to Siri, App Store, Apple Music, Podcast, and even its Clips iOS app. For starters, Siri will be able to give you…
[ad_1] Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signage is displayed at the ZTE headquarters in Shenzhen, China, on Monday, June 4, 2018. Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp had about $3 billion wiped off its market value as it resumed trade on Wednesday after agreeing to pay up to $1.4 billion in penalties to the…
[ad_1] Months after gaining traction from over 300 million daily active users, Instagram Stories will now start selling products. The fresh development has expanded the shopping experience on Instagram as previously its feed was exclusively serving ads to let customers buy new products without leaving the photo-sharing platform. The Facebook-owned company will show stickers with…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Uber signage is displayed outside the company’s headquarters building in San Francisco, California, on June 21, 2017. Uber unveiled a smaller version of its ride-hailing app on Tuesday, in a bid to appeal to emerging market customers. The revamped app, called Uber Lite, takes up…
[ad_1] Apple changed its App Store rules last week to limit how developers obtain, use and share information about iPhone owners’ friends and other contacts. The move cracks down on a years-long practice. Developers ask users for access to their phone contacts, then use the information for marketing and sometimes share or sell it without…
[ad_1] Yet another company is refreshing its stores in 2018 in a bid to keep shoppers engaged and coming back for the experience — not just the products sold there. Fabric and craft retailer Jo-Ann, having been around for more than 70 years and now running more than 800 shops across the U.S., is rolling…
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook Inc’s annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. Facebook denied building eye-tracking software in its response to questions from Congress released Monday but said if it ever did build out the technology, it would take privacy into account.…
[ad_1] With the ultimate aim of attracting more users to expand its existing base of over 75 million monthly active riders worldwide, Uber on Tuesday launched the Uber Lite app in India. The new app is touted to be less than 5MB in size and claims to offer 300 milliseconds of response time. It is…
[ad_1] You may have heard of SleepScore labs before. The company has been selling a $149 product called the SleepScore Max that you placed by your bed for more information on how you slept. Now, SleepScore Labs can do all that using your phone’s speakers. First, you install the free app. Then, you run through…
[ad_1] Congress is right to focus on developing a national policy to promote the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, the current versions of legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 3388, the SELF DRIVE Act) and pending in the U.S. Senate (S.1885, the AV START Act) will not achieve this goal.…
[ad_1] Japan’s Toyota Motor will invest $1 billion into Southeast Asian ride-sharing app Grab, the Singapore-based company said Wednesday. The investment will see the two companies expand on their existing partnership and explore new mobility strategies across the region, Grab said. Additionally, an executive of the Japanese manufacturer will be appointed to Grab’s board of…
[ad_1] Apple has a new feature coming to iPhones and iPads this fall called Screen Time. It shows you how long you spend inside each app and will give you more control over how long you’re using specific apps. It might be one way to help cut down on phone addiction. Here’s a first look…
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc., right, speaks with Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Bewkes, chairman and chief executive officer of Time Warner Inc. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Tuesday: Shares of Time Warner surged more than 4 percent in extended…
[ad_1] A federal judge said Tuesday that AT&T‘s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner is legal, clearing the path for a deal that gives the pay-TV provider ownership of cable channels such as HBO and CNN as well as film studio Warner Bros. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon did not impose conditions on the…
[ad_1] Cisco Systems’ recent partnership with Alphabet’s Google to create a seamless cloud network “plays a tremendous role with security [and] policy,” Cisco’s Chuck Robbins said Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, the Cisco chairman and CEO said the partnership came in response to what customers of his networking…
[ad_1] While CNBC’s Jim Cramer was blown away by the monster 30-plus percent run in shares of Restoration Hardware parent RH on Tuesday, he also saw the rise as a unique opportunity. “RH up 31 percent today? Breathless. A perfect, perfectly crafted short squeeze,” the “Mad Money” host said. “But once the short-squeeze ends, I…
[ad_1] In his ruling approving AT&T’s bid to purchase Time Warner, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon advised the Department of Justice to not try and contest the ruling, which was unexpected, according to an analyst. “I think the biggest surprise here is Judge Leon advising the DOJ not to try to contest this ruling,”…
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc., left, speaks while Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Bewkes, chairman and chief executive officer of Time Warner Inc. A federal judge said Tuesday that AT&T‘s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner is legal, clearing the path for a deal…
[ad_1] Seattle city officials voted on Tuesday to repeal a new tax measure on large companies following mounting pressure from Amazon and other local businesses. Sitting in front of a raucous crowd, including many who opposed the repeal, the Seattle City Council members voted 7 to 2 in favor of overturning the law, which was…
[ad_1] Macy’s on Tuesday announced it is partnering with b8ta to expand Market @ Macy’s, a pop-up shop within its stores. As part of that partnership, Macy’s has taken a minority stake in b8ta, which helps brands build out physical stores. B8ta, founded in 2015 by Nest alums Vibhu Norby, William Mintun and Phillip Raub,…
[ad_1] Tesla is ditching Home Depot as a sales partner for its residential clean energy products, CEO Elon Musk revealed in an e-mail to his employees on Tuesday. The move is part of a broader restructuring of the company which also entails layoffs of about 9 percent of the Tesla workforce, not including hourly production…
[ad_1] Google searches for bitcoin have plummeted 75 percent this year, leading some to worry investors are losing interest in the buzzy cryptocurrency. Not bitcoin expert Brian Kelly. “It’s probably good that we’ve got some of the speculative froth out of here but there’s still more Google searches than Beyonce in bitcoin,” said Kelly, founder…
[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees on Tuesday the company will cut about 9 percent of its workforce, but he also said the car maker will need to be profitable to reach its goals. “Given that Tesla has never made an annual profit in the almost 15 years since we have existed, profit is…
[ad_1] For bitcoin traders, key times to buy or sell often come at the least opportune time to be behind a computer monitor: Saturday night. Some of the digital currency’s steepest price swings have happened over a weekend. Bitcoin hit its all-time high near $20,000 on a Saturday in December, and dove to a recent…
[ad_1] Tesla will cut about 9 percent of its workforce, mostly focused on salaried positions. Tesla shares remained 4 percent higher in trading Tuesday afternoon, however ahead of the news the stock had been up as much as 5 percent. Tesla is trying to reach a Model 3 production rate of 5,000 cars in a…
[ad_1] Currently, when the Google Translate apps for iOS and Android has access to the internet, its translations are far superior to those it produces when it’s offline. That’s because the offline translations are phrase-based, meaning they use an older machine translation technique than the machine learning-powered systems in the cloud that the app has access…
[ad_1] Stephen McCarthy | Sportsfile/Corbis | Getty Images Palmer Luckey, Founder, Oculus VR, on the Centre Stage during Day 1 of the 2015 Web Summit in the RDS, Dublin, Ireland. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey says his time at Facebook taught him to “be careful who you trust,” in a new feature Wired published Monday. The…
[ad_1] When it comes to scaling startups, few people are as accomplished or consistently successful as Reid Hoffman . While the rest of us consider scaling a startup to market domination a daunting task, Hoffman has continued to make it look easy. In September, Hoffman will join us at TC Disrupt SF to share his…
[ad_1] He told her it was. “He’s bleeding a lot,” he added. Then, the man told her that if she didn’t send him money immediately he would let her father die. “I stopped mid-sob,” she said. She suspected it was a scam and hung up. Still, many people do end up sharing financial information over…
[ad_1] More financing is coming in for Bird, this time potentially valuing the company at $2 billion, according to a new report by Axios. There’s not a ton to add here compared to the last round (which happened just weeks ago), as the same dynamics are probably in play here. While Uber was a bet…
[ad_1] Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. In 2013, Facebook bought an Israeli app developer called Onavo, whose service helps consumer protect their…
[ad_1] Amino has raised a big Series C round of funding — $45 million from GV, Venrock, Union Square Ventures, Goodwater Capital and Time Warner Investments, with Hearst Ventures joining as a new investor. Co-founder and CEO Ben Anderson has described Amino as an way to help people who have “passionate niche interests” find others…
[ad_1] The shopping function becomes very interesting when it relates to video. Coupled with Instagram’s reported plans to launch its own exclusive longer-length series, it’s plausible to think that one day a person could be watching a show on Instagram, see an actor or social media star wearing or using a certain product, and then…
[ad_1] Musk moved to Silicon Valley to attend Stanford University graduate school. He tried, and failed, to get a job at Netscape Communications, the company that created the first web browser, Netscape Navigator. “In ’95 I kinda thought the Internet would be something that would change the world in a major way and I wanted…
[ad_1] Mike Segar | Reuters Jack Dorsey, CEO and co-founder of Twitter and founder and CEO of Square, speaks at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York City, May 16, 2018. A top Wall Street firm is getting more optimistic on Twitter’s prospects. J.P. Morgan raised its price target to $50 from $39…
[ad_1] Sumo Logic has long held the goal to help customers understand their data wherever it lives. As we move into the era of containers, that goal becomes more challenging because containers by their nature are ephemeral. The company announced a product enhancement today designed to instrument containerized applications in spite of that. They are…
[ad_1] Here is how major companies in the industry could be affected by the ruling on whether AT&T can buy Time Warner. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Solkhan is hoping that people experiencing memory loss will someday carry around the camera with them wherever they go. Here’s how it would work: The DeepLens system would store photographs and names of a user’s family and friends in Amazon’s cloud service. The camera would then record interactions. And if it all goes right,…
[ad_1] Microsoft, ever since the launch of Windows 10, has been focusing on tightening its updates and support rules across the board. In separate announcements last week, the Redmond, Washington giant stated that Microsoft Community Forums and Microsoft staff will shift support scope and not offer technical support for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1…
[ad_1] Ethan Miller | Getty Images Gabe Newell, right, co-founder of video game developer and distributor Valve. U.S.-based firm Valve partnered with Chinese developer Perfect World to launch its popular online PC games store Steam in China. The company, known for popular titles like “Half-Life” and “Left 4 Dead,” announced Monday that it will establish…
[ad_1] No, it’s not a new horror film. It’s Norman: also known as the first psychopathic artificial intelligence, just unveiled by US researchers. The goal is to explain in layman’s terms how algorithms are made, and to make people aware of AI’s potential dangers. Norman “represents a case study on the dangers of Artificial Intelligence…
[ad_1] Tesla is making significant progress in ramping up production of its Model 3 electric car, according to one Wall Street firm. KeyBanc Capital Markets significantly raised its second-quarter Model 3 delivery estimate to 30,000 from 20,000, citing its conversations with Tesla dealers. “Our checks with sales centers indicate Model 3 deliveries are tracking ~50%…
[ad_1] Photo-messaging app Snapchat is rolling out a new feature called Clear Chats that will allow users to delete messages from personal and group chat-threads, even after the messages have been viewed. The new feature is aimed at making people more comfortable sending sensitive information over Snapchat. This could also check cases of revenge porn…
[ad_1] Ride-sharing company Uber has launched its Uber Lite Android app in India. The app is essentially a stripped down version of the main Uber app with basic ride booking features. It saves space with a size of only 5MB, and works on any basic Android phone with even 2G network connectivity. The app is…
[ad_1] Christian Petersen | Getty Images Sony Playstation logos are displayed during the Sony Playstation E3 conference at LA Center Studios on June 11, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Sony unveiled in-depth trailers for some of its upcoming blockbuster PlayStation titles at E3, the biggest gaming conference in the world, as it looks to continue…
[ad_1] Vodafone has reportedly revised its unlimited combo prepaid packs to now offer free access to Vodafone’s Live TV service termed Vodafone Play. The free subscription will be applicable for the telecom operator’s SuperPlans that have a price range of Rs. 179 all the way up to Rs. 799. This development comes after the validity…
[ad_1] ZTE’s settlement with the U.S. Commerce Department that would allow China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker to resume business with U.S. suppliers was made public on Monday, days after the company agreed to pay a $1 billion fine, overhaul its leadership and meet other conditions. But the ban on buying U.S. parts, imposed by…
[ad_1] Robot maker Patrick Stefanski has created a 3D-printed – and animated – model of L3-37, the droid in the recent Solo movie. L3-37 is one of the funnest – and woks – droids in recent memory and this recreation is fun and ingenious. Stefanski used Alexa voice controls to let the robot head respond…
[ad_1] “The next hundreds of millions of riders for us are going to come from outside of the United States”, Uber’s head of rider experience Peter Deng tells me. The transportation giant already sees 75 million riders per month and 15 million rides per day. But to grow in the developing world, it had to…
[ad_1] The $100 billion (roughly Rs. 6.7 lakh crores) SoftBank Vision Fund has made its second-ever investment in an enterprise software company, as the massive fund broadens its portfolio beyond consumer tech firms such as Uber and DoorDash. The Vision Fund led a $250 million (roughly Rs. 1,700 crores) investment into data storage company Cohesity,…
[ad_1] Facebook Messenger users are being treated to a big upgrade ahead of this year’s World Cup. The social media network has just announced a swathe of football-themed extras coming to its popular Messenger app. This major update, which is available to everyone, includes new filters, camera frames and some hidden games including a hugely addictive…
[ad_1] The iPhone maker Apple has introduced a new section – 3.1.5 (b) – on cryptocurrency in its App Store Review Guidelines that apply to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS app. “Apps, including any third party advertisements displayed within them, may not run unrelated background processes such as cryptocurrency mining,” said the guidelines. Apps may…
[ad_1] Netflix went down for users across the world late on Monday but the streaming giant said that it has now resolved the issue. The U.S. company said in a tweet that it was aware of subscribers having issues streaming content across a number of devices. Shortly after, it said that it had fixed the…
[ad_1] Lenovo at E3 2018 unveiled a new range of its Legion gaming PCs. The new range includes the Legion Y730, Legion Y530, and Legion Y7000 notebooks as well as the Legion T730 and Legion Y530 towers and Legion C730 and Legion C530 cubes. Each new model is touted to have improved thermals to deliver…
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., smiles during a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Tech is a no brainer for investors. But a simple investment theme for the sector is being badly executed. Investors are too narrow in their…
[ad_1] The US open Internet rules expired on Monday, handing sweeping new powers to Internet providers to block, throttle or offer paid “fast lanes” for web traffic, but a court battle remains ahead. The Federal Communications Commission repealed the 2015 Obama administration’s landmark net neutrality rules in December by a 3-2 vote, sparking a firestorm of…
[ad_1] After a few years of struggling to find its footing in a changed world, Computex 2018 seemed to be somewhat back on track, in terms of energy and purpose. The annual event in Taipei, Taiwan, is still not what it used to be in terms of size and scale, and several companies are now participating…
[ad_1] Apple’s new iPhone X for 2018 could be a real innovator if the latest notch display and triple camera leak proves accurate. The new budget iPhone X and the larger iPhone X Plus have both leaked online ahead of their expected launch in September this year. Apple is rumoured to launch four new iPhones…
[ad_1] Last October, Riaz Bassari’s daughter came home from her elementary school class with a permission form for G Suite for Education: a set of cloud-based digital learning tools Google offers to schools for free. The form, issued by the Greater Victoria School District in B.C., asked Bassari to agree that “my child’s personal information will be used for a…
[ad_1] Contract manufacturer Foxconn said on Sunday it is investigating a plant in China that makes devices for Amazon.com Inc., after a U.S. watchdog group criticized what it described as harsh working conditions at the factory. A 94-page report by New York-based China Labor Watch that followed a nine-month investigation cited excessive hours, low wages,…
[ad_1] Alberto E. Rodriguez | Getty Images Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. Elon Musk handed out the first of the Boring Company’s signature flamethrowers at a party in Hawthorne, California, over the weekend. Lucky purchasers of the Boring-branded flamethrower — officially deemed “Not-a-Flamethrower” for legal reasons, according to the CEO…
[ad_1] Ride-hailing apps, like Uber, have become known as safer alternatives to driving when intoxicated. Now the company is looking to learn a lot more about its late-night riders. Uber filed a patent application Thursday, first spotted by CNN, that envisions using machine learning to detect whether a potential passenger is behaving abnormally. The patent…
[ad_1] Snap rolled out a new feature this week that finally lets you delete Snapchat messages you’ve sent to other users. Previously, text messages sent to your contacts on Snapchat remained in the message log until both parties viewed the chat or unless they sat unopened for 30 days. In group chats, the messages deleted…
[ad_1] Finally, Cramer addressed a Wall Street theme that serves as both a blessing and a curse: “nothing in this business matters more than expectations,”he said. For him, few stocks exhibit this better than HP Inc. and HP Enterprise, the two halves spun out of the Hewlett-Packard breakup in 2015. When the split occurred, most…
[ad_1] It’s no secret that CNBC’s Jim Cramer has long thought that Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter and Square, needs to stop splitting his time between the two companies. The “Mad Money” host would go from questioning how Dorsey could run two companies at once to calling him a “part-time CEO,” arguing that…
[ad_1] It’s a close race this year between Wall Street’s best-performing sectors: technology and consumer discretionary. Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Jaffray, says one sector takes the lead. “The winning horse at this point in time is still the technology sector and we would continue to be betting on the technology sector,” Johnson…
[ad_1] Cisco shares will thrive due to its pivot to a more recurring revenue business model, according to one top Wall Street firm. J.P. Morgan reiterated its overweight rating for Cisco’s stock, predicting the company’s recently announced mandatory subscription offering for networking switches will boost its profits. The firm has a “favorable outlook for Cisco’s…
[ad_1] Fitbit is looking to a new generation for growth. The company launched its new fitness tracker, Fitbit Ace, for children 8 years old and up on Monday. It wants to encourage children to move more. It also hopes appealing to a new audience will help it grow again. Fitbit, the company that popularized wearable…
[ad_1] Visual China Group | Getty Images Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk addresses discusses self-driving features for the Model S in Beijing, China. Tesla stock rallied as much as 5 percent on Monday after CEO Elon Musk made several promises to customers over the weekend. Among other things, Musk promised an Autopilot update by…
[ad_1] In a memo to employees in March, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned AI 18 times. But that’s mostly futuristic. The public cloud is one of the main businesses driving growth today, and the company announced last week that it’s spending $7.5 billion on GitHub, adding a popular collaboration tool for developers. Semiconductors aren’t entirely…
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook messages were retracted from the inboxes of some users, six sources told TechCrunch in April. Facebook quickly tried to normalize that breach of trust by claiming it would give everyone the ability to unsend messages in the coming months. We haven’t heard a word about it since, and Facebook told me…
[ad_1] Chief Brand Officer Bozoma Saint John, charged with helping repair Uber morale, has stepped down from the company about one year after joining Uber from Apple. She will become Chief marketing Officer at Endeavor, the holding company that includes marketing companies, media companies and talent agencies, including WME, a talent agency run by Ari…
[ad_1] Sports teams and musicians can now sell tickets directly to fans through their Snapchat Stories thanks to an integration with SeatGeek. The New York-based ticket-search engine is working with Snap Inc. to enable ticket buying through the Venice, California, company’s signature app. The integration is the first ticket-buying experience in Snapchat and one of…
[ad_1] At CES in January I was pleasantly surprised by the LifeDoor, a smart home gadget that’s actually worth having. These little boxes automatically close doors when smoke detectors go off, inhibiting the spread of fire and smoke. The company is heading to KickStarter to fund the production version of the device, which has several…
[ad_1] Bitcoin‘s plunge below $7,000 to a two-month low indicates the cryptocurrency will have a difficult time recovering, technical strategists say. “The downtrend that began in early May is still intact and will need to be reversed to signal an improvement for BTC,” Robert Sluymer, technical strategist at Fundstrat Global Advisors, said in an email.…
[ad_1] Last week TechCrunch reported Instagram will launch a long-form video hub to compete with a tentative June 20th launch date. Now Instagram is asking reporters to RSVP for a June 20th “special event”, confirming our scoop’s date. The invitation simply reads “Instagram has some news to share, and we want you to be the…
[ad_1] FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is skeptical of state efforts to preserve net neutrality rules, saying Monday that the internet “has to be regulated by the federal government.” More than two dozen states have sued the FCC or proposed their own internet regulations to reinstate the Obama-era rules, which required internet service providers to treat…
[ad_1] Workday, the cloud-based platform that offers HR and other back-office apps for businesses, is making an acquisition to expand its portfolio of services: It’s buying Adaptive Insights, a provider of cloud-based business planning and financial modelling tools, for $1.55 billion. The acquisition is notable because Adaptive Insights had filed for an IPO as recently…
[ad_1] Many consumer advocates argued that once the rules were scrapped, broadband providers would begin selling the internet in bundles, not unlike cable television packages. Want access to Facebook and Twitter? Under a bundling system, getting on those sites could require paying for a premium social media package. Another major concern is that consumers could…
[ad_1] San Jose-based Cohesity has closed an oversubscribed $250M Series D funding round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund, bringing its total raised to date to $410M. The enterprise software company offers a hyperconverged data platform for storing and managing all the secondary data created outside of production apps. In a press release today it notes…
[ad_1] Tech giant Apple updated its developer guidelines to explicitly ban “mining” cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, according to the company’s website. The new rules restrict apps that drain battery, generate excessive heat, or put unnecessary strain on device resources — all of which take place in bitcoin mining. “Apps, including any third party advertisements displayed within…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brian Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., holds up a 49-qubit superconducting quantum test chip named ‘Tangle Lake’ while speaking during a keynote address at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. Nomura Instinet is less…
[ad_1] Electronic Arts will benefit from the battle-royale trend popularized by Epic Games’ “Fortnite,” according to one Wall Street firm. The game publisher announced Saturday it will add a battle-royale mode to its “Battlefield V” game. The title is slated for release on Oct. 19. Piper Jaffray reiterated its overweight rating for Electronic Arts shares,…
[ad_1] The benefits roll out for the first time June 13 in: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington. Amazon is also expanding benefits to parts of California and Nevada. Prime discounts at Whole Foods stores already applied in 13 states. Amazon completed its purchase of the grocery store…
[ad_1] Apple’s Siri contact suggestions to identify unknown calls and messages has been a helpful feature, giving us a probable idea of who the user may be, just in case we don’t have the number saved on the phone. However, in a new development, cybersecurity company Wandera has now demoed how this Siri feature can…
[ad_1] Disney’s offer to buy 21st Century Fox. CVS’s bid for Aetna. T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint. The path for these blockbuster deals and others could be transformed in an instant on Tuesday, when a federal judge is expected to issue his opinion on the government’s effort to block AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. It…
[ad_1] In a DevOps world, the operations part of the equation needs to be on call to deal with issues as they come up 24/7. We used to use pagers. Today’s solutions like PagerDuty and VictorOps have been created to place this kind of requirement in a modern digital context. Today, Splunk bought VictorOps for…
[ad_1] The Moto Camera app integrated in Moto phones has been updated with a new UI layout, further integration with Google Photos, and Google Lens integration. The Android app is called Moto Camera 2 on Google Play, and is only compatible with 2018 Moto devices. The new Moto Camera 2 app is updated to version…
[ad_1] Samsung and Apple have been going head-to-head this year with sales of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Apple iPhone X vying for the top sales spot – Samsung has won. A new report from market research firm, Counterpoint, has revealed that sales of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ were greater than those…
[ad_1] Expanding its production printer portfolio in India, Japan-based imaging and networking technology company Konica Minolta on Monday launched its new printer line-up named AccurioPress C3080 at the Print Expo 2018 here. The mid-production digital printer series will come with support for auto-duplex banner printing up to 762-mm, print speeds of 81 pages per minute (ppm) and…
[ad_1] Huawei’s P20 Pro is, without doubt, one of the best smartphones to launch this year. The latest flagship from the Chinese technology company comes packed with a swathe of features including a triple-lens camera. This Leica-branded smartphone snapper has all sorts of tricks up its sleeve including the ability to shoot in almost total…
[ad_1] Klein said that the latest capital would help Kano expand its product offering beyond computer building kits into new areas like the blockchain. “You’re going to see some product announcements from us in the next few months that will give you a sense of how we are evolving the creative computing system, both software…
[ad_1] Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 could arrive much earlier than expected with latest rumours suggesting August 9 is the date every fan needs to put in their diary. This refreshed phablet looks likely to bring a swathe of improvements to the Note series including a better dual-lens camera, brighter display and faster processor. Rumours are also…
[ad_1] A month after it filed for a much-anticipated Hong Kong IPO, Xiaomi has revealed a little more financial information after a monster 621-page document disclosed a $1.1 billion (seven billion RMB) loss for the first quarter of the year. The IPO, which could raise up to $10 billion value Xiaomi at high as $100…
[ad_1] OnePlus on Monday partnered with Gameloft to launch an exclusive online racing championship called ‘OnePlus Asphalt Cup’ in India. The new championship is touted to be the first exclusive online racing championship on mobile in the country. It will run between June 13 and July 8 and is open for all mobile-gaming enthusiasts in…
[ad_1] Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Phil Spencer, Executive President of Gaming at Microsoft, addresses the audience at the Xbox 2018 E3 briefing in Los Angeles, California on June 10, 2018, ahead of the 24th Electronic Entertainment Expo. Microsoft unveiled a string of exclusive games for the Xbox console and the acquisition…
[ad_1] It may have been one giant leap for man, but those steps may have consequences for mankind. The presence of astronauts on the moon caused an unexpected warming of its subsurface temperatures for a period of time in the 1970s, a new study has found after delving into “lost” tapes from the Apollo missions. In 1971 and…
[ad_1] Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi booked a first-quarter net loss of CNY 7 billion ($1.09 billion or roughly Rs. 6,800 crores) ahead of its blockbuster initial public offering. That compares with a net loss of CNY 43.89 billion (roughly Rs. 46,000 crores) for the whole of 2017, according to its draft prospectus. When one-off items are…
[ad_1] Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi recorded a first-quarter net loss of 7 billion yuan ($1.09 billion) ahead of its blockbuster initial public offering, according to a filing. That compares with a net loss of 43.89 billion yuan for the whole of 2017, according to its draft prospectus for what is expected to be the first…
[ad_1] Apple Music is found to have added a ‘Coming Soon’ section to let subscribers check out albums that are yet to be released. Apple has also started showing album release dates. Likewise, some editorial treatment has been given to Apple Music by upgrading artist profiles with a ‘Featured Release’ section that highlights the release…
[ad_1] Contract manufacturer Foxconn said on Sunday it is investigating a plant in China that makes devices for Amazon.com Inc, after a U.S. watchdog group criticized what it described as harsh working conditions at the factory. A 94-page report by New York-based China Labor Watch that followed a nine-month investigation cited excessive hours, low wages,…
[ad_1] At Bethesda’s E3 2018 event, star developer Todd Howard unveiled The Elder Scrolls Blades. It’s a portable Elder Scrolls experience for iOS and Android that’s out in the Fall of this year. The game has you in the role of an elite agent known as a Blade of the Emperor. The game features rogue…
[ad_1] Bitcoin tumbled 10 percent on Sunday to its lowest in two months, after a relatively small South Korean exchange said it was hacked. Over the weekend, crypto exchange Coinrail tweeted that it was hacked, and noted that lesser-known cryptocurrencies such as Pundi X were among those affected, according to Google Translate. The Pundi X-bitcoin…
[ad_1] The lights go out at the famous Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal at 7.05pm BST and expect another classic race. Yesterday’s qualifying saw Sebastian Vettel put in a faultless lap to secure pole. Just behind the German was the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas, with a brilliant performance by Max Verstappen securing third. Lewis Hamilton…
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[ad_1] The recreational vehicle market has boomed since its financial crisis low point. More than 500,000 RVs were sold in 2017, up 17.2 percent from 2016, according to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association. The sales included 442,000 towable trailers and 63,000 motor homes. Last year’s record level of RV shipments is expected to be eclipsed…
[ad_1] Sedans, as I see it, have two main advantages over crossovers: they sometimes look better and can drive better. Up against the mountaineering excess of a Jeep ad, you can counter-sell with performance or sexiness. But the Camry offers neither. Despite Toyota’s aggressive marketing and adventurous styling, the Camry doesn’t evoke emotion. It’s an…
[ad_1] A beetle that has killed millions of acres of pines in southern forests is munching its way north, and new research suggests its tree-killing prowess could be magnified in cooler climes. Once unheard-of north of Delaware, southern pine beetles have been steadily expanding their range as the climate warms. Efforts are underway to quell…
[ad_1] Apple’s Siri is starting to change to focus more on predicting rather than just providing information. On the Apple Watch, that means the Siri watch face — introduced last year — can tell you more about your day. It will provide info on your heart rate, how long it will take to get home…
[ad_1] LIV Watches is a crowdfunding darling with a number of Kickstarted watches under its belt. Now it’s offering a unique set of watches to backers, including the Liv Genesis GX-AC, an automatic chronograph with date. The watch runs a Sellita Caliber SW500, visible through the see-through back, and features a screw down crown and…
[ad_1] We are back with your weekly round of everything important that happened in the tech industry in India and worldwide. The 2018 editions of WWDC and Computex, Redmi Y2 and Moto G6 series India launch, and major changes to the telecom plans took the spotlight this week, though there were several other developments that…
[ad_1] Sky is giving customers the chance to get almost 50 per cent off its full Sky Sports package. The new NOW TV deal has been launched ahead of the big summer of golf with the US Open, Ryder Cup and The Open all being broadcast in the coming months. Customers wanting to take advantage…
[ad_1] Federal Science Minister Kirsty Duncan has made it clear that gender equity in science is a big priority for her. And now she’s looking beyond universities to scientists employed by the federal government. Duncan said in an interview in Toronto this week that she has asked science-based departments in the federal government to collect demographic…
[ad_1] Photos of what’s claimed to be the next-generation Google Pixel 3 XL smartphone have leaked online showing off the phone’s notch screen, camera and more. The photos, below, appeared online, via XDA forums and XDA Developers, claiming to show off the new hardware. The images reveal the phone in development mode with code displayed…
[ad_1] One was about the size of a wolf with long, blade-like teeth — the dominant predator of its time. The other was a smaller carnivore with a long snout, big eyes and needle-like teeth. They roamed what is now modern-day Russia between 299 and 252 million years ago during what’s known as the Permian Period. The…
[ad_1] Environmentalists say a plan agreed upon by a majority of leaders at the G7 Summit in Quebec to keep plastics from polluting the Earth’s oceans is encouraging, but should be binding. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a joint communiqué at the end of the summit that he and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. agreed to…
[ad_1] Tyson Fury will make his big comeback tonight as he faces off against Sefer Seferi at the Manchester Arena. Fury, 29, has not fought professionally since he stunned the boxing world by beating Wladimir Klitschko back in November 2015. That victory saw Fury claim the IBF, WBA and WBO titles – belts now held…
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg thought his fellow Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk was behaving like an alarmist. Mr. Musk, the entrepreneur behind SpaceX and the electric-car maker Tesla, had taken it upon himself to warn the world that artificial intelligence was “potentially more dangerous than nukes” in television interviews and on social media. So, on Nov.…
[ad_1] That’s a little surprising, as small-business owners continue to report that finding qualified workers isa huge challenge.A May study of small businesses by the National Federation of Independent Business, a trade group representing 325,000 small and independent business owners across America, one third of small businesses have a job opening they can’t fill, and…
[ad_1] Schmidt said one particularly exciting use of the Apple Watch could be for patients to pinpoint precisely when their meds are wearing off throughout the day. As Schmidt explained, patients will typically ramp up their meds as the disease gets worse. Many will take them three times a day with every meal. But the…
[ad_1] South Africa host England today at the Ellis Park in Johannesburg. It’s a match both sides will be desperate to win after a run of very mixed results. After a decent start to the Six Nations, England slumped to their worst tournament in years winning just two of their five games. South Africa has…
[ad_1] At WWDC this week, Apple unveiled a series of features coming to iOS 12 that are aimed at minimizing how often we use our phones and helping us sleep better. Parents will also have more controls to minimize how long their kids are on social media or how much time they spend playing games.…
[ad_1] Uber and Lyft each want to be the all-encompassing transportation platform of the future, shepherding people around the world through whatever means is best suited — and the ride-hailing firms are getting close. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC last week the company wanted to be “the A-to-B platform for transportation.” Khosrowshahi said he…
[ad_1] Uber and Lyft are moving ahead, striking dozens of partnerships with health-care organizations and hospitals. In March, Uber launched Uber Health, which allows health-care workers to book rides for patients on demand or for future doctors’ appointments. Patients receive a text or call at the time the ride is booked and no additional action…
[ad_1] Francine Aguerre Herrera, a San Francisco-based acupuncturist, said she started using an app because she wanted to regulate her cycle in a more natural way. “I went ahead and went off birth control with acupuncture and herbs, and started doing it the old-fashioned way, where you track your cycle on paper,” she said. Five…
[ad_1] WhatsApp for Android has received a new beta version (2.18.179) that starts labelling messages that you forward to your contacts. There is specifically a ‘Forwarded’ label that will be added to all your forwarded WhatsApp messages. This helps to create a distinction between the forwarded messages and original messages. The label will be added…
[ad_1] Class Act Sports is a digital media company that started out creating videos that highlight positive stories about athletes giving back to the community. It’s also got a very unusual workplace: It’s based in a gym. Specifically, its headquarters is in the New York location of Life Time, a high-end chain of fitness centers.…
[ad_1] Apple India has partnered with Citibank to offer cashback on its products in the iPad, Apple Watch, Apple Pencil, and MacBook range. The partnership will entail a cashback of up to Rs. 10,000 and will run from June 11 to July 31. The offer will be applicable on all Citibank credit cards issued in…
[ad_1] If you’ve been waiting to upgrade your Google Pixel smartphone now might be a very good time. With the device now eight months old it seems prices for the new Pixel are beginning to plummet. And the best news is that the larger XL version is also getting much more affordable to own. The…
[ad_1] Millions of iPhones are set for a major boost later this year with the launch of Apple’s all-new iOS 12 operating system. This updated software was unveiled at the US technology firm’s yearly WWDC Developers Conference with it bringing a swathe of advancements and features to Apple’s popular smartphones and tablets. iOS 12 should…
[ad_1] Australia host Ireland today at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. Ireland head into the first test full of confidence after their Six Nations Grand Slam victory. Speaking ahead of the clash, Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony said: “Every you time you get picked for Ireland it is hugely special and to play here, where Australia…
[ad_1] Yahoo will be putting to rest its instant messaging app Yahoo Messenger on July 17. Those who will be still clinging to the ages-old messaging service will be redirected to the new group messaging app Squirrel, The Next Web reported. Yahoo Messenger users will have six months to download their chat history. Yahoo has…
[ad_1] Facebook is facing more trouble after it admitted a shock new bug may have made private messages available to everyone. The issue, which was spotted last month, meant some messages were automatically set to go public. Facebook’s settings usually include a strict pattern which means if users always post privately the default for a…
[ad_1] Sonos has just revealed its all-new Sonos Beam sound bar at an event in San Francisco and it could be the device many audio fans have been waiting for. This new speaker offers powerful sound in a compact design plus it also features Amazon’s Alexa assistant built in which allows you to control your…
[ad_1] WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, with over 1.5billion users each month and 55billion messages sent every day. And WhatsApp’s millions of users in the UK are being told to stay vigilant to scam messages that may be popping up in the hugely popular app. Recently WhatsApp users have been told to…
[ad_1] Gmail is rolling out a new feature that allows the Android app’s users to customise actions for left and right swipes on emails. Available with the latest update version 8.5.20, it is currently uncertain whether the feature has been available since the latest version’s release date or is a server-side update. Either way, Gmail…
[ad_1] Hotmail is a successful alternative free email service from Windows Live, rivaling Google’s Gmail. The service allows users to send and receive emails for free from anywhere in the world and offers refreshed anti-spam and hack protection software for users. Hotmail is connected to a slew of other services, including Windows Live ID, Skype, Xbox Live and…
[ad_1] Google has rolled out its latest Chrome 67 OS update and the new Chrome 68 beta browser packed full of new features. From the Chrome 67 OS update there are some great new features which users have access to right now. For the Chrome 68 beta browser update this is available only to those…
[ad_1] Calgarians and Edmontonians will be able to test-ride autonomous, electric shuttles for free once two pilot programs launch later this year. This is the first time in Canada that this kind of pilot program has been made accessible to the general public, according to Andrew Sedor, a transportation planner with the City of Calgary, as the projects…
[ad_1] Rescuers suspended search and recovery efforts Thursday at villages devastated by the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, leaving people with missing loved ones distraught and prompting some to do the risky work themselves with rudimentary tools. Conred, the national disaster agency, said climatic conditions and still-hot volcanic material was making it dangerous for…
[ad_1] The “last ice area” in the High Arctic is hard to reach and therefore relatively unknown — but the government of Canada is trying to change that with a research project into the area’s ecology. Most of the remaining mult-year sea ice butts up against Ellesmere Island in Nunavut. It stretched across much more…
[ad_1] The federal government is reducing but not banning outright the use of single-use plastics at the G7 summit this week in Quebec. Thousands of politicians, staffers, security officers, special interest groups and journalists are descending on Quebec City and Charlevoix, Que., for the G7 — the first time Canada has hosted the annual meeting…
[ad_1] It is stout but fast, a top predator affectionately called “Canada’s shark.” But years of intense fishing left the porbeagle shark endangered, and the federal government is now considering protection measures. Fisheries and Oceans Canada wrapped up a public survey last week on the potential impacts of listing the porbeagle under the Species at…
[ad_1] A Russian space capsule carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station two days after it was launched from Kazakhstan. The Soyuz capsule docked with the station at 9:01 ET Friday some 410 kilometres above Earth. It is carrying Serena Aunon-Chancellor of the United States, Sergey Prokopyev of Russia and German Alexander Gerst,…
[ad_1] IKEA is promising to eliminate all single-use plastic products from its home furnishing range by 2020. The retail giant says that includes straws, plates, cups, freezer bags, garbage bags and plastic-coated paper plates and cups. The company says the move is part of a global commitment to the environment, which includes looking for new…
[ad_1] More carbon dioxide means less goodness from the crops we grow on land and the fish we harvest from the oceans. Increased CO2 in the atmosphere reduces the nutritional value of rice, the world’s most plentiful and valuable crop, as well as wheat and many wild plants. But CO2 also has a negative impact on the nutrition we take…
[ad_1] Verizon Communications said Friday that Hans Vestberg will become CEO on Aug. 1, a move that shows how the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier is prioritizing developing a next-generation network as it faces more competition from smaller rivals. Vestberg, the company’s chief technology officer, will succeed Lowell McAdam, who has been CEO since August…
[ad_1] So ubiquitous in China are pedestrians glued to their cellphones, they have earned a nickname: the heads-down tribe. In their natural habitat, tribe members can be seen texting, watching videos and conducting financial transactions, all while dodging cars, tripping in potholes and jamming up subway station entrances. The World Health Organization calls such behavior…
[ad_1] For many of us, clean, drinkable water comes right out the tap. But for billions it’s not that simple, and all over the world researchers are looking into ways to fix that. Today brings work from Berkeley, where a team is working on a water-harvesting apparatus that requires no power and can produce water…
[ad_1] The five states with the worst cyber hygiene rankings were Florida, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico and Illinois. In those states, 72 percent of respondents to Webroot’s survey said they share their passwords, and nearly half never back up their data. These statistics were surprising to Tyler Moffitt, a senior threat research analyst at Webroot.…
[ad_1] Tatarko’s position as chief of a disruptive e-commerce player is unique. According to CNN Money, fewer than one in 10 “unicorns,” or start-ups with a valuation of $1 billion or higher, are founded by women. Now valued at $4 billion, Houzz is growing rapidly, with 40 million users visiting the platform each month. The…
[ad_1] Verizon Communications’ CEO change has Wall Street buzzing about what’s next for the mobile giant, but for Tim Armstrong, CEO of Verizon subsidiary Oath, the move sends a clear signal. “This is just a pure signal, a pure leadership sign that Verizon’s going to be a leader in 5G,” Armstrong, formerly CEO of AOL,…
[ad_1] Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., listens during a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Facebook formed special deals with select companies that granted them access to the data of users…
[ad_1] Verizon‘s pick of Hans Vestberg as its next CEO shows that the top U.S. wireless carrier by subscribers is focusing on developing 5G instead of spending big on content like its rival AT&T — and it’s banking on an outsider to do it. Vestberg, the company’s chief technology officer, will succeed Lowell McAdam, who…
[ad_1] Deep in a tangle of planning bureaucracies in western Beijing, the future of a country nearly 3,000km away is under discussion. Xie Qiuye, president of China’s Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute, has been charged with developing an electricity plan for Laos, a nation struggling with a glut of electricity supply from Chinese-built dams…
[ad_1] Summit boasts a peak performance of 200,000 trillion calculations per second and will be eight times more powerful than America’s current top-ranked system, Titan. It took four years to build, according to Rometty. For researchers, “an experiment that might have taken 27 years to 13,000 years, they can do in a day,” she said.…
[ad_1] So what’s going to be left to trade? Handcrafted specialty goods will always find a market. It is still incredibly difficult to produce microprocessors and memory, and there are only a few good chip fabricators in the world. Ironically, some commodities such as cobalt and phosphorous may become more valuable than finished goods, especially…
[ad_1] SpaceX is looking to build several new facilities at NASA’s historic Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including a state-of-the-art launch control center and a massive processing facility for its rockets, according to environmental impact documents filed to NASA in April. Florida Today first reported the news Friday. “As SpaceX’s launch cadence and manifest for…
[ad_1] Sandberg encouraged the graduating class, comprised of over 4,500 undergraduates and 6,900 graduate students, to use education and innovation as a means to foster democracy and equality. Sandberg also addressed Facebook’s recent data breaches and privacy issues. SANDBERG: Esteemed faculty, proud parents, devoted friends, squirming siblings but especially Class of 2018: Congratulations, you made…
[ad_1] Warning signs in today’s tech sector are reminiscent of the dotcom boom of the late 1990s that eventually went bust, market veteran Jim Paulsen told CNBC on Friday. The current “character and attitude of the marketplace” are similar to the belief then that “tech can’t lose,” said the chief investment strategist at The Leuthold…
[ad_1] Advanced Micro Devices has been on a tear this year, but options traders are betting the rally is about to cool off. Shares of AMD were ripping higher Friday afternoon, jumping more than 2 percent, and now up more than 45 percent year to date. However, “Options Action” trader Mike Khouw notes bearish activity…
[ad_1] An anti-Facebook group is trolling Sheryl Sandberg the day of her MIT commencement speech Friday with a full-page ad in the student newspaper calling for a breakup of the tech giant. The ad, purchased by the organization Freedom From Facebook, calls for signatures for a petition asking the Federal Trade Commission to take action.…
[ad_1] Instagram is gunning for YouTube with a plan to allow longer-form video, according to the owner of an influencer network whose clients have talked with the Facebook-owned company, as well as numerous media reports. Allowing long video could help Instagram court social media stars and their millions of fans to use its platform as…
[ad_1] Sometimes you acquire a company for the assets and sometimes you do it for the talent. Today Workday announced it was buying Rallyteam, a San Francisco startup that helps companies keep talented employees by matching them with more challenging opportunities in-house. The companies did not share the purchase price or the number of Rallyteam…
[ad_1] When you become friends with someone on Facebook, an annoying ‘You Are Now Connected On Messenger’ alert is sent. The company says it will start scaling back these alerts for those users that never open these alerts to start chatting. The company has realised it was being too pushy when it sent alerts for…
[ad_1] Philippe Wojazer | Reuters A nurse treats a patient wearing the 3D therapeutic virtual reality headset developed by Healthy Mind start-up, at the emergency service department of the Saint-Joseph Hospital in Paris, France, June 7, 2018. The very thought of visiting a hospital emergency department is stressful enough for many people, even without the…
[ad_1] An Indian-origin inventor has created a voice controlled terrarium that can simulate weather conditions around the world inside a box as part of Google’s “experimental project”. “Project Oasis” brings nature and technology together and lets users interact with them using voice. It can mimic rain, fog, clouds as well as sunshine. “Project Oasis is…
[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer said he’s skeptical of any discouraging reports surrounding Apple‘s iPhones or its suppliers because the articles have been proven wrong many times in the past. Cramer spoke on Friday as Apple’s stock was losing more than 1 percent after the tech giant, according to Japan’s Nikkei news service, told its supply…
[ad_1] Google has announced a bunch of updates to help people stay up-to-date with the happenings of the 2018 FIFA World Cup that is kicking off later this month. Among other changes, Google Search will include a new experience to give updates ongoing tournaments. There will also be the option to let fans watch live…
[ad_1] A bullish call from a Wall Street analyst capped off a rough week for Tesla short sellers, with Nomura Instinet advising clients that the electric carmaker’s shares could rally 42 percent over the next year. The stock rose 1.7 percent Friday and is now up 10 percent on the week. One of the most…
[ad_1] Adobe has released a priority update to plug a critical security flaw in its popular Flash Player on Windows. As per an official announcement by the company, the latest patch will address issues in Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and other earlier versions. The vulnerabilities, according to Adobe, are being used by hackers to embed…
[ad_1] Ant Financial, a subsidiary of Jack Ma’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, is using some of the $14 billion treasure chest it just raised to invest in blockchain. Ant Financial owns and operates China’s largest online and mobile payments network Alipay. The company was carved out from Alibaba Group seven years ago, and is now worth…
[ad_1] Price points to earnings as motivation for investors to stay in the game, despite the slew of negative headlines in recent months as major tech companies come under fire for personal data mismanagement and other unscrupulous practices. “Maybe I’d put a little lower PE on the stock because of this regulatory risk and potential…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks about the iPhone X during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Apple shares fell 2 percent in U.S. premarket trading on Friday, after a report said the…
[ad_1] Today’s G-7 meeting in Quebec is likely to be overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s decision to press ahead with tariffs on U.S. allies. Shortly after Trump announced the tariffs, U.S. allies quickly announced retaliatory measures. (CNBC) * Trump to leave summit early amid feud (USA Today)* Trump lashes out at allies after France threatens…
[ad_1] A Denver-area driver with the ride-sharing service Uber who police say fatally shot a passenger in his vehicle was charged on Thursday with first-degree murder, prosecutors said. Michael Andre Hancock, 29, who has been held without bond in the shooting death of Hyun Kim, 45, is charged with one count of murder after deliberation,…
[ad_1] Lluis Gene | AFP | Getty Images People walk in front of the ZTE stand at the Mobile World Congress on February 27, 2018 in Barcelona. The chairman of ZTE apologized to staff and customers on Friday after the Chinese technology firm agreed to pay a $1 billion fine to the United States to…
[ad_1] Google will not allow its artificial intelligence software to be used in weapons or unreasonable surveillance efforts under new standards for its business decisions in the nascent field, the Alphabet unit said on Thursday. The restriction could help Google management defuse months of protest by thousands of employees against the company’s work with the US military…
[ad_1] It was a stinky process, but scientists and about a dozen volunteers have dug up a grey whale buried at a Vancouver Island landfill and are calling the project a success. Gavin Hanke, the curator of vertebrate zoology at the Royal B.C. Museum, says he’s never exhumed a whale from a dump, but its…
[ad_1] Apple this week finally showed off its solution to help us use our iPhones less often. At its Worldwide Developers Conference, the company presented more advanced parental controls and unveiled new system features that let you monitor how much you’re using your phone. The new features walk a fine line between answering customer concern…
[ad_1] A secret location along Nova Scotia’s southwest coast has been shortlisted as a potential site for the world’s first retirement home for whales and dolphins raised in captivity. The pioneering effort started two years ago when the U.S.-based Whale Sanctuary Project announced it was looking at sites across North America to establish a large…
[ad_1] Apple Watch currently has support for just one digital assistant – Apple’s in-house Siri. But, thanks to a workaround, you can access Amazon’s Alexa on the wearable, albeit unofficially. The third-party app, by developer Atadore, is called Voice in a Can and is available on the Apple App Store as a standalone Apple Watch…
[ad_1] Honeybees have now mastered a concept that even a preschool-aged child can’t—the value of zero. In other words, they can recognize that zero means nothing. There’s been quite a lot of research to show that honeybees can count, but never if they can determine the value of zero. In the new study published today…
[ad_1] Rental site Airbnb said Thursday it had been forced by Japanese authorities to cancel thousands of reservations ahead of a new law regulating short-term rentals, apologising for the “extraordinary disruption.” “This stinks – and that’s an understatement,” Airbnb said in a statement, adding it would fully refund cancelled reservations and was also creating a…
[ad_1] New Mars discoveries are advancing the case for possible life on the red planet, past or even present. Scientists reported Thursday that NASA’s Curiosity rover has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient Martian lake bed. Hints have been found before, but this is the best evidence yet. The organic molecules preserved…
[ad_1] WhatsApp for Android has received a new beta version (2.18.179) that starts labelling messages that you forward to your contacts. There is specifically a ‘Forwarded’ label that will be added to all your forwarded messages. This helps to create a distinction between the forwarded messages and original messages. The label will be added to…
[ad_1] Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano may be disrupting life in paradise with its bursts of ash and bright-orange lava, but it also has scientists wide-eyed, eager to advance what’s known about volcanoes. The good news is volcanoes reveal secrets when they’re rumbling, which means Kilauea is producing a bonanza of information. While scientists monitored Big Island lava…
[ad_1] Facebook-owned Instagram announced a change to its Stories feature that will allow users to instantly repost a Story they are tagged in as theirs. “When someone mentions you in their story, you receive a notification in your ‘Direct message’ thread with that person. Now you’ll see an option to add that content to your…
[ad_1] The U.S. has struck a deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE to end crippling American sanctions, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC on Thursday. The department said the deal includes a $1 billion penalty against ZTE and a U.S.-chosen compliance team. “We are literally embedding a compliance department of our choosing into the company…
[ad_1] Key members of Congress on Thursday took aim at Google’s relationship with Huawei, a Chinese telecom firm with alleged ties to the government in Beijing, out of fear it may have exposed smartphone users’ text messages and other data to privacy and security threats. In a letter sent to Google’s parent company, Alphabet, Virginia…
[ad_1] Even at a European conference about fintech, one country dominated the conversation: China. This week, hundreds of fintech companies, from startups to tech giants, gathered at the Money 20/20 conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. One key theme at the gathering was China’s leading role in the fintech industry. “Alibaba and Ant Financial, we are literally…
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there were no plans to shut down social media sites or limit Internet freedoms in Russia, and that a “civilised” solution was needed to make the Internet safer. Russia blocked the online messaging service Telegram in April after it refused to grant state security services access to…
[ad_1] “I would argue that AI is overkill for the majority of use cases,” Drew Perez, chief executive officer at Adatos, said during a panel discussion and added that the benefits of AI are not instantaneous in many cases. His start-up uses AI to study satellite and drone images of agricultural lands to assess things…
[ad_1] Google is expected to be hit with a second EU antitrust fine in mid-July for using its dominant Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals, three people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission, which has been investigating the case involving the unit of Alphabet since 2015, could issue its decision in…
[ad_1] Buffett, Dimon and Bezos haven’t outlined how exactly they plan to lower health-care costs. Dimon gave a bit more detail Thursday on where they could focus their efforts. “This is a long-term thing,” Dimon said. “We’re not looking for immediate success, but there are a lot of ideas out there. There are a lot…
[ad_1] Target has reached an important milestone in the delivery wars versus Walmart, Amazon and others. The company is now more than halfway through its rollout of same-day delivery with Shipt and the launch of a curbside pickup service known as “Drive Up.” Its goal, which Target said it’s well on track to meet, is…
[ad_1] Alexa for couch potatoes is coming: Amazon’s new streaming TV device will let users shout out when they want to turn on the TV, flip channels or search for sitcoms – all without pushing any buttons. The Fire TV Cube is not entirely hands-free yet, however. Some apps or streaming services may require viewers…
[ad_1] China’s Ant Financial announced Friday that it raised around $14 billion in fresh funds from investors. The company, which was spun off from Alibaba, is a major player in China’s massive financial technology landscape. It operates one of the country’s largest payments platform, Alipay. Ant Financial said it has entered into definitive agreements with…
[ad_1] Crucially, though, Vardi said that luck also had a huge role to play in investing. “I can’t stress enough the importance of luck,” he noted. Indeed, when Vardi made his early investment in ICQ, he said he “didn’t have any idea what was going on.” He invested $75,000 in the messenger’s parent company Mirabilis…
[ad_1] A team of scientists claims to have discovered a cheaper way to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into gasoline or other fuels, which could arm humanity with a new tool in the fight against climate change. Published in the scientific journal Joule on Thursday, the research demonstrates a new technique…
[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Justice is examining how the proposed merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint could affect prices for smaller wireless operators, according to two people familiar with the matter. A T-Mobile and Sprint merger would eliminate competition between the two carriers that have been the dominant players in selling network access to…
[ad_1] Bush, the nephew of the former president George H.W. Bush, founded the health technology company in the late 1990s. He made the decision to leave the company after allegations that he assaulted his ex-wife more than a decade ago. Massachusetts-based AthenaHealth, which sells its cloud-based medical record software to hospitals and clinics, is fighting…
[ad_1] David Feinberg, the CEO of Pennsylvania-based health system Geisinger Health System, is the top candidate in discussions to lead the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan joint venture to fix health care in the United States, according to people close to the selection process. Feinberg has not yet accepted the offer, but he is still in active talks after…
[ad_1] Moves by two major companies in the cryptocurrency space this week could be evidence that regulation is smoothing out, which could bode well for struggling bitcoin prices, according to one closely followed analyst. “We believe the regulatory picture is now improving — best evidenced by Coinbase and Circle ‘running towards’ regulation,” Fundstrat co-founder Tom…
[ad_1] Notably, the standards leave room for Google’s Cloud business to bid for contracts with government agencies or the military. In April, Defense One reported that the company was quietly pursuing a large, competitive cloud contract with the Defense Department. In addition to outlining which AI applications it won’t pursue, Google highlighted that it believes…
[ad_1] “‘You Are Now Connected On Messenger’ Is The Worst Thing On Facebook’ Buzzfeed’s Katie Notopoulos correctly pointed out in a story yesterday. When you friend someone on Facebook or Messenger, or an old friend joins Messenger, you often get one of these annoying notifications. They fool you into thinking someone actually wants to chat…
[ad_1] Jason Lee | Reuters Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport as he leaves for North Korea’s Pyongyang, in Beijing, China, June 13, 2017. If former basketball star and de facto diplomat Dennis Rodman travels to Singapore next week for a summit between North Korea and the United States,…
[ad_1] Essential has been nearly radio silent since reports surfaced late last month that Andy Rubin was looking for a buyer for his hardware startup. The company didn’t really confirm or deny the rumors — or say much else for that matter. A few weeks later, the company does have some news — but it’s…
[ad_1] The hit game “Fortnite” is on pace to become a billion-dollar title in 2018, thanks in no small part to surging use by female gamers. When Epic Games first released “Fortnite” in 2017, it was only compatible with PCs, the Xbox and PlayStation. Its first version was a pay-to-play game mode known as “Save…
[ad_1] At Apple’s WWDC 2018 – an event some said would be boring this year with its software-only focus and lack of new MacBooks and iPads – the company announced what may be its most important operating system update to date, with the introduction of iOS 12. Through a series of Siri enhancements and features,…
[ad_1] Microsoft isn’t looking to make money from GitHub by placing ads on the site for storing code, GitHub’s next leader said on Thursday. The sentiment reflects Microsoft’s broad intent to be careful not to cripple its latest acquisition and not alienate the site’s tens of millions of users. In a question and answer conversation…
[ad_1] Electronic signature company DocuSign saw its stock jump as much as 10 percent on Thursday after it reported strong results in its first earnings statement as a public company. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: Excluding certain items, 1 cent per share, vs. loss of 7 cents per share as expected by analysts, according…
[ad_1] Source: Nasdaq Katrina Lake, CEO of Stitch Fix and others, celebrate their IPO at the Nasdaq, November 17, 2017. Stitch Fix soared after the company reported strong earnings and user growth on Thursday. Here’s how the company did compared to what Wall Street expected: Earnings: 9 cents vs. 3 cents forecast by Thomson Reuters…
[ad_1] An “overwhelming majority” of the Senate is united against the Trump administration’s deal to end sanctions on China’s ZTE – and will “absolutely” try to block the agreement, Sen. Mark Warner told CNBC on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the deal on CNBC, which includes a $1 billion penalty…
[ad_1] Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018. Up to 14 million Facebook users who thought they were posting a message just to friends or smaller groups may have actually been sharing it widely with…
[ad_1] Panda has built the next silly social feature Snapchat and Instagram will want to steal. Today the startup launches its video messaging app that fills the screen with augmented reality effects based on the words you speak. Say “Want to get pizza?” and a 3D pizza slice hovers by your mouth. Say “I wear…
[ad_1] Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon want companies to get away from a short-term approach to management and are therefore suggesting they ditch quarterly financial forecasts. But quarterly guidance — which only 28 percent of companies offered in 2016 — is only part of the problem. The bigger problem for boards and CEOs is a…
[ad_1] As of 2017, Uber had over 16,000 employees, according to the San Francisco-based company’s website. Khosrowshahi says he has been overly focused on getting tasks accomplished and hasn’t yet invested enough time in developing Uber’s leadership. “I haven’t spent enough time on kind of putting my team together,” Khosrowshahi says. “I’ve spent a little…
[ad_1] Some people looking to secure a career in the technology sector might fear they are at a disadvantage if they lack technical skills like programming. But according to the head of Google’s co-working campus in London, technical skills are not a prerequisite. “When I first came into tech, I was like, ‘Isn’t that just…
[ad_1] Devices like smartphones ought to help people feel safer, but if you’re in real danger the last thing you want to do is pull out your phone, go to your recent contacts and type out a message asking a friend for help. The Women’s Safety XPRIZE just awarded its $1 million prize to one…
[ad_1] One of the characteristics of cloud computing is that when you launch a virtual machine, it gets distributed wherever it makes the most sense for the cloud provider. That usually means sharing servers with other customers in what is known as a multi-tenant environment. But what about times when you want a physical server…
[ad_1] Roughly $1.1 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen in the first half of 2018, and unfortunately for owners, it’s pretty easy to do, according to cybersecurity company Carbon Black. Criminals use what’s known as the dark web to facilitate large-scale cryptocurrency theft. There are now an estimated 12,000 marketplaces and 34,000 offerings related to…
[ad_1] You can now buy game and concert tickets from teams and musicians within Snapchat, thanks to an integration with SeatGeek . While Snapchat has started testing e-commerce features in the past few months, SeatGeek says this is the first ticket-buying experience built into the Snapchat app. The Los Angeles Football Club was the first…
[ad_1] The driver of a Tesla who fatally crashed in California in March did not have his hands on the steering wheel at the time of the accident, said a preliminary report from the National Traffic Safety Board on Thursday. The report indicates what happened in the minutes and seconds before a 38-year-old man slammed…
[ad_1] Shortly after Intel announced the first of its 8th gen core CPUs back in August, AMD unveiled its new Ryzen Mobile series. Thanks to both companies increasing core counts across various product lines, we’re seeing big performance improvements over last year’s laptops. Intel’s dominance in this space is being challenged for the first time in years. …
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[ad_1] Cloud security firm Zscaler soared as much as 37 percent Thursday, a day after reporting that its billings surged in the company’s third quarter ended April 30. Shares traded as high as $42.16 on Thursday, up from Wednesday’s close of $30.65, before falling to roughly $38.00 by mid-morning. The company reported revenue growth of…
[ad_1] TCL just dropped the sequel to the KeyOne, the company’s surprisingly good keyboard-sporting BlackBerry handset. We reviewed it roughly this time last year, and it was almost enough to restore our faith in the possibilities of BlackBerry as a brand. Almost. Of course, that had much more to do with TCL’s ability to create…
[ad_1] Mode, a San Francisco-based startup, came out of stealth today with a new approach to software-defined wide area networks they call software-defined core network (SD-CORE), which they say will dramatically reduce the cost of running these networks over traditional methods. The company also announced a total of $24 million in funding led by GV…
[ad_1] Apple has officially rebranded iTunes Connect, and is now calling it App Store Connect. The new App Store Connect does all the things that iTunes Connect used to do, and it also brings a new iOS app making the entire process of dealing with applications a lot easier. App Store Connect is a developer…
[ad_1] Chip maker Qualcomm jumped as much as 5 percent Thursday after news of a deal between U.S. officials and Chinese telecom giant ZTE. The leading U.S. chipmaker had for weeks been caught in the crosshairs of growing trade tensions. U.S. officials had banned American companies from selling components to ZTE, and Qualcomm is a…
[ad_1] Logtrust is now known as Devo in one of the cooler name changes I’ve seen in a long time. Whether they intended to pay homage to the late 70s band is not clear, but investors probably didn’t care, as they gave the data operations startup a bushel of money today. The company now known…
[ad_1] Earlier this week, Apple’s iOS got its yearly upgrade at the 2018 edition of the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in the form of iOS 12. Performance is the major driver behind all the new updates, which is a relief following years of reports that older iPhones get slower after each update. On certain…
[ad_1] Philip Morris International is planning to launch its iQOS smoking device in India, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the tobacco giant seeks a foothold in a country with the world’s second-biggest smoker population. Philip Morris says the sleek, pen-like iQOS heats but does not burn tobacco, producing a nicotine-containing vapor…
[ad_1] Amazon.com has won rights to show English Premier League soccer matches for the first time, granting members of its Prime Video service access to 20 matches per season. It secured one of two remaining domestic packages available for three years from the 2019/20 season, the Premier League said, with pay-TV group BT picking up…
[ad_1] Unlike other Echo and Fire TV products, it supports cable TV boxes, giving users the option to change by voice the cable TV channel they’re watching. “Tune to CNBC,” or “tune to channel 834,” you might say. Comcast, DISH and DirecTV are a few of the cable services it will support at launch. Some…
[ad_1] Homegrown company Portronics has launched a smart home and office Wi-Fi security doorbell, called mBell, in the Indian market. The doorbell features a camera that can stream video to a smartphone. With mBell, the company wants to replace video doorbells, by providing additional security features. Notably, the Portronics mBell is priced at Rs. 10,999…
[ad_1] Two of Wall Street’s harshest bitcoin critics say investors should remain wary of the cryptocurrency. “I don’t want to be a bitcoin spokesman,” J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in a rare joint interview with Warren Buffett that aired Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “Just beware,“ he said. Dimon called bitcoin a “fraud”…
[ad_1] VPNFilter, the malware thought to have been created by Russian hacking group Sofacy and said to have infected at least 500,000 networking devices, is now said to have expanded and affecting large list of routers from vendors including Asus, D-Link, Huawei, Ubiquiti, UPVEL, and ZTE. Cisco Talos has also spotted some new affected devices…
[ad_1] Gaming service Steam has changed its content policy to allow publishers to add anything to its store — but with some exceptions. Valve Corporation, the parent company of the games distributor, said in a blog post Wednesday that it would “allow everything” on the Steam Store, apart from games that it described as “illegal,…
[ad_1] Australia’s prime minister said on Thursday he would welcome Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testifying to an Australian parliamentary committee on the social media giant’s sharing of data with Chinese phone maker Huawei. Leaders of Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security have raised the prospect of the 34-year-old multi-billionaire being…
[ad_1] The world’s biggest truck-maker has unveiled two new battery-powered models, as it looks to protect its market dominance. Daimler, the German firm best known for its Mercedes brand, said Wednesday that it wanted to have an all-electric big rig called Freightliner eCascadia ready for commercial sale by 2021. A smaller medium-duty Freightliner eM2 106…
[ad_1] Refreshing its printer range, HP India on Thursday launched its new Ink Tank Printer series for homes as well as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) users in the country. The HP Ink Tank Wireless 415 Printer costs Rs. 14,812 while the Ink Tank 315 Printer is available for Rs. 11,845. Ink Tank 419 Wireless Printer costs Rs.…
[ad_1] Punit Paranjpe | AFP | Getty Images Indian members of NGO ‘Aastha’ hold placards during a protest in Mumbai for better safety for women following the rape of a student in the Indian capital. There is a global epidemic of sexual violence against women that persists despite significant progress in gender equality for health,…
[ad_1] While your selfie might get lots of “likes” on social media, companies and perhaps even fraudsters may like your face even more — because they can profit from it. But a University of Toronto researcher has found a way for internet users to opt out by very slightly distorting images, and he’s working on an app that will help them do…
[ad_1] The United States and China have not yet reached a deal on Chinese telecoms giant ZTE that would lift crippling sanctions against the company, top US economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Wednesday. “No decision has been reached by both sides as of now,” Kudlow told reporters. ZTE was fined $1.2 billion (roughly Rs. 8,000…
[ad_1] A Newfoundland and Labrador app developer is getting an assist from one of the world’s most well-known voices. Susan Bennett — the original voice of Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant — connected with Hazel Harrison, who wants to use technology to help people quit smoking. Bennett is a former smoker herself. “So I was very happy…
[ad_1] Indian telecom giant Airtel has announced that its Airtel TV app for Android has clocked over 5 crore (50 million) downloads from Google Play. To celebrate these milestones, Airtel has extended free subscription for all Airtel mobile customers till December 31. Airtel had been offering free subscription to Airtel prepaid and postpaid users till…
[ad_1] A small, tenacious owl discovered trying to worm its way into a captive male’s enclosure last weekend has found a love connection researchers hope will result in much-needed burrowing owl chicks. A field assistant with the Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Program was doing a regular check on the program’s five captive mating pairs on…
[ad_1] When Apple introduced iOS 12 at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2018, Apple Maps did not receive any major updates. However, the company’s MapKit team at the event said that MapKit will be launched as a Web framework for users. Apple is following the footsteps of Google Maps, which for a long time has…
[ad_1] A Nanaimo, B.C., mother says an encounter with a furry caterpillar sent her eight-month-old daughter to the hospital. Krystal Dawn Pavan said she was playing with baby Kenzie and her three-year-old son Logan on the family’s deck last Thursday morning when her daughter suddenly became hysterical. “She had her mouth open and she had these…
[ad_1] Chinese phone maker Huawei said Wednesday it has never collected or stored Facebook user data, after the social media giant acknowledged it shared such data with Huawei and other manufacturers. Huawei, a company flagged by US intelligence officials as a national security threat, was the latest device maker at the centre of a fresh wave…
[ad_1] A trio of astronauts from Russia, the United States and the European Space Agency blasted off Wednesday for a mission on the International Space Station. A Russian spacecraft carrying Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Russian space agency Roscosmos and the ESA’s Alexander Gerst, from Germany, lifted off as scheduled from the Russia-leased…
[ad_1] Instagram is reportedly planning to bring longer videos on its platform, moving beyond the 60-second cap it currently has. The Facebook-owned photo and video sharing app, is said to be readying a new feature that will let users post long-form videos, well above the current limit. Interestingly, Instagram is also being reported to be…
[ad_1] Tropical cyclones around the world are moving slightly slower over land and water, dumping more rain as they stall, just as Hurricane Harvey did last year, a new study has found. This isn’t about how powerful a storm’s winds are, just how fast it chugs along. Storms in the last few years — before…
[ad_1] Fintech startup Revolut likes to announce new things all the time. Even though nothing is going live today, it’s interesting to see where the startup is heading. The company is working on a trading platform for traditional shares without any commission. You’ll find stock from public companies from the U.K. and the U.S., as…
[ad_1] After reports and teasers last month of similar functionality, “likes” are now rolling out for more users on Google Photos, in the shared photos and videos library. As per reports that have surfaced online, a new heart-shaped icon will appear in the bottom menu on shared images and videos that will allow users with…
[ad_1] Financial technology firm Revolut now has 2 million users signed up to its platform and is planning to launch a commission-free trading service. The London-based start-up said Thursday that its trading platform, called “Wealth,” would let users invest in a range of firms listed publicly in the U.K. and the U.S., in addition to…
[ad_1] The host of fears and uncertainty about the future of artificial intelligence is groundless, Salesforce’s chief scientist said this week. While well-known names like Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, have warned that AI technology poses a “fundamental risk to human civilization,” Salesforce’s Richard Socher explicitly disagreed. “What some folks like Elon Musk…
[ad_1] Regulators need to do more to allow new technologies that could help in the fight againstmoney laundering, as financial institutions are struggling with ever-growing compliance costs, an Asia finance industry group said on Thursday. Banks have been slapped with vast sums for not preventing money being laundered through their accounts, and the call for…
[ad_1] Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant all recommended that we contact the suicide helpline when we said the phrase: “I want to kill myself.” It has been programmed to do that for years, at least since a March 2016 study finding that Siri and other voice assistants could spring into action after hearing such explicit…
[ad_1] But with its stock down almost 20 percent since late last year, Foxconn, Taiwan’s second most valuable company with a market cap of $51 billion, is under pressure to show that it can convert new initiatives into growth. The Sharp purchase and a handful of more recent deals—including an agreement announced this week for…
[ad_1] Life is about more than making money, says Evan Spiegel, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Snapchat company, Snap. Spiegel, who is worth $3 billion according to Forbes, made the comment in a conversation with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference on May 29. “So, obviously, life is not about making money.…
[ad_1] Facebook has teamed up with CNN, Fox News, and several other providers to release its own exclusive news shows. The company announced on Wednesday it was funding several news organizations to create original exclusive series for its platform. The shows will appear on Watch, its section dedicated to original video series. Facebook’s new initiative…
[ad_1] Apple said that iOS 12, its new software that will launch in September, will be available for iPhones dating back to 2013, including the iPhone 5s. That’s unprecedented for Apple or any other smartphone maker. Older Android devices are lucky to get a new version of the operating system more than a year or…
[ad_1] Matthew Busch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tom Reilly, chief executive officer of Cloudera. Shares of Cloudera and MongoDB dropped in extended trading even after the two developers of open-source data software reported better-than-expected first-quarter financials. Cloudera fell as much as 10 percent to $15.50 after hours, while MongoDB declined as much as 5.6…
[ad_1] The Securities and Exchange Commission has made it clear that ICOs are securities by its standards and that exchanges trading those assets need to register with the agency. Yet one director said he is surprised by the lack of self-reporting. “We’re underwhelmed by the enthusiasm for coming within the regulatory structure right now,” Brett…
[ad_1] Surprise! Millennials are not the be-all, end-all for the stock market, CNBC’s Jim Cramer declared on Wednesday. “Just because millennials love it, doesn’t mean you should buy it,” the “Mad Money” host said. “In the last year, for example, I’ve heard this from CEOs of cruise lines, timeshare companies, recreational vehicle plays and budget…
[ad_1] Instagram is preparing to unveil a home for longer-form video — a YouTube competitor and its take on Snapchat Discover. Instagram will offer a dedicated space featuring scripted shows, music videos, and more in vertically oriented, full-screen, high-def 4K resolution according to multiple sources. Instagram has been meeting with popular social media stars and…
[ad_1] Uncertainty around whether Broadcom could buy Qualcomm — an event that would have been the largest technology takeover ever — wasn’t the only thing weighing on negotiations, Qualcomm’s CEO told CNBC on Wednesday. “I think it was a situation where there were some questions about deal certainty, which clearly became the case, but I…
[ad_1] Alphabet‘s aggressive real estate expansion in the Bay Area was a big topic at its annual shareholders meeting Wednesday, as about 50 picketers protested outside and two shareholders asked questions about how its expansion plans would affect local residents. At issue is the mega-campus Google plans to build in San Jose, which will accommodate…
[ad_1] At Tesla‘s annual shareholder meeting in Mountain View, California, on Tuesday, co-founder and CEO Elon Musk responded to a question about missed Model 3 production targets with, in part, a story about his childhood. “I think I do have like an issue with, uh, time. It’s been true since…” Musk says, interrupting his own…
[ad_1] Source: Ihor Dusaniwsky, Head of Predictive Analytics at S3 Partners Chairman and CEO Elon Musk got a vote of confidence from shareholders at the company’s annual meeting Tuesday. Musk also told shareholders it is “extremely likely” Tesla will hit a weekly Model 3 production rate of 5,000 cars by the end of the month.…
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[ad_1] Diversity was a hot-button topic at Alphabet’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. Two proposals called for an increase in diversity within the company, though from vastly different perspectives. In an unusual move, a Google engineer presented the first proposal on behalf of Zevin Asset Management. The proposal, which was voted down, called for Alphabet’s…
[ad_1] 20 months after launching its Craigslist competitor Marketplace and relentlessly promoting it with placement in the main navigation bar, Facebook will start earning money off its classifieds section. Facebook today begins testing Marketplace ads in the U.S. that let average users pay to “Boost” their listing to more people through the News Feed. While…
[ad_1] As for inflation, technology is a sector that traditionally benefits from rising interest rates, making it an ideal play as the Fed continues to tighten monetary policy and as price pressure builds in various industries. “You look at a sector where 90 percent of companies are increasing their margins — that’s attractive for longer-term…
[ad_1] A month after releasing the first beta version of Android P at I/O (and right in the middle of Apple’s own developers conference), Google has just released Beta 2 of its upcoming mobile operating system. The update is available to users enrolled in Google’s developer program, who have access to a Pixel device. Those…
[ad_1] On June 6th, 2014 Kubernetes 1.0 was released. At the time, nobody could have predicted that 4 years later that the project would become a de facto standard for container orchestration or that the biggest tech companies in the world would be backing it. That would come later. If you think back to June…
[ad_1] In the email alongside the survey results, Hogan said the company takes the issue “seriously,” and that it will work to ensure a more balanced pay structure. “On compensation and benefits, we will continue to take a market-driven approach as we continue to invest, ensuring that our overall deal remains strong and differentiated,” she…
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Shares of Alphabet are dropping after a report that European Union officials will hit the company with a fine of up to $11 billion for abusing its dominance through…
[ad_1] As tech giant Apple soars to new highs, options traders are betting the rally is far from over. Apple shares are up more than 14 percent this year, and now within $50 billion of hitting the $1 trillion market cap milestone. According to “Options Action” trader Mike Khouw, the tech giant could be gearing…
[ad_1] Joshua Bright | The Washington Post | Getty Images Cambridge Analytics CEO, Alexander Nix Cambridge Analytica did receive data from the researcher at the centre of a scandal over Facebook data, the political consultancy’s former chief executive told British lawmakers on Wednesday, contradicting his previous testimony. Cambridge Analytica has said its work on Donald…
[ad_1] Shares of some insurance companies dipped briefly Wednesday, after a report said Amazon might consider offering home insurance. The Information reported Wednesday that, based on one anonymous source, Amazon had discussions about offering insurance in conjunction with its connected home devices. But, the report said, “There’s nothing that suggests Amazon has any concrete plans…
[ad_1] In earlier years, fitness gurus would market their programs for getting in shape on VHS tapes and, later, DVDs. These days, it’s an app business. At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week in San Jose, the company brought in one of the fitness app industry’s superstars, Kayla Itsines, co-creator of the BBG (Bikini Body Guides)…
[ad_1] When Tan Le was four years old, she, her mother, grandmother and sister fled from their native Vietnam in search of a better life in Australia. They spent five days crossing the South China Sea by boat with more than 150 others, were rescued by a British oil tanker and then lived in a…
[ad_1] Anker, a battery maker turned accessory house, recently releases the $39 Spirit X earbuds under their Soundcore brand. Aimed at runners and other heavy sweaters, the earbuds are completely waterproof under the IPX7 rating, a classification that means it can stand up to 1 meter of submersion. What this means is that you get…
[ad_1] At an event in Brazil this morning, Lenovo announced the latest addition to its line of modular handsets. The Moto Z3 doesn’t represent a big leap for the line, but it does introduce a slight change in approach for a company hoping to make a bigger splash on the modular side of the question.…
[ad_1] Google co-founder Larry Page is showcasing his flying car company’s latest model, the Flyer. It’s from his company Kitty Hawk — and the new model is fit for one and operated by joystick. The fully electric vehicle flies between 3 feet to 10 feet off the water, powered by 10 independent lift fans, and…
[ad_1] Facebook is expanding its support for header bidding, a technology that allows publishers to auction off ad impressions through real-time bidding between ad networks. The company announced its support for header bidding on the mobile web last year. Today, it’s adding something similar for in-app advertising. That means app publishers who use header bidding…
[ad_1] Your shoes might be alive soon. In collaboration with Puma, MIT Design Lab is developing products with a biological makeup. The idea behind this collaboration is that there is a more complete athletic experience when humans wear living, adaptable products. In their presentation at Milan Design Week in April, Puma and MIT Design Lab…
[ad_1] SAP announced today at its Sapphire customer conference it was making the SAP Leonardo Blockchain service generally available. The latter is a cloud service to help companies build applications based on digital ledger-style technology. Gil Perez, senior vice president for product and innovation and head of digital customer initiatives at SAP, says most of…
[ad_1] In a major step towards making data centres energy self-sufficient, Microsoft has deployed an experimental, shipping container size prototype on the seafloor near Scotland’s Orkney Islands. Having data centres with their own sustainable power supply could boost Internet connectivity around the world as data centres are regarded as the backbone of the Internet and…
[ad_1] New Enterprise Associates, the Silicon Valley venture firm with a massive $3 billion under management, has acquired DaVita’s chain of primary care clinics, Paladina Health, for around $100 million. The group currently operates its 53 clinics in 10 states. Paladina operates a “direct primary care,” business, which means that its doctors don’t accept insurance.…
[ad_1] While DoorDash, Postmates and other apps are looking to reimagine what the food delivery experience looks like, Ray Reddy says he wants to figure out what the next generation of a food court looks like. Sort of. Reddy’s startup, Ritual, aims to remake the whole process of leaving your office and walking around five…
[ad_1] A simple, no-nonsense calculator for iPhone and iPad, called Calzy 3, is the first ever app from India to be recognised at the Apple Design Awards, the annual event held at the sidelines of Apple’s developers conference. The ADA, as they are often called, recognise apps that make innovative use of technologies across Apple’s…
[ad_1] Microsoft has deployed a submarine-like data center into the waters off the coast of Orkney, a group of islands located off Scotland. The tech giant said Wednesday that it had sunk the 40-foot-long vessel from the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC), a research base focused on wave and tidal power. The aim is to…
[ad_1] The Gboard keyboard app has come a long way since its launch thanks to the monthly updates that Google provides. Google is now said to be testing new improvements and features that it is planning to add to Gboard. The latest Gboard beta build is said to come with a few new features that…
[ad_1] Many industries have begun to take the principles of that technology and apply it to their own problems. And some have been conducting successful trials. Others, however, have just been jumping on the hype. A venture capitalist told me at the event during a private conversation about a company that had pitched to him…
[ad_1] At Computex 2018, Microsoft has announced Windows Collaboration Displays. These displays are somewhat similar to the company’s Surface Hub digital whiteboard offering, but this time the hardware will be made by other manufacturers. Plus, these are large displays that you can control from your small screens, and are equipped with additional features and AI…
[ad_1] Tesco Direct has got a sale running right now ahead of the online retailer closing down on July 9 2018. Tesco Direct has launched a closing down sale in the run-up to the online retailer shutting down next month. The Tesco Direct closing down sale offers half price off select items at the moment. Currently,…
[ad_1] European Union institutions have reached a political agreement over an update to the bloc’s telecoms rules that’s rattled the cages of incumbent telcos. Agreement was secured late yesterday after months of negotiations between the EU parliament and Council, with the former pushing for and securing a price cap on international calls within the bloc…
[ad_1] On the island of Erub, between Australia and Papua New Guinea, artists craft colourful, lively sculptures. They depict marine animals that live around the remote Pacific island, and the material the art is made from is also from the ocean: discarded fishing nets, also known as “ghost nets.” A dead turtle seen on the…
[ad_1] While you might be reading this story on Chrome or Safari, Mozilla has designed two new extensions that would persuade you to switch to Firefox at least once. The first extension, called Color, gives you the ability to customise elements including background texture, text, icons, toolbar, and highlights by changing their colours. There is…
[ad_1] Canada is expanding a program to collect biometric data — including fingerprints — from foreign nationals coming to this country, while experts are warning of the potential for heightened risks to privacy. The expanded biometrics program will be rolled out over two years, beginning next month, with new requirements to collect biometric data from people from Europe, the Middle East…
[ad_1] At its annual Computex press event in Taipei today, AMD announced that it will launch 32-core and 24-core models in its second-generation Threadripper CPU lineup later this year. The upcoming processors will use the Zen+ architecture refresh that underpins AMD’s second-generation Ryzen CPU lineup, and will also be manufactured using the same 12nm process.…
[ad_1] Crowds are flocking to the beaches of Upper Amherst Cove, on Newfoundland’s Bonavista Peninsula this week to get a look at a majestic-looking iceberg floating offshore. “It’s a huge chunk of ice 300 feet [91.4 metres] offshore, and it’s absolutely beautiful,” said resident Harry Wareham, who can see the stunning scene from his kitchen…
[ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: France’s Benoit Lecomte begins his bid to be the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean Rosemary Barton sits down with…
[ad_1] Volunteers up and down the Pacific Coast will be collecting samples from bigleaf maples this summer in an effort to end the illegal harvest of the trees. Because of unique patterns in the wood, bigleaf maples — also known as broadleaf maples — are highly sought after for fine furniture and musical instruments. While some of…
[ad_1] If you have an essential Internet of Things device running Windows 10 IoT Core Service, you don’t want to be worried about security and OS patches over a period of years. Microsoft wants to help customers running these kinds of devices with a new program that guarantees 10 years of updates. The idea is…
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp’s decision to buy GitHub has been a blessing for rival US coding platform GitLab, which has seen thousands of developers jump ship on worries that GitHub may end up favouring Microsoft products over others. “It has been crazy in the last twenty-four hours. We are seeing thousands switching, tweeting about it,” GitLab Chief…
[ad_1] The U.S. cannot risk getting outpaced by Europe and Asia, where countries have already enacted legislation to support self-driving cars. The House of Representatives did its job by passing legislation, and we got it done in a strongly bipartisan manner. Last year, after hundreds of meetings with stakeholders, including safety experts and advocacy groups,…
[ad_1] Google has introduced an “early adopter programme (EAP)” for its newly designed Gmail with features like Gmail offline and nudging. “To prepare you and your organization for the general availability (GA) launch, the new Gmail is on an EAP and customers can choose to participate (or not) at the domain and organisational unit levels,”…
[ad_1] The eight-page report is called “Upending the Uncanny Valley.” It’s Hanson’s rebuke of the Uncanny Valley theory that people won’t like robots if they look very close to, but not exactly like humans. In fact, the paper says “uncanny” robots can actually help address the question of “what is human” and that there’s not…
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp is expanding a program designed to increase its hiring of women seeking to rejoin the workforce, following a rash of complaints about sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the world’s largest software company. Such “returnship” programs, aimed at workers who had paused their careers to raise children or care for loved ones, are…
[ad_1] The House of Mouse has been around for more than 9 decades, and the company is currently under pressure as other media conglomerates look to disrupt its empire. However, Disney is bullish on South Asia as plans for its streaming business are underway. “We have seen fairly seismic changes in technology over the last…
[ad_1] Phantom Auto, a Silicon Valley startup developing technology to remote control driverless vehicles, is taking the next step to deploying its systems in real world vehicles. The company has announced three deals with European firms that will start testing Phantom Auto’s technology in vehicles and remote control operation centers. NEVS (formerly SAAB Automobile), Einride…
[ad_1] ZTE Corp has signed an agreement in principle that would lift a US Commerce Department ban on buying from US suppliers, allowing China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker to get back into business, according to sources familiar with the matter. ZTE ceased major operations since the seven-year ban was imposed on the company in…
[ad_1] The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee demanded that Facebook‘s chief executive officer respond to a report that user data was shared with at least 60 device manufacturers, weeks after the social media company said it would change its practices after a political firm got access to data from millions of users. Senators John Thune, the…
[ad_1] New details have emerged about the long-standing tension between Facebook and its biggest acquisition, WhatsApp, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported on Tuesday that WhatsApp co-founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum gave up $900 million and $400 million, respectively, by leaving Facebook before they were eligible for stock awards. Their departure…
[ad_1] Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of NCI Building Systems jumped more than 9 percent in after-hours trading. The metal product manufacturer reported second quarter financial results that pleased investors, as well as issuing strong third quarter guidance. The gains pushed NCI Building Systems stock above $21 per share. Shares…
[ad_1] Shareholders also struck down a second proposal to remove three Tesla board members up for re-election this year. The proposal was brought by the CtW Investment Group, which works with pension funds for unions. The group said board members Antonio Gracias and Kimbal Musk, Elon Musk’s brother, were too close to the CEO to…
[ad_1] Noah Berger/Bloomberg | Getty Images Workers add seat belts to a Tesla car at the assembly plant in Fremont, California. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday it is “extremely likely” Tesla will hit a weekly Model 3 production rate of 5,000 cars. He also said the electric car maker will soon produce more batteries…
[ad_1] The 40th anniversary of the iconic Intel 8086 processor falls on June 8, 2018, and to mark the occasion, Intel has announced that it will release a limited edition Core i7-8086K CPU model, which will be its first to run at 5GHz. The new Core i7-8086K has six cores with Hyper-Threading, a base speed…
[ad_1] Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, but his massive fortune extends well beyond being the founder and CEO of Amazon. Bezos has invested in tech companies like Twitter, Uber and Airbnb, and in 2013 Bezos purchased The Washington Post. He’s also personally investing nearly a billion dollars a year to send…
[ad_1] Driving Palo Alto Networks into the future was one of outgoing Chairman and CEO Mark McLaughlin’s primary concerns when he was choosing his successor, he told CNBC on Tuesday. The cybersecurity company announced on Friday that former SoftBank and Google executive Nikesh Arora would take over as CEO effective Wednesday, June 6. Palo Alto’s…
[ad_1] Facebook has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics companies, including a manufacturing giant that has a close relationship with China’s government, the social media company said on Tuesday. The agreements, which date to at least 2010, gave private access to some user data to Huawei, a telecommunications equipment company that has been…
[ad_1] Now a pure play on timeshares, the newly renamed Wyndham Destinations (formerly Wyndham Worldwide) will focus on sustaining its year-over-year growth while adapting to consumer needs, CEO Michael Brown told Cramer in a Tuesday interview. “The industry is as strong as ever, [with] growth every single year,” Brown said. “But what’s interesting [is] the…
[ad_1] While crowdfunding company Indiegogo has been running a pilot program in China for the past couple of years, it’s now building on those efforts with the launch of the Indiegogo China Global Fast-Track Program. CEO David Mandelbrot is in Shenzhen, China this week to announce the program, which is designed to help Chinese entrepreneurs reach…
[ad_1] Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla’s new Model 3 car on display is seen on Friday, January 26, 2018, at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C. At a shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Tesla‘s head of worldwide sales, Robin Ren, revealed that the company plans to build its first factory outside…
[ad_1] Two new reports suggest that all is not yet well in Tesla’s major U.S. factories. The fresh investigative reports describe: a high level of waste of raw materials and rework required on parts made at the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada; serious paint shop fires and a bloated workforce, allegedly twice the size of…
[ad_1] VCG | Getty Images Employees work on the North America project line of smartphone at a workshop of ZTE Corp. on July 26, 2016 in Xi an, China. ZTE has signed an agreement in principle that would lift a U.S. Commerce Department ban on buying from U.S. suppliers, allowing the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker…
[ad_1] Despite bitcoin’s price decline this year, a cryptocurrency “mining” company is moving ahead with plans to repurpose a 1,300 acre plot once used by Alcoa for aluminum smelting. Coinmint said Tuesday it would invest up to $700 million in the upstate New York location, which it expects to be the biggest bitcoin mining center…
[ad_1] In San Francisco, there’s all-out battle for the mayor’s office, and tech leaders are pouring money into the race. Eight candidates are vying in Tuesday’s special election, which resulted from the sudden death in December of 65-year-old Mayor Ed Lee, who had deep ties with the tech community. Most of the heavy-hitters in tech…
[ad_1] The product is very similar to karaoke apps that have found an audience with teen and tween audiences. Arguably the most well known of those apps, Musical.ly, reached 60 million monthly active users in November 2017. It was acquired by Chinese company Bytedance in November, in a deal reported to be worth between $800…
[ad_1] At least some members of the Grand Challenge group were chosen through an internal competition called Think Big, according to people familiar with the team. The annual event, open to all full-time employees, is designed to “help find the next big opportunities for Amazon,” one person said. (“Think Big” is one of the 14…
[ad_1] It’s never been clear whether robotics company Boston Dynamics is making killing machines, household helpers, or something else entirely. For nine years, the secretive firm — which got its start with U.S. military funding — has unnerved people around the world with YouTube videos of experimental robots resembling animal predators. In one, a life-size…
[ad_1] Putin’s interview with Austrian news presenter Armin Wolf grew heated when Wolf asked about allegations that Putin had meddled in the domestic politics of other countries. “Please make a distinction between the Russian Government, Russia as a state, Russian citizens and certain legal entities,” Putin said, repeating a talking point he has used before.…
[ad_1] Earlier this year Apple reported that the Apple Watch sold more in the last quarter of 2017 than the entire Swiss watch industry combined, surpassing legacy giants such as Rolex and Swatch. This came as a pleasant surprise for the makers of a gadget heavily criticized in the beginning for not performing well in…
[ad_1] Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a mature market with a clear market leader in Salesforce. It has a bunch other enterprise players like Microsoft, Oracle and SAP vying for position. SAP decided to take another shot today when it released a new business products suite called SAP C/4HANA. (Ya, catchy I know.) SAP C/4HANA…
[ad_1] One of the world’s largest digital currency exchanges shut down briefly Tuesday morning due to a cyber attack. Bitfinex was targeted in what’s known as a DDoS, or a distributed denial-of-service attack, which overwhelms a system with multiple virus-infected servers. “The previous outage was caused by issues with one of our infrastructure providers,” the…
[ad_1] Bird, the scooter startup whose scooters you might have seen fallen over on the sidewalk in a major metro area, has authorized a new $200 million round of funding that could value the startup at around $1 billion post-money, according to a certificate of incorporation filed in Delaware. The latest Bird round has been…
[ad_1] GitHub has been an acquisition target for years, and repeatedly spurned requests from companies including Microsoft, Google and Amazon, according to people familiar with the matter. Atlassian, which has headquarters in Australia and the U.S., and China’s Tencent are among other companies that made inquiries in recent years, said one of the people, who…
[ad_1] It’s scooters all the way down this morning, with Lime also reportedly raising $250 million in a funding this morning after a new Delaware filing this morning indicated that competitor Bird authorized the sale of up to $200 million in shares. GV (formerly Google Ventures) is leading this round, according to the report by…
[ad_1] Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) and Apple chief design officer Jonathan Ive (L) look at the new Apple iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook doesn’t expect the company’s flagship handset…
[ad_1] Days after upgrading the experience by rolling out real-time detection and smart text selection, Google Lens has now received a standalone app. The latest development essentially gives you direct access to Google Lens right from the home screen of your Android device. This omits the original workaround in which you need to go to…
[ad_1] Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, tours the facility at the grand opening of the Amazon Spheres, in Seattle, Washington on January 29, 2018. Amazon is set to up its investment in India by $2 billion, CNBC affiliate CNBC TV-18 reported Tuesday, citing sources. The e-retailer…
[ad_1] Apple’s WWDC 2018 annual developer conclave is currently underway and the tech giant just dropped major announcements around its software at the inaugural keynote held on Monday. iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS are the company’s four software pillars supported strongly by a large developer community that makes apps that run on Apple’s products. In…
[ad_1] The Trump administration in February also proposed a $150 million program to build commercial platforms in orbit, hoping to incentivize private companies develop alternative space stations. To date, only a few companies are working to build private space stations. Two, Bigelow Aerospace and NanoRacks, have hardware on the ISS, while a third, Axiom Space,…
[ad_1] From advancements in AR to Memojis to group FaceTime, there is plenty to be excited about with iOS 12. But one of the more practical updates to Apple’s mobile operating system, coming this fall, went unmentioned during the keynote at WWDC. According to 9to5Mac, iOS 12 will allow for two different faces to be…
[ad_1] Apple’s iOS 12 was previewed at the main keynote at WWDC 2018 in San Jose, California on Monday. While there were features galore during the keynote, the primary focus remained on performance upgrades and bug fixes. iOS 11 has been criticised in the past year to be bug-ridden and unstable, and Apple wishes to…
[ad_1] Europe’s new GDPR data privacy law was introduced on May 25 to combat how technology giants like Alphabet’s Google and Facebook gather and handle personal information. Continental is concerned that it could be exposed to the new law as, in the German firm’s opinion, responsibility for compliance has been shifted towards app users. It…
[ad_1] British chipmaker ARM Holdings, a unit of SoftBank Group Corp, will cede control of its Chinese business to a group of local investors in a $775 million (roughly Rs. 5,200 crores) deal. Arm will be selling the 51 percent of ARM Technology China to a consortium led by Hou An Innovation Fund, which is…
[ad_1] Bumper revenues via its App Store have placed Apple among the largest gaming firms globally — despite the fact it does not make its own games, an analyst told CNBC. “I think what’s often lost is we’ve got hundreds of thousands of apps in the (Apple) App Store, but 82 percent of revenues is…
[ad_1] Bitcoin is not the “panacea” to solve the problems that people thought it would, Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of blockchain start-up Ripple, told CNBC in an interview that aired Tuesday. Ripple is a San Francisco-based company that is developing a network for faster global financial payments. XRP is the digital token that financial institutions…
[ad_1] China has launched a probe into Samsung Electronics Co, SK Hynix and Micron Technology, the three semiconductor makers who control the market for DRAM memory chips. Beijing is investigating price-fixing allegations as DRAM prices have risen sharply, the first such probe by China, said a source with knowledge of the matter. “The investigation has kicked…
[ad_1] Getty Images | Fred Dufour | AFP Robots in a lab of a doll factory of EXDOLL, a firm based in the northeastern Chinese port city of Dalian. The study, while citing a lack of empirical evidence, said it had found little to suggest that robots will help reduce inappropriate and violent sexual behavior.…
[ad_1] Japan’s Sharp said it will buy Toshiba’s personal computer business and issue $1.8 billion in new shares to buy back preferred stock from banks, highlighting a swift recovery under the control of Foxconn. The acquisition of the PC business for $36 million marks a return by Sharp to a market it quit eight years…
[ad_1] Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook said Monday that talk of regulating technology companies is “fair” — even though he disagrees with it — because issues around privacy have “gotten totally out of control.” “Generally, for me, I’m not a big fan of regulation, I think self-regulation is the best,” Cook said in a CNN…
[ad_1] McLaren Applied Technologies, the innovation and research arm of super-car maker McLaren, is looking to apply Formula 1 technology to Singapore’s subway. The British firm, which has long provided analytics for the international racing series, is focused on solutions for global motor sports, automotive, health and transport sectors, according to Chief Operating Officer Celia…
[ad_1] Beyond ESL Gaming’s efforts as a tournament organizer, Sliwka also spoke about the company’s push into video streaming. With that proving to be another of ESL Gaming’s “big business cases,” Sliwka said the company currently produces content aimed at millennials and those from Generation Z, distributing content through both partnerships and its own platform.…
[ad_1] Intel is feeling increasing pressure from AMD and Qualcomm and the competition will get even more intense if reports that Apple is working on its own chips to replace Intel processors in Macs are true. In an interview with Engadget last week before Computex, Intel’s client computing head Gregory Bryant said that Intel would…
[ad_1] Before we automate hotels with AI and robots (which will almost certainly happen) the first wave of this revolution will be brought by the software that runs hotels with humans. Thus it is thatMews, the hotel property management platform, has closed a €6m Series A funding round. The round was led by Notion.vc Capital,…
[ad_1] Apple is currently hosting its annual developer conference, WWDC 2018, in San Jose, California from June 4-8. After announcing major updates to its iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms at the inaugural keynote on Monday, the Cupertino giant also revealed the names of the winners of the 2018 Apple Design awards that include just…
[ad_1] Apple shares hit a new all-time high on Monday, as tens of thousands of developers flooded into San Jose, California, for WWDC, the company’s annual developer conference. The stock rose as much as 1.7 percent to $193.42, pushing Apple’s market capitalization past $940 billion. The shares have gained 24 percent over the past year.…
[ad_1] Apple on Monday quietly posted an update to its App Store Review Guidelines in categories such as safety, performance, business, design, and legal. Alongside the unveiling of iOS 12 that is available to developers for beta testing, Apple has officially introduced the new App Store guidelines that it uses to decide which apps can…
[ad_1] Apple debuted a series of tools to combat technology addiction and “fear of missing out” on Monday at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, California. Top software executive Craig Federighi said Apple has “thought deeply” about technology addiction and introduced several new features in conjunction with its new operating system, iOS 12. “Some…
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the Worldwide Developers Conference in California, U.S., on June 5, 2017. Apple is holding its big annual developer conference, WWDC, on Monday, starting at 10AM PST. The keynote will be live-streamed through Apple’s website here. For the first time in…
[ad_1] Facebook’s arrangements with Amazon.com, Apple, BlackBerry and Samsung allowing their devices to access data from the social network’s users could further expose Facebook to steep fines and other penalties, experts said. The practice – which may have occurred without users’ full knowledge – drew sharp rebukes Monday from lawmakers who said Facebook has misled…
[ad_1] Southeast Asian start-up Grab has been “battled-tested” to take on Indonesian counterpart Go-Jek as the latter expands abroad, a Grab co-founder said on Tuesday. “Grab is very clear. We are battle-tested. We have fought much bigger competitors … We fought Uber tooth and nail. They were much bigger and they still are bigger than…
[ad_1] Apple neither requested any personal data from Facebook nor did it receive any, Apple CEO Tim Cook said while responding to a New York Times report that claimed that the social networking giant allowed about 60 device makers, including Apple and Samsung, to access personal information of users and their friends. “We’ve never been…
[ad_1] Better known as an enabler of home-sharing in its early days, Airbnb is now expanding its product offerings to give travelers the “best trip.” Speaking with CNBC’s Dan Murphy, Parin Mehta, APAC trips operations director for Airbnb said: “When you think about a trip, it’s got several constituent parts,” Mehta said. ” There’s the…
[ad_1] The ASUS event today at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan had three main hooks: health, ergonomics and, most importantly, second screens. The headliner was the premium ZenBook Pro 14 and 15 (pictured above), the latest versions of ASUS’ premium notebook that feature a touchscreen where the touchpad would usually be Meant to increase the laptops’…
[ad_1] Japan’s Sharp Corp said it will buy Toshiba Corp’s personal computer business for JPY 4 billion ($36 million or roughly Rs. 242 crores), highlighting its recovery under the control of Foxconn and marking a return to a business it quit eight years ago. Sharp was once known as a major supplier of high-end TVs and…
[ad_1] Getty Images Google Vice President of Product Management Mario Queiroz shows the new Google Home during Google I/O 2016 at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 19, 2016 in Mountain View, California. Citibank recently announced an integration with Apple’s Siri, which allows customers to use their voice to navigate through their account. Alice Milligan, Citi’s chief…
[ad_1] Not content with one surprise launch at its Computex 2018 ROG event, Asus has whipped out a second show-stopper at its main press conference today. This is a company that has taken great pleasure in surprising people with products that are imaginative and often defy categorisation, and no effort has been spared this year.…
[ad_1] Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on Monday, June 4, 2018. Not all app makers are happy with the status quo at the company — something Apple may have to address over…
[ad_1] Asus on Tuesday unveiled a new range of ZenBook and VivoBook notebooks at Computex 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan. The new range includes the ZenBook Pro 14 and ZenBook Pro 15 that both feature a ScreenPad input device that appears to be inspired by the Touch Bar that featured on the MacBook Pro back in…
[ad_1] Two months after Satya Nadella took over Microsoft in 2014, the company closed its almost $8 billion purchase of Nokia. It was a catastrophic deal and represented the last vestiges of the Steve Ballmer era. While Nadella inherited Nokia, an acquisition that was struck the prior year, he’s taken a very different approach to…
[ad_1] Apple said on Monday it would expand its standard Stocks app to include business news and other business metrics, like extended trading. Top stories shown in the Stocks app will feature business news, separately from Apple’s News app. Full articles will be visible without leaving the Stocks app. The Stocks app will also be…
[ad_1] See which stocks are posting big moves after the bell Monday: Shares of Starbucks dropped 1.4 percent in extended trading, after Executive Chairman Howard Schultz announced he would be stepping down effective June 26. Schultz has played an essential role in the success of the coffee company, serving as CEO from 1987 through 2000…
[ad_1] Qualcomm on Tuesday at Computex 2018 unveiled the Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform. The Snapdragon 850 SoC has been designed for the Always On, Always Connected Windows PC category that was unveiled by Microsoft and Qualcomm last year alongside the such first PCs, meant to deliver long battery life and constant cellular connectivity. It…
[ad_1] The U.S. Justice Department late on Monday said it would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that President Donald Trump may not legally block Twitter users from his account on the social media platform based on their political views, according to a court filing. A lawyer for seven plaintiffs who sued, Jameel Jaffer, said that…
[ad_1] Twitter jumped as much as 5 percent in extended trading on Monday, after Dow Jones Indices announced the social media company would replace Monsanto in the S&P 500. Another tech company, Netflix will fill the agricultural giant’s place on the S&P 100. The gains pushed Twitter stock above $39 a share after hours, extending…
[ad_1] For all of the news that Apple managed to cram into today’s 135 minute (!) WWDC keynote this morning, the event was actually pretty light on health care updates. It was a bit of a surprise, given how much of a focus the company has put on the space at past events. Apple did…
[ad_1] When we first met Apple‘s Siri assistant years ago, we learned how to interact with it in a very specific way: we asked it questions and it tried to answer. Now Siri is changing pretty drastically from that original vision, based on how Apple talked about it at its WWDC developers’ conference on Monday.…
[ad_1] Matt McClain | The Washington Post | Getty Images Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg Washington state’s attorney general is suing Google and Facebook for allegedly failing to provide adequate public information about who buys election ads on their platforms. The complaints, filed by the office of Attorney General Bob Ferguson, claim the tech giants haven’t…
[ad_1] Apple said on Monday that its new health records service, which lets patients store personal medical data on their phone, will soon be open to app developers and researchers. Consumers who choose to make their encrypted data available to third-party apps, will share that information with developers working on tools like medication tracking, disease…
[ad_1] Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, said the company felt it was time to address smartphones’ oversize impact on everyday life. “For some of us, it’s become such a habit we might not even recognize how distracted we’ve become,” he said. These features looked quite handy — we will know for sure once they’re released…
[ad_1] First, Cramer turned to Apple, one of his favorite consumer products companies. Shares of the iPhone maker hit record highs on Monday as its annual developer conference kicked off. Apple has long been the target of critics on Wall Street who worried about declining hype around the newest iPhones, supply chain issues and the…
[ad_1] While hose-toting drones may be a fantasy, hose-powered robo-dragons (or robotic hose-dragons — however you like it) are very much a reality. This strange but potentially useful robot from Japanese researchers could snake into the windows of burning buildings, blasting everything around it with the powerful jets of water it uses to maneuver itself.…
[ad_1] Times are changing at Apple. When co-founder Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, he famously pruned the product line to refocus the company on its most beloved products in categories like “consumer,” “pro,” “desktop, and “portable.” Those pieces of hardware would become the pillars of Jobs’ famous speeches and product reveals. His focus…
[ad_1] Egnyte has always had the goal of protecting data and files wherever they live, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Today, the company announced a new feature to help customers comply with GDPR privacy regulations that went into effect in Europe last week in a straight-forward fashion. You can start by simply telling Egnyte…
[ad_1] The Nasdaq composite‘s record close Monday indicates more gains ahead, chart analysts said. The Nasdaq composite and Nasdaq 100 are “both trying to break above their highs from around March and once they do that there’s not a lot of resistance. They’ve got quite a lot of room to run,” said Sameer Samana, global…
[ad_1] Apple at the WWDC 2018 announced macOS 10.14 Mojave as its newest macOS version. The new platform for MacBook and Mac devices is designed to take the Mac computing experience to new levels. It comes with a dedicated Dark Mode and includes the all new Apple News app. The new macOS also comes with…
[ad_1] Apple on Monday updated the software for its Apple Watch, adding more features to the wearable that now leads the market. The new system is called watchOS 5, Apple said at its annual conference in San Jose, California on Monday. The device grew 60 percent in popularity last year, CEO Tim Cook said, emphasizing…
[ad_1] The weekend provided no rest to news-wary reporters, with major announcements coming from Xiaomi, SoftBank, and the Chinese government the past few days that will continue to change the global tech landscape. Xiaomi Chinese Depository Receipts One of the most important yet underreported stories of 2018 has been the development of Chinese Depository Receipts…
[ad_1] Apple on Monday at WWDC 2018 announced the next iteration of its iPhone and iPad operating system, in the form of iOS 12. While Apple was expected to bring improvements to performance and software stability with iOS 12, the company had a lot of new features to announce, from ARKit 2 to Siri and…
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[ad_1] Apple’s Craig Federighi announced that Apple was doubling down on performance with the upcoming release of iOS 12 at the WWDC event in San Jose, Calif. today. What’s more, he said, the company would be making these changes to the full range of iOS devices going back to 2013. “And so for iOS 12, we…
[ad_1] Apple at its annual developer conference WWDC 2018 on Monday announced updates to iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS. As part of the conference, the tech giant previewed tvOS 12 for its Apple TV lineup. The Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV now supports over 100 video apps from 10 countries, and…
[ad_1] Apple is introducing more controls to allow Safari to control who gets their personal information online, including limiting data tracking across websites. The move helps Apple respond to increasing user concerns about privacy online, but could make it harder for websites and advertisers to target ads efficiently. This will have the most dramatic effect…
[ad_1] Apple is invading Snapchat’s territory with new effects that let you embellish what you shoot through the Messages camera. Today at WWDC, Apple announced that iOS 12’s Messages camera will offer a variety of sticker packs, style transfers like a “comic book” filter, drawn shapes and both Animoji and the new personalized avatar Memoji.…
[ad_1] Google today announced that the new version of Gmail will launch into general availability and become available to all G Suite users next month. The exact date remains up in the air but my guess is that it’ll be sooner than later. The new Gmail offers features like message snoozing, attachment previews, a sidebar…
[ad_1] Apple revealed a new operating system for the Mac on Monday, dubbed MacOS Mojave. The update comes as Apple has vowed to refocus its desktop “pro” line for power users, as graphic-heavy fields like virtual reality become more popular. It features a dark mode that sets text and images against black backgrounds. “Dark mode…
[ad_1] Apple TV, still definitely not a hobby, has some new features being added as it grows. Tim Cook mentioned that there are 50 percent more users now than there were last year, and no doubt they’ll be happy with the addition of Dolby Atmos audio and some nice sign-on streamlining. Apple TV is now…
[ad_1] Kevin Lynch from the watchOS team introduced the next version of watchOS at Apple’s WWDC keynote. It’s been a slow and steady rise for the Apple Watch. It’s by far the most popular smart watch, and it’s becoming slightly more useful every year. This year is no different. There’s a new workout type for…
[ad_1] Chinese regulators have opened investigations into several foreign memory chip makers following a surge in prices that has attracted government concern. Samsung, the Korean electronics company, said in a statement on Monday that investigators from the State Administration for Market Regulation had visited its Chinese sales offices at the end of last month. The…
[ad_1] Apple is adding the ability to FaceTime more people onto a video call, allowing more than a dozen people to be on the call — and tapping an increasing interest in group video calling stemming from apps like Houseparty As far as features go, this was a pretty natural addition to the FaceTime App.…
[ad_1] When it comes to proving the tangible benefits of the blockchain technology that many expect to change the world, it is still very early days and the earliest viable applications will likely be in supply chain management, rather than financial services, executives say. In fact, Cisco stopped researching blockchain applications in financial services after…
[ad_1] Apple announced the next version of iOS at its WWDC developer conference. While iOS 12 won’t be available before the fall, it’s always interesting to get a sneak peek at the next version of iOS. Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi first talked about some numbers. 81 percent of iOS users…
[ad_1] Apple showcased its latest software for the iPhone and iPad, iOS 12, Monday at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif. Top software executive Craig Federighi said Apple is “doubling down on performance” in the latest update to make devices faster and more responsive. The annual conference is an opportunity for Apple to…
[ad_1] Microsoft today announced its plans to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. Unsurprisingly, that sent a few shock waves through the developer community, which still often eyes Microsoft with considerable unease. During a conference call this morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, incoming GitHub CEO (and Xamarin founder) Nat Friedman and GitHub co-founder and…
[ad_1] The obvious benefits from Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub are the ways it can augment Microsoft’s cloud product, Azure. But less obvious is that GitHub, where coders and programmers gather to discuss and learn computer science techniques, can also serve as portfolio — a feature Andreessen Horowitz recognized when it invested in 2012. The theory…
[ad_1] Do you have an application that needs a lot of memory? Maybe as much as 12 terabytes of memory? Well, you’re in luck because Microsoft Azure will soon offer virtual machines with just that much RAM, based on Intel’s Xeon Scalable servers. The company made this announcement in concert with the launch of a number…
[ad_1] Estonia said Monday it is not planning to launch a national cryptocurrency and that it never planned to do so. A government spokeswoman said the Baltic nation was not looking to issue its own national cryptocurrency as it already uses the euro as its official currency. Instead, Estonia plans to “explore various possibilities” for…
[ad_1] It’s that time again. This morning kicks off Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference. It’s a week of programming focused on developers, but this morning’s big event has a little something for everyone. Here’s a quick break down of what we can likely expect when Tim Cook takes the stage this morning. The keynote…
[ad_1] US-based chip designer Nvidia unveiled two new products, Nvidia Isaac, a new developer platform, and Jetson Xavier, an AI-based computer in an attempt to power autonomous robots, ahead of Computex 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan. “AI is the most powerful technology force of our time. Its first phase will enable new levels of software automation…
[ad_1] Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company’s $7.5 billion purchase of software developer platform GitHub shows, “We are all in on open source.” “Microsoft has heritage here. We were a developer tools company first and now, of course, we are all in on open source and that’s what really brings us together with GitHub,”…
[ad_1] Apple is holding a keynote today at the San Jose Convention Center, and the company is expected to unveil new updates for iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and maybe also some new hardware. At 10 AM PT (1 PM in New York, 6 PM in London, 7 PM in Paris), you’ll be able to watch…
[ad_1] Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on May 1, 2018 in San Jose, California. Facebook on Sunday rejected claims by the New York Times that it had allowed Apple and other major device makers “deep” access to users’ personal data saying any such links were tightly controlled…
[ad_1] Widely-followed cryptocurrency start-up Ripple is shelling out millions to some of the top universities in the world to speed up the adoption of blockchain technology. The company announced a partnership with 17 schools Monday, including the University of North Carolina, a research institute at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania. Through the “University Blockchain…
[ad_1] Current market cap: $935 billion (as of market close on June 1, 2018) Why it will get to $1 trillion first: The market has for years asked one thing of Apple: Show you are more than iPhone Inc. Now it’s happening. The key to recent stock upgrades, like one from Morgan Stanley, whose $214…
[ad_1] Despite the government’s emphasis on Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan and Smart Cities project, India continues to be among the top five countries generating e-waste, an ASSOCHAM-NEC recent study said here on Monday. The other countries topping the chart of e-waste generation are China, USA, Japan and Germany. The study was published coinciding with “Environment Day”…
[ad_1] Facebook Inc. on Sunday rejected claims by the New York Times that it had allowed Apple and other major device makers “deep” access to users’ personal data saying any such links were tightly controlled and largely subject to users’ consent. Facebook shares fell 1.3 per cent to $191.45 US before the bell on Monday, in…
[ad_1] Back in 2013, Yelp was a 9-year old company built on a set of internal systems. It was coming to the realization that running its own data centers might not be the most efficient way to run a business that was continuing to scale rapidly. At the same time, the company understood that the…
[ad_1] After a New York Times report claimed that Facebook allowed about 60 device makers, including Apple and Samsung, to access personal information of users and their friends, the social network has defended the pacts saying that these partnerships do not raise privacy concerns. Even before Facebook apps were widely available on smartphones, Facebook had…
[ad_1] Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk faces votes at Tuesday’s shareholder meeting that will challenge his grip on the electric carmaker, but he may be able to count on some powerful friends: big fund managers likely to be fans. These stockpickers would have weighed Musk’s forceful public persona in their decisions to buy and hold…
[ad_1] Blockchain technology could soon revolutionize the global banking industry, according to the chief executives of two major European lenders. Banks have invested millions in developing blockchain applications in recent years, as part of a broader industry effort to try to cut costs and simplify their back-office processes. The technology, which is perhaps better known…
[ad_1] Apple’s annual worldwide developers conference is round the corner, and as the tradition goes, the Cupertino giant will unveil big updates for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. A fresh leak suggests that macOS 10.14 for MacBook laptops and Mac desktops is getting a new dark mode, and the Apple News app as well. The…
[ad_1] Google Photos is now available as a Progressive Web App (PWA). With the latest development, you can add Google Photos to the home screen of your Android device or desktop directly by visiting the Google Photos site from the Chrome browser. Google enabled PWAs by default on desktops with Chrome 67. Previously, Google Maps…
[ad_1] The Trump administration may soon claim as much as $1.7 billion penalty from ZTE Corp., as it looks to punish and tighten control over the Chinese telecommunications company before allowing it back into business, according to people familiar with the matter. The Commerce Department is also seeking unfettered site visits to verify U.S. components…
[ad_1] The co-founder of an online money transfer service claimed that cryptocurrencies aren’t flexible enough to be adopted on a widespread basis. TransferWise is an Estonian developed and U.K.-based money transfer service, launched in January 2011. Its co-founder and CEO, Kristo Kaarmann, said Monday that while cryptocurrencies are interesting, they currently have limited use. “It…
[ad_1] Police in the US city of Denver have arrested an Uber driver for first-degree murder in the shooting death of his passenger. Local media, citing the medical examiner’s office, identified the victim as Hyun Kim, 45. A witness called police shortly before 3:00am Friday from Interstate 25, a highway in the Colorado city, to…
[ad_1] Canada should ban hard-to-recycle plastics and require single-use plastics to contain 75 per cent recycled content. Those are some of more than a dozen recommended national policies put forward by a group of 33 environmental and civil society groups that aim to eliminate plastic waste by 2030. The “Towards a Zero Plastic Waste” Canada…
[ad_1] Several years ago Google X engineer Max Braun published a medium post on a smart mirror he made and now he’s back with a new version that’s smaller and smarter. This is a smart mirror I can get behind though I still find smart mirrors completely frivolous. He published his project on Medium where…
[ad_1] Raising fresh concerns about Facebook’s privacy protection policies, a New York Times report has exposed how the social network allowed about 60 device makers, including Apple and Samsung, to access personal information of users and their friends. Even before Facebook apps were widely available on smartphones, Facebook had data-sharing partnerships with the device makers,…
[ad_1] Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. Facebook struck dozens of data-sharing deals with smartphone and tablet makers over the last…
[ad_1] TransferWise announced a partnership Monday with France’s Groupe BPCE to offer its low-cost money transfer service to the lender’s customers, marking the first integration of the U.K. start-up’s product with a major bank. The London, U.K.-headquartered firm specializes in cross-currency money transfers at a lower cost than traditional banks. The process of moving currencies…
[ad_1] Apple Music has always had an online tool to generate widgets that are commonly used by artists to promote their music on their own sites and blogs. However, latest reports suggest that the widget has received an interface update that enables Apple Music subscribers to log in using their accounts and listen to whole…
[ad_1] The Kardashians aren’t the only ones able to make a career from posting on social media. A new wave of dogs, cats, monkeys — and even a possum — are fetching big bucks and wide followings as influencers on social media. Star pet talent agent Loni Edwards has a roster of unique clients include…
[ad_1] Television producer and reality TV show judge Simon Cowell hasn’t used his mobile phone in almost a year — and he told a U.K.-based publication that it’s “absolutely made me happier.” In an interview with the Daily Mail, Cowell — known for his work on “American Idol” and “X Factor” and his notorious on-air…
[ad_1] If you read last week’s review of the 2018 Toyota Yaris, you might think I have something against cheap cars. I don’t. The subcompact class has made big strides over the past few years, with a handful of models offering full-fledged driving experiences at a fair price, with reasonable compromises. The 2018 Hyundai Accent…
[ad_1] Vertical Networks, which launched in 2015, averages 50 million monthly active viewers and 2.3 billion monthly views across its content including its 10 Snapchat and Facebook shows. Besides “Phone Swap,” it’s got another series called “Yes Theory” in TV development. It also has book deals, podcasts, apps and other channel launches that are expected…