Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon PR chief Jay Carney spent his Monday evening engaging in series of escalating and increasingly combative arguments with members of the news media on Twitter. It marks a rare case of one of the e-commerce giant’s more notable representatives taking a less measured approach to public relations.
Read MoreNick Bastone / The Information: Source: Alphabet quietly moved Jigsaw, a tech incubator that makes tools to curb online misinformation, back under Google last month — Another arm of Alphabet, the holding company for Google and a collection of other businesses, has gone away. — Within the past month … Source: Alphabet quietly moved Jigsaw,
Read MoreFrom 5G and camera specs to a giant battery inside, here’s what we’ve grokked about Samsung’s first flagship phone for 2020. Everything we know about the Galaxy S20 Ultra before Unpacked tomorrow: New colors, 5G guaranteed, 0 price – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBetelgeuse has been very volatile lately, and astronomers are watching to determine if it’s terminal or just going through a phase. Huge red star might explode soon and next few weeks are critical – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google human resources chief Eileen Naughton is stepping down later this year, the company confirms to The Verge (via Fortune). Her title was VP of People Operations; according to Google, the team’s goal is to be “the champions of Google’s culture.” Perhaps needless to say, Google’s culture hasn’t
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Impala, a startup looking to update legacy hotel management systems with a modern API, raises $20M Series B led by Lakestar with Latitude Ventures participating — Impala has raised another round of funding just a few months after raising an $11 million Series A round. Impala, a startup looking to update
Read MoreNevada party officials are apparently trying to avoid the tabulating and reporting debacle that dogged the Iowa caucus. Nevada Democrats said to have new 'caucus tool' to track results – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft unveiled the Surface Duo in October to huge fanfare, but unlike most of the devices at its event, journalists didn’t really get a chance to play with the mythical Surface Phone. That was a bit disappointing given the phone isn’t due to be released until the end of 2020, but it turns out at
Read MoreFelix Salmon / Axios: Varo Money says it has received FDIC approval for federal deposit insurance, bringing it closer to a national bank charter, a first for a fintech startup — Digital banks have dreamed of this day since Bank Simple first launched in 2012. Varo Money says it has received FDIC approval for federal
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tomorrow is a day the wireless industry has long been waiting for, according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal’s well-guarded sources — a judge is expected to rule in favor of T-Mobile and Sprint in the lawsuit that attempted to stop their industry-changing merger.
Read MoreDanielle Abril / Fortune: Google’s HR head, Eileen Naughton, to step down from her role amid rising employee anger over Google’s handling of sexual harassment claims and staff protests — Google’s head of human resources, Eileen Naughton, will step down later this year amid rising tensions between the company’s top executives and rank and file
Read MoreWith Valentine’s Day just around the corner as well, put these Presidents Day deals to work for you and your significant other. The best Presidents Day deals: Laptops from Lenovo and Dell, mattresses, vacuums and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle today announced that it would soon warn Chrome users about “insecure” downloads, the first move in a plan to block them entirely. “Today we’re announcing that Chrome will gradually ensure that secure (HTTPS) pages only download secure files,” said Joe DeBlasio of the Chrome security team in a blog post. “Insecurely-downloaded files are a
Read MoreRyan Gilliam / Polygon: Sony paid ~$229M, mostly in cash, for Insomniac Games according to Sony’s latest financial report; Sony acquired Insomniac in fall 2019 — But still no follow up to Ratchet & Clank (2016)! — In fall of 2019, Sony acquired Insomniac Games, developer of Marvel’s Spider-Man, the Ratchet & Clank series, the
Read MoreThis digital camera that prints instantly without ink cartridges is at its lowest price ever. Relive your Polaroid wonder years with the Polaroid Mint, now just – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreElon Musk’s SpaceX has made major headway towards making space travel more accessible and efficient thanks to reusable rockets, but until now its focus has been on unmanned flights. Then last month, Musk said the company was planning for a launch sometime in Q2 of the year; i.e., between April and June. Now we have
Read MoreNikola’s new Badger will be available as an EV or as a fuel-cell vehicle with up to 600 miles of range. Nikola's Badger electric truck has its sights on Tesla, Hummer and Rivian – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe man responsible for Ford’s “icon” cars talks about how the company will keep performance alive in the future. Ford says its performance cars need to be about more than 0-60 times – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThe groundbreaking South Korean filmmaker proves anything Disney can do, he can do equally. Parasite director Bong Joon-ho now shares Walt Disney's 67-year-old Oscar record – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has revealed plans to initially warn Chrome users about “insecure” downloads and eventually block them outright. “Today we’re announcing that Chrome will gradually ensure that secure (HTTPS) pages only download secure files,” Joe DeBlasio of the Chrome security team wrote in a blog post. “Insecurely-downloaded files are
Read MoreThe technologies are expected to become an important part of national security, and some worry the United States is behind China in their development. White House Earmarks New Money for A.I. and Quantum Computing Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge IBM has picked Slack to power its chat communications companywide for its more than 350,000 employees, according to Business Insider. In what can only be seen as a big win for Slack over rival Microsoft Teams, the report reveals that IBM has been experimenting with Slack and is
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a letter sent Friday, US senators called on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to reform its safety practices and improve its treatment of workers, according to a letter first published by Reveal writer Will Evans and signed by Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker, among
Read MorePhoto credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump’s budget proposal for 2021 earmarks $1.2 billion for nuclear energy research and development and related programs. That’s significantly more than the $824 million Trump proposed in his budget the previous year. Even with the sizable increase in requested funds, the amount is less than
Read MoreThe move allows Australian businesses to keep customer information on-shore. Adobe launches Experience Platform out of Azure in Australia Source: ZDNet Microsoft
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