Mark Zuckerberg has a podcast no one asked for – CNET
So far there are two episodes of Tech & Society with Mark Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg has a podcast no one asked for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSo far there are two episodes of Tech & Society with Mark Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg has a podcast no one asked for – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFord stylists in Dearborn and Shanghai can collaborate in a virtual world. Ford designers around the globe can now work together digitally in VR – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: Hacker claims he can track and even turn vehicle engines off for some users of GPS tracker apps iTrack and ProTrack, which let users keep weak default passwords — “I can absolutely make a big traffic problem all over the world,” the hacker said. — A hacker broke into thousands …
Read MoreThe potential and peril of foldable phones has never been clearer. Galaxy Fold review: Samsung's foldable phone lives and dies by its screen – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAT&T offered up the new date in emails to customers who ordered Samsung’s foldable phone. Galaxy Fold ship date postponed to June 13 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKim Hart / Axios: Microsoft has managed to dodge the Big Tech backlash, with its reputation improving since 2016 thanks to a methodical approach to thorny issues — The tech industry is feeling the pain of an unprecedented backlash over its business practices and broad impact on society … Microsoft has managed to dodge the
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Vue.ai, maker of AI retail tools for apparel photo generation and product recognition, raises $17M Series B and says Macy’s, Levi’s, Tata are among customers — AI in commerce is a fast-growing — and highly lucrative — industry. A recent report published by Juniper Research predicts … Vue.ai, maker of AI
Read MoreDan Primack / Axios: Source: Bond Capital, Mary Meeker’s new growth equity VC firm that spun out from Kleiner Perkins, has secured $1.25B+ for its debut fund — Bond Capital, the growth equity firm spun out of Kleiner Perkins last year, has secured $1.25 billion in commitments for its debut fund, Axios has learned from
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: MongoDB says it will acquire Realm, an open source database platform for mobile apps, for $39M; Realm had raised $40M — MongoDB announced today that is acquiring Realm, an open source database geared for mobile applications for $39 million. The startup had raised just over $40 million before being acquired today.
Read More{$inline_image}Private rhino horn owner John Hume, held South Africa’s first online rhino horn auction during 2017, a major event in the ongoing fight by private rhino owners to be able to sell legal horn stocks. However, in a statement released on Hume’s behalf it was admitted that there were very few bidders for the 264 horns. The auctions result is
Read MoreBrazilian police have arrested a man on suspicion that he was running a drug trafficking ring and laundering funds using Bitcoin. According to a local report, law enforcement officials found a clandestine drug laboratory containing Bitcoin mining equipment in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, and arrested the unnamed man yesterday. In the flat, located in
Read MoreNate Lanxon / Bloomberg: Facebook tells UK MPs that New Zealand shooter’s first-person video fooled its AI content detection, saying it was something “we had not seen before” — – Labour party lawmaker calls tech platforms a “cesspit” — Tech firms giving evidence on hate crime to U.K. panel Facebook tells UK MPs that New
Read MoreMore evidence of new hardware on the horizon. New leak sheds more light on Google's rumored Pixel 3a/Pixel 3 Lite – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLitecoin (LTC) was created back in 2011 as one of the earliest forks of the cryptocurrency OG, Bitcoin. Like many other blockchain and cryptocurrency projects promise, Litecoin was developed with the intention of improving on Bitcoin by offering a cryptocurrency better suited to high volume, low value, everyday transactions. This supposed “lite” cryptocurrency has a
Read MoreReuters: Lawyers say an Indian state court reversed its ban on TikTok; source says IT ministry will ask Apple and Google to reinstate the app — NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian state court on Wednesday moved to lift a ban on popular video app TikTok in the country, two lawyers involved in the case
Read MoreThe app could be made available for Kia and Hyundai cars in the future. Hyundai develops app that lets drivers 'tune' their EV's performance – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePew Research Center: Survey of 2,791 adult US Twitter users shows they are younger, more likely to be Democrats, and have higher incomes than US adults overall — U.S. adult Twitter users are younger and more likely to be Democrats than the general public. Most users rarely tweet, but the most prolific 10% create 80%
Read MoreThe aircraft maker says it’s seeing “steady progress” on a software update to fix problems that led to two deadly crashes. Boeing 737 Max has made 135 test flights since grounding – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Docker and Arm announce a new partnership to help Docker developers more easily build apps for the Arm platform — Docker and Arm today announced a major new partnership that will see the two companies collaborate in bringing improved support for the Arm platform to Docker’s tools. Docker and Arm announce
Read MoreAfter the campaign for Sen. John Cornyn tried to call out Oswalt for his “offensive” tweets, the comedian advised: “drink your Ensure, and sit down.” Patton Oswalt shows senate campaign why you shouldn't pick a fight on Twitter – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreiFixit says that the phone’s screen is fragile and that gaps in the spine can attract dirt. Galaxy Fold teardown reveals potential reasons for screen failures – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReuters: Facebook supports 111 languages, but translates content rules to just 41, and its moderation staff speaks ~50; deficit leaves it struggling to monitor content — NAIROBI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s struggles with hate speech and other types of problematic content are being hampered … Facebook supports 111 languages, but translates content rules to
Read MoreOPPO – the Chinese smartphone manufacturer – has a history of trying to straight-up murder the notch. Its Find X device introduced a slide system, but, with the brand new Reno, it has something different in mind: the pizza-slice selfie camera. We attended the phone’s launch in Zurich and were able to get our hands
Read More{$inline_image}It’s only been three months since I published our first round of Digital 2019 reports here on TNW, but our new Q2 Global Digital Statshot – produced in partnership with We Are Social and Hootsuite – shows that the connected world has already changed considerably during that time. You’ll find all the latest charts in the
Read MoreState data privacy laws, regulations changing CISO priorities Source: Search Compliance
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