The never-ending Takata airbag recall continues to be a danger to motorists around the world. Honda confirms another US death due to Takata airbag inflators – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreBlake Droesch / eMarketer: eMarketer expects Amazon Music will pass 35M MAUs in the US this year, up 17.7% YoY, growing faster than any other digital audio service in its forecast — Amazon Music will cross 35 million monthly listeners in the US this year. At a growth rate of 17.7% year over year …
Read MoreCommentary: I was crushed when Apple cancelled its smart wireless charging pad. Now it’s time to move on. AirPower's death may be the best thing for you and your iPhone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePoof! They’re gone! Some of Mark Zuckerberg's old Facebook posts have disappeared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReuters: Sources: cross-border money transfer startup TransferWise is raising up to $300M at a ~$4B valuation — (Reuters) – TransferWise Ltd, the money transfer startup whose investors include entrepreneur Richard Branson and PayPal Holdings Inc founders Peter Thiel and Max Levchin … Sources: cross-border money transfer startup TransferWise is raising up to 0M at a
Read MoreGoogle Home Hub + Home Max + Nest Cam + Google Assistant = Nest Hub Max. Google leaks Nest Hub Max 10-inch smart display with Nest cam – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Alibaba has acquired China-based Teambition, a project collaboration platform similar to Trello or Asana; Teambition has raised ~$17M since 2013 — Alibaba has made an acquisition as it continues to square up to the opportunity in enterprise services in China and beyond, akin to what its U.S. counterpart Amazon has done
Read MoreSam Machkovech / Ars Technica: Valve teases a VR headset called the Valve Index with a May 2019 release date; Valve previously partnered with HTC on the HTC Vive in 2016 — Months of barely contained rumors have now been confirmed. — Valve Corporation’s long-rumored VR headset is finally real. Valve teases a VR headset
Read MoreRob Price / Business Insider: Facebook says it “mistakenly deleted” some of Zuckerberg’s old Facebook posts that were public and reported on, including a post about the Instagram acquisition — – Some old Facebook posts by CEO Mark Zuckerberg have disappeared, and the company says it “mistakenly deleted” them. Facebook says it "mistakenly deleted" some
Read MoreNew York Times: As Ukraine preps for Sunday’s election, officials and candidates say Facebook, despite recent improvements, has been slow to respond to Russian disinformation — Campaigning for Ukraine’s presidential election had just begun to heat up when the authorities announced they had thwarted … As Ukraine preps for Sunday's election, officials and candidates say
Read MoreStephen Shankland / CNET: Google updates its login system with support for FIDO2, allowing users to log into its services with hardware security keys on Firefox and Edge — Google has updated its support for hardware security keys so you no longer need to rely on its Chrome browser to log into websites like Gmail,
Read MoreThe social network might limit users from live streaming a video if they’ve violated Facebook rules before. Facebook explores live video restrictions after New Zealand mosque shootings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnalysis: AirPower was an Apple rarity: A pre-announced product that was eventually cancelled before it ever saw the light of day. RIP, AirPower: A brief history of Apple's doomed charging pad – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor a fraction of the price of Apple’s just-canceled charging mat, you can put wireless chargers everywhere. Apple AirPower is dead, but these alternatives are probably better anyway – CNET Source: CNet
Read More“Never Twice the Same Color” may be an apt pejorative, but supporting analog color TV in the 1950s without abandoning a huge installed base of black-and-white receivers was not an option, and at the end of the day the National Television Standards Committee did an admirable job working within the constraints they were given. As
Read MoreThe 2020 Democratic hopeful tells CNET how tech can both help and hurt society. Andrew Yang, presidential candidate, talks Space Force, drones, automation – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Toast, a cloud-based restaurant management platform, raises a $250M Series E led by TCV and Tiger Global at a $2.7B valuation — Restaurant sales hit $825 billion last year in the US, but with margins averaging at only three to five percent per business, they’re always looking for an edge …
Read MoreGoogle Home Hub + Home Max + Nest Cam + Google Assistant = Nest Hub Max. Google leaks Nest Hub Max 10-inch smart display with camera – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple has nixed plans to build its much anticipated AirPower wireless charging pad, the company said Friday. “After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards, and we ha… Apple pulls the plug on AirPower, its long-promised wireless charging pad Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreBrian Feldman / New York Magazine: In his interview, Neal Mohan disingenuously fails to mention that YouTube gives users a heavily weighted single recommendation after each video via autoplay — There is perhaps no better pipeline to online radicalization, save for 4chan, than by watching videos on YouTube. In his interview, Neal Mohan disingenuously fails
Read MoreRyan Whitwam / Android Police: Google accidentally posts information about Nest Hub Max, an unannounced 10″ smart display with a built-in Nest camera, on Google Store’s connected home page — A lot of Google products have “fallen off of a truck” in the last couple of years, leading to leaks ahead of official announcements. Google
Read MoreFinally. You may soon be able to rewind, fast forward through Instagram videos – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou’ll hardly recognize Arya and Bran from the first season until now. Game of Thrones stars, from season 1 through today – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s official. Today, Apple cancelled its perennially delayed wireless charging product, AirPower. In a statement, Cupertino blamed issues meeting its own quality standards. Here’s what Dan Riccio, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, said in a statement emailed to TechCrunch: “After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we
Read MoreThe company says the delayed product, which was about more than just charging, didn’t meet its “high standards.” Apple's AirPower charging mat is officially dead – CNET Source: CNet
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