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How to save your privacy from the Internet's clutches
Apr 14, 5:51PM
Another week, another massive privacy scandal. When it's not Facebook admitting it allowed data on as many as 87 million users to be sucked out by a developer on its platform who sold it to a political consultancy working for the Trump campaign, or dating app Grindr ‘fessing up to sharing its users' HIV status with third […]
Austin is piloting blockchain to improve homeless services
Apr 14, 5:27PM
While the vagaries of the cryptocurrency markets are keeping crypto traders glued to their CoinDesk graphs, the real potential of blockchain is its capability to solve real human challenges in a decentralized, private, and secure way. Government officials have increasingly investigated how blockchain might solve critical problems, but now one city intends to move forward […]
Playground is betting big on robots
Apr 14, 4:00PM
You find robotics in unexpected corners of Playground Global's Palo Alto headquarters. They're in the lobby and scattered amongst the cubicles. Inside the venture fund's labs, an older Spot Mini stands next to RightHand Robotics' pick and place mechanical arm. A recent video shoot in the space shows Boston Dynamics' latest creation meeting Playground-funded bipedal […]
Facebook's Bookmarks menu gets a facelift that makes its settings easier to find
Apr 14, 3:25PM
Facebook is rolling out a redesigned bookmarks section in its app that will make it easier to navigate and access various Facebook settings – including Account Settings, Privacy Shortcuts, News Feed Preferences, Activity Log, Payments Settings, access to Help & Support, and more. None of the options in the updated menu are new to Facebook. […]
Singapore orders Grab to delay closing Uber app for an additional 3 weeks
Apr 14, 5:15AM
Grab’s plan to shutter Uber’s app quickly following its merger deal in Southeast Asia has hit another snag in Singapore where the ride-hailing firm has been forced to delay closing its rival’s service until May 7. This is the second time that Grab has pushed back the removal of Uber’s app in Singapore, which was initially […]
Waymo reportedly applies to put autonomous cars on California roads with no safety drivers
Apr 14, 1:15AM
Waymo has become the second company to apply for the newly-available permit to deploy autonomous vehicles without safety drivers on some California roads, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. It would be putting its cars — well, minivans — on streets around Mountain View, where it already has an abundance of data.
Elon Musk says 'humans are underrated,' calls Tesla's 'excessive automation' a 'mistake'
Apr 14, 12:05AM
In a rare mea culpa for the mercurial billionaire, Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged that the company has been too reliant on robots for production. Yes, excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 13, 2018 “Excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake,” Musk […]
Android Auto now works without wires if you have the right hardware
Apr 13, 10:10PM
Android Auto — Google’s system for powering your car’s dash display from your phone, and the company’s answer to Apple’s CarPlay — is going wireless. You can leave your phone in your bag, and it’ll still be able to push your apps and content to your in-dash screen. Alas, there’s a catch: To get it […]
Yahoo Japan buys a minority stake in a Tokyo cryptocurrency exchange
Apr 13, 7:43PM
Yahoo Japan has gotten its hands on 40 percent of a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange set to launch this fall. The investment, made in BitARG Exchange through a Yahoo Japan subsidiary gives the company a minority stake with BitARG parent company CMD Laboratories still maintaining 60 percent ownership of the exchange. A source told CNBC the deal […]
Apple details its crackdown on leakers…in a leaked memo
Apr 13, 7:14PM
In an internal memo to employees, Apple threatened severe consequences for leaking confidential company information – reminding staff that those who leak can lose their jobs, have difficult finding future employment, and even get arrested. Last year, Apple claimed to have busted 29 leakers, 12 of whom were arrested. The memo itself was leaked, and […]
Elon Musk says Tesla will be profitable in Q3 and Q4
Apr 13, 6:54PM
Tesla is one of the more interesting companies for Wall Street that had an interesting couple of months this year — and it seems even tweets from Elon Musk, who said that the company will be profitable in the back half of the year, may be enough to swing its stock. The Tesla and SpaceX […]
Facebook shouldn't block you from finding friends on competitors
Apr 13, 5:58PM
Twitter, Vine, Voxer, MessageMe. Facebook has repeatedly cut off competitors from its feature for finding your Facebook friends on their apps… after jumpstarting its own social graph by convincing people to upload their Gmail contacts. Meanwhile, Facebook’s Download Your Information tool merely exports a text list of friends’ names you can’t use elsewhere. As Congress […]
Is Android Popsicle next?
Apr 13, 5:56PM
Barring any sort of major shakeup at Google's mobile division, there are two things we know for sure about the next Android's name: it will start with the letter "P" and it will be a dessert food. That already narrows things down quite a bit — you've got pudding, pecan pie, peanut brittle… Then, of […]
Google's 'Semantic Experiences' let you play word games with its AI
Apr 13, 5:50PM
Google does have a little fun now and then, when the master AI permits it, and today it has posted a few web experiments that let you engage with its word-association systems in a playful way.
Coinbase acquires decentralized app browser/wallet Cipher Browser
Apr 13, 5:13PM
Coinbase announced today that it has acquired Cipher Browser, a decentralized app browser and wallet for the Ethereum blockchain that it will be using to bolster its own similar product. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. We're excited to welcome @CipherBrowser to Coinbase! https://t.co/CIqK0EtDbb — Coinbase (@coinbase) April 13, 2018 Coinbase operates a decentralized mobile […]
Zuora's IPO is another step in golden age of enterprise SaaS
Apr 13, 4:39PM
Zuora’s founder and CEO Tien Tzuo had a vision of a subscription economy long before most people ever considered the notion. He knew that for companies to succeed with subscriptions, they needed a bookkeeping system that understood how they collected and reported money. The company went public yesterday, another clear sign post on the road […]
Users and advertisers are mostly unfazed by Facebook scandal
Apr 13, 4:08PM
Facebook's downfall has, it seems, been greatly exaggerated — at least according to Facebook . Even with the Cambridge Analytica fallout and subsequent #DeleteFacebook campaigns, the site appears to be largely unfazed. An executive confirmed as much in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal. A majority of users haven't altered their settings and […]
U.S. iPhone users spent 23% more in apps in 2017 than the year before
Apr 13, 4:00PM
Games, dating apps and streaming services contributed to a rise in consumer spending in iPhone apps last year, according to new data from app store intelligence firm, Sensor Tower. The firm found that U.S. iPhone users spent 23 percent more on in-app purchases in 2017 than they did the year prior – or, an average […]
Here are the 12 startups in Techstars NYC's Winter 2018 class
Apr 13, 3:33PM
The latest startups to participate in Techstars NYC have spent the past week pitching investors, journalists and the broader New York community. I swung by the accelerator’s new office a few days ago to meet each team. In a two-hour period, I found myself discussing everything from cryptocurrency to kitchen sanitation to gene sequencing. Here’s what the […]
After bashing Amazon deals, Trump orders investigation of U.S. Postal Service
Apr 13, 2:53PM
The president issued an executive order after hours last night, aimed at evaluating the U.S. Postal Service. Citing the mail service's "unsustainable financial path," Trump's order demands a "thorough" task force evaluation of the USPS's finances and operations. The service has been a long time talking point for Trump, with Twitter attacks dating back to […]
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