| 9:40 PM • | Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: Unsealed indictment shows federal prosecutors have charged three men with crimes related to December death of a Kansas man fatally shot in a swatting prank |
| 8:15 PM • | AppleInsider: Apple giving month-long free trials of its 50GB, 200GB, and 2TB iCloud storage plans to customers currently on the free 5GB tier |
| 7:35 PM • | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Snapchat now gives users the option to send their real-time location to a friend or request theirs, which shows up on the Snap Map and within message threads |
| 7:30 PM • | Jason Del Rey / Recode: Amazon says the Echo that recorded a private discussion interpreted background conversation as action confirmation, leading to recording and sending to contact |
| 7:25 PM • | Sean Hollister / CNET: Valve says Apple revoked its approval of the Steam Link app for iOS due to “business conflicts with app guidelines” and denied Valve's appeal |
| 7:20 PM • | Russell Brandom / The Verge: Orlando police say its tests of Amazon's facial recognition system were limited to basic testing, and no members of the public were entered for search |
| 7:00 PM • | Facebook: Facebook will check images and text, who is being targeted, and any linked websites in issue ads as it begins to apply new policies |
| 6:35 PM • | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Sentry, which develops open source tools to help developers fix bugs, raises $16M Series B led by NEA and Accel; CEO says post-money valuation is around $100M |
| 6:15 PM • | Joel Schectman / Reuters: Senate version of Pentagon spending bill could require US tech companies to disclose if they let US adversaries examine code in software sold to US military |
| 5:47 PM • | Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: Apple wins $538.6M from Samsung in iPhone patent retrial: $533.3M for infringement of Apple's design patents and $5.3M for infringement of its utility patents |
| 5:20 PM • | Natt Garun / The Verge: YouTube brings its previously mobile-only messaging feature to the web, letting logged in users share and talk about videos in a chat window with friends |
| 5:12 PM • | Bloomberg: Sources: Essential, a startup co-founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, is considering selling itself and has canceled development of a new smartphone |
| 5:03 PM • | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix topped Walt Disney Co. in market value Thursday after surpassing Comcast on Wednesday; the company's stock is up 82% in 2018 |
| 4:45 PM • | Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: An API bug on T-Mobile's staff-facing website, since fixed, let anyone gain access to customer addresses, account PINs, and other details using a phone number |
| 3:50 PM • | Anna Hensel / VentureBeat: Facebook launches archive of political ads, containing ads for political candidates and issue ads starting in May 2018; ads kept in archive for seven years |
| 3:25 PM • | Gary Horcher / KIRO: After allegations Alexa recorded a private conversation and sent it to a person in contact list, Amazon says the case was extremely rare, is taking steps to fix |
| 2:45 PM • | Twitter: Twitter to add badges and disclaimers for US federal political advertisers and require certification and account elements “consistent with online presence” |
| 2:15 PM • | Rob Leathern / Facebook: Facebook rolls out “Paid for by” disclosure labels on Facebook and Instagram for political ads in US, including issues ads that deal with 20 specific subjects |
| 1:25 PM • | Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: Sign up now for Techmeme's new newsletter, which goes out daily at 5pm Pacific |
| 12:50 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Microsoft begins rolling out update to Mixer, its Twitch competitor, that includes a visual refresh and an expanded developer toolkit called MixPlay |
| 12:40 PM • | Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters: Anti-Phishing Working Group estimates criminals have stolen $1.2B in cryptocurrencies since the beginning of 2017, of which under 20% has been recovered |
| 12:15 PM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: PayPal and Google partner to integrate PayPal into Google Pay, which can be used to pay bills and more, starting later this year |
| 12:05 PM • | Jason Koebler / Motherboard: Documents from a “bendgate” lawsuit show Apple's tests found iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were 3.3x and 7.2x more likely to bend than 5S; Apple later made changes to fix |
| 11:35 AM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Reltio, which develops a platform that gives companies insights and recommendations based on big data, raises $45M Series D, bringing total funding to $117M |
| 11:20 AM • | Axios: Sources: SoftBank is investing in peer-to-peer car rental service Getaround as part of a ~$100M fundraising round |
| 11:10 AM • | Janko Roettgers / Variety: Vevo is shuttering its Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile apps and website to refocus on YouTube following resignation of several execs and significant layoffs |
| 11:00 AM • | Abigail Abrams / Fortune: Netflix market value reaches $149B, surpassing Comcast's $147B, and approaching Disney's $153B; the company's stock has gone up 70% since January |
| 10:50 AM • | Shannon Liao / The Verge: Pornhub launches a free VPN, called VPNHUB, with unlimited bandwidth, available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows, alongside $13/month ad-free premium VPN |
| 10:35 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Airbnb quietly launches Travel Stories in beta, letting users share ephemeral pictures and videos that can be viewed in-app or online |
| 10:27 AM • | David Shepardson / Reuters: US NTSB report on Uber's self-driving car that killed a pedestrian in March in AZ says the car failed to identify the pedestrian or brake until it was too late |
| 10:15 AM • | Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: VC firms including a16z and Menlo Ventures are piloting a program they hope can address the shortage of experienced CFO candidates for private tech firms |
| 9:35 AM • | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Pet-sitting startup Rover raises $155M round led by T. Rowe Price, bringing its total funding to $310M |
| 9:00 AM • | Christina Rexrode / Wall Street Journal: Small US banks like Silvergate are capitalizing on the opportunity to do business with cryptocurrency-related firms, which are largely shunned by big banks |
| 8:15 AM • | AAA NewsRoom: American Automobile Association survey finds 73% of American drivers would be too afraid to ride in an autonomous vehicle, up from 63% last year |
| 7:30 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Payments processing company Adyen says it plans to IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange at a $7B-$11B valuation |
| 7:10 AM • | Michelle Castillo / CNBC: Facebook users worldwide are being asked to review their privacy settings, including political and religious affiliations, as GDPR goes into effect in Europe |
| 6:50 AM • | Bloomberg: Sources: DOJ and CFTC have opened a criminal probe into alleged market manipulation of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies |
| 5:55 AM • | Nick Statt / The Verge: Instapaper, owned by Pinterest, says it will be temporarily unavailable to all European users on May 24 as it works to ensure GDPR compliance by May 25 |
| 5:40 AM • | Bloomberg: Lenovo reports Q4 profit of $33M, down 69% YoY, and revenue of $10.6B, up 11% YoY, with no recovery in its smartphone business as PC market remains stagnant |
| 4:50 AM • | Garrett Camp: Sixteen years after it started, StumbleUpon to shut down and transition its accounts to content discovery platform Mix.com over the next couple of months |
| 2:55 AM • | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Uber says it will open an Advanced Technologies Center in Paris focused on its Uber Elevate flying taxis project, will spend €20 million over five years |
| 12:45 AM • | Mat Honan / BuzzFeed: A look at the opening of Salesforce Tower in San Francisco and Benioff's remarks on homelessness and lack of affordable housing amid the city's housing crisis |
| 10:50 PM • | Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: Indonesian ride hailing firm Go-Jek to invest ~$500M to move into Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines in coming months, raising rivalry with Grab |
| 10:30 PM • | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: Qualcomm unveils 10nm Snapdragon 710 SoC with 4K HDR playback support, promises twice the AI performance compared to Snapdragon 660, expected in devices in Q2 |
| 9:05 PM • | Matina Stevis-Gridneff / Wall Street Journal: Profile of Jumia, Africa's biggest e-commerce platform, which has raised $700M, operates in 14 countries, and saw gross sales rise 42% YoY to $682.7M in 2017 |
| 8:00 PM • | Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast: The FBI used a court order to seize a key server in the Russia-linked VPN Filter botnet, stopping its ability to reactivate when an infected router is rebooted |
| 7:40 PM • | Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: Amazon Map Tracking, which gives live updates of the exact location of packages and their estimated arrival times, is now available for all US deliveries |
| 7:25 PM • | Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google Lens update announced at Google I/O is rolling out, with ability to search in real time by pointing camera at objects, smart text selection, and more |
| 7:10 PM • | Jack Nicas / New York Times: Sources: Apple signed deal with Volkswagen to use vans as autonomous staff shuttles, wanted to partner with BMW and Mercedes-Benz on all-electric autonomous car |
| 6:55 PM • | CBS Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto says he was unaware of Uber's plans to resume testing autonomous cars in the city this summer, wants federal investigation first |
| 6:15 PM • | Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: Without windfalls from sales of international businesses, Uber had Q1 2018 loss of $312M before interest, taxes, and other expenses, half of Q1 2017 loss |
| 5:50 PM • | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: FCC's Ajit Pai has repeatedly evaded answers and refused to respond to questions from members of Congress, 13 Democrats say in new letter seeking responses |
| 5:40 PM • | Ashley Carman / The Verge: Tinder says it is testing Tinder Places, which will let users find potential matches based on places they travel to, powered by Foursquare, in Australia, Chile |
| 5:10 PM • | CoinDesk: Coinbase is launching Coinbase Pro, a new version of its GDAX platform, and acquiring crypto trading relay platform Paradex |
| 4:57 PM • | TechCrunch: Uber is raising another secondary round of funding of up to $600M on a valuation of $62B and has raised more than $21B in funding to date |
| 4:45 PM • | Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: Uber reports $2.6B in Q1 2018 revenue and a profit of $2.5B due to $2.9B received from merging its Russia and Southeast Asia businesses with local competitors |
| 4:05 PM • | Bloomberg: Sources: Qualcomm plans to unveil a dedicated system-on-a-chip to power standalone VR and AR headsets, called Snapdragon XR1, as soon as next week |
| 3:45 PM • | Tefo Mohapi / The Next Web: After breach of South African payment processors in 2017, researchers find 934K personal records, including full names and plain-text passwords, leaked online |
| 3:15 PM • | Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: Following Seattle's “head tax” law, San Francisco, Mountain View, Cupertino, and East Palo Alto look to introduce laws taxing big tech companies per employee |
| 2:55 PM • | The Keyword: Google Trends gets revamped Trending searches and Explore pages, new infographic types like an intensity map, showcased data stories curated by News Lab, more |
| 2:40 PM • | Kurt Wagner / Recode: Snap launches a seed accelerator, called Yellow, that will invest $150K in 10 different media startups and creators starting this fall |
| 2:25 PM • | Shannon Liao / The Verge: The Marshall Islands, with 53K citizens, will issue its own cryptocurrency called “sovereign” or SOV, limited to 24M tokens, to replace the US dollar there |
| 2:05 PM • | The Keyword: Google announces moves against scammers threatening businesses' use of Search and Maps: legal action on three companies, adding new reporting tool, and more |
| 1:55 PM • | Kate Conger / Gizmodo: Facebook says users can now use dedicated hardware or code-generating apps for two-factor authentication without having to register their phone number |
| 1:35 PM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Owkin, which uses machine learning to better analyze medical research, adds GV to its January Series A, bringing total raised to $18M |
| 1:15 PM • | Nicholas Thompson / Wired: Facebook outlines new steps to combat false news: request for academic proposals to study it on Facebook, release of a 12-minute film, and news literacy program |
| 1:09 PM • | Lydia Wheeler / The Hill: District court judge rules President Trump can't block people from viewing his Twitter feed, calling it a designated public forum protected by First Amendment |
| 1:05 PM • | Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: Okera, which aims to improve data rights management within companies, raises $12M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners |
| 12:55 PM • | Bloomberg: Sources: Middle Eastern ride hailing company Careem is in talks to raise $500M ahead of possible IPO that could value the company at up to $1.5B |
| 12:45 PM • | Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: Internal email from Uber executive Eric Meyhofer says it has decided to wind down self-driving tests in Arizona, following pedestrian death |
| 12:40 PM • | Sara Fischer / Axios: Twitter will start adding labels to US Congressional candidates' profiles on May 30, ahead of the November midterm elections |
| 12:25 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook announces new tools for Group admins, including customer support pilot program and an online education portal |
| 12:20 PM • | Dan Primack / Axios: Dublin-based sports betting company Paddy Power Betfair agrees to acquire FanDuel, will merge its US assets with FanDuel and invest $158M in cash |
| 12:13 PM • | Reuters: France's Macron meets with executives from the world's biggest tech companies, including Satya Nadella and Mark Zuckerberg, to talk investment, tax, and more |
| 12:00 PM • | Ashley Carman / The Verge: Apple says it will partially refund customers with iPhone 6 or later that paid for out-of-warranty battery replacements in 2017 by giving them $50 credit |
| 11:55 AM • | Wall Street Journal: US lawmakers are moving to thwart Trump's attempts at easing restrictions on ZTE, citing national security concerns; Trump said he envisions a $1B+ fine for ZTE |
| 11:35 AM • | Jim Finkle / Reuters: Cisco's Talos cyber intelligence unit says 500K+ routers in dozens of countries have been infected by Russia-linked malware and could be used to attack Ukraine |
| 11:20 AM • | Nico Grant / Bloomberg: VMware and Okta partner to bolster their mobile security offerings, such as improving secure log-ins, in a bid to challenge Microsoft |
| 11:05 AM • | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Okta launches PassProtect, a free browser-based extension for Chrome that compares passwords with Troy Hunt's Have I Been Pwned database |
| 11:00 AM • | Chloe Aiello / CNBC: Facebook and Okta partner to expand Workplace by Facebook by integrating it into enterprise cloud apps as part of Okta's Project Onramp project |
| 10:45 AM • | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Okta announces Sign in with Okta, an API that lets users sign in with their Okta account on other services |
| 10:40 AM • | Bloomberg: Sources: ZTE estimates at least $3.1B in losses from US sales ban, as operational expenses mount and most of its 75K employees sit idle |
| 10:35 AM • | Reuters: Foxconn Industrial Internet, a subsidiary of Foxconn, files for IPO in mainland China with plans to raise $4.26B at a ~$43B valuation |
| 9:55 AM • | Louise Matsakis / Wired: A look at using blockchain tech in supply chains, its potential benefits like reducing fraud, and hurdles before being broadly adopted in the logistics industry |
| 9:10 AM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook Marketplace adds home service professionals like house cleaners, plumbers, contractors, and others in partnership with Handy, HomeAdvisor, and more |
| 9:05 AM • | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: A look at Kaspersky Lab's SAS conference, where the company showcases its best research while entertaining competitors and reporters, amid its ongoing crisis |
| 8:30 AM • | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Lyft says it will spend $100M on a network of driver support centers, where they can get low-cost oil changes, basic vehicle maintenance, and car washes |
| 8:25 AM • | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Uber expands Partner Protection, its accident insurance and medical cover for drivers, to 21 European countries |
| 8:10 AM • | Ina Fried / Axios: IBM says it will bring 1,800 jobs to France over the next two years in areas like AI, blockchain, cloud computing, and IoT |
| 8:00 AM • | Liz Alderman / New York Times: A year after French President Macron announced an aggressive agenda to turn France into a “startup nation”, the country still lags the UK in tech investments |
| 7:25 AM • | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: French startup Platform.sh raises $34M Series C led by Partech to simplify cloud deployment |
| 6:50 AM • | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple launches privacy portal where users can download a copy of all data Apple associates with their account, starting in EU and rolling out worldwide later |
| 6:15 AM • | Wall Street Journal: Chinese tech unicorns are raising funds by issuing convertible securities, which allow companies to raise capital with less dilution to existing shareholders |
| 4:40 AM • | Vlad Savov / The Verge: HTC announces 6-inch U12+ with Quad HD+ Super LCD 6 display, dual cameras, pressure-sensitive buttons and sides, available for preorder today starting at $799 |
| 2:45 AM • | Paul Smith / Financial Review: Australia-based SafetyCulture, which makes apps for workplace safety inspections and real-time incident reporting by workers, raises ~$45.5M Series C |
| 12:30 AM • | The Economic Times: SoftBank to sell its entire 21% stake in Flipkart to Walmart; SoftBank had invested ~$2.5B in Flipkart through its Vision Fund, is expected to make about $4B |
| 10:40 PM • | Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: A list of more than 40 questions that Mark Zuckerberg was asked before the European Parliament but failed to answer with specifics |
| 10:25 PM • | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: NewsDog, a news aggregator in India which offers news in English and various regional Indian languages, has raised $50M Series C led by Tencent |
| 10:10 PM • | Bloomberg: Sources: Apple's manufacturing partner TSMC has started mass production of 7nm processors for iPhones launching later this year |
| 9:55 PM • | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: AgileBits releases 1Password 7 for Mac with new security features, easier access to vaults, and refreshed redesign |
| 8:15 PM • | Devlin Barrett / Washington Post: FBI's claim that investigators were locked out of nearly 7,800 devices connected to crimes last year is inflated; sources say number likely between 1,000-2,000 |
| 8:05 PM • | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Baidu to spin out and sell majority stake in its Global DU unit that runs some Baidu-owned apps and its ads business outside of China |
| 7:35 PM • | Jon Fingas / Engadget: Twitter for mobile web, Twitter Lite, and Twitter for Windows now support night mode, real-time updates on replies, likes, and retweets, have newer compose box |
| 6:50 PM • | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: Microsoft makes its business AR apps Layout and Remote Assist available in preview and rolls out its first Windows 10 feature update for HoloLens since 2016 |
| 6:45 PM • | Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: Electronic Arts acquires GameFly's cloud gaming service as well as the Israel-based team that was responsible for building it; terms not disclosed |
| 6:05 PM • | Facebook Safety: Facebook partners with safety orgs in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US to expand revenge porn reporting tool that asks users to submit photos proactively |
| 5:55 PM • | Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: Sweden-based Amuse, whose music distribution service helps new artists get music on streaming services and keep 100% of the royalties, raises $15.5M Series A |
| 5:15 PM • | A.J. Katz / Adweek: Nielsen expands its partnership with YouTube TV to include YouTube viewership in local TV audience measurements, likely a boon for local media ad buys |
| 5:00 PM • | Kurt Wagner / Recode: Average tenure of Facebook's top 14 execs is more than 9 years, most have been at Facebook since before its IPO, few top execs have left despite controversies |
| 4:55 PM • | Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: LastPass integrates Yubico SDK in its app on iOS, enabling the use of the $50 YubiKey NEO for two-factor authentication via NFC on iPhone 7 and newer devices |
| 4:15 PM • | Vlad Savov / The Verge: Many Bulgarians tweeting in the Cyrillic alphabet are having their accounts suspended and tweets hidden, as though they were Russian bots |
| 4:00 PM • | Alex Heath / Cheddar: Tesla has hired Snap's vice president of monetization engineering, Stuart Bowers, as vice president of engineering |
| 3:25 PM • | Financial Times: After EU's €2.4B fine for Google anti-trust abuses in shopping search results, Yelp files complaint with EU over similar alleged abuses with Google Local Search |
| 3:05 PM • | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: In European Parliament, Zuckerberg was barraged with questions on Facebook's power and conduct, but the format let him cherry-pick the ones he wanted to answer |
| 2:15 PM • | Lily Katz / Bloomberg: Circle adds a Buy the Market feature that lets users easily buy seven different crypto coins at once, weighted by market value; CEO says none are securities |
| 1:35 PM • | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Tidelift, which provides firms with professional-grade support of open source software and pays part of proceeds to software maintainers, raises $15M Series A |
| 1:25 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: eMarketer: Starbucks' mobile payment service had 20.7M US users in 2017, over Apple Pay's 19.9M and Google Pay's 9.3M, and is expected to keep outpacing them |
| 1:10 PM • | Dani Deahl / The Verge: Twitter announces it is killing off its apps for Xbox, Roku, and Android TV on May 24 |
| 12:58 PM • | Casey Newton / The Verge: Slack debuts action buttons, which let 3rd-party devs make Slack messages actionable with a click, with Asana, Jira, Pocket, Zendesk among launch partners |
| 12:25 PM • | European Parliament EPTV: EP Conference of Presidents with Mark ZUCKERBERG - founder and CEO of Facebook |
| 12:20 PM • | Chris Welch / The Verge: LG G7 ThinQ review: very bright 6.1" IPS LCD display with notch, the wide angle camera has improved, but battery life is mediocre and the software is not great |
| 12:00 PM • | Todd Spangler / Variety: American Customer Satisfaction Index: customer satisfaction of streaming video services is 75% on average, far better than cable, satellite, telco TV rivals |
| 11:49 AM • | Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo: Inside WhiteBoxDating, the “wordpress for dating” catering to any niche, comes pre-loaded with many fake “users”, and is home to Trump.dating, NeverTrump.dating |
| 11:30 AM • | Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft shows off how its social chat bot Xiaoice, which is in use across platforms in China, can place phone calls to humans, similar to Google's Duplex |
| 11:05 AM • | Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: Civil rights groups concerned as FOIA request shows cities' law enforcement adopted Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition tech without prior public discourse |
| 10:40 AM • | Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed: Instagram is rolling out a new feature that allows users to mute others in their feed without having to unfollow them |
| 9:45 AM • | Reuters: Uber plans to launch its first taxi-hailing pilot service in Japan that will connect passengers to other taxi providers; the pilot will run through March 2019 |
| 8:30 AM • | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Email authentication service Valimail raises $25M Series B led by Tenaya Capital, bringing its total amount of funding raised to $38.5M |
| 8:15 AM • | Counterpoint Research: Counterpoint Research: in Q1 2018, US smartphone sales dropped 11% YoY to 38.7M, yet Apple shipped a record 16M iPhones, an increase of 16% YoY |
| 7:40 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based Realeyes, which uses AI and a front-facing camera to read viewers' emotions, raises $16.2M Series A led by Draper Esprit |
| 7:15 AM • | Will Oremus / Slate: The scandals around LocationSmart and Securus, dealers of millions of Americans' real-time cell location data, should be a bigger deal than Cambridge Analytica |
| 3:00 AM • | Cat Ferguson / The Verge: In the murky world of online rehab promotion, marketers find captive audiences in addiction groups on Facebook, sometimes running groups without full disclosure |
| 11:55 PM • | Wall Street Journal: Sources: US and China reach broad outline of a deal to settle ZTE controversy that would lift US sales ban in exchange for major management changes and fines |
| 10:20 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Comcast launches xFi Pods, its Wi-Fi extender devices nationwide, following its investment in mesh router maker Plume last year; a six pack will cost $199 |
| 9:40 PM • | Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft and Google disclose Speculative Store Bypass CPU flaw that exploits speculative execution and is similar to Spectre and Meltdown |
| 8:55 PM • | Politico: Sources: Trump has rebuffed efforts to improve security around his phone use, has gone as long as five months without having phone checked by security experts |
| 8:10 PM • | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Instagram is testing a mid-feed alert that tells users they are caught up on all new posts from the past 48 hours |
| 7:40 PM • | Alex Hern / The Guardian: As companies flood EU residents' inboxes ahead of GDPR rollout, experts say many of those consent emails are unnecessary and some may be even illegal |
| 7:20 PM • | M.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: Twitter risks ostracizing its longtime and more influential users by killing its native Mac app twice and squeezing 3rd-party apps to death via API changes |
| 7:05 PM • | Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNNMoney: After CNN report, nine members of Congress sent CEOs of Uber, Lyft, and others a letter asking about protocols for sexual assault reports, driver training, more |
| 6:45 PM • | Billy Tallis / AnandTech: Intel and Micron launch their jointly-developed QLC NAND flash memory that trades write performance and endurance for lower cost |
| 6:35 PM • | Technology Startups News: Cuebiq, a US location intelligence and consumer insights firm, raises $27M Series B with Nasdaq Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs participating |
| 6:15 PM • | Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: Researcher Karan Saini finds a bug in Comcast's website that leaks Xfinity users' info, including home address where the router is located and Wi-Fi credentials |
| 5:28 PM • | Alfred Ng / CNET: Microsoft and Google detail new Spectre and Meltdown flaw, Variant 4, that uses a different method to extract info; Intel says patch coming within weeks |
| 5:15 PM • | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Alibaba and SenseTime to co-finance HKAI Lab, a not-for-profit AI research lab in Hong Kong |
| 5:00 PM • | Julie Bort / Business Insider: Sales automation startup Outreach raises $65M Series D led by Spark Capital, CEO says at $500M valuation, with SAP's Sapphire Ventures joining as a new investor |
| 4:37 PM • | Nico Grant / Bloomberg: Adobe announces $1.68B deal to buy e-commerce platform Magento Commerce alongside a $8B common stock buyback program through 2021 |
| 4:05 PM • | New York Times: China, signaling thaw with US over trade, approved sale of Toshiba's lucrative microchip unit last week to a consortium led by Bain Capital |
| 4:00 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google Photos is adding a new star-shaped Favorites button for your own photos starting today, and a heart-shaped Like button coming next week for shared photos |
| 3:20 PM • | Nitasha Tiku / Wired: After last week's Google resignations, a look at how big tech firms' employees feel about their employers' defense contracts, from indifference to activism |
| 3:17 PM • | Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: Amazon debuts Marketplace Appstore, to provide 3rd-party tools for pricing, inventory, and advertising to professional sellers, rolling out in North America |
| 2:55 PM • | Chris Bing / Cyberscoop: Inside Project Indigo, the quiet info-sharing program between banks and US Cyber Command that helps the government respond quickly to online attacks |
| 2:35 PM • | Tara Francis Chan / Business Insider: Chinese state-run media says the country's social credit system has blocked people from taking over 11M flights and 4M train trips; full rollout coming by 2020 |
| 2:25 PM • | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: NY-based TradingView, developer of social networking and data analysis tools for financial markets, raises $37M in Series B led by Insight Venture Partners |
| 2:20 PM • | Heather Long / Washington Post: In latest White House statement about China trade, IP theft of US tech gets a lackluster mention and the topic of Chinese subsidies of tech firms is dropped |
| 2:00 PM • | Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: Epic Games, maker of popular Fortnite, commits $100M over next 12 months to prize pools for the game's competitions, dwarfing other games' esports prize money |
| 1:25 PM • | Yimian Wu / China Money Network: Shenzhen-based motion sensing firm Orbbec raises $200M Series D led by Alibaba Group's financial affiliate Ant Financial |
| 12:55 PM • | Ben Lane / HousingWire: Austin-based OJO Labs, developer of an AI assistant for the real estate industry, raises $20.5M Series B |
| 12:40 PM • | Michael D. Shear / New York Times: Barack and Michelle Obama sign multiyear deal with Netflix to produce TV shows and films for the streaming service, from scripted series to documentaries |
| 12:30 PM • | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Huawei's Matebook X Pro comes to US today after a February debut, starting at $1,200 for Core i5 model or $1,500 for Core i7 with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage |
| 12:20 PM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Microsoft launches SharePoint Spaces so users can view company content in mixed reality and says that 400K organizations now use SharePoint, up about 100% YoY |
| 11:25 AM • | Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: Acer to pre-install Alexa on its PC lineup, starting with Spin 5 laptops, and roll the feature out to compatible Acer models over the next few weeks |
| 10:45 AM • | Sara Salinas / CNBC: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urges DOJ to review monopolies in tech after a 60 Minutes segment about Google's monopoly in search |
| 10:10 AM • | Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: Crunchbase data shows VC investments in blockchain-related startups, excluding ICOs, reached $1.3B in 2018, exceeding investment totals of previous 18 months |
| 9:25 AM • | CNBC: IT services firm Roper Technologies to acquire tax and budgeting solutions provider PowerPlan for $1.1B in an all-cash deal from PE firm Thoma Bravo |
| 8:50 AM • | Mark Hachman / PCWorld: Facebook says it will begin field trials for its Terragraph wireless broadband initiative in 2019, using 60GHz 802.11ay technology from Qualcomm |
| 8:35 AM • | Michael J. Coren / Quartz: Profile of Duolingo, a language learning app that has 25M MAUs and offers courses, mostly created through crowdsourcing, in 31 languages |
| 8:05 AM • | Reuters: A look at Indonesia's e-commerce market, where Chinese online giants and local firms invest billions to tackle logistical problems in a country with 17K islands |
| 7:30 AM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: HMD Global, developer of Nokia-branded phones, raises $100M round led by Swiss VC firm Ginko Ventures at a valuation of $1B+ |
| 7:00 AM • | Mark Scott / Politico: European Parliament President says Mark Zuckerberg's meeting with MEPs on Tuesday will be livestreamed |
| 4:50 AM • | Louise Moon / South China Morning Post: A Chinese high school in Hangzhou is reportedly using facial recognition tech to track pupil attendance, emotions, and attention spans |
| 2:45 AM • | Joe Reisigl / Atlanta Magazine: Google Fiber was supposed to transform Atlanta by helping close its digital divide, but three years later the city is still waiting |
| 2:00 AM • | Yimian Wu / China Money Network: CowaRobot, Chinese startup that makes robots for street cleaning and logistics and also created a smart suitcase that can follow the owner, raises $21M Series B |
| 1:15 AM • | Brady Dale / CoinDesk: VideoCoin, blockchain-based video streaming project backed by CNET co-founder Halsey Minor, raises $50M in an ICO completed via private placements |
| 12:30 AM • | Richard Lai / Engadget: OnePlus 6 review: great value, smooth interface, solid battery life, and vastly improved camera, but no wireless charging or microSD expansion |
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