From nearly $1 billion to ‘immaterial’
Once hot ecommerce site One Kings Lane was acquired by Bed Bath & Beyond on Tuesday for a price that “was not material.”
Pornhub now offers porn for visually impaired
Pornhub has rolled out a new category of videos with audio descriptions of what’s taking place in a scene.
You can finally remove default apps from the iPhone
The next version of iOS 10 will allow anyone to remove default Apple apps like Stocks and Find My Friends.
Apple gets patent for wrap-around iPhone screen
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These companies have zero women on their boards
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Napster is coming back
Music streaming service Rhapsody changing its name to Napster, the former pirated music site it bought the remains of in 2011.
Orlando GoFundMe campaign sets record
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I built a Facebook chatbot, but it was awful at chatting
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A $499 phone for people who hate phones
The minimalist Runcible palm-sized anti-smartphone is now available for pre-order.
Uber’s big Chinese rival raises more than $7 billion
Didi Chuxing, the dominant force in the Chinese market, said Thursday it has raised $7.3 billion in its latest financing round.
She overcame blindness to thrive at Google
Jyotsna Kaki was on the cusp of graduating college when she was became blind after brain surgery. Now she manages a team of engineers at Google.
Magic Leap and Lucasfilm launch lab in SF
Magic Leap, the highly secretive mixed reality startup, is opening a collaborative lab in San Francisco with Lucasfilm’s ILMxLab.
FBI scanning system searches 411 million photos
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Avoiding air turbulence may soon get easier
Pilots will start to receive more real-time air turbulence reports through a partnership between The Weather Company and Gogo.
Zuckerberg backing the elite startup Andela
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Zuckerberg backs a startup more elite than Harvard
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She overcame blindness to thrive at Google
Jyotsna Kaki was on the cusp of graduating college when she was became blind after brain surgery. Now she manages a team of engineers at Google.
FBI scanning system searches 411 million photos
A report by a government watchdog agency found a massive FBI facial recognition program with little internal testing and public privacy disclosure.
Uber’s big Chinese rival raises more than $7 billion
Didi Chuxing, the dominant force in the Chinese market, said Thursday it has raised $7.3 billion in its latest financing round.
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A $499 phone for people who hate phones
The minimalist Runcible palm-sized anti-smartphone is now available for pre-order.
Pornhub now offers porn for visually impaired
Pornhub has rolled out a new category of videos with audio descriptions of what’s taking place in a scene.
Orlando GoFundMe campaign sets record
A GoFundMe campaign launched by Equality Florida to help the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting has topped $3 million.
My Facebook chatbot was awful at chatting
Facebook says bots will replace customer service, but I learned it’s not easy to make a bot that actually serves a purpose.
From nearly $1 billion to ‘immaterial’
Once hot ecommerce site One Kings Lane was acquired by Bed Bath & Beyond on Tuesday for a price that “was not material.”
Napster is coming back
Music streaming service Rhapsody changing its name to Napster, the former pirated music site it bought the remains of in 2011.
Mark Zuckerberg fell off his bike and broke his arm
During a Facebook Live Q&A, Mark Zuckerberg told Jerry Seinfeld that he recently fell off his bike and broke his arm.
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Companies with zero women on their boards
Startup LedBetter is tracking gender equality on boards and the executive ranks of 2,000 big consumer brands.
Facebook Messenger can now send SMS text messages
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Facebook struggles to stop live-streamed crimes
Criminals are increasingly using mobile live-streaming platforms to document their offenses in real-time. Social networks are facing an uphill battle in stopping them.
You can finally remove default apps from the iPhone
The next version of iOS 10 will allow anyone to remove default Apple apps like Stocks and Find My Friends.
Alibaba’s Ma: Fake goods better than the real deal
Chinese-manufactured fake products are just as good — if not better — than the real deal, according to Alibaba founder Jack Ma.
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FCC’s internet regulations are upheld
Court of Appeals upholds FCC’s ‘net neutrality’ rules that regulate the internet, a blow to telecom giants such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
Orlando GoFundMe campaign sets record
A GoFundMe campaign launched by Equality Florida to help the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting has topped $3 million.
Apple gets patent for wrap-around iPhone screen
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Why so many British scientists love the European Union
Scientists including Stephen Hawking say a vote for Brexit in this month’s EU referendum would be a disaster for British science and universities.
Microsoft calls new Xbox a 6 teraflop ‘monster’
Microsoft will sell two new Xbox One consoles starting with a thinner and smaller Xbox One S this summer and a high powered console dubbed Project Scorpio in 2017.
Sling TV launches on Apple TV
Dish Network is launching its cable-like television service, Sling TV, on Apple TV boxes.
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