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- Report: Chinese smartphone shipments drop 21% to reach lowest level since 2013
Analysts have long-warned of a growth crunch in China’s smartphone space, and it’s looking like that’s very much the case right now. China’s smartphone growth has been the feel-good story for domestic OEMs who have clocked impressive figures as the billion-plus population has rushed online via mo... - IFTTT raises $24M led by Salesforce to expand its platform to ‘connect everything’
IFTTT, a startup that was an early mover in API integrations by creating a platform for people to write easy scripts to connect different apps to each other (the name stands for “if this, then that”), is announcing another $24 million in funding to take its business deeper into areas like enterpr... - Nintendo’s annual profit rockets by 500% after selling 15M Switch consoles
Nintendo has announced impressive financial results thanks to strong sales its Switch console, and a new CEO. Operating profit rose by a huge 505 percent to reach 178 billion yen ($1.6 billion) over the last financial year. Revenue was also up by an impressive 116 percent to hit 1.06 trillion yen... - BMW is working with LiDAR company Innoviz to make self-driving cars
- The genomics-focused Illumina Accelerator backs five new companies
- IBM introduces a blockchain to verify the jewelry supply chain
- Asia-based recruitment app GetLinks nabs investment led by Alibaba’s Hong Kong fund
- Snap to change how Snap Map operates in Europe ahead of GDPR
- Sign up today: 2 for 1 Innovator Passes to Disrupt Berlin 2018
- Digital banking startup Revolut raises $250M at a valuation of $1.7B
- Samsung tempers record earnings with pessimistic smartphone outlook
Samsung’s latest earnings report is a succinct lesson in hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. The actual news here is pretty positive, as the company reports a record operating profit, courtesy of high demand for its components and flagship handsets. But a statement tied to the news m... - Tile and Comcast team up to help you find lost items with your TV’s voice remote
Lost device finder Tile today is making good on its previously announced partnership with Comcast by introducing a way for Comcast Xfinity customers to locate their Tiles using Comcast’s TV remote, the Xfinity X1 Voice Remote. This is also the first video and voice partnership with Tile, which ha... - Alexa will soon gain a memory, converse more naturally, and automatically launch skills
Alexa will soon be able to recall information you’ve directed her to remember, as well as have more natural conversations that don’t require every command to begin with “Alexa.” She’ll also be able to launch skills in response to questions you ask, without explicit instructions to do so. The feat... - The ONE Smart Keyboard Pro lets you tickle the ivories with ease
- Meet 11 new startups launching out of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
- This is a real life Transformer
- Leaked iPhone pics show glass back and headphone jack
- Waze signs data-sharing deal with AI-based traffic management startup Waycare
- Cashback app Dosh raises $44M on a $240M valuation from PayPal and more
- Snapchat launches Spectacles V2, camera glasses you’ll actually wear
- Teradyne snatches up robot maker MiR in $272M deal
Teradyne, a prosaic-sounding but flush company that provides automated testing equipment for industrial applications, has acquired the Danish robotics company MiR for an eye-popping $148 million, with $124 million on the table after meeting performance goals. - Tesla’s Autopilot VP is leaving for Intel
Tesla’s VP of Autopilot and low-voltage hardware, Jim Keller, is leaving the company, Electrek first reported. In a statement to TechCrunch, Tesla said it appreciates “his contributions to Tesla and wish the best,” a spokesperson said. “Tesla is deeply committed to developing the most advanced si... - Mozilla Hubs is a super-simple social chat room for robots
The socially networked web is frightening enough, but maybe chatting with some friendly robots will ease the tension. Today, Mozilla showed off a preview of Hubs, a dead-simple social WebVR experience that users can dive into with a couple of clicks, share a URL and meet up with other people acro... - Amazon is now selling home security services, including installations and no monthly fees
- The Roku Channel expansion is basically confirmed
- Microsoft finally embraces the squirt gun emoji
- One week left for Disrupt SF ’18 super early-bird prices
- Twitch solidifies its lead with viewership up 21% in Q1, while YouTube Gaming drops
- Dropbox rolls out a templates tool for its Paper online document service
- Mammoth Biosciences launches a CRISPR-powered search engine for disease detection
- Amazon scores another two years of ‘Thursday Night Football’ streaming
Amazon just announced that it’s scored the rights to stream Thursday Night Football games for another two years. The contract renewal will bring 11 NFL games simulcast on Fox to its Prime video offerings for both the 2018 and 2019 seasons, including weeks four through 15 of the season, save for T... - Square is acquiring website builder Weebly for $365M
Square just announced that it’s reached an agreement to acquire Weebly for $365 million in cash and stock. While Square is best known for its payment software and hardware, it’s also been expanding into other areas; for example, with the acquisition of food delivery service Caviar and corporate c... - Amazon up 7% following earnings beat
Amazon reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, sending shares up 7 percent in after-hours trading after its significantly better-than-expected report. The company reported earnings per share of $3.27, well above the $1.26 that analysts had been expecting. This worked out to $1... - MoviePass CEO says he doesn’t know if the one-movie-per-day subscription will ever return
- What we learned from Facebook’s latest data misuse grilling
- Ceridian up 42% following payroll software IPO
- The alternative to the four-hour workweek mindset
- DeepCode cleans your code with the power of AI
- Google endorses Clean Power Plan ahead of expected repeal
- The 5G wireless revolution will come, if your city council doesn’t block it first
- DocuSign raises $629 million after pricing IPO
DocuSign priced its IPO Thursday evening at $29 per share, netting the company $629 million. It was a better price than the e-signature company had been expecting. The initially proposed price range was $24 to $26 and then that was raised to $26 to $28. The price gives the company a valuation of ... - Women alleging sexual assault by Uber drivers asked to be freed from forced arbitration
A group of women alleging sexual violence from Uber drivers have sent an open letter to the company’s board, asking to be released from the mandatory arbitration clause in the Uber app’s terms of service. The letter was posted on the website of Wigdor LLP, a New York law firm that filed a class a... - Disney’s pneumatic ‘Force Jacket’ could be the key to awesome VR theme parks
As we navigate further and further into this strange Ready Player One-like future that plenty of tech companies are investing heavily, Disney wants to ensure that people can feel content in the most life-like way possible. Disney Research has shown off some research into the world of haptic feedb... - Apple iTunes finally arrives in the Windows Store
- Native Union’s new speaker strikes directly at my weakness for tasteful brass accents
- Snap’s updated Spectacles are doubling down on an unfulfilled vision
- Pro-Trump social media duo accuses Facebook of anti-conservative censorship
- Your annual Amazon Prime membership fees are about to increase
- Apple ends production of AirPort base stations
- By keeping its head in the cloud, Microsoft makes it rain on shareholders
- Here’s what Netflix’s Wild Wild Country doesn’t explain about cult leaders
When Ma Anand Sheela first met the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in his apartment in Mumbai in 1968, she hugged him and cried. “My whole head melted,” Sheela says in the Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country, which discusses Rajneesh and his cult. “My life was complete. My life was fulfilled.... - Kanye West is not in fact losing millions of followers for tweeting his love of Donald Trump
- Reps say ‘we have yet to receive any responses’ to questions from Zuckerberg testimony
- Sonos files for an IPO that may value the company at $3 billion
- NASA astronauts will probably launch from the US before The Winds of Winter is published
- The internet is enabling a community of men who want to kill women. They need to be stopped
- Parents can now limit YouTube Kids to only show human-approved videos
- How AI is helping us discover materials faster than ever
- Superheroes don’t wear ponytails, and yes, it’s sexist
- Faraday Future bet the farm to secure its multi-billion dollar investment from China
- Google’s new Gmail aims to hit Microsoft where it hurts
Google unveiled a new Gmail design this week, overhauling its free email service with new features and a fresh look. Beyond the new design, smart replies, and email snooze features that regular Gmail users will enjoy, Google is adding in some smart business-focused features designed to improve pr... - GE Appliance’s new smart air conditioners work with HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Assistant
- LG’s record profits show Samsung missed out on OLED TVs
- Nintendo Switch drives staggering 500 percent profit jump
- Google joins Apple in condemning the repeal of the Clean Power Plan
- Sonos will only bring AirPlay 2 to its recent speakers
- Snapchat plans to test unskippable six-second ads
- Ford will only sell two kinds of cars in America
- Facebook’s quarterly earnings are a bright spot amid a sea of bad headlines
- Microsoft follows Google and ditches its pistol emoji for Windows
- Star Wars: Resistance will be the next animated Star Wars show
Disney announced that it has begun production on a new animated Star Wars show, which will debut later this fall in the US on the Disney Channel. Star Wars Resistance will be set just before the events of The Force Awakens, and will follow a pilot named Kazuda Xiono, who is recruited into the Res... - Amazon Echo can soon answer follow-up questions without the ‘Alexa’ prompt
- There are a ton of sketchy rumors about an upcoming iPhone SE 2
- The Handmaid’s Tale doesn’t quite get modern American misogyny
- Your Alexa device can now help you escape a xenomorph
- Tile is partnering with Comcast so you can track lost items from your TV
- Today, Congress investigates whether social media hates conservatives
- The Lorals dental dam shows why it’s so hard to make good safe sex products
- Disney made a jacket to simulate physical experiences, like a snake slithering across your body
- Snap’s second-generation Spectacles are more grown up — and more expensive
- iTunes is now available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10
Apple is finally bringing its iTunes app to Microsoft’s Windows 10 app store today. Microsoft first revealed nearly a year ago that iTunes would be coming to the Microsoft Store by the end of 2017, but that date came and went. Apple’s iTunes app is the same desktop version available online, but i... - Microsoft’s bets on Surface, gaming, and LinkedIn are starting to pay off
- Square is buying website maker Weebly for $365 million
- Transplanted testicles will always make the donor’s sperm
- China’s smartphone market saw its biggest drop in demand since 2013
- Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault
- A pioneer in predictive policing is starting a troubling new project
- Sprint is reportedly announcing a new Unlimited 55+ plan for seniors on May 18th
- Axon launches AI ethics board to study the dangers of facial recognition
- This company is making an at-home CRISPR kit to find out what’s making you sick
- Nintendo is releasing a new mobile RPG this summer
Nintendo is partnering with mobile games company Cygames on a new action RPG for phones. The game, Dragalia Lost, will be released in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau this summer, with subsequent launches to follow in North America and Europe. Nintendo says it will “jointly operate” the title ... - Golden State Killer suspect was tracked down through genealogy websites
- Scott Pruitt is even worse at yes-or-no questions than he is at following ethics rules
- California air regulators say Scott Pruitt didn’t tell the whole truth to Congress
- Amazon is increasing the cost of annual Prime memberships from $99 to $119
- Apple is officially discontinuing its AirPort routers
- Congress’ social media censorship hearing was a complete disaster
- Fox is making an interactive film based on the Choose Your Own Adventure books
- Pinterest now lets you filter search results by skin tone
- Amazon is wildly profitable but it’s still taking huge losses overseas
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