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!3 Gadgets You Didn’t Know You Needed, but Are Worth Buying
If you don’t have one of these — or you’ve waited until the options were good enough before investing — now is the time to buy.
- 50 mins ago 25 Apr 18, 1:37am -
!Facebook Replaces Lobbying Executive Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Facebook shuffled its ranks in Washington as it confronts pressure from lawmakers over data privacy, election interference, misinformation and other issues.
- 2 hours ago 25 Apr 18, 12:45am -
!Wanted at Chinese Start-Ups: Attractive Women to Ease Coders’ Stress
Some tech companies are hiring female “motivators” for a role that’s a mix of psychologist and cheerleader — to help overworked male programmers through conversation and massages.
- 2 hours ago 25 Apr 18, 12:34am -
!European Regulators Ask if Facebook Is Taking Too Much Data
The authorities in a number of countries say the company is unfairly using its leverage over consumers to extract personal information from them.
- 4 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 10:32pm -
!Amazon Tries a New Delivery Spot: Your Car
The new service is aimed at anyone who doesn’t want to risk a package being stolen from a porch and can’t receive an order at work.
- 9 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 5:49pm -

Reuters: Technology News

!South Korea's LG Display looks up after posting first loss in 6 years
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd forecast higher panel shipments and more stable prices in the second quarter as it reported its first operating loss in six years on Wednesday, hit by a flood of supply from Chinese rivals.
- 1 hour ago 25 Apr 18, 1:14am -
!G7 tells tech firms to boost efforts to combat extremism: Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations on Tuesday told leading tech and social media companies to ramp up efforts to combat the spread of extremism, a top Canadian official said.
- 5 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 9:39pm -
!Google-owner Alphabet's shares fall on rise in costs
(Reuters) - Shares of Google parent Alphabet Inc lost more than 5 percent on Tuesday as a surge in costs drove what analysts said was its biggest ever contraction in gross margins, overshadowing strong first-quarter ad sales.
- 5 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 9:23pm -
!Protesters greet Amazon's Jeff Bezos in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hundreds of Amazon workers blew whistles and banged drums on Tuesday to protest against the presentation of a German award to Jeff Bezos, the ecommerce firm's chief executive.
- 6 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 8:06pm -
!Bitcoin climbs to six-week high as market sentiment improves
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin rose to a six-week high on Tuesday on positive headlines that included the possible entry of major financial institutions into the space, lifting sentiment on the overall cryptocurrency market.
- 6 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 8:02pm -

TIME - Technology

!Spotify’s Free Music-Streaming Plan Is Getting Some Big New Features
Including new playlists, better music recommendations and more
- 10 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 4:19pm -
!Amazon Will Start Delivering Packages Straight to Your Parked Car
It's an effort to stop people from stealing packages on your doorstep
- 13 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 1:43pm -
‘Detroit: Become Human’ Forces You to Make Hard Choices — As an Android
It's a game that may be more exciting to watch than it is to play
- 1 day ago 23 Apr 18, 5:31pm -
Google’s CEO Could Be $380 Million Richer By the End of the Week
He could receive one of the largest single payouts to an exec in recent years.
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 18, 2:08pm -
Amazon’s Next Secret Project Could Be Robots That Follow You Around
The retail and computing giant has embarked on an ambitious, top-secret plan
- 2 days ago 23 Apr 18, 1:34pm -

WSJD - Technology

!Apple Takes a Step on Payment of Back Taxes to Ireland
Apple Inc. completed an agreement with Ireland that will allow it to transfer roughly about €13 billion into a Dublin escrow account, in a step toward complying with a European Commission order to pay back taxes.
- 54 mins ago 25 Apr 18, 1:33am -
!Google Parent Posts Surge in Profit, but Expenses Also Jump
Alphabet posted surging profits as advertisers kept swarming to the search giant amid a global debate about internet privacy that threatens to affect its main revenue generator.
- 60 mins ago 25 Apr 18, 1:27am -
!China Ride-Hailing Giant Didi in IPO Talks, Likely Beating Uber to Market
China’s Didi Chuxing Technology is holding discussions about a multibillion-dollar initial public offering as early as this year, a move that would vault the ride-hailing company into the public markets ahead of American rival Uber.
- 3 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 11:17pm -
!Twitter Earnings: What to Watch
Twitter is scheduled to report first-quarter results before the market opens on Wednesday. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect adjusted earnings of 12 cents a share, compared with adjusted earnings of 11 cents a share a year ago.
- 4 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 10:33pm -
!New York City Adventures at Your Fingertips With New App
Live.XYZ tells users what’s happening now in New York City. Ranging from lunch specials to performances or classes, the free map app points you in the right direction—most of the time.
- 5 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 9:55pm -

ZDNet: Technology News

!Facebook updates developer platform, shuts down some APIs
The new limitations, part of an ongoing effort to improve user security and privacy, come a week before Facebook's developer conference.
- 7 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 7:41pm -
!Walmart brings DoorDash into its grocery delivery fold
DoorDash joins Postmates, Deliv and Uber on the roster of Walmart's crowd-sourced delivery services.
- 8 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 6:31pm -
!Totvs still leads Brazilian ERP market
SAP draws closer in market share, Oracle ranks third in South America's largest technology market.
- 9 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 5:48pm -
!New Windows Server 2019 test build adds more clustering features
Microsoft is continuing to roll out test builds for its Windows Server 2019 and associated semi-annual channel 1809 Server update.
- 9 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 5:43pm -
!Ubuntu Touch lives on in Purism's Librem 5 smartphone
Purism and UBports have joined forces to offer Ubuntu Touch on the Librem 5 smartphone.
- 9 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 5:37pm -

CNET News

!Why Alex Jones and Eric Trump are suddenly Kanye West fans - CNET
Kanye West’s return to Twitter after nearly a year away has taken a very unexpected turn.
- 1 hour ago 25 Apr 18, 1:25am -
!Netflix picks up new Tales of the City series - CNET
Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis will reprise their roles as Mary Ann Singleton and Anna Madrigal in a 10-episode series set to debut next year.
- 2 hours ago 25 Apr 18, 12:56am -
!YouTube Remix could mean the end of Google Play Music - CNET
Tech giant's 7-year-old music streaming service could go quiet as soon as this year, Droidlife reports.
- 2 hours ago 25 Apr 18, 12:46am -
!Twitter's new privacy policy: Here's what we do with your data - CNET
In a new policy, the social media site lays out how it uses your data. As EU regulations loom, expect more privacy updates from the services you use.
- 2 hours ago 25 Apr 18, 12:45am -
!Gal Gadot: I didn't cheat on Huawei Mate 10 Pro with iPhone - CNET
The Wonder Woman actor says an earlier tweet was all one big mistake.
- 2 hours ago 25 Apr 18, 12:24am -

WIRED

!NYC Is Redesigning Its Slow, Old, and Unpopular Bus System
It's also introducing double-decker buses and all-door boarding.
- 5 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 9:15pm -
!Spotify Bolsters Free Service in Defense Against Apple Music
Spotify, under attack from bigger rivals Apple, Google, and Amazon, adds features to its free service.
- 9 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 5:17pm -
!5 Comics to Read Before You See 'Avengers: Infinity War'
Marvel fans have had Thanos thirst for years. These comics reveal why.
- 10 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 4:00pm -
!How to Clean Your Computer Inside and Out
Scrub down those keys, wipe the fingerprints off your screen, and delete all the files that have been clogging your tubes.
- 11 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 3:00pm -
!Flipboard's Answer to Fake News: More Human Curation
The news aggregator is focusing on human curation at a time when people distrust the news.
- 13 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 1:00pm -

Slashdot

!A Study Finds Half of Jobs Are Vulnerable To Automation
The Economist reports of a new working paper by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that assesses the automatability of each task within a given job, based on a survey of skills in 2015. "Overall, the study finds that 14…
- 47 mins ago 25 Apr 18, 1:40am -
!Xbox One April Update Rolling Out With Low-Latency Mode, FreeSync, and 1440p Support; 120Hz Support Coming In May Update
Microsoft is rolling out a new Xbox One update that brings 1440p support for the Xbox One S and X, as well as support for AMD's FreeSync technology to allow compatible displays to sync refresh rates with Microsoft's consoles. A subsequent update in M…
- 1 hour ago 25 Apr 18, 1:00am -
!WhatsApp Raises Minimum Age In Europe To 16 Ahead of Data Law Change
WhatsApp is raising its minimum age from 13 to 16 in Europe to help it comply with new data privacy rules coming into force next month. The app will ask European users to confirm they are at least 16 years old when they are prompted to agree to new t…
- 2 hours ago 25 Apr 18, 12:20am -
!Electric Buses Are Hurting the Oil Industry
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Electric buses were seen as a joke at an industry conference in Belgium seven years ago when the Chinese manufacturer BYD showed an early model. Suddenly, buses with battery-powered motors are a ser…
- 3 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 11:20pm -
!SEC Issues $35 Million Fine Over Yahoo Failing To Disclose Data Breach
Altaba, the company formerly known as Yahoo, will have to pay a $35 million fine for failing to disclose a 2014 data breach in which hackers stole info on over 500 million accounts. "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Al…
- 4 hours ago 24 Apr 18, 10:40pm -

Washington Post - Tech

Hackers have found a way to jailbreak the Nintendo Switch
The hack can turn the Switch into a tablet that can run pirated programs and grant hackers far greater control over the system than Nintendo intended.
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Hackers have found a way to jailbreak the Nintendo Switch
The hack can turn the Switch into a tablet that can run pirated programs and grant hackers far greater control over the system than Nintendo intended.
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Key government witness clashes with AT&T lawyer in Time Warner case
The government's economist clashed with AT&T's lawyer over projected price increases to TV service.
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Facebook finally explains why it bans some content, in 27 pages
The social network is opening up about its decision-making over which posts it decides to take down — and why.
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Facebook’s handpicked watchdogs gave it high marks for privacy even as the tech giant lost control of users’ data
Now there are new questions as to whether the FTC is able to keep watch over Facebook and other tech giants it has previously penalized and subjected to years of privacy checkups.
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