May 27, 2018
The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stack
At some point in the future, while riding along in a car, a kid may ask their parent about a distant time in the past when people used…
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May 24, 2018
Some low-cost Android phones shipped with malware built in
Avast has found that many low-cost, non-Google-certifed Android phones shipped with a strain of malware built in that could send users to download apps they didn’t intend to…
Read articleMay 23, 2018
Edge Sense is starting to come into its own with HTC’s U12+
Edge Sense has always been a gimmick — but who can blame HTC for embracing a gimmick. The company’s mobile division has been struggling in recent years, so…
Read articleMay 22, 2018
Starbucks’s mobile payment service is slightly outpacing Apple’s
People really love getting their coffee more quickly. Starbucks, which has operated its own mobile payments service since 2011, is the market leader in terms of mobile payments…
Read articleMay 18, 2018
Does Google’s Duplex violate two-party consent laws?
Google’s Duplex, which calls businesses on your behalf and imitates a real human, ums and ahs included, has sparked a bit of controversy among privacy advocates. Doesn’t Google…
Read articleMay 16, 2018
Gfycat starts rolling out 360 degree GIF content
GIFs offer a way to compress a ton of information into a small amount of space, and while Gfycat has positioned itself as more of a short-form video…
Read articleMay 11, 2018
YouTube rolls out new tools to help you stop watching
Google’s YouTube is the first streaming app that will actually tell users to stop watching. At its Google I/O conference this week, the company introduced a series of…
Read articleMay 11, 2018
Xiaomi is bringing its smart home devices to the US — but still no phones yet
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker that’s looking to raise as much as $10 billion in a Hong Kong IPO, is continuing to grow its presence in the American…
Read articleMay 10, 2018
Google Pay’s app adds boarding passes, tickets, p2p payments and more
Google Pay got a big upgrade at Google I/O this week. At a breakout session, Google announced a series of changes to its payments platform, recently rebranded from…
Read articleMay 9, 2018
Google to acquire cloud migration startup Velostrata
Google announced today it was going to acquire Israeli cloud migration startup, Velostrata. The companies did not share the purchase price. Velostrata helps companies migrate from on-premises datacenters…
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