Google warns app developers of three malicious SDKs being used for ad fraud
A few days ago, Google removed popular Cheetah Mobile and Kika Tech apps from its Play Store following a BuzzFeed investigation, which discovered the apps were engaging...
Essential acquires email startup CloudMagic
Andy Rubin’s Essential has acquired CloudMagic, makers of the Newton email app, for an undisclosed sum. The news, first reported this morning, has since been confirmed...
Pivotal announces new serverless framework
Pivotal has always been about making open-source tools for enterprise developers, but surprisingly, up until now, the arsenal has lacked a serverless component. That changed today...
Audi e-tron first drive: Quick, comfortable and familiar
Even after a few minutes behind the wheel, it’s easy to forget the Audi e-tron is electric. The SUV is not outrageous or radical, but rather...
The Best Full Desk Mouse Pads
Bigger isn’t always better. But in the case of mouse pads, it usually is. That’s even more true if you want a huge surface across your...
A Year in Reading: Brian Phillips
This year I grabbed a lot of books almost totally at random and finished most of them, some in a few hours (hello, Jean Rhys’s gorgeously...
GNI Innovation Forum: Looking towards the future of news
Today at the first Google News Initiative Innovation Forum in London, we heard from Claire Wardle of First Draft, Lisa Gibbs of the Associated Press, Daniel...
This DIY Enigma machine fits inside a pocket watch
The year is 1940. Through the use of arcane atomic technologies, the Axis have brought back modern technology from the year 2018. Their main prize? This...
2 Milly files a lawsuit against Fortnite maker Epic Games over dance move
Rapper 2 Milly is suing Epic Games over Fortnite’s use of his dance move, the Milly Rock. The lawsuit claims direct infringement of copyright, contributory infringement...
IBM selling Lotus Notes/Domino business to HCL for $1.8B
IBM announced last night that it is selling the final components from its 1995 acquisition of Lotus to Indian firm HCL for $1.8 billion. IBM paid $3.5...
