Salesforce beats with Q2 revenue of $4B, up 22% YoY, vs. $3.95B est. and Sales Cloud revenue of $1.13B, up 13% YoY; stock up 6%+ after hours
CNBC: Salesforce beats with Q2 revenue of $4B, up 22% YoY, vs. $3.95B est. and Sales...
VMWare to acquire cybersecurity company Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for $2.7B
Jordan Novet / CNBC: VMWare to acquire cybersecurity company Carbon Black for $2.1B and Pivotal for...
Flaws in cellphone tracking data used in Denmark, which may have linked innocent people to crime scenes, prompt a review of 10K+ court cases dating back to 2012
Martin Selsoe Sorensen / New York Times: Flaws in cellphone tracking data used in Denmark, which...
DoorDash announces a new tipping policy that will let drivers keep 100% of tips, rolling out next month, and pledges to bump up base pay across the board
Nick Statt / The Verge: DoorDash announces a new tipping policy that will let drivers keep...
Google says it has shut down 210 YouTube channels after it found they had been tied to misinformation about Hong Kong protesters
Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Google says it has shut down 210 YouTube channels after it found...
Microsoft says it stopped listening to Xbox recordings to improve tech months ago, but at times reviews recordings between users on reports of TOS violations
BBC: Microsoft says it stopped listening to Xbox recordings to improve tech months ago, but at...
Cities are paying companies like Host Compliance to be “Airbnb Police” and find real addresses of vacation rentals to enforce short term rental legislation
Joseph Cox / VICE: Cities are paying companies like Host Compliance to be “Airbnb Police” and...
HP says its CEO Dion Weisler will step down and Enrique Lores, president of HP's imaging, printing, and solutions business, will become new CEO from November 1
Lauren Feiner / CNBC: HP says its CEO Dion Weisler will step down and Enrique Lores,...
Amazon buys a 49% stake in Future Coupons, which, filings show, may be worth ~$104M, giving Amazon a 3.58% stake in India's No. 2 retail chain Future Retail
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon buys a 49% stake in Future Coupons, which, filings show, may...
Oracle board committee recommends court to proceed with the shareholder lawsuit against Larry Ellison and Safra Catz over the $9.3B NetSuite acquisition in 2016
Alison Frankel / Reuters: Oracle board committee recommends court to proceed with the shareholder lawsuit against...
As Microsoft moves Lynda.com users to LinkedIn Learning, libraries protest the requirement for patrons to create a LinkedIn profile, citing privacy concerns
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: As Microsoft moves Lynda.com users to LinkedIn Learning, libraries protest the...
Sources: new data dump of 5.3M+ credit card accounts is linked to compromised gas pumps, coffee shops, and restaurants operated by Hy-Vee supermarket chain
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Sources: new data dump of 5.3M+ credit card accounts is...
Research covering two states, Missouri and Virginia, finds ~38% of rural homes and businesses that the FCC counts as having broadband access actually do not
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Research covering two states, Missouri and Virginia, finds ~38% of rural...
Report: Facebook has pushed Instagram into doubling the number of ads since last year; Instagram is testing two back-to-back ads in Stories
James Loke Hale / Tubefilter: Report: Facebook has pushed Instagram into doubling the number of ads...
A look at the life of Patrick Byrne, whose interests in blockchain and transforming Africa, among others, often overshadowed those of Overstock.com shareholders
Lauren Debter / Forbes: A look at the life of Patrick Byrne, whose interests in blockchain...
Berlin-based Mister Spex, an online store selling various brands of prescription glasses and contact lenses, raises €65M for store and international expansion
Ana Wolsztajn / Tech.eu: Berlin-based Mister Spex, an online store selling various brands of prescription glasses...
A snapshot of Amazon's financial history and why free cash flow, which Bezos called Amazon's “ultimate financial measure”, is always higher than its profits
Rani Molla / Vox: A snapshot of Amazon's financial history and why free cash flow, which...
The definition of hacking under US federal law needs to evolve to account for new technological developments such as adversarial machine learning
Ryan Calo / OneZero: The definition of hacking under US federal law needs to evolve to...