Uber settles with SF, LA over background checks

From CNET: Uber agreed Thursday to pay as much as $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the county of Los Angeles and the county of San Francisco that accused the ride-hailing company of misleading consumers about safety.

Uber also agreed to a host of changes to its marketing and operations to...

Outlook for iOS and Android gets new calendar integrations

From ComputerWorld: Users of Outlook for iOS and Android now have new ways to get important reminders and events into their calendars, thanks to integrations that Microsoft unveiled Thursday.

The new Calendar Apps feature allows users to add reminders and events from Wunderlist, Evernote and...

IBM's Power chips hit the big time at Google

From ComputerWorld: Google and Rackspace are designing a server based on IBM's upcoming Power9 processor, a sure sign that Intel is no longer the only game in town for cloud service providers.

The companies announced plans for the system, which they call Zaius, at IBM's OpenPower Summit in Silicon...

Microsoft brings Bash to Windows with new beta build

From InfoWorld: One of the major announcements from Microsoft's Build developer conference last week was that the company was bringing the popular Bash command line interface to Windows 10 with a new Linux subsystem. Now, developers can give it a shot with a new beta build of the operating system...

Galaxy S7 and mid-range phones boost Samsung’s profit

From PC World: Samsung Electronics’ flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones and sales of its mid-range devices in emerging markets have likely helped the company boost its operating profit in the first quarter.

The South Korean company forecast Thursday that its operating profit for the quarter was likely...

Reddit finally built official apps for Android and iOS

From CNET: Reddit, the social forum for topics that range from adorable pets to niche hobbies (like collecting cast iron), released official apps for iOS and Android today.

Fans of the service, including myself, have long relied on Alien Blue, a solid Reddit app built by a fan of the site for...

Servers with Nvidia's Tesla P100 GPU will ship next year

From ComputerWorld: Nvidia's fastest GPU yet, the new Tesla P100, will be available in servers next year, the company said.

Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cray and IBM will start taking orders for servers with the Tesla P100 in the fourth quarter of this year, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said...

WhatsApp turns on end-to-end encryption for all

From InfoWorld: Letting people communicate securely and privately should be a no-brainer, not a complicated process where users jump through hoops or pay for expensive tools. For more than a billion WhatsApp users around the world, that dream is now reality, as the messaging app now provides end-to...

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