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75Tech Insider / by Edoardo Maggio / 1h

Google has signed a $1.1 billion dollar cooperation agreement with HTC, the technology company said in a statement on Thursday, after trading of HTC shares were halted on Taiwan's stock exchange before the announcement. The move, first rumored earlier this month and then re-emerged this week , is the search giant's latest attempt to juice up its growing hardware division . Google hardware exec Ri

The US is still the leader in requesting data on Twitter users, but other countries are catching up (TWTR)

56Tech Insider / by Caroline Cakebread / 4h

When it comes to requesting data on Twitter users, the US remains the leader among governments around the world. But other countries are quickly catching up. According to the latest transparency report from Twitter , information requests by the US fell to 2,111 in the first half of this year. That was down 8% from the second half of 2016. Even with that drop, other countries still trail far behin

Google acquires HTC team in $1.1 billion agreement to beef up hardware division (GOOG, GOOGL)

18Tech Insider / by Edoardo Maggio / 33min

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Top senator says there are likely 'a lot more' fake Facebook accounts tied to Russia (FB, TWTR)

94Tech Insider / by Alex Heath / 5h

There are likely "a lot more" fake Facebook accounts affiliated with Russia than what the company has so far disclosed, the vice chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, said on Wednesday. Warner, who is helping lead the committee's investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election, told CNN's Jake Tapper that the 470 fake accounts Facebook identifi

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Amazon is making noise in pharma these days — here's what it could all mean

16Tech Insider / by Linette Lopez / 5h

An investment bank's report that Amazon is tip-toeing around the pharmacy space sent Wall Street scrambling to understand CEO Jeff Bezos' next move. Analysts at Leerink Partners wrote that Amazon may be in discussions with mid-sized pharmacy benefit managers "i n an effort to get into various contract arrangements." Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) act as the gatekeeper between whoever is paying

Bill Gates on if he regrets Control-Alt-Delete: 'You can’t go back and change the small things in your life without putting the other things at risk' (MSFT, IBM)

100+Tech Insider / by Matt Weinberger / 5h

Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and the world's richest man, is not usually one to look back. Indeed, his first and most famous book to date was titled "The Road Ahead." So it's no surprise that Gates had a philosophical answer when pressed at a Bloomberg event today on whether or not he regrets " control-alt-delete ," the infamous two-handed keystroke for logging in to or restarting a Windo

Apple can patch bugs, but its biggest Apple Watch problem can't be fixed (AAPL)

500+Tech Insider / by Kif Leswing / 5h

Apple's new Watch made lots of headlines on Wednesday — but for all the wrong reasons. The latest version of the company's wrist-worn gadget — the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE — was found to have an embarrassing glitch. It turns out that the watch's LTE cellular connectivity, which is supposed to let users make phone calls directly from their wrists and has been touted by Apple as a key selling

Apple just made a big change to iMessage — here’s how to use it (AAPL)

27Tech Insider / by Avery Hartmans / 6h

When you downloaded iOS 11, you may have noticed something new inside iMessage: a strip of app icons at the bottom of the screen. The icons, called an app drawer, include a brand-new GIFs button, quick access to the App Store, the ability to send songs via Apple Music, and more. The new app drawer is Apple's way of building off the changes it made to iMessage in iOS 10. Back then, Apple introduce

Chrysler sells the only hybrid minivan in the US — and it's seriously impressive (FCAU)

29Tech Insider / by Matthew DeBord / 6h

PROS: Suave styling; scads of space for people, pets, and stuff; robust drivetrain, fuel economy, sneaky good Uconnect infotainment system. CONS: Apart from being a minivan, none really. Lacks an onboard vacuum cleaner in hybrid trim and doesn't have all-wheel-drive. In minivan land, the question of which versatile family hauler often distills to a simple choice: Honda Odyssey or Toyota Sienna ?

Tesla is reportedly working on its own chip to power self-driving cars (TSLA, NVDA, AMD)

100+Tech Insider / by Danielle Muoio / 6h

Tesla is taking steps to decrease its reliance on Nvidia , which has supplied the electric automaker with the graphic processing units powering Tesla's Autopilot and future self-driving system. Tesla is developing its own chip to power its self-driving cars, CNBC's Jordan Novet first reported . The move would reduce Nvidia's role in Tesla's self-driving-car ambitions and bring more of the project

Seattle has entered the vicious $5 billion battle for Amazon's second headquarters — here's why that's a terrible idea (AMZN)

100+Tech Insider / by Kate Taylor / 7h

Seattle — home of Amazon's current headquarters — also wants to be the site of the e-commerce giant's second headquarters. Bruce Harrell, during his recent short-lived role as mayor of Seattle, signed an executive order stating the city's intent to compete for Amazon's second headquarters, local alternative newspaper The Stranger reported. Amazon announced earlier in September that it was solicit

Ads for this season of 'American Horror Story' are giving people panic attacks — here's the science behind it

400+Tech Insider / by John Lynch / 7h

An advertising campaign for the new season of "American Horror Story" has been giving people panic attacks with its disturbing, hole-covered imagery, and the underlying cause is a rare but intense feeling of disgust that scientists are still trying to figure out. Trypophobia , this fear of clustered holes, bumps, and similar patterns, affects around 15% of the general population. Some researchers

Coinbase adds customer support line after months of uproar from unhappy bitcoin customers

43Tech Insider / by Becky Peterson / 7h

- Coinbase announced a new customer support phone line to help users facing issues with the cryptocurrency platform. - The company promised to expand customer service operations as early as June, but has faced an onslaught of unhappy customers in recent months as the userbase overpowered the support staff. -However, one call we placed to the support line never made it through to a human customer

Equifax mistakenly told consumers worried about its data breach to go to a spoof site (EFX)

4KTech Insider / by Troy Wolverton / 7h

Add another "oops" to Equifax's pile. For more than a week, company representatives have been directing consumers to a fake phishing site instead of to one maintained by the credit-reporting agency, according to a new report by The Verge . The site — securityequifax2017.com — was created by a software developer to show how easy it would be to spoof the webpage Equifax created to inform consumers

Facebook promises more human oversight of its ad targeting, as COO Sheryl Sandberg says recent anti-Semitic mishap is a 'fail on our part'

65Tech Insider / by Tanya Dua / 7h

After removing self-reported targeting fields last week , Facebook today announced a broader set of long-term measures to improve ad targeting on the platform. In a Facebook post published Wednesday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said that the company was adding m ore human oversight to its automated ad targeting processes. The move was prompted by a n investigation by the news outlet ProPublica,

A startup CEO named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 says everyone should cold email their idols — here's how

200+Tech Insider / by Áine Cain / 8h

Want to become successful in your 20s? Cold email your career idols. That's the secret to success, said Tiffany Pham, the CEO and founder of women-only social media platform Mogul . Of course, Pham said it's best to first scour your contacts for potential connections who can introduce you in person. But if that's out of the question, send a cold email. Pham, who was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 i

Everyone is focused on the wrong area of tech right now (AAPL, GOOGL, MSFT, NVDA)

96Tech Insider / by Seth Archer / 8h

The world is focused on augmented reality right now when they should be paying more attention to machine learning. Both are exciting, but machine learning is the tech powering AR and will make our lives simpler and easier. Everyone is focused on the wrong area of tech right now. Augmented reality is arguably the hottest trend in the sector, and it's one of the most exciting features of Apple's re

Barack Obama has a one-question test that proves how good the world is today

200+Tech Insider / by Chris Weller / 8h

Former President Barack Obama knows the world is getting better, and he can prove it with one question. At the Goalkeepers 2017 conference, held by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today in New York, Obama gave a keynote address in which he shared a one-question test to demonstrate how humanity is making progress. "If you had to choose one moment in history in which to be born, and you didn'

5 hacks that will cut down your expenses

8Tech Insider / by Sponsor Post / 8h

In 2015, American consumers, on average, spent $55,978. That’s a 4.6% jump from 2014. It seems that saving is getting harder, not easier. One can plan the perfect budget, but accidents, emergencies, and unexpected shopping sprees happen. The trick is to hack the system to be able to maintain a comfortable lifestyle for less. Here are five ways to cut costs without abandoning your everyday luxurie

Everyone is focused on the wrong area of tech right now (AAPL, GOOGL, MSFT, NVDA)

96Tech Insider / by Seth Archer / 8h

The Feds are looking into some suspicious Equifax trades (EFX)

100+Tech Insider / by Joe Ciolli / 8h

Raise your hand if you've heard this before: There may have been some funny business around the Equifax hack . In the latest development, the House Financial Services Committee is now looking at some Equifax options trading that took place following the initial discovery of the breach, but before it was disclosed to the public, according to a report from CNBC's Liz Moyer . The activity in questio

Silicon Valley billionaire investor Peter Thiel may be in line for a top intelligence job in the White House

100+Tech Insider / by Caroline Cakebread / 9h

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been a Donald Trump supporter since the early days of Trump's presidential campaign, and his long standing support may be about to pay off. According to a new report from Vanity Fair , Thiel is being considered for a top intelligence position that would provide him direct access to the president. "I cannot overstate his impact on the transition," Steve Bannon,

The 20 best smartphones in the world

300+Tech Insider / by Antonio Villas-Boas / 9h

Phew! Everyone make it through the annual summer smartphone drought? OK, good, because a bunch of new smartphones have recently been announced and released this month, and it's time to rejigger this list. We have a new top phone that replaces the Google Pixel, and we also had to make some tough decisions regarding the Galaxy S8 and iPhone 7. Here's our list of the best smartphones you can buy rig

Here are all the multimillion-dollar condos for sale in San Francisco's leaning, sinking skyscraper

100+Tech Insider / by Melia Robinson / 9h

Rich residents looking to bail on Millennium Tower , a 58-story skyscraper in San Francisco that is sinking and tilting, are slashing prices to move their units on the real-estate market. Several dozen condos at 301 Mission Street have hit the market since 2016, when the tower first made international headlines. Sellers have cut prices significantly in order to attract buyers. Millennium Tower ha

Japan wants to roll back regulations for financial technology startups — here's why it could be bad for the US

20Tech Insider / by Frank Chaparro / 9h

NEW YORK — Japan's push to attract innovative financial technology startups to the country could spell trouble for the US. On Wednesday at the New York Stock Exchange, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government was moving forward with a plan to roll back regulations on some fintech startups to help spur the development of emerging technology and drive growth in the country. "When one

Waymo's dream of building a robot car without a steering wheel and pedals isn't dead, CEO says (GOOGL)

87Tech Insider / by Danielle Muoio / 9h

Waymo's dream of putting a car without a steering wheel on the market is far from dead. Waymo is an independent company that spun out from Google's internal self-driving-car team in 2016. The spin off resulted in a series of sweeping changes designed to get Waymo's tech on the market faster, like the decision to keep driver controls in future test vehicles . The company's classic "Koala car," int

We played the highly-anticipated new Super Mario game and were blown away

58Tech Insider / by David Anderson and Ben Gilbert / 9h

We played Nintendo's insane new Mario game, Super Mario Odyssey. Here's why we think it could be the next classic Mario game. Following is a transcript of the video. Ben Gilbert: Remember Super Mario World? Or maybe Mario 64? Even if you never played these games, you probably know that they’re classics. And in 2017 Nintendo is on the verge of releasing another Mario classic: It’s called Super Mar

J.J. Abrams' decision to direct a new 'Star Wars' movie is upsetting another studio paying him $10 million

93Tech Insider / by Jason Guerrasio / 9h

For "Star Wars" fans, J.J. Abrams is perceived as the savior of the latest trilogy of the saga, as the director of "The Force Awakens" has agreed to take over production on "Star Wars: Episode IX" following the departure of original director Colin Trevorrow. But that's not how it looks over at Paramount. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Abrams is currently under a $10-million-a-year contract

Snap is set to close at its lowest level in nearly a month (SNAP, FB)

6Tech Insider / by Seth Archer / 10h

Snap is down 3.94% at $14.18 a share on Wednesday, on track for its lowest level in nearly a month. The declines come after a report from Recode suggested that Snap's share of new users is declining when compared to Instagram. Snap has had a larger share of new users since January 2016. Instagram is notorious for stealing Snap's technology, but Snap has been making rapid improvements to its platf

21 excuses we've heard for NFL ratings being so bad

67Tech Insider / by Nathan McAlone / 10h

No one really knows why the NFL ratings have been so bad — first last year, and now through the first two weeks of the current season. The loudest explanation the league gave last year was "unprecedented interest in the presidential election." And indeed, ratings did improve a bit after the election ended. "It's an encouraging rebound," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told ESPN in December . "I th

If the NFL's ratings troubles continue, it could cost TV networks $200 million or more

100+Tech Insider / by John Lynch / 10h

The NFL's TV ratings were down again in week two, and a Jefferies analyst has projected that its TV partners could lose out on $200 million or more, in earnings, if its ratings troubles persist in a double-digit way. In week two, the NFL saw a 4% drop from 2016's week two in live and same-day average viewers of Sunday games, and a 14% drop in viewers for Monday Night Football, according to UBS. T

The Coast Guard is detecting a new trend among high-seas narco smugglers

500+Tech Insider / by Christopher Woody / 10h

Since June, Coast Guard vessels patrolling the US's southern approaches have stopped seven low-profile smuggling vessels — stealthy ships that ride low in the water to spirit illicit cargos from South America to Mexico and the US. Akin to self-propelled semi-submersibles used by smugglers for the same purpose, low-profile vessels are boats designed to run near or at surface level to present the s

Nest just announced a full-fledged home-security system for $499 (GOOG, GOOGL)

500+Tech Insider / by Matt Weinberger / 10h

Nest, the smart-home arm of the Alphabet corporate umbrella, just announced Nest Secure, a full-fledged security system — taking on ADT, Comcast, and many others in the home-security space. The Nest Secure starter set will cost $499 and include everything you'll need to get started: the Nest Guard, two Nest Detects, and two Nest Tags. At the center of the system is the Nest Guard, a device the si

Best Buy has a plan to fight back against Amazon — and it's working (BBY)

16Tech Insider / by Seth Archer / 10h

Best Buy is the place to buy your consumer electronics, or at least it used to be. The company has been hit hard by the ongoing retail apocalypse and is under pressure from the likes of Amazon to either change the way it does business or face forever-declining sales. So Best Buy is hoping to change. "Demand for consumer electronics seems solid and Best Buy's service-oriented initiatives could unl

Xbox and PlayStation may finally play nice together for the first time, and it's all because of 'Minecraft'

300+Tech Insider / by Ben Gilbert / 11h

If you own a PlayStation 4 game that's also on the Xbox One, like "Overwatch" for instance, there's no way to play it with your friends across platforms. The game is more or less identical on each console, and it's an online multiplayer game. You should be able to play it with whoever, on whatever platform they're playing it on, but you can't. You might be thinking to yourself, "Yes, and it's alw

Nest finally goes beyond thermostats and cameras with a video doorbell (GOOG, GOOGL)

12Tech Insider / by Matt Weinberger / 11h

Nest, Google's smart-home cousin company under the Alphabet umbrella, just announced Nest Hello, a smart video doorbell, shipping in the first quarter of 2018. Nest didn't immediately announce a price for the Hello. The Nest Hello is designed to replace your home doorbell. When visitors ring the bell, you'll get an alert on your phone, and you'll be able to use the Nest app and the Hello's built-

A dermatologist explains why she uses body wash instead of bar soap

86Tech Insider / by Emma Fierberg and Kevin Reilly / 11h

Erin Gilbert is a practicing dermatologist in New York City. Here, she explains why she uses body wash instead of bar soap. Following is a transcript of the video. So when you're looking for a product to use in your shower, you're going to have a lot of options. I’m Dr. Erin Gilbert and I’m a dermatologist practicing in New York City. You're going to have bar soaps, you're going to have body wash

These $500 high-fashion sneakers are the ultimate status symbol for top tech CEOs

100+Tech Insider / by Melia Robinson / 12h

Members of the Silicon Valley elite are lacing up sneakers from a Parisian luxury fashion brand that cost more than most people's monthly grocery bill. High-fashion house Lanvin makes chunky, low-top sneakers favored by tech heavyweights like Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Google cofounder Larry Page. The shoes have a suggested retail price between $495 and $595. Take a look at how the brand bec

Hackers can steal data from networks using CCTV cameras and infrared beams

8Tech Insider / by Rob Price / 12h

Confidential and sensitive computer networks are sometimes "air-gapped" — physically isolated from the internet and other networks, with no way for unauthorised data to get in or out. At least, that's the theory. But researchers from Ben-Gurion University have demonstrated how hackers can use an unconventional technique to smuggle data: Hijacking CCTV cameras and beaming infrared light. ( We saw

A VC who's invested in more than 20 companies says too many people have the wrong idea about entrepreneurship

47Tech Insider / by Libby Kane / 12h

If you ask many entrepreneurs, striking out on your own is all-consuming. It's living on ramen. It's having six roommates in two bedrooms. It's getting down to your last $10 before catching a break. But that's not exactly necessary, says Patrick McGinnis. On an episode of Farnoosh Torabi's podcast "So Money," McGinnis, a venture capitalist and investor, says this vision of entrepreneurship exclud

The 20 best smartphones in the world

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Phew! Everyone make it through the annual summer smartphone drought?

OK, good, because a bunch of new smartphones have recently been announced and released this month, and it's time to rejigger this list.

We have a new top phone that replaces the Google Pixel, and we also had to make some tough decisions regarding the Galaxy S8 and iPhone 7.

Here's our list of the best smartphones you can buy right now.

Note: Prices may vary depending on the retailer.

SEE ALSO: 8 reasons Google's Pixel is better than the iPhone

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20. BlackBerry Classic

If you were a BlackBerry fan in the company's heyday, you're going to love the BlackBerry Classic. It looks similar to older BlackBerry models but features a sharp touchscreen and an excellent physical keyboard.

Price: $199

19. Sony XZ Premium

My colleague Jeff Dunn reviewed this phone, and he summed it up perfectly:

"This is a good phone. The screen is great, the software is clean, and the whole thing is superfast. But good isn't enough for $800. With its underwhelming battery and slippery, sometimes uncomfortable design, it's not the device that should reverse Sony's fortunes."

It's actually available now for $605 on Amazon, which is a better price for this phone.

Price: $605

Read the Sony XZ Premium review »

18. BlackBerry KeyOne

The BlackBerry KeyOne with Android is the company's successor to the Priv, which also ran Android and had a slide-out physical keyboard. With the KeyOne, BlackBerry returned to basics and kept the keyboard as a permanent exterior feature.

This could be a great device for those who want a physical keyboard but also access to Google's apps and services, which aren't available on other BlackBerry devices.

Price: $538

Read the BlackBerry KeyOne review »

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