DJI is ready to tighten its grip on the drone market with the new Mavic Air. Announced today at an event in New York City, the $799 Mavic Air slots right in between the company’s cheapest drone (the $399 Spark) and its most capable prosumer model (the $999 Mavic Pro). It goes on sale January […]
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Lebanese prime minister says he wants 'the best relationship with Iran'
Lebanon must “deal with” Iran, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told Davos attendees during a panel hosted by CNBC at the World Economic Forum. “Iran is a country that we need to deal with. Each nation must understand how it wants to deal with Iran,” Hariri told the audience. Hariri, a Sunni and dual Lebanese-Saudi […]
Read moreOne of Electronic Arts’ key games slated for this year is getting moved out to 2019, according to a gaming news site report. Kotaku’s Jason Schreier said “Anthem,” which was slated for a fall of 2018 release is now planned for a launch in early 2019, according to three people familiar with the project. The […]
Read moreAnthony Noto’s departure from Twitter could end up expanding Square CFO Sarah Friar’s role at the payments company, Stifel analyst Scott Devitt wrote in a note Wednesday. According to Devitt, Noto’s departure will cause Jack Dorsey, who currently holds CEO positions at both Twitter and Square, to spend more time at Twitter and less at […]
Read moreFacebook has hired a former White House official as its first Head of Cybersecurity Policy. Nathaniel Gleicher joined the company this month, according to his LinkedIn profile, from cybersecurity firm Illumio. The hire was first noted by cybersecurity website Cyberscoop. Gleicher did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Hiring of Gleicher comes as […]
Read moreSpaceX test-fired its Falcon Heavy rocket on Wednesday, bringing it one step closer to becoming one of the most powerful rockets to ever launch. This was the first time SpaceX fired up Falcon Heavy, in a typical test that is critical to preparing a rocket for launch. CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet shortly […]
Read moreRipple, the payments company that’s developing a blockchain-based system for banks, sold $91.6 million worth of digital currency XRP in the fourth quarter, taking advantage of last year’s 29,631 percent price surge. Trading volume in the quarter jumped more than 35,000 percent to an average of over $807 million a day from $2.28 million in […]
Read moreNo drones or driverless vehicles for delivering packages — that’s one of the major demands from the Teamsters labor union in the big contract negotiation it’s undertaking with UPS this week. The union wants to ban UPS from using such new-fangled technology, which the logistics company has been reportedly testing. That’s just one of the […]
Read moreThe U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday said that it has sent letters to the CEOs of several major technology companies about their agreement to delay disclosing information about security flaws currently rocking the industry. The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, which were publicly revealed earlier this month, affect nearly every modern computer chip […]
Read moreMeg Whitman is headed to Hollywood. Whitman, who announced her departure from Hewlett Packard Enterprise in November, will be CEO of a Los Angeles media start-up founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, according to a press release. The working name of the company is NewTV. “I’m very excited to bring my experience to a company that I […]
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