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Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Thursday. 1. Uber said it lost $700 million in Q1. It's looking for a public company CFO to replace its current head of finance. 2. Apple has started manufacturing its long-rumored smart speaker, and it could start shipping the gadget later this year. The speaker will use Siri, the voice assistant software on the iPhone and Mac, according to the report from Bloomberg. 3. Google DeepMind's army of AI researchers in Mountain View is now over 20 people strong. The team has been established so that DeepMind can collaborate more closely with Google. 4. New renders show the iPhone 8 will probably be bigger than the iPhone 7. The renders were produced by Apple leaker Benjamin Geskin. 5. "Friendly neighbourhood hackers" politely hacked a billboard at a shopping mall. They left a message on the billboard saying: "We suggest you improve your security." 6. Alphabet-owned Nest has released the Nest Cam IQ. It's the company's first product in roughly a year. 7. Cloud storage firm Box beat analyst expectations and posted revenue of $117.2 million for its most recent quarter. "It was a strong quarter in terms of top line growth," CEO Aaron Levie said in an interview. 8. Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, missed out on a $100 million investment from SoftBank because of Apple. He said in an interview that a conflict of interest with one of the SoftBank Vision Fund's contributors caused the deal to fall through. 9. Paris is coming closer to toppling London as Europe's tech hub. The city is maturing into an impressive startup ecosystem. 10. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said he loves it when other companies pick fights with him. He recently had a big public fight with the French movie theater industry at the Cannes Film Festival. |
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