Hacking Humanity

David Ruddock / Android Police: Google is rolling out RCS advanced messaging to Android devices on Sprint, but Google’s RCS doesn’t work with RCS on

Liana B. Baker / Reuters: Programmable-chip maker Lattice Semiconductor to be bought for $1.3B by Chinese backed private equity firm Canyon Bridge Capital Partners  — 

Kurt Wagner / Recode: Facebook to test TV ads delivered via its ad network to apps on devices like Apple TV and Roku  —  Facebook

Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: The White House launches Code.gov for showcasing federal open source projects; website currently houses nearly fifty code repositories from ten federal

Tas Bindi / ZDNet: Storage company NetApp says it will lay off 6% of its global workforce or about 640 employees, following layoffs in 2015

Jason Del Rey / Recode: Sources: Popular shopping app Wish is raising around $500M at a valuation between $3.5 to $5B; Temasek, owned by the

Lucia Moses / Digiday: Condé Nast’s Wired Media Group is launching the Emerging Tech Council, a $4K/year membership program for executives who want to stay

Kurt Wagner / Recode: NFL Films is producing an exclusive nine-part VR video series for YouTube and Google’s Daydream about life in and around the

Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: Slack’s chief marketing officer, Bill Maciatis, quietly stepped down a few months ago after less than two years but remains

Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: In letter to Uber and Lyft about potential discrimination by drivers, Sen. Al Franken questions the use of passengers’ real