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Uber underpaid NYC drivers for past 2.5 years, is refunding them the difference plus interest, which may cost the firm upwards of $45M — The ride-hailing company says it is refunding the money after miscalculating its commissions — Uber Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said it mistakenly underpaid …
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| John Mannes / TechCrunch: |
Google Attribution, a free tool for examining marketing strategies and customer purchases, goes live in beta — At Google's Marketing Next conference, the company is announcing a new beta for Google Attribution, a free tool for examining the role that different marketing strategies play in customer purchasing decisions.
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| Michael del Castillo / CoinDesk: |
Blockstack releases developer edition of blockchain-powered browser, plans to introduce tokens later this year — Blockchain startup Blockstack has released a decentralized browser aimed at making apps more easily accessible. — In a way, the release is a kind of Netscape for the decentralized internet …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google debuts Family Group feature to easily share calendars, photos, notes, Google Play Family Library, Play Music, and YouTube TV among up to 6 people — Google has increasingly added family friendly functionality in its products. Today, the company is introducing a “Family Group” …
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| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Chaos Computer Club hackers say they have defeated Samsung Galaxy S8's iris recognition system using a photo of victim's iris — Hackers of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Germany have managed to defeat the iris recognition system on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S8 smartphones.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils new Surface Pro with 13.5 hour battery life, Kaby Lake, optional 4G LTE; preorders open today starting at $799, ships June 15 in 26 countries — Available on June 15th starting at $799 — Microsoft is launching a new Surface Pro today, and it's dropping its numbering scheme as a result.
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
IKEA says its Trådfri smart lights will be compatible with Apple's HomeKit, Amazon Echo, and Google Home by autumn — Coming this summer and fall — Ikea's low-cost TRÅDFRI smart lights first announced in Europe last year, will soon get voice control for owners of Google Home, Apple HomeKit, and Amazon Alexa devices.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
LeEco says it's laying off 325 employees, or 70% of its US business' workforce, due to a lack of funding — Little-known LeEco cuts 70 percent of its US workforce as its lofty goals couldn't match the reality of a tough market. — It was a chilly January night in Las Vegas as Danny Bowman … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's head of worldwide HR, Denise Young Smith, to become VP for Inclusion and Diversity, reporting to Tim Cook; CFO Luca Maestri to temporarily fill HR role — Apple's head of Worldwide Human Resources Denise Young Smith will now run diversity programs for the company under a newly created VP position …
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Unity raising $400M at ~$2.8B valuation, led by Silver Lake; revenue expected to be up 40% YoY to $300M this year, with gross-profit margin of ~90% — Unity Technologies is putting the finishing touches on a $400 million funding round of financing that values the videogame technology company …
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| Michael del Castillo / CoinDesk: |
Global distributed ledger consortium R3 raises $107M to develop blockchain-like tech for banks from 40+ investors including Intel, HSBC, BoA Merrill Lynch — Global banking consortium R3 has closed the largest funding round in the history of distributed ledger technology.| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts new group features for Live, including Live With, letting users stream side-by-side, and Live Chat with Friends private chatrooms — Facebook Live might be about bringing the entire community together around events, but sometimes you just want to know the reactions of your buddies.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Snapchat introduces custom Stories for capturing group moments with friends with the option to invite nearby users to join — A natural evolution — Snapchat today is rolling out custom Stories, a new form of Story designed to make sharing around big events easier.| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Google's AlphaGo beats world's top Go player, China's Ke Jie; China reportedly blocked livestreams of the match, despite enormous interest within the country — HONG KONG — It isn't looking good for humanity. — The world's best player of what might be humankind's most complicated board game …
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Tweets: @stevejang, @baygross, @thegomovie, and @nytimesworld
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
1Password adds Travel Mode feature that lets users easily wipe passwords from the app before departing and then restore them upon arrival — 1Password received a handy new feature last week that allows the app to temporarily remove all passwords, credit cards, and other stored data from a user's devices.
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AppleInsider, MacStories, TechCrunch, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @brianfagioli
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Huawei unveils the Matebook E, an update to the original Matebook, a more powerful 13" flagship X model, and 15" D model, all expected to ship this summer — The company also announced the MateBook E and MateBook D — The MateBook was Huawei's first shot at building a Windows 10 laptop …
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