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Softbank is buying robotics firms Boston Dynamics and Schaft from Alphabet — Here's a surprise turn of events: Softbank — maker of the friendly Pepper robot and a major M&A player in the tech world — has just announced that it is acquiring two more robotics companies from Google owner Alphabet …
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Sources: Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, Jeff Bezos, Safra Catz, other tech execs, to visit White House June 19 for first meeting of The American Technology Council — Meeting at White House comes despite Paris climate discord — Trump-created council given goal of modernizing government| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Packagd, founded by Eric Feng, raises $6M Series A round and launches its Unboxed app that offers curated, hosted shows of consumer tech being unboxed — If you're a child of the '80s or '90s, you probably remember QVC or the Home Shopping Network. Before every retailer had a website …
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Home design firm Houzz is raising a $400M round at a $4B valuation, source says led by Iconiq Capital — The company expects to close a deal for a new $400 million investment. — Houzz, the popular photo site used by homeowners to plan renovations, is finalizing a new funding round … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft releases Windows 10 build for Insiders with improved stylus support, new UI for Action Center, Edge improvements, easy emoji access, more — Microsoft is releasing a new test version of Windows 10, build number 16215, today and there's a lot of changes on the way.| TechCrunch: |
SixiusXM invests $480M in Pandora for a 16% stake; Pandora sells Ticketfly, which it acquired for $450M in October 2015, to Eventbrite for $200M — Jun 9, 2017, 6:04 amJun 9, 2017, 8:43 am — Troubled streaming music service Pandora has finally found a white knight of sorts to boost …
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Japan passes law legalizing Airbnb, limiting stay in private homes to 180 nights a year, and requiring hosts to register with local governments — The law limits stay in private homes to 180 nights a year — Airbnb hosts will have to register with local governments| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, in a 2013 email, advised employees on when sex is permissible for a Miami company celebration — “Do not have sex with another employee UNLESS ...” — In what is arguably an unusual email for the very top executive to send to employees, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick advised …
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber is in advanced talks to acquire the engineering team of Luxe, a car-parking startup which has raised a total of $75M+ — While Uber Technologies wrestles with a string of controversies, the ride-hailing company is in advanced talks to acquire much of the engineering team …
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
HTC U11 review: outdated design, but solid performance, good battery life, Edge Sense works well and is convenient — Improving on the HTC 10 where it matters, even if it sports a flashy, outdated design. — HTC introduced the “U” smartphone line back in January with the U Ultra and U Play handsets …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Taylor Swift's full catalog is returning to Spotify and other streaming services, reversing her stance against free music on ad-supported services — After breaking upin 2014, Taylor Swift and Spotify are getting back together. To celebrate her album 1989 hitting 10 million records sold …
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| Aamer Madhani / USA Today: |
Study: Chicago's taxi revenues fell by nearly 40% over the last 3 years, with ~42% of the taxi fleet inactive in March as customers chose ride-sharing services — CHICAGO — Operators of the nation's second-biggest taxi fleet are now accelerating toward their long-rumored extinction …
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Sources: Verizon will cut about 15% of AOL-Yahoo staff, or as many as 2.1K jobs, after merger closes — The proportion of jobs being made redundant across AOL and Yahoo is around 15 percent globally, we have confirmed with our sources. — This shakes out to as many as 2,100 jobs being lost as part of the corporate merger.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
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