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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Uber board met Sunday to weigh possible leave of absence for Kalanick and proposals in Holder report, which may recommend that Emil Michael leave — SAN FRANCISCO — Facing accusations that Uber executives turned a blind eye to sexual harassment and other corporate misbehavior …
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Uber's board unanimously votes to “adopt all the recommendations of the Holder Report”, which will be announced to employees on Tuesday — Uber's directors met today for seven hours to discuss the findings of an external investigation into the company's toxic culture.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Xbox One X gaming console, formerly known as “Project Scorpio”, which can run games natively at 4K, shipping November 7 worldwide for $499 — After months of speculation, Microsoft is unveiling its “Project Scorpio” games console today, and it's officially named Xbox …
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| Tom Stone / Minecraft.net: |
Microsoft announces cross-platform Minecraft play for Nintendo Switch, Xbox, mobile, Windows 10, and VR devices — Cross-platform play! Super Duper Graphics! In-game servers! — This E3 we shared our plans to introduce the Better Together Update to unify console …
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| Phil LeBeau / CNBC: |
Jaguar Land Rover's mobility services business, InMotion, invests $25M in Lyft in partnership to develop and test autonomous vehicles — - InMotion will develop and test services including autonomous-drive vehicles with the ride-sharing operator. — Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India's Tata Motors …
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| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
Instagram starts cracking down on services like Instagress that automate follows, likes, and comments — I posted a picture in March of the New York Times headquarters looking serene before a snowstorm to my Instagram account. The photo attracted 11 comments, all from strangers.| Johnny Lin / Medium: |
How scammers use deceptive security apps and abuse search ads in the App Store to trick users into expensive subscriptions — It's far easier than you think. No luck or perseverance necessary. — At WWDC, Apple reported that they've paid out $70 billion to developers, with 30% of that ($21 billion!) in the last year.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
How a hacking group used comments on Britney Spears' Instagram account to hide the location of their malware's command and control servers — Turla uses social media and clever programming techniques to cover its tracks. — A Russian-speaking hacking group that, for years …
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Tweets: @havenlabs and @annaleen
| Josh Horwitz / Quartz: |
Strict enforcement of App Store's in-app tipping policy in China could hurt Apple's ties with Tencent or cause Beijing to intervene to protect Chinese firms — Apple has a tip for China—all online tips must go through Apple before they go anywhere else. — This past week the hardware giant unveiled …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon says it has loaned over $3B to more than 20K small businesses since launching the Amazon Lending program in 2011, $1B+ in the past 12 months — Amazon has been ramping up its small loans business, with the company announcing today that it has loaned more than $1 billion …
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| Declan Walsh / New York Times: |
Egypt requested access to Uber's “Heaven” live rider data, preps bill requiring ride-hailing services put servers in Egypt and link customer data to government — CAIRO — As Uber sought this year to expand in Egypt, one of the most competitive ride-sharing markets …
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Tweets: @linadencik, @nytimesworld, @walker_ct, @kenroth, @milenarodban, and @nytimesworld
| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Apple will finally offer basic analytics for podcasts, enabling podcast creators and advertisers to get significant listener feedback for the first time — Basic analytics are (finally) coming to Apple's podcast app in an upcoming refresh. It's a big deal.
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Silk Road now has numerous successors, mostly Asia-based; AlphaBay, now the leading dark web market, has 21k+ opioid listings, 4,100 for fentanyl, related drugs — Anonymous online sales are surging, and people are dying. Despite dozens of arrests, new merchants — many based in Asia — quickly pop up.
Tweets: @jonahnro and @nathanielpopper
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