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| Susan Wojcicki / Fortune: |
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki defends firing of memo writer, says she's faced gender-based slights throughout her career — Yesterday, after reading the news, my daughter asked me a question. “Mom, is it true that there are biological reasons why there are fewer women in tech and leadership?”
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| Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press: |
James Damore says he filed complaint with National Labor Relations Board before being fired by Google, claims he was subjected to “coercive statements” — MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A 28-year-old former Google engineer who was fired over a memo he wrote about gender differences …
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Andy Rubin's Essential Products raises $300M from Tencent, Amazon, and others, says Best Buy and Amazon will be its retail launch partners in the US — Startup founded by Google Android's creator has raised $300 million in funding; plans to release $699 titanium-encased smartphone
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| The Walt Disney Company: |
Disney will pay $1.58B to acquire additional 42% stake in BAMTech, making it a majority stakeholder — The Walt Disney Company announced today that it has agreed to acquire majority ownership of BAMTech, LLC and will launch its ESPN-branded multi-sport video streaming service in early 2018 …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Disney to end Netflix film distribution deal in 2019, will launch ESPN streaming service in 2018 and Disney streaming services in 2019 — Disney will end its distribution deal with Netflix and launch its own streaming service, the company announced today. It intends to launch the service in 2019.
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| Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed: |
Airbnb starts deactivating accounts of some people booking rentals to attend “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, VA, citing community rules — The rally is set to take place in a Virginia park where earlier this year white supremacists gathered with torches to protest the removal of a Confederate statue.| Nikhil Pahwa / MediaNama: |
Internet Archive appears to be blocked by Indian government; Indian Department of Telecom, Ministry of Electronics & Info Tech not responding to firm's queries — Update 2: Chris Butler, Office Manager at the Internet Archive, responding to a query from MediaNama, saying that their attempts …
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| Ali Jordan / Thoughts: |
Eric Schmidt's Innovations Endeavors has merged with Israeli venture firm Marker LLC — We are pleased to announce the merger of venture capital firms Innovation Endeavors and Marker LLC. The combined entity will be named Innovation Endeavors. — With offices in Herzliya, Israel …
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| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Microsoft disables security certificates from Chinese CA WoSign and its StartCom subsidiary because of bad practices, joining Apple, Google, and Mozilla — Microsoft has joined Apple, Google, and Mozilla in disabling security certificates from Chinese company WoSign and its StartCom subsidiary.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook uses AI and expands human review processes to identify misleading ads and posts that use “cloaking” to disguise true link destinations — “Cloaking” sounds sci-fi but it's actually a trick used today by spammers to show content moderators or search engine spiders …
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| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
UK enterprise software startup Huddle sold to San Francisco-based PE firm Turn/River after months of financial struggles, source says for about $89M — Enterprise software startup Huddle is selling to San Francisco-based private equity firm Turn/River, after months of financial struggles left … | Madeline Buxton / Refinery29: |
Instagram tests letting you add a guest to your Live video, rolling out as a trial today with a full release expected in the coming months — Double the people, double the fun? That's what Instagram is banking on with its latest update, which will give you the chance to go Live with a friend … | Susan Heavey / Reuters: |
US ITC to review Qualcomm's complaints about Apple iPhone patents, sets date for completing its investigation within the next 45 days — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. trade officials have agreed to investigate Qualcomm Inc's allegations that Apple Inc infringed on patents with its iPhone7 and other devices … Sponsor Posts
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