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Backlash against the push for gender equality in tech grows among some men who see it as “a witch hunt” — After revelations of harassment and bias in Silicon Valley, a backlash is growing against the women in tech movement. “It's a witch hunt,” they say.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart partners with smart lock maker August to test in-home delivery of packages and groceries in Silicon Valley — Walmart announced today it will begin testing a new service that will allow customers with August smart home devices, like the August doorbell and security cameras …
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| Sam Shead / Business Insider: |
UK-based food delivery startup Deliveroo raises $385M led by Fidelity and T Rowe Price, now valued at $2B+ — Deliveroo has raised $385 million (£285 million) from investors in a huge funding round that values it at over $2 billion (£1.48 billion) and makes it one of the most valuable tech companies in the UK.
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Reacting to dissatisfaction in the open source community, Facebook moves React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js from BSD + Patents license to the MIT license — Hybrid BSD pact will be replaced by MIT deal for some projects — Faced with growing dissatisfaction about licensing requirements …
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| Bloomberg: |
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's political awakening, which led to his current US tour and significant changes in Facebook features, especially Groups — Technically speaking, Mark Zuckerberg has been on paternity leave. In late August his wife, Priscilla Chan, gave birth to their second child, a girl.
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
DC Court of Appeals rules that warrantless use of a cell-site simulator (stingray) violated the Fourth Amendment as an unlawful search — DC Court of Appeals: Even if you know the police can track you doesn't mean they should. — The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled … | Jim Edwards / Business Insider: |
In an interview, Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew and Blockchain's Peter Smith claim a big driver of ICOs are early bitcoin millionaires who want to diversify — - A large portion of ICOs are funded by people who got rich buying Bitcoin. — They need to diversify their exposure to the volatile cryptocurrency.| Tim Swanson / Great Wall of Numbers: |
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| Francesco Guarascio / Reuters: |
EU Commission draft report urges EU to proceed with tax overhaul to prevent digital firms from paying less tax in Europe by routing profits to low-tax countries — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said the EU should proceed with an overhaul of taxes on digital firms even if the rest …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Aeva exits stealth, is developing a sensor for self-driving cars that is a cross between lidar, good for measuring distance, and radar, good for measuring speed — PALO ALTO, Calif. — Soroush Salehian raised both arms and spun in circles as if celebrating a touchdown.| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
UberEats has become a surprise standout for Uber; the company says the food delivery service is profitable in 27 of the 108 cities where it's offered — SAN FRANCISCO — For years, Bob Gordon, the owner of Footprints Cafe in Brooklyn, handled the delivery of his restaurant's meals … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is testing a Twitter Lite Android app, first in the Philippines — Twitter today has nearly four times as many monthly active users outside the U.S. as it does in its home market — 260 million versus 68 million — and this week it quietly launched a new app in an effort to boost those numbers further.
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| Bloomberg: |
Amazon partners with Olo, ordering platform for 200 restaurant brands with about 40K US locations, in an effort to boost Amazon Restaurants delivery service — Company teams up with mobile-ordering and pay platform Olo — Amazon.com Inc. may soon bring Shake Shack burgers and Chipotle burritos …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Responding to London license revocation, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in leaked memo to employees says “there is a high cost to a bad reputation”, promises change — Uber chief says the company must act with integrity — Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sent a sobering … | Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
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