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Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 per hour for all 350K+ US workers, including part-time, temporary, and seasonal employees, effective next month — - The new minimum wage will benefit more than 250,000 Amazon employees — including part-time and temporary employees — the company said.
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| Mark Harris / Ars Technica: |
USPTO has rejected all but three of 56 claims in Waymo's 936 patent, which played a key role in Waymo-Uber suit, after a complaint by an unaffiliated engineer — Eric Swildens had no dog in the fight other than intellectual curiosity. — A lone engineer has succeeded in doing …
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Twitter outlines its election integrity efforts ahead of midterms, says it removed ~50 accounts pretending to be members of various state Republican parties — We are committed to improving the health of the public conversation on Twitter and protecting the integrity of elections is an essential part of that mission.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Duke University, the University of Alabama, and the University of Oklahoma now let students use their iPhone and Apple Watch as their campus ID card — From today, Apple is announcing the first partners for its new contactless ID card features introduced in iOS 12 and watchOS 5.
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| Scott Thurm / Wired: |
New CA law mandates all public companies based there, like Apple, have at least one woman on their board by 2019 and two by end of 2021 or 3+ for boards of 6+ — SEVERAL MAJOR TECH companies—including Apple, Google parent Alphabet, and Facebook—will likely have to add women to their boards …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out new anti-bullying tools, like a way to hide or delete multiple comments at once and an appeals process for decisions relating to bullying — Facebook is introducing new tools to tackle online bullying, the company announced this morning.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Opera launches Opera Touch browser for the iPhone optimized for one-handed use, built-in ad blocking, protection from cryptojacking, and more — Browser company Opera is back doing what it does best, offering you beautifully-designed alternatives to the stock browsers from the likes of Google and Apple .| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook follows Twitch and YouTube with launch of new interactive video format Premieres, fan badges, and live polls — Facebook today announced the global launch of Premieres, its new interactive video format that allows creators to pre-record a video for fans, then release it during … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tanium, which provides a single point of control to manage enterprise security, raises $200M led by Wellington Management, at a $6.5B valuation — Security continues to remain top of mind for organizations and consumers, as each day seems to bring another high-profile network breach.
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Sridhar Ramaswamy, Google's advertising chief, is leaving to join Greylock Partners as a VC, and will be replaced by Prabhakar Raghavan, who heads G Suite — - Ramaswamy heading to Greylock as a venture capital partner — Google is replacing its top advertising executive, Sridhar Ramaswamy …
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| Morgan Little / CNET: |
Google announces Project Stream as it partners with Ubisoft to test game streaming and seeks users in US to test Assassin's Creed Odyssey via the Chrome browser — In a surprise announcement Monday, Google revealed a partnership with Ubisoft to bring the upcoming Assassin's Creed Odyssey to your Chrome Browser.
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: Coinbase is in talks to raise up to $500M at an $8B valuation, with Tiger Global leading the round — The company is in talks with Tiger Global and its existing shareholders for an investment of up to $500 million. — Coinbase is finalizing a deal that would value the company …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
What to expect at Microsoft's hardware event at 4pm ET today: Surface Pro 6, updates to the Surface Laptop, Surface Studio, and HoloLens — It's fall. That means every big to mid-sized tech company is holding an event to debut its latest offerings in time for the holidays.
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| Reuters: |
Tencent Music formally files for IPO in the US, says it had $263M profit on $1.3B revenue in the first half of 2018 — (Reuters) - Tencent Music Entertainment Group on Tuesday formally filed with regulators to list in the United States, under the symbol “TME”, in what could be the biggest U.S. IPO by a Chinese company.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers find a botnet altered DNS settings of 100,000+ routers to redirect traffic from Brazilian banks and web hosting services to 50+ phishing sites — Botnet redirects hijacked traffic to over 50 active phishing sites. — Over 100,000 routers have had their DNS settings modified to redirect users to phishing pages.| Sahil Patel / Digiday: |
Free ad-supported streaming services from Roku, Pluto TV, Xumo, and others attract viewers and appeal to TV manufacturers, which receive recurring ad revenue — Subscription services might dominate the over-the-top video market today, but free, ad-supported platforms are beginning to find … | Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
A look at Elisabeth Murdoch's Vertical Networks, which engages teenagers on Snapchat, Facebook, and YouTube with popular original shows and a digital magazine — GLENDALE, Calif. — A young actor with a bushy goatee, cast as a Satanist on a murder-mystery show called “Solve,” sat facing a camera on a stuffy, no-frills set in July.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
California governor signs net neutrality bill, which FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called “illegal”, into law, setting up a showdown with the FCC and ISPs — California Governor Jerry Brown today signed net neutrality legislation into law, setting up a legal showdown pitting his state …
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