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Sources: Google is pushing the Trump administration to exempt it from a ban on exports to Huawei, warning that it could compromise national security — Google has warned the Trump administration it risks compromising US national security if it pushes ahead with sweeping export restrictions on Huawei …
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| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Facebook is no longer allowing pre-installation of its Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram apps on new Huawei phones — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep …
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| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
A Google employee who helped organize walkouts has resigned, alleges she was the target of a campaign of retaliation designed to intimidate and dissuade others — Longtime employee who helped organize global protest alleges Google's response was designed to ‘have a chilling effect’ on growing workplace activism
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| Bloomberg: |
Uber COO Barney Harford and CMO Rebecca Messina are leaving the company — Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi is parting ways with two top lieutenants in a major leadership overhaul. Barney Harford, the chief operating officer, and Rebecca Messina …
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| The Block: |
Report: India's draft law proposes a 10-year jail term for “mining, generating, holding, buying, selling, or dealing in cryptocurrencies directly or indirectly” — If the 'Banning Cryptocurrencies and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2019' becomes law, mining …
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Walmart's InHome service will deliver groceries directly to customers' refrigerators when they are not home, starting this fall in three US cities — ‘InHome’ deliveries kick off this fall — Starting this fall in the US, Walmart customers in select cities can choose …
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| Mary Schlangenstein / Bloomberg: |
FedEx says it will not renew its US air-shipping contract with Amazon, and says the online retailer accounted for 1.3% of FedEx 2018 revenue — FedEx Corp. said it wouldn't renew its U.S. air-delivery contract with Amazon.com Inc., as the courier focuses on “serving the broader e-commerce market.”
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Synapse, which provides payment, deposit, lending, and investment products as APIs to fintech companies, raises $33M Series B, bringing the total raised to $50M — Synapse, a San Francisco-based startup developing a platform that enables companies to extend financial services to their customers …
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| Lauren Hirsch / CNBC: |
Activist firm Elliott Management to buy Barnes & Noble for ~$683M including debt; in the past five years, B&N has lost more than $1 billion in market value — KEY POINTS — Activist firm Elliott Management announced Friday it plans to acquire bookseller Barnes & Noble for roughly $683 million, including debt.
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| Los Angeles Times: |
Some videos intended for anti-racist, educational purposes were removed due to YouTube's new rules, highlighting the weaknesses of algorithmic content removal — YouTube's campaign against hateful and racist videos is claiming some unintended victims: researchers and advocates working to expose racist hatemongers.| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Cabify founders and early investors in Brazil's 99, who met at Stanford and are compared to the PayPal Mafia, reflect on Latin America's startup revival — Key figures at ridesharing firms 99 and Cabify reflect new era of promise in the region — The houses along the tree-lined blocks …
Tweets: @mdudas
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Command execution flaw found in Exim 4.87 to 4.91 that could affect up to 4.7M machines; flaw was fixed in version 4.92 but never identified as a vulnerability — In some cases, it's trivial for remote attackers to execute commands with root privileges. — Millions of Internet-connected …
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ZDNet, WeLiveSecurity, Naked Security, BleepingComputer, PortSwigger, Decipher, SC Media, and nvd.nist.gov
Tweets: @arstechnica, @ryancdotorg, @qualys, @geeknik, @hanno, @perito_inf, and @campuscodi
| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
Judge declines Google's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging hiring bias, first filed by James Damore, who exited the lawsuit and is in arbitration with Google — Suit is set to enter discovery — Google will have to face a California lawsuit accusing the company of bias … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 13 adds multi-cam support, which allows apps to simultaneously capture photos, video, audio, metadata, and depth from multiple microphones and cameras — In iOS 13, Apple is introducing multi-cam support allowing apps to simultaneously capture photos, video, audio, metadata …
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