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Twitter says accounts that have not been logged into for six months leading up to Dec. 11 will be removed, likely freeing up a large number of usernames — No exact date for when usernames will be available — Twitter is sending out emails to owners of inactive accounts with a warning …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook buys the VR studio behind Beat Saber, one of virtual reality's biggest titles with over 1M copies sold since May 2018 — Virtual reality doesn't have many hit games yet, but Facebook is buying the studio behind one of the platform's biggest titles.
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Sources: Facebook made several bids to acquire Fitbit, including a final offer of $7.30/share, below Google's announced offer of ~$2.1B in cash at $7.35/share — - Facebook is “Party A,” the company that bid against Google to acquire Fitbit, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
US teen says TikTok blocked her from posting after she accused China of putting Muslims into concentration camps; TikTok blames other reasons for the suspension — A US teenager's TikTok video clip accusing China of putting Muslims into “concentration camps” has gone viral on the Chinese-owned social network.
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
NYSE files paperwork with SEC that proposes letting companies raise fresh capital as part of direct listings on the exchange, a method used by Slack and Spotify — The New York Stock Exchange filed paperwork this morning with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow companies to raise capital as part of a direct listing.
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Amazon partners with pharmacy chain Giant Eagle to bring to Alexa prescription medication reminders and the ability to request refills — As Amazon moves further into the healthcare market, the company today is rolling out a medication management feature for Alexa owners.
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Amazon says it is shutting down a controversial program in 2020 that uses AI to send shoppers free samples based on their buying habits — - The program, which it began testing earlier this year, used Amazon's data insights to send shoppers free samples of select products.| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
Commerce Department proposes rules for implementing Trump's supply-chain order, including giving foreign companies time to address US concerns and avoid a ban — Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross will “adopt a case-by-case” approach to determining what components will be banned (Getty Images)
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Buguroo, which uses deep learning and behavioral biometrics to help detect banking fraud, raises $11M Series A — Buguroo, a Spanish cybersecurity startup that leverages deep learning and behavioral biometrics to help banks spot fraudulent activity, has raised $11 million in a series A round …
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| David Dayen / American Prospect: |
Docs shared by tech giants in response to questions from Congress show few customers, employees, or contractors bother to challenge the firms in arbitration — Responding to Congress, they make clear that forced arbitration gives them the means to sidestep the law.
Tweets: @halsinger, @ddayen, @public_citizen, @bennjennett, @terrigerstein, and @ddayen
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Leavy.co, a travel app that pays upfront when users put their room up for rent when they travel, discloses $14M seed funding from January, led by Prime Ventures — Leavy.co, the Paris-born startup that offers a travel app for millennials to help them travel more without getting into further debt … | Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg's 2019 “personal challenge”, examining the future of tech through public discussions, saw him speak with nine guests: all white and eight men — Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg completed his 2019 “personal challenge” on Monday, his version of a New Year's resolution.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Shuttl, an app-based bus aggregator that operates ~2,000 buses clocking over 100K daily rides in India, says it has raised $36M as part of its ongoing Series C — Shuttl, a startup that runs an app-based bus aggregator service in India, said on Monday that it has raised $36 million …
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How Texas Instruments monopolized the US education market for graphing calculators, products with high profit margins and tech that hasn't changed in 20 years — These $100 calculators have been required in classrooms for more than twenty years, as students and teachers still struggle to afford them
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Sources: Intel is seeking buyers for its connected home division, a unit that makes chips used in home internet access gear and has annual sales of ~$450M — Intel Corp. is seeking buyers for its connected home division, a unit that makes chips used in home internet access gear, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Facebook bans white nationalist outlets Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right, says VDare's page is still under review, after recent report — Platform bars Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right, as VDare continues to operate — Facebook will no longer allow Red Ice TV and Affirmative Right to use its platform … | David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
A look at Athena, a new coalition of three dozen US grass-roots groups seeking to scrutinize and pressure Amazon on working conditions, surveillance, and more — As groups join a coalition against the internet giant, a new report underlines its troubling impact in warehouse towns.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tray.io, an enterprise workflow automation platform that lets users tie in APIs from various apps, raises $50M Series C, source says valuing it at $600M+ — Organizations are always looking for new ways to work more efficiently, but too often the problem is that, in a digital-first environment … | Bloomberg: |
Memo: Google fires four employees, citing data-security violations, amid rising tension between management and staff — - Move comes after worker protests and union organizing — Google told staff on Monday that it fired four employees for what the company called “clear and repeated violations” of its data-security policies.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Enterprise video messaging service Loom raises $30M Series B led by Sequoia with Instagram co-founders among investors, has 1.8M users across 50,000 businesses — Why are we all trapped in enterprise chat apps if we talk 6X faster than we type, and our brain processes visual info 60,000X faster than text?
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