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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
A look at recent statements by tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, and others, regarding racism in America — Comments Share 70 Tweet Share Reddit Email — Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response to the outrage …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook, in a memo to staff addressing racism in US, says Apple will give to non-profits like Equal Justice Initiative, match staff donations 2-to-1 in June — - Tim Cook writes letter to employees after George Floyd killing — Apple donating to equal justice, human rights groups, CEO says
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
YouTube says it will donate $1M to the Center for Policing Equity, a nonprofit think tank that works with police departments to change discriminatory practices — The nonprofit works with police departments to address discriminatory behavior — YouTube says it will donate $1 million …
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| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: President Trump and Mark Zuckerberg had a phone conversation on Friday that was described by both sides as productive — In the week that President Trump took on social media, Axios has learned that he had a call Friday with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was described by both sides as productive.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Tia Health, the developer of a network of digital wellness apps, clinics, and telehealth services focused on women's health, raises $24M Series A — Tia Health, the developer of a network of digital wellness apps, clinics and telehealth services designed to treat women's health holistically …
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Some Walmart staff claim AI-based tech used in stores to prevent shoplifting misidentifies innocuous behavior as theft and often fails to flag actual stealing — The retailer denies there is any widespread issue with the software, but a group expressed frustration—and public health concerns.
Tweets: @doctorow, @lmatsakis, @wired, and @doctorow
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Facebook Shops integration with Shopify is good for Shopify merchants, but using Facebook Checkout limits the upside of Shopify's own payments offering — In the month since I wrote The Anti-Amazon Alliance, there has been two significant announcements from two of the principals in that alliance:
Tweets: @juokaz, @rachelmercer, @modestproposal1, and @auchenberg
| Stitcher Blog: |
Stitcher releases its first podcasting report, with 10 years of data trends; a pandemic update shows a dip in listening at commute times and a lunchtime rise — What a decade of industry growth looks like from the app perspective. — It's been over a decade since we launched the Stitcher app.| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance startup Beacon raises $15M Series A from investors including 8VC and Jeff Bezos — The Amazon chief is taking a stake in Beacon, a digital freight-forwarding and supply chain finance firm, Sky News learns. — City editor @MarkKleinmanSky
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| Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Benchling, which makes software for tracking and managing data from biotech research, raises $50M at a $850M valuation, bringing its total raised to $114M — Sajith Wickramasekara started working on an idea for a cloud-based Crispr design tool for scientists during college at MIT eight years ago.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft lays off editorial staff at its News and MSN divisions, reportedly affecting around 50 US and 27 UK jobs, as it increases use of AI for news curation — Microsoft News and MSN is increasingly being run by robots — Microsoft is laying off dozens of journalists and editorial workers …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
US is taking a state-by-state approach to COVID-19 contact tracing apps, which could cause security and privacy issues in addition to hindering interoperability — With no nationwide Covid-19 notification software in sight, security and interoperability issues loom large.
Tweets: @brianbehlendorf, @wired, @brianbehlendorf, and @a_greenberg
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