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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
A look at recent statements by tech companies, including Amazon, T-Mobile, Microsoft, 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 and protests …
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Tweets: @amazon, @sundarpichai, @sherrell_dorsey, @steven_ballmer, @stewart, @ajassy, @sharatibken, @aclu, @stewart, @slpng_giants, @zainabsikander, @prashanttandy, @rkradhakrishn, @hunterwalk, @isosteph, @ross, @_michaelinho, @duncansmithnba, @shiringhaffary, @erickfernandez, @ariannnyy_, @nathanzed, @eugenio_pace, @carolineha_, @zzzzaaaacccchhh, @moveon, @womensmarch, @tmobile, @andrewmd5, @rich_barton, @calbucci, @sherrell_dorsey, @ericajoy, and @teddyschleifer
| 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| 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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| 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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| 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: @auchenberg, @rachelmercer, and @modestproposal1
| 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
| 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 with 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.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it is delaying the Android 11 beta release and virtual launch event that was scheduled for June 3, but the final release is still on track for Q3 — Google this evening announced that it's delaying next week's Android 11: The Beta Launch Show. The company on Twitter says … | 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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Tweets: @adambanksdotcom, @jason, @xhgmattia, @jnthnhndrckx, @maltelandwehr, @jones_mattryan, @andrewyang, @louiseridley, @judith_moeller, @mattk, @caseynewton, @iroughol, @paperghost, @smitharrytv, @peterkgeoghegan, @charliebeckett, @parkermolloy, @mairavz, @indigenousai, @tomwarren, @thorsen1nk, @davidparis, @jensmithwsj, @lmoses, @sub8u, @pelhambluefund, and @davidclinchnews
| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Experts discuss plans announced by Coinbase, Genesis Trading, and BitGo to become crypto's “prime brokers” and what that reveals about the state of the industry — It's probably no coincidence that three major crypto firms - Coinbase, Genesis Trading and BitGo …
Tweets: @coindesk
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