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Sources: Uber's board of directors has approved a $2.65B acquisition of Postmates in an all-stock deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday — - Uber plans to annouce tie-up with food delivery rival Monday — Uber Technologies Inc.'s board of directors has approved …
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| Ben Smith / New York Times: |
Netflix began to build its Black content catalog, the envy of Hollywood, in 2015 after the success of “Orange Is the New Black” and a memo from Black employees — The company didn't set out to build a big library of Black programming, but now it's the envy of its rivals.| John Haughey / Washington Examiner: |
Florida becomes first state to enact a DNA privacy law, blocking life, disability, and long-term insurers from accessing genetic data — Florida on Wednesday became the nation's first state to enact a DNA privacy law, prohibiting life, disability and long-term care insurance companies from using genetic tests for coverage purposes.
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Source: UK to begin phasing out use of Huawei equipment in its 5G network as soon as this year, after report doubted viability of Huawei due to new US sanctions — - Decision would reverse green light given to Chinese tech giant — Minister Dowden to give statement on Huawei before July 22
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| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
A look at some radical proposals for creating better social networks, from establishing sites as nonprofits to restrictions on data collection — An offhand tweet sparked an outpouring of ideas to fix what's broken about Facebook and Twitter — Welcome back to Pattern Matching …
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| Michael Flarup / Apply Pixels: |
With macOS 11 Big Sur, Apple seems to have lifted a ban on fun, allowing for an expressiveness in visual design that we haven't seen from it in almost a decade — It's finally here. The thing I have been advocating for through my work, writing, videos and talks for years. A swing of the pendulum.
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| Paul J. Davies / Wall Street Journal: |
How Wirecard, a global electronic-payments giant that was once valued at $14B+ and said it processed $140B of transactions a year, fully unraveled in eight days — Prosecutors are probing whether the electronic-payments giant used fictitious income to inflate its sales and fool investors; a missing $2 billion| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iCloud Keychain in iOS 14 alerts users about passwords that are easy to guess and those that may have leaked on the web — In addition to the redesigned Home screen with widgets, App Library, and features like Car Key, iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 brings important enhancements to iCloud Keychain.| Financial Times: |
Sources: amid India-China tensions, Zomato is unable to access $100M of the $150M it secured from Ant Financial in January as the government reviews the funding — Indian food delivery start-up unable to access $100m of investment from Ant Financial — The $3bn Indian food delivery start … | Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: |
UK tech companies say operating with remote workers has changed their approach to post-Brexit hiring: executives will be local to HQs, most other roles won't — - Shift to remote working suggests many visas may not be needed — The pandemic taught Britain's technology executives …
Tweets: @carnage4life and @brexit
| Greg Thomson / Decrypt: |
Voice, a blockchain-based social media site on EOS that rewards users with tokens for posting “quality content”, is now open for the public to browse — The EOS-based crypto-based social media platform first conjured up by Block.one, Voice, today opened its doors to the public.
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Kirkland, WA-based auto repair financing service DigniFi raises $14M Series A led by BuildGroup and Exor Seeds — DigniFi, the Kirkland, Wash.-based tech platform that helps drivers finance auto repairs and services, has raised $14 million. — The Series A funding was led by BuildGroup and Exor Seeds.Sponsor Posts
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