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Palantir files S-1 for its public market listing, confirming a net loss of $580M in 2019 on $742.6M in revenue; intends to debut with a direct listing — - The data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel is going public after 16 years. — Data analytics company Palantir Technologies …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
In a letter included in Palantir's S-1, CEO Alex Karp says the “engineering elite” of SV do not know “how society should be organized or what justice requires” — KEY POINTS — In Palantir's filing to go public on Tuesday, CEO Alex Karp said Silicon Valley engineers …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it will unify its AR/VR teams into a group called Facebook Reality Labs, renames Oculus Connect event to Facebook Connect, to be held on Sept. 16 — Facebook is moving further away from the Oculus brand. — The company says it is changing the name of their augmented reality …
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| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Microsoft adds an audio transcription feature to Word's web version for Office 365 that will work with prerecorded or live audio — Microsoft's Word writing tool will soon be able to record and transcribe audio, marking an evolution long requested by everyone from students to reporters to Microsoft executives.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
White House announces $1B+ investment to create 12 research institutes focused on AI and quantum computing — The White House today detailed the establishment of 12 new research institutes focused on AI and quantum information science. Agencies including the National Science Foundation … | Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has acquired crypto price tracking app Blockfolio for $150M, in the form of equity, FTX's native token, and cash — Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has acquired popular crypto price tracking app Blockfolio for $150 million in one of the largest acquisition deals in the digital asset space this year.
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An overview of 94 companies that launched at Y Combinator's Summer 2020 Demo Day 2; the Summer 2020 batch of companies was YC's first fully remote startup batch — And we're back! Today was part two of Y Combinator's absolutely massive Demo Day(s) event for its Summer 2020 class.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to add AR content to Apple TV+ next year, as a form of bonus content akin to director commentaries, ahead of an AR headset in 2022 — - Company plans to add AR-based bonus content to original video — Apple seeks to make AR more mainstream ahead of headset launch
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
As content moderators started working from home, YouTube's reliance on automation resulted in double the video removals; Facebook saw removals steeply decline — When YouTube sent content moderators home in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it dramatically expanded its use of automated filters …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Chrome 85 with 10% faster page load times, collapsible tab groups, a PDF editor, and more — Following version 84's release on Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS, the next release of Google's browser is rolling out today. Chrome 85 sees faster page loads …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Gartner: global smartphone sales in Q2 dropped 20.4% YoY, similar to Q1's 20% drop; Samsung and Huawei virtually tie for top spot, after Samsung drops 27% YoY — The last couple of years have been tough on the smartphone industry, as sales plateaued and eventually eroded.
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| Zach Baron / GQ: |
Profile of VR pioneer Jaron Lanier, his early warnings about the dangers of social media, why Facebook is bad, and why BLM activism felt constructive — Tech oracle Jaron Lanier warned us all about the evils of social media. Too few of us listened. Now, in the most chaotic of moments …
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| Katie Abel / Footwear News: |
Tony Hsieh is stepping down as Zappos CEO after 21 years at the helm; COO Kedar Deshpande will succeed him at the Amazon-owned company — Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is stepping down after 21 years at the helm. — Kedar Deshpande, COO at the company, has assumed the role of CEO, according to an internal email obtained by FN.
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| Jim Salter / Ars Technica: |
A Chromium feature is responsible for nearly half of the traffic load on root DNS servers by issuing DNS lookups that often propagate up to root nameservers — Google is doing to DNS what D-Link once did to NTP. — The Chromium browser—open source, upstream parent to both Google Chrome …
Tweets: @jreuben1, @dennis_kipker, @swiftonsecurity, @hackerfantastic, and @jgamblin
| Patrick O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Human rights advocates file a court petition against Israeli phone hacking firm Cellebrite to stop exports to Hong Kong, say tools are used against dissidents — Human rights advocates filed a new court petition against the Israeli phone hacking company Cellebrite, urging Israel's ministry …
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| Foreign Affairs: |
NSA director says the US disrupted “a concerted effort” to undermine 2018 midterms and describes Cyber Command's proactive strategy ahead of the 2020 election — In early October 2019, personnel from U.S. Cyber Command landed in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, at the invitation of the country's government.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is testing a Shop section in its app in the US, while Instagram expands Live Shopping to more sellers in the US — Facebook is announcing a number of new e-commerce features both within the main Facebook app and on Instagram. — The pandemic has forced many businesses to shift online …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce reports Q2 revenue of $5.15B, up 29% YoY, vs. $4.90B est., gives Q3 revenue guidance of $5.24 to $5.25B, up 16% YoY; stock jumps 11%+ after hours — - A gain on investments benefited Salesforce's adjusted earnings in the quarter. — The company's full-year guidance beat expectations …
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| Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times: |
Interviews and documents reveal Wirecard's desperate effort to cover up fraud, hoodwink its auditors, and a plan to take over Deutsche Bank in its final months — Executives at the German payments group hatched a plan to buy Deutsche Bank while desperately trying to cover their tracks
Tweets: @aallan, @speraltalisboa, @marc_moore137, @economicmanblog, @lionelbarber, @sub8u, @ms_zamandlovu, @johnreedwrites, and @tek_fin
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Cisco says it will acquire BabbleLabs, which uses AI to remove unwanted noise and detect human speech, to integrate into Webex and other collaboration offerings — BabbleLabs takes out unwanted background noises in real-time. The technology will be integrated in Cisco's collaboration portfolio.| Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: |
Swedish esports startup Challengermode raises ~€10.1M led by eWTP Innovation Fund, the global investment arm of the Alibaba Group — Leading Swedish esports platform Challengermode has today announced that it has successfully closed an external financing round of approximately €10.1 million.
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