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Senate blocks USA Freedom Act and extensions to key provisions of Patriot Act, will reconvene just hours before expiration on May 31 — Senate blocks extension of Patriot Act provisions — WASHINGTON - Three key sections of the Patriot Act are set to expire on June 1 unless the Senate resolves …
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Social+Capital raises $600M in third investment fund, confirms Kleiner Perkins was interested in acquiring them — Is Social+Capital's Chamath Palihapitiya the future of venture capital? — Here's an irony of Silicon Valley startup culture: While many new tech companies are conceived …
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Google Maps rolls out traffic alerts and alternate routes — Memorial Day is just around the corner and for some, nay many, that means a lot of traveling. And when traveling is involved, especially by land, then headaches and tempers caused by traffic are as well.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 to bring quality focus, smaller apps, legacy iPhone/iPad support, and better security with new Trusted Wi-Fi and Rootless features — iOS 9 & OS X 10.11 to bring ‘quality’ focus, smaller apps, Rootless security, legacy iPhone/iPad support
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Inside the labs where Netflix tests the latest TVs for its Recommended TV program — Inside the labs where Netflix is trying to make televisions suck less — In a nondescript room in the center of Netflix's headquarters, you can walk into a small, paper white chamber called the Shu.| Simon Bowers / Guardian: |
Amazon to begin paying corporation tax on UK retail sales — From the start of this month the online retailer has started booking its sales through the UK, meaning resulting profits will be taxed by HMRC — Amazon has become the first technology company to abandon controversial corporate structures … | Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon sends out invites to Etsy sellers for new “Handmade” marketplace — Amazon Targets Etsy With ‘Handmade’ Marketplace — E-commerce giant sends invite to Etsy sellers touting handcrafted-goods marketplace — Having vanquished scores of brick-and-mortar retailers, Amazon.com Inc. has a new target: Etsy Inc.| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Oculus founder Palmer Lucky sued by former employer Total Recall Technologies for allegedly using confidential info from 2011-2012 job to build Oculus Rift — Founder of Facebook's Oculus hit with lawsuit — The founder of virtual reality glasses maker Oculus VR Inc …
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BlackBerry to Lay Off Undisclosed Number of Employees in Device Business — Arm focused on development of smartphone software, applications to be affected — BlackBerry Ltd. said Friday it is laying off an undisclosed number of employees in its device business including those focused … | David Faber / CNBC: |
Sources: Microsoft offered to pay $55B for Salesforce, but Marc Benioff wanted $70B; talks ended in early May — Microsoft, Salesforce talks fizzled over price: Sources — Microsoft and Salesforce.com had significant talks earlier this spring about a purchase of Salesforce by Microsoft …
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Fontinalis Partners, co-founded by Ford executive chairman William Clay Ford Jr., invests in Lyft's Series E — Executive Chairman Of Ford Invests In Lyft — Fontinalis Partners, a firm co-founded by William Clay Ford Jr., is participating in Lyft's Series E funding. — Noam Galai / Getty Images| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Food delivery startup Munchery closing $85M funding round led by SherpaVentures and Menlo Ventures that would value it at $300M — Munchery Valued at About $300 Million Amid Food Fight — Munchery is the latest food-delivery startup to raise cash from hungry venture capitalists.
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