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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Source: Uber sexual harassment findings result in 20+ fired after 215 claims investigated; a separate Eric Holder-led probe has sent recommendations to board — Uber Technologies Inc. told employees that more than 20 people have been fired after a company investigation into sexual harassment claims …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: former Apple executive Bozoma Saint John has been hired by Uber — Last week, ahead of WWDC, there was a ripple of news when Axios discovered that Bozoma Saint John — one of the more noticeable execs at the company for being a woman of color, who led an Apple Music demo …
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Leaked top-secret NSA doc: Russian military intelligence sent spear-phishing emails to 100+ local election officials days before the US presidential election — Russian military intelligence executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails …
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Amazon, Mozilla, Reddit, Y Combinator, Kickstarter, Etsy, Vimeo, and other internet companies are staging an online protest for net neutrality on July 12 — Some of the Internet's biggest names are banding together for a “day of action” to oppose the Federal Communications Commission …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft teams up with NuTonomy for on-demand autonomous vehicles, will launch limited pilot in Boston within the next few months — Riders in Boston will be able to hail one “in a couple months” — Lyft announced a new partnership today with Boston-based self-driving car startup NuTonomy to eventually put … | Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Leaked internal Windows build reveals new Windows shell that allows the same adaptive UI across all device types, including PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox, HoloLens — Zac Bowden is a Senior Editor at Windows Central. Bringing you exclusive coverage into the world of Windows 10 on PCs, tablets, phones, and more.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cloud security broker Netskope raises $100M Series E led by previous investors Lightspeed and Accel — As enterprises continue to move more of their computing to the cloud, and across an ever-expanding range of devices from computers to phones and tablets and more, hackers continue to find ways …
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| Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian: |
iOS 11 will not support 32-bit apps or devices, making iPhone 5, 5C, and iPad 4 obsolete — Apple's iOS 11 update means iPhone 5 and 5C will no longer receive updates, while some apps and games will be incompatible after switch to 64-bit — Apple has announced that its new iOS 11 …
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| Kevin Kelleher / VentureBeat: |
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
IDC: Wearables grew 17.9% in Q1 2017; Fitbit shipped 3M units as its marketshare fell to 12.3%, behind Xiaomi and Apple, which both shipped ~3.6M units — It has finally happened: Fitbit has shed enough market share to lose its first place spot in wearables.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Snap acquires location analytics firm Placed, sources say for $200M+; Placed to continue operating independently — Snapchat parent Snap has acquired Placed, a Seattle-based startup that operates a consumer location analytics platform, GeekWire has learned.| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
How some Silicon Valley firms like Cisco rely heavily on Indian IT firms to staff up; Cisco lobbied for H-1B expansion amid several rounds of layoffs — Indian companies are applying for a lot of visas for workers to fill jobs at the headquarters of American tech companies| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp for iOS now displays four or more images as inline albums, gets filters for photos, videos, and GIFs — The camera is the new keyboard, and WhatsApp refuses to be left behind. While its sister app Instagram dukes it out with Snapchat in the west, WhatsApp is popularizing visual communication around the world.| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Alabama-based online grocery delivery firm Shipt raises $40M Series B led by Greycroft Partners, looks to expand to 100+ cities within the next year — Shipt, the Birmingham, Ala.-based online grocery delivery marketplace, has raised another $40 million in its quest to rise above …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon offers 45% discount on Prime for people on US government assistance with an EBT card — Amazon announced today it's making its Prime membership program more affordable to customers on government assistance programs, including food stamps. The program, which requires that customers …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Pencil has improved 20ms latency with new iPads, gets better mark up support in iOS 11, will open Notes with lock screen tap — Alongside new iPads themselves, Apple today has announced a new accessory case that integrates the Apple Pencil. The new accessory offers a slot for holding …
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iMore, The Verge, On MSFT, Normangee Star, O'Grady's PowerPage, and The Verge
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