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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 …
| 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 … | Kara Swisher / Recode: |
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
OnePlus 5 will be announced at event on June 20; sources: image leaks of the flagship smartphone — The image you see at the top of this post is the OnePlus 5, the next smartphone to be launched by OnePlus. The phone, as announced today, will be fully detailed on June 20th.
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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 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple's Business Chat to bring customer service and transactions to the iMessage platform, across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch; details to be announced June 9 — Apple is working on a way to bring businesses to the iMessage platform, in order to answer customer questions, offer customer service and even perform transactions.| The Intercept: |
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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| 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 …
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| 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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Pinterest raises $150M from existing investors at the same share price as two years ago, now valued at $12.3B — Company valuation rises to $12 billion due to increase in total number of shares. — Pinterest Inc. raised $150 million in venture funding from a group of existing investors … | 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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| 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.| Knight First Amendment Institute: |
In letter, Knight First Amendment Institute demands President unblock Twitter accounts of critics, calling @realDonaldTrump a “designated public forum” — NEW YORK — In a letter sent today to President Trump, the Knight First Amendment Institute asked the President to unblock … | 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| 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 … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
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