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Sources: Uber exec obtained medical records of rider raped in India in '14, and was fired only after media inquiries; Kalanick, Michael doubted victim's claims — Sources say Eric Alexander carried around for a year confidential information about a woman who was assaulted during a ride in India in 2014.
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Former Apple employees on how Siri's progress was crippled by lack of ambitious goals, shifting strategies, and insufficient usage data — Nimble competitors developed new voice-powered products for the home while Apple remained focused on its phone — In a 2.5-hour keynote …
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Sources: gamer chat service Discord raised ~$50M, led by Index Ventures, at a valuation of $725M in January, and let early employees cash out — It's been a rocky road to glory for Discord, a startup whose iPad battle arena game, “Fates Forever,” earned it a top spot at our 2013 TechCrunch Disrupt show … | Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Airbnb launches Open Homes with 6K listings worldwide to help refugees find short term housing, following up on a pledge made in response to Trump's travel ban — Open Homes pairs those in need with housing — Airbnb has a history of proactively working with its hosts to offer temporary housing …
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Sources: after AOL and Yahoo merger closes, layoffs could reach 1,000 jobs, or under 20% of combined company — As the troubled deal is finally culminated, it's time for cuts. — According to sources, layoffs are expected to take place across AOL and Yahoo that could number up to 1,000 jobs.| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
3D mapping startup Carmera, which uses delivery fleets to collect data, raises $6.4M led by Matrix Partners — This article first appeared in Term Sheet, Fortune's newsletter on deals and dealmakers. Sign up here. — The biggest problem preventing our self-driving future from becoming a self-driving reality is, naturally, humans.| Molly Jackman / Facebook: |
Facebook to share location density, movement, safety check maps based on aggregated location data with Red Cross, UNICEF, others during disaster relief efforts — After a flood, fire, earthquake or other natural disaster, response organizations need accurate information, and every minute counts in saving lives.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Okta beats with Q1 revenue of $53M vs. $48.2M expected, sales up 67% from $31.7M a year ago as subscriptions climb 75%; stock up 3.34% after hours — Okta reported quarterly results for the first time as a public company on Wednesday, beating analysts' estimates for revenue.| Maureen Ryan / Variety: |
Planet of the Apps review: Apple's foray into original content is “bland, tepid” and a “barely competent knock-off of Shark Tank” — These days, there's an almost endless array of reasons for TV executives to feel anxiety, and for some time, one of the most ulcer-inducing prospects …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Online learning startup Coursera raises $64M Series D, sources say at $800M valuation, bringing the total raised to $210M — As the cost of in-class education continues to rise, and the cost for computing continues to fall, we're seeing a flourishing of startups that target the market for online learning.
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Intelligence agencies and all GOP members of Senate Intelligence Committee back a bill that will make FISA's Section 702, due to sunset in December, permanent — The Trump administration supports making permanent a law that allows for the collection of digital communications of foreigners believed …
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Google announces release of Spinnaker 1.0, an open-source multi-cloud continuous delivery platform — Spinnaker, an open-source project that lets companies improve the speed and stability of their application deployment processes, reached the 1.0 release milestone Tuesday.
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