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| Tom Foster / Texas Monthly: |
The story of Whole Foods, its founder John Mackey, and his battle with an activist hedge fund that led to the Amazon acquisition — Editor's Note: On June 16, 2017, Whole Foods agreed to sell itself to Amazon for $13.7 billion. This is the exclusive story that led up to that momentous decision for the Austin-based grocery giant.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Instacart, with four years left in its Whole Foods contract, says “Amazon just declared war” on grocery stores, faces difficult opportunity after Amazon deal — Yesterday, Amazon and Whole Foods ruined a perfectly slow news day on a Friday in June with the announcement …
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| Kent Walker / Google: |
Google's new anti-extremist steps: targeted AI algo training, more content flaggers, no inflammatory video monetization, ads targeting potential ISIS recruits — Editor's Note: This post appeared as an op-ed in the Financial Times earlier today. — Terrorism is an attack on open societies …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
WikiLeaks documents show how CIA infected WiFi routers from 10 manufacturers including D-Link and Linksys to monitor and manipulate traffic, infect more devices — Latest Vault7 release exposes network-spying operation CIA kept secret since 2007. — Home routers from 10 manufacturers …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Qualcomm unveils reference design for smart speakers with support for Alexa and Google Assistant, also announces new chips for wireless audio products — The smart speaker trend started with Amazon's Echo, and now includes Google Home and Apple HomePod, but it could get a lot more crowded thanks to Qualcomm.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
How Susan Wojcicki has led YouTube: navigating the company through ad-positioning woes, keeping creators happy, and refining YouTube TV while growing revenue — To outmaneuver traditional TV—and secure Google's future—YouTube's CEO must satisfy homegrown creators, risk-averse advertisers … | New York Times: |
A look at Arianna Huffington's growing influence at Uber, where she has become one of Travis Kalanick's closest confidantes — SAN FRANCISCO — In April, Wan Ling Martello, the head of Nestlé in Asia, found herself seated across from Arianna Huffington, an Uber director and a founder …
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Huawei Matebook X review: good performance and has useful features like integrated fingerprint sensor and Dolby speakers, but pricey and has a laggy trackpad — Good in many ways, but you're really paying for the Apple-like design. — Huawei has been slowly pushing its way into the PC market.
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| Cam Simpson / Bloomberg: |
US semiconductor industry phased out chemicals discovered to be reproductive toxins in the 1990s but failed to ensure that their Asian suppliers did the same — Twenty-five years ago, U.S. tech companies pledged to stop using chemicals that caused miscarriages and birth defects.| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
Inside the DAO, an Ethereum crowdfunding project, the flaw that let a still unknown hacker steal $55M in ether, and the effort to save the DAO project — In June 2016, a hacker targeted a virtual currency known as ether. This is the story of the bold attempt to rewrite that history.| Tomio Geron / Wall Street Journal: |
AEye raises $16M Series A from KPCB, Airbus, Intel, and others for its Lidar and computer vision tech — AEye Inc. has raised $16 million led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and another unnamed investor for its Lidar and computer vision technology.| Will Knight / MIT Technology Review: |
How Ant Financial uses AI to assess credit ratings, estimate damages for car insurance claims, talk to customers via chatbots, and operate other Alipay services — If you get into a car accident in China, you can simply pull out your smartphone, take a photo, and file an insurance claim with an AI system.
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