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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: over 1,000 Uber employees sign letter to board demanding that Travis Kalanick return “in an operational role” because he's “critical” to future success — More than one thousand current Uber employees have signed a letter to the company's board of directors …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources detail how the pressure on Travis Kalanick played out in the days and hours leading to his resignation — Travis Kalanick's final hours as Uber's chief executive played out in a private room in a downtown Chicago hotel on Tuesday. — There, Mr. Kalanick, who was on a trip …
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
With her blog post about toxic bro-culture at Uber, Susan Fowler proved that one person can make a difference — The former engineer took a big swing at the car-hailing giant, and did us all an even bigger favor. — It was Lao Tzu who said that “the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”| Washington Post: |
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
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| Kate Holton / Reuters: |
Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale after dispute with Apple over licensing rights, says “it has received interest from a number of parties” — Imagination Technologies (IMG.L), the British company in dispute with its biggest customer Apple (AAPL.O) over licensing rights …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook updates mission statement to “give people power to build community, bring the world closer together”, from “making the world more open and connected” — “Making the world more open and connected” had one fundamental flaw: it didn't push for any specific positive outcome from more connection.
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| Kang-Xing Jin / Facebook: |
Facebook introduces new group admin tools, including group analytics, scheduled posts, membership request filtering, more — Today we hosted our first-ever Facebook Communities Summit in Chicago with hundreds of group admins where we announced new features to support their communities on Facebook.
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| Claire Zillman / Fortune: |
Facebook introduces new privacy tools to combat catfishing and guard profile photos from being misused, in India now and other countries soon — Facebook on Wednesday is unveiling new features that it hopes will make women in India feel safer on its platform.
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Facebook, Digital Trends, CNET, TechCrunch, The Verge, Digital Photography Review, SlashGear, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Tech Times, Engadget, The Daily Caller, International Business Times, ValueWalk, Trak.in, BetaNews, Adweek, Business Insider, TechSpot, CNNMoney, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, FactorDaily, MediaNama, The Hindu, Refinery29, and The Ladies Finger. Tweets: @pranavdixit
| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
How Golan Ben-Oni, CIO of US telecom firm IDT Corporation, discovered and is drawing attention to NSA-made DoublePulsar, a more potent sister tool to WannaCry — NEWARK — There have been times over the last two months when Golan Ben-Oni has felt like a voice in the wilderness.
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| Massimo Calabresi / TIME: |
Sources: US election hacking was more extensive than previously known, including theft of voter records and at least one successful alteration of voter data — The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least …
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Executives for wireless and drone firms, including AT&T and PrecisionHawk, lobby Trump to cut down on regulations in White House meeting — For the likes of AT&T and PrecisionHawk, the face time with the president offered a chance to push their agendas.
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Medium, BuzzFeed, Axios, SiliconBeat, CNBC, Boston Business Journal, Washington Post, Axios, Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @sambeal. Thanks:@tonyromm
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple seeks to reduce the 58% share of revenue labels get on Apple Music; labels may agree if subscriptions expand and other criteria are met — Labels' deals with Apple expire in the next couple weeks — Apple Inc. is seeking to reduce record labels' share of revenue from streaming …
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Tweets: @dangillmor and @lucas_shaw
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google announces new VR180 video standard, showing half a 360-degree view, and partners with Yi, Lenovo, and LG for new cameras — Google is launching a new, more limited cinematic VR format that it hopes will be almost as accessible as regular YouTube videos.
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