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South Korean court finds Samsung Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee guilty of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury; Lee sentenced to five years in jail, will appeal — SEOUL, South Korea — More than two decades ago, South Korean prosecutors indicted the chairman of the powerful Samsung conglomerate on charges of bribing the president.
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Uber abandons plans for new 380K square foot Oakland headquarters to cut costs and is exploring various options including a sale of the building — Uber has abandoned plans to move into a massive building in Oakland, California and is instead “exploring several options” for the site, including a sale.
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Chrome team is experimenting with an option to permanently mute sound on specific websites — A lot of awful things can happen on the internet, but few are as terrible as landing on a website that automatically plays videos with sound. Thankfully, this is something Google is addressing in a future update to Chrome.
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UK government to test convoys of semi-automated trucks on public roads by the end of 2018, allocating £8.1M for the project — Government allocates £8.1m to trials of ‘platooning’ which proponents say could cut congestion and hauliers' fuel costs
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Facebook hires Liz Spayd, former New York Times public editor, as a consultant to help with its “transparency” efforts — She has also worked at the Washington Post and Columbia Journalism Review as a top editor. — Facebook has recently hired former New York Times public editor Liz Spayd …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain interface startup, has raised $27M, SEC filing shows — Elon Musk wants to connect your brain directly to a computer, and investors are ready to make that science fiction a reality. Musk's startup Neuralink has raised the $26.96 million of a technically still-open funding round …
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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Judge dismisses lawsuit by a group of Uber drivers against Seattle's unionization law, lifts injunction, allowing city to proceed with implementation — Seattle's first-of-its-kind law that allows drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft to bargain collectively has survived another legal challenge and can now go into effect.
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Majority of donations to Marcus Hutchins' legal defense fund came from fraudulent sources, lawyer managing the fund says; all donations will be refunded — The lawyer managing fundraising for Hutchins' legal defense decided it was easier to refund all donations than figure out which ones were legitimate.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Cash comes to UK as Amazon Top Up, letting users load between £5 and £250 onto their Amazon UK account at certain retailers — Amazon has added the ability for UK users to pay for products and services on its ecommerce platform using cash.
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Geospatial analytics startup Descartes Labs raises $30M Series B led by March Capital; the company uses machine learning to derive data from satellite images — Descartes Labsis announcing a $30 million Series B this morning in a large round led by March Capital.
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After long ignoring many influencers, Snapchat is starting to verify and proactively engage more internet celebrities — - Snapchat is starting to warm up to the group of internet celebrities and so-called influencers that it has long ignored. — The app is starting to verify … | Oren Hod / Facebook: |
Facebook debuts On This Day-style monthly or seasonal memory recaps and friendship milestones — People come to Facebook to experience, share and talk about some of the most important moments happening in their lives, communities and around the world. Many of these moments are reminiscing past memories and moments between friends.
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