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YouTube announces $4.99/mo Channel Memberships for eligible channels with 100K+ subscribers, Teespring merchandising, and Premieres to debut pre-recorded videos — I just stepped off the stage at VidCon, a conference created from scratch by Hank and John Green in 2010 that brings together fans …
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Tweets: @stalman, @ytcreators, and @loudmouthjulia
| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
Martin Tripp denies Tesla's hacking allegations, says he reported production problems to the press after Tesla repeatedly ignored them, did not threaten anyone — The electric carmaker is suing a former technician for alleged hacking, but he says he's being scapegoated for leaking concerns
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Inside the alleged heist of chip designs from US-based Micron by Taiwanese company UMC, which was hired by a Chinese company to help with memory chip factory — JINJIANG, China — With a dragnet closing in, engineers at a Taiwanese chip maker holding American secrets did their best to conceal a daring case of corporate espionage.| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: Amsterdam-based data search and analytics startup Elastic, which has raised ~$100M, has confidentially filed for an IPO aiming for $1.5B-$3B valuation — Elastic is expected to aim for a valuation between about $1.5 and $3 billion once it hits Wall Street. — The IPOs keep coming.
Tweets: @jordannovet
| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
Stanford University launches The Center for Blockchain Research, sponsored by a group of crypto startups, to develop best practices for blockchain — A group of crypto startups and organizations are sponsoring a new blockchain research center headquartered at Stanford University.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
After the acquisition, Twitter immediately shut down access to Smyte's API deserting its existing customers, who were using its anti-abuse and anti-fraud tools — Twitter today announced it was acquiring the “trust and safety as a service” startup Smyte to help it better address issues related …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: stock trading app Robinhood in early talks to offer banking services like savings accounts for its more than 4M customers — Robinhood Markets Inc. has more than 4 million U.S. consumers using its free stock-trading platform. Now, it's in talks to offer them other banking services … | Reuters: |
Police says Uber's safety driver in a self-driving vehicle was streaming a Hulu show before the car hit and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the “safety” driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Agari, which uses AI and cloud-based analysis to detect and intercept spear-phishing attacks, raises $40M Series E led by Goldman Sachs — An email from the boss typically gets your attention. Unfortunately, fraudsters know this too and are increasingly using email impersonations to launch their scams.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches the mobile version of its Bing Visual Search, a Google Lens-like image recognition tool, on iOS and Android — A keyboard isn't necessarily the fastest way to find cat pictures — or furniture, for that matter. Today, Microsoft's Bing launched a mobile version … | Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich to step down following an investigation into a consensual relationship with an Intel employee; Bob Swan to step in as interim CEO — Intel's Brian Krzanich is out as CEO and chairman of the board following an investigation into a “consensual relationship with an Intel employee,” the company announced Thursday.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
PayPal to buy Simility, a specialist in AI-based fraud and risk management, for $120M in cash; Simility had raised about $25M and was last valued at $52.75M — Payment provider PayPal continues apace with its acquisitions streak to bring more modern tools into its platform to serve its 237 million customers.
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