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UK watchdog gives Facebook a preliminary fine of about $664,000, the maximum allowed, for letting Cambridge Analytica access data about millions of people — Facebook is staring down its first fine for allowing Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data about millions of people …
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Uber's head of human resources Liane Hornsey resigns following probe into how she handled allegations of racial discrimination at the firm — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc's Chief People Officer Liane Hornsey resigned on Tuesday, Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Alphabet says Loon and Wing, X's internet balloon and delivery drone projects, are “graduating” to become full companies under the Alphabet corporate umbrella — The two companies will be part of Alphabet's Other Bets division — Alphabet has announced that Loon and Wing …
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Secretive AR startup Magic Leap signs AT&T as sole US wireless vendor and receives undisclosed investment, with AT&T CEO John Donovan gaining observer rights — Magic Leap, the secretive startup responsible for the Magic Leap One augmented reality platform, has selected AT&T …
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AT&T, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, The Verge, Android Central, Axios, CNBC, Reuters, and Fortune. Tweets: @joshelman
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
DOJ has quietly settled with 3D printable gun inventor Cody Wilson, who argued that gun blueprints were protected speech, five years after the take down order — Cody Wilson makes digital files that let anyone 3-D print untraceable guns. The government tried to stop him. He sued—and won.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Sonos rolling out AirPlay 2 support for its newest speakers, enabling multi-room audio playback with HomePod, ability to control Apple Music using Siri, more — Great news for Sonos customers: AirPlay 2 has arrived. This makes compatible Sonos speakers the first third-party AirPlay 2 speakers …
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Interviews with Zuckerberg and other employees shed light on Facebook's wild early days from 2004/2005 and the corporate proto-culture that shaped the company — EVERYONE WHO HAS seen The Social Network knows the story of Facebook's founding. It was at Harvard in the spring semester of 2004.| Adam Fisher / Vanity Fair: |
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Court filing: former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang has been charged by the FBI with the alleged theft of trade secrets related to Apple's autonomous car efforts — The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation this week charged former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang with theft of trade secrets …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Opera is testing a built-in crypto wallet in its Android browser, with support for Ethereum-based tokens, collectibles, and DApps, available in private beta now — Cryptocurrencies: They're kind of a big deal. Bitcoin, one of the most popular digital currencies on the market …
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The Next Web, Opera Mobile, TechCrunch, Inquirer, KnowTechie, PCMag, CryptoGlobe, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, gHacks Technology News, and CoinSpeaker. Tweets: @ethereumnetw
| Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: |
China Internet Report confirms the dominance of Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent as rural areas get online, with 55M remote students and 490K local online shops — China Internet Report offers insights into country's internet landscape, including its unicorns, top internet companies, and most active investors| CNNMoney: |
Facebook apps from Mail.Ru are being reviewed as part of Facebook's probe into user data misuse; two apps received extension to collect data after policy change — Not just another Facebook data scandal — A Russian internet company with links to the Kremlin was among the firms …
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Business Insider, Wired, Beyond Search, and Mashable
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Pony.ai, which aims to build a Level 4 autonomous car, raises $102M round from lead investors ClearVue Partners and Eight Roads — Pony.ai is riding the gravy train. Just months after it closed a $112 million funding round with Morningside Venture Capital, Legend Capital, and Sequoia China … | Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Israel-based Next Insurance, which designs insurance plans for business sectors that are often overlooked by mainstream insurers, raises $83M Series B — Next Insurance, the Israeli digital insurance startup that helps small businesses get cover, has raised a significant new funding round …
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