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Ex-Facebook staffer Mark Luckie posts 2,500-word memo detailing Facebook's “black people problem”, originally shared internally before his last day in November — In a 2,500 word internal memo released publicly this morning, former Facebook employee Mark S. Luckie delivered …
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| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
The DOJ indicts eight men on charges related to a global ad fraud scheme discovered with the help of about 15 tech companies, including Google and White Ops — In August 2017, the FBI organized a secret meeting of digital advertising and cybersecurity experts in a secure room in a Manhattan federal building.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it's starting to sell text analysis software to mine medical records for info that doctors and hospitals can use to improve treatment and cut costs — The move is the latest by a technology company to tap the health care market — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .01% is starting …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Fast Pair, its Bluetooth pairing spec, now pairs Bluetooth accessories across devices sharing a Google account and will support Chromebooks in 2019 — Earlier this month, Google released a Fast Pair Validator app on the Play Store to help Bluetooth manufacturers support Android's seamless Bluetooth pairing solution.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on December 5 regarding claims the company is biased against conservatives — Google chief executive Sundar Pichai is set to testify to Congress in December, facing off against lawmakers for the first time at a hearing …
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| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
AWS debuts AWS Ground Station, a cloud service for satellite operators, says it will construct new ground-based facilities to allow high data speeds from space — Space is hard, and getting data to and from orbiting satellites can be even harder. Amazon Web Services just launched …
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| Phil LeBeau / CNBC: |
Waymo hires Deborah Hersman, who was chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board in the Obama administration, as its first chief safety officer — - Waymo has hired Deborah Hersman, who served as chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board in the Obama administration, to be its chief safety officer.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says Alexa can be used to donate selected toys to children, in partnership with Toys for Tots, the first time it's been possible to donate items on Alexa — Fresh off its biggest shopping day in history, Cyber Monday 2018, Amazon today is making it easy for Alexa owners to participate …
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| David Floyd / CoinDesk: |
Tether reopens account verification for new customers and allows redemption of fiat currency, after suspending its wallet service in Nov. 2017 following hack — Tether Ltd., the controversial issuer of the tether stablecoin (USDT), which aims for parity with the U.S. dollar …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
LG puts Brian Kwon, head of its hugely profitable home entertainment business, in charge of its struggling smartphone division — Mission impossible: a new executive at LG is charged with fixing the company's long-time loss-making smartphone division following a leadership change.
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Facebook and Twitter revoke most of babysitter rating service Predictim's access to user data following report on how it scans social media to generate ratings — Facebook and Twitter are taking action against an automated babysitter-rating system reported on last week by The Washington Post … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Salesforce reports Q3 earnings of $3.39B, up 26% YoY, vs. $3.36B est., and Sales Cloud revenue of $1.02B, up 11% YoY; stock up 7%+ after hours — Salesforce sees strong growth ahead, but its fourth quarter outlook was mixed. — Salesforce delivered strong results as it continues to benefit …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Source: Imran Khan, former chief strategy officer at Snap, raises $17.5M for his new e-commerce startup led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Imran Khan, former chief strategy officer at Snap Inc., has raised $17.5 million for his new e-commerce startup, according to a source familiar with the deal.| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Bird debuts Bird Platform, which sells scooters to entrepreneurs, who can add their brand and rent them out, using Bird's chargers and mechanics for a 20% cut — Bird announced today that it will sell its electric scooters to entrepreneurs and small business owners, who can then rent …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Australia-based Deputy, whose employee management platform makes scheduling for hourly workers easier, raises $81M Series B led by IVP — After eight years of bootstrapping, Deputy sought scale. So the workforce management platform turned to venture capital, quickly raising a $25 million Series A in early 2017.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple's SCOTUS case is about the plaintiff's standing to sue; Apple may prevail, but that doesn't mean App Store isn't a monopoly or rent-seeking isn't growing — Yesterday the Supreme Court held a hearing in the case Apple Inc. v. Pepper. “Pepper” is Robert Pepper, an Apple customer who … | New York Times: |
Some experts say the US economy has become less dynamic as smaller companies shift away from IPOs, choosing buyouts and VC money instead, especially in tech — Ryan Smith spent years planning to sell shares of his software company, Qualtrics, on the stock market, meeting with bankers …
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Adobe: total sales through phones on Cyber Monday hit $2.2B, up from $1.4B last year, as total traffic to online stores from mobile phones rose to 47% — The darling of retailers this holiday season is the smartphone. — Following years of less-than-stellar sales through mobile devices …
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