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US Supreme Court rules against Apple, allowing iPhone users to sue the company for alleged App Store monopolization; Apple stock is down 5%+ — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 against Apple in a case involving its signature electronic marketplace, the App Store, allowing iPhone users …
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Sources: Amazon has added machines that automate boxing up customer orders at a handful of warehouses; they pack ~700 boxes per hour, 4-5x the rate of a human — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders.
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| Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk: |
Microsoft launches Ion, an open source decentralized identity tool on bitcoin blockchain; source: Ion to shift from bitcoin's testnet to mainnet later this year — Microsoft is launching the first decentralized infrastructure implementation by a major tech company that is built directly on the bitcoin blockchain.| Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News: |
How DataCamp tried to cover up an allegation of sexual misconduct against its CEO for over a year before a community of data scientists forced the truth out — “Sexual misconduct happens everywhere. But DataCamp was dealing with a community with abnormally high standards and support for each other."
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| Biz Carson / Forbes: |
A look at Uber's pitch deck in 2008, where it projected to reach 5% of the top US cities with $20M in profits, and, in the best case scenario, $1B in revenues — ber's founders in 2008 thought the best-case scenario for what they were calling UberCab was to hit $1 billion in revenue.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Study: between 2010 and 2016, traffic congestion in San Francisco grew by about 60%, with Uber and Lyft vehicles accounting for more than half of that increase — Between 2010 and 2016 traffic congestion in San Francisco increased by about 60 percent — and Uber and Lyft are responsible for more than half of that increase
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Flexa launches Spedn app to let users pay for goods in physical stores with cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, and the gemini dollar — Accepted at GameStop, Nordstrom, Whole Foods, and more — A new payment network called Flexa is launching today that'll let you spend cryptocurrencies in physical stores.
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Uber pilots a new PIN feature at the Portland Airport that gives riders a one-time 6-digit PIN in an effort to speed up pickup times and reduce congestion — Uber is piloting a new PIN feature at the Portland International Airport that will give riders a one-time 6-digit numeric code …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
As it ponders Facebook fines, FTC must seek regulation forcing Facebook to make its social graph truly portable, letting users export friend lists to other apps — FTC must pave the path to competition — Choice for consumers compels fair treatment by corporations.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Locus, a logistics and supply chain automation platform, raises $22M Series B led by Falcon Edge Capital and Tiger Global Management — Locus, a logistics and supply chain automation platform that helps shippers optimize their route planning, track orders, and access analytics …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian streaming service Hotstar, now owned by Disney, claims it set a global record by drawing 18M+ concurrent viewers for the IPL cricket final — India's video streaming giant Hotstar, owned by Disney, today set a new global benchmark for the number of people an OTT service can draw to a live event.| Joshua Rivera / Kotaku: |
A developer of cinematics for Mortal Kombat 11 says the violent content of the game and reference materials used to create it led to a PTSD diagnosis — Mortal Kombat 11 is a brutal game. That's what you come for—sensational, over-the-top violence that's inventive and gratuitous on a level that doesn't exist anywhere else.
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