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Slack closes at $38.62, up 48.5% from its $26 reference price, on its first day of trading, valuing the company at about $20B — KEY POINTS — Slack surged 48.5% in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. It opened at a share price of $38.50, above the $26 reference price set by the exchange.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Slack's direct listing is a boon for several tech founders, including Jeff Weiner and Biz Stone, who made angel investments and saw returns of up to 1,600x — Even by Silicon Valley standards, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is a master of fundraising. The cofounder of tech's buzziest office …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a voluntary recall and replacement program for 15" MacBook Pro units sold between September 2015 and February 2017 due to battery safety concerns — Apple today said that it is launching a voluntary recall and replacement program for the 15-inch MacBook Pro.
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| JR Raphael / Computerworld: |
Google confirms it is getting out of the tablet business, canceling two unreleased smaller-sized tablets, but remains committed to Pixel phones and laptops — Here's an interesting little nugget of info to chew on: Google's decided to step away from its self-made tablets and focus instead on the laptop form.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says in a letter to US trade representative that tariffs on its products would make it less competitive and reduce its contribution to the US economy — Amid trade tensions between the United States and China, Apple this week sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple is asking suppliers to study feasibility of shifting final assembly of some products out of China amid trade tensions — iPhone maker is asking suppliers to study moving final assembly of some products out of the country — Apple Inc. AAPL -.29% is asking suppliers …
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| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
The CEO of online bank Current claims Facebook's Calibra subsidiary “ripped off” his company's logo; Facebook seems to have used the same design firm as Current — KEY POINTS — Facebook used the same San Francisco-based design firm for its crypto project unveiled this week …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day — Millions of pushpins on Google Maps point to false business addresses created by firms pretending to be nearby
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| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Inside Facebook's new Strategic Response team, tasked with quickly reacting to geopolitical events, as it grapples with Facebook's role in Myanmar and elsewhere — The Strategic Response team's job is to find and help put in place concrete changes to Facebook's products that could prevent violence in conflict-torn countries.
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| Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
Waymo partners with Renault and Nissan to explore creating driverless mobility services in France and Japan — Waymo, Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving vehicle unit, is preparing to expand the scope of its autonomous tech efforts beyond the U.S. in a new partnership with the Renault-Nissan Alliance aimed …
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| Hamza Shaban / Washington Post: |
Pew survey of US adults: 66% say social networks should police offensive content but 69% have little to no confidence they will correctly identify such content — Most Americans believe social media companies have a responsibility to remove offensive content from their platforms.
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| Hayley Peterson / Business Insider: |
Walmart says it is now using AI-powered cameras in more than 1,000 stores to prevent theft at checkouts, in a program internally called Missed Scan Detection — - Walmart is using computer vision technology to monitor checkouts and deter potential theft and other causes of shrink in more than 1,000 stores …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Signify, formerly Philips Lighting, which makes Hue-branded smart lights, announces new Li-Fi lights called Truelifi with data transfer speeds of up to 150 Mbps — Signify's Truelifi can be retrofitted into existing Philips lights — Signify, the company formerly known as Philips Lighting … Sponsor Posts
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