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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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| 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 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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| 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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| 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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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union, says a now-fired employee leaked personal data of ~2.9M members without authorization, including full names — Data for 2.9 million bank members was taken from the bank's system by a now-fired employee. — Today, Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union … | 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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| Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot: |
Report: Facebook plans to make employees of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus transition to @fb.com email addresses, further integrating its family of apps — Facebook is attempting to unify its brand by making employees of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus adopt new emails using the Facebook domain, Business Insider reports.| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
IIHS: car makers including Tesla cause confusion by choosing names like Autopilot for automated systems, resulting in drivers overestimating cars' capabilities — Does the name “Autopilot” cause people to overestimate the abilities of Tesla's driver-assistance technology?| 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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| 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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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduces Stopping Bad Robocalls Act to outlaw a wide array of robocall practices and increase government penalties — House lawmakers on Thursday announced a new bipartisan compromise on a bill to combat robocalls, a proposal that Democrats and Republicans hope …
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