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Memo: Google fires four employees, citing data-security violations, amid rising tension between management and staff — - Move comes after worker protests and union organizing — Google told staff on Monday that it fired four employees for what the company called “clear and repeated violations” of its data-security policies.
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Amazon partners with pharmacy chain Giant Eagle to bring to Alexa prescription medication reminders and the ability to request refills — As Amazon moves further into the healthcare market, the company today is rolling out a medication management feature for Alexa owners.| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Leavy.co, a travel app that pays upfront when users put their room up for rent when they travel, discloses $14M seed funding from January, led by Prime Ventures — Leavy.co, the Paris-born startup that offers a travel app for millennials to help them travel more without getting into further debt … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Buguroo, which uses deep learning and behavioral biometrics to help detect banking fraud, raises $11M Series A — Buguroo, a Spanish cybersecurity startup that leverages deep learning and behavioral biometrics to help banks spot fraudulent activity, has raised $11 million in a series A round …
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Sources: Intel is seeking buyers for its connected home division, a unit that makes chips used in home internet access gear and has annual sales of ~$450M — Intel Corp. is seeking buyers for its connected home division, a unit that makes chips used in home internet access gear, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Mark Zuckerberg's 2019 “personal challenge”, examining the future of tech through public discussions, saw him speak with nine guests: all white and eight men — Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg completed his 2019 “personal challenge” on Monday, his version of a New Year's resolution.| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Documents show California's DMV is making ~$50M/year selling drivers' personal info, partaking in the highly criticized but common practice since at least 2013 — The California Department of Motor Vehicles is generating revenue of $50,000,000 a year through selling drivers' personal information …
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Commerce Department would warn foreign part makers before making ban decisions as part of its proposed implementation of Trump's supply-chain executive order — Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross will “adopt a case-by-case” approach to determining what components will be banned (Getty Images)| Maya Kosoff / GEN: |
How Texas Instruments monopolized the US education market for graphing calculators, products with high profit margins and tech that hasn't changed in 20 years — These $100 calculators have been required in classrooms for more than twenty years, as students and teachers still struggle to afford them
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Teen's TikTok video about China's Muslim camps, bookended with beauty tips, goes viral with 1.4M+ views and ~500,000 likes, as copycats get millions more — A US teenager's TikTok video clip accusing China of putting Muslims into “concentration camps” has gone viral on the Chinese-owned social network.
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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
A look at Athena, a new coalition of three dozen US grass-roots groups seeking to scrutinize and pressure Amazon on working conditions, surveillance, and more — As groups join a coalition against the internet giant, a new report underlines its troubling impact in warehouse towns.
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| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
RIPE, EU's regional internet registry, says it has run out of new IPv4 addresses and any returned will be allotted via waitlist, urges faster adoption of IPv6 — So will you all please move to IPv6? World: Nope. — Analysis It happened four years ago. And again two years ago. And last year.
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Enterprise video messaging service Loom raises $30M Series B led by Sequoia with Instagram co-founders among investors, has 1.8M users across 50,000 businesses — Why are we all trapped in enterprise chat apps if we talk 6X faster than we type, and our brain processes visual info 60,000X faster than text?
Tweets: @joshconstine
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The RISC-V Foundation, which sets standards for RISC-V chip architecture, will move from US to Switzerland amid members' concerns over potential US trade curbs — SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-based foundation overseeing promising semiconductor technology developed … | CNBC: |
Sources: Facebook made several bids to acquire Fitbit, including a final offer of $7.30/share, below Google's announced offer of ~$2.1B in cash at $7.35/share — - Facebook is “Party A,” the company that bid against Google to acquire Fitbit, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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| Gwyn Topham / The Guardian: |
TfL says Uber's London license will not be renewed after it identified risks in Uber's system that allowed drivers to fake their identity; some were unlicensed — Ride-hailing service to continue while it appeals against Transport for London decision — Uber has lost its licence …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tray.io, an enterprise workflow automation platform that lets users tie in APIs from various apps, raises $50M Series C, source says valuing it at $600M+ — Organizations are always looking for new ways to work more efficiently, but too often the problem is that, in a digital-first environment … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Gorgias, a startup offering AI-powered tools for customer service and support, raises $14M Series A led by Flex Capital — Gorgias, a startup offering artificial intelligence tools for customer service and support, is announcing that it has raised $14 million in Series A funding.| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Source: Ant Financial is planning to raise ~$1B for a fund that will invest in startups from Southeast Asia to India — - The fund will focus on startups in Southeast Asia, India — Ant wants to invest in payments, risk control startups — Billionaire Jack Ma's Ant Financial … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon says it is shutting down a controversial program in 2020 that uses AI to send shoppers free samples based on their buying habits — - The program, which it began testing earlier this year, used Amazon's data insights to send shoppers free samples of select products.| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Pricefx, which offers cloud-based pricing software, raises €23M in additional funding as part of its Series B led by Digital+ Partners — Pricefx, the Munich-founded startup that offers cloud-based pricing software, has raised €23 million in additional funding as part of its earlier Series B round.
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