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Lawmakers balk after Facebook explains how it collects and monetizes location data of users who have denied location services in their smartphone OS for its app — - In response to a letter from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Facebook explained why it tracks users' locations …
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State of startups survey: 33%+ of founders worry about the end of a tech bubble, 65% say 2020 fundraising will be hard, and diversity and mental health are key — Welcome to the fifth edition of State of Startups. What started as an experiment in 2015 has since become a treasured tradition here at First Round.
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Facebook acquires Spanish cloud gaming startup PlayGiga, reportedly for ~€70M — - Facebook has acquired PlayGiga, a Madrid-based company that specializes in cloud gaming. — Over the past few years, Facebook has been expanding its efforts in gaming.
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MyShake, an app that uses data from the USGS alert system that senses earthquakes, sent out its first public alert for a 4.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday — In a milestone, California's new statewide earthquake early warning cellphone app sent out its first public alert for a magnitude 4.3 earthquake …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Spotify is prototyping Tastebuds, a social feature that allows users to interact with and discover music by searching the people they follow — Spotify is prototyping a new way to see what friends have been listening to, called “Tastebuds.” Despite how discovering music is inherently social …
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Facebook says it will ban any branded content, including influencers' posts, promoting tobacco products, vaping, or weapons on Facebook and Instagram — - For the first time, Facebook and Instagram are putting restrictions around the types of items that brands can promote using “branded content.”
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
US government says Uber will pay $4.4M to victims of alleged gender discrimination and strengthen sexual harassment defenses, following an EEOC investigation — An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation found “reasonable cause to believe that Uber permitted a culture …
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| New York Times: |
An examination of poorly secured police and private databases reveals how China is ramping up its ability to spy on its citizens to new and disturbing levels — The authorities can scan your phones, track your face and find out when you leave your home. One of the world's biggest spying networks …
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
After tests in Chicago, Uber to expand Uber Works, its marketplace for short-term jobs in hospitality, events, light industrial, and other sectors, to Miami — Governments around the world are pressing Uber Technologies Inc. to give employment benefits to its army of gig drivers.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Spanish startup Glovo, an on-demand delivery service for food, groceries, pharmaceuticals, and more, raises €150M Series E led by Abu Dhabi's Mubadala — Spain's Glovo, an on-demand delivery app platform which operates in Europe, LatAm and Africa delivering food but also other urban conveniences … | Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple, Amazon, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance announce a partnership to create a universal smart home standard, called the “Project Connected Home over IP” — - Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance announced a new partnership. — It's called Project Connected Home over IP …
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| Dave Muoio / MobiHealthNews: |
Boston-based OM1, a healthcare industry startup which organizes and analyzes large datasets to measure and predict clinical outcomes, raises $50M Series C — Scale Venture Partners headed the round, which comes roughly a year and a half after OM1's $21 million Series B.
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| Antoine Gara / Forbes: |
A look at Cross River, a bank that is underwriting loans at a rate of $1B+ per month to customers of some popular fintech apps, including Affirm and Upstart — If you want a glimpse of the future of banking, don't look to Silicon Valley or Manhattan's financial district.
Tweets: @antoinegara and @jake_bernstein
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Photo Roulette, a guessing game app for up to 50 players that picks a random photo from any phone and shows it to all players for five seconds — Popular game draws images from players' camera rolls at random, causing embarrassment, raising privacy concerns
Tweets: @caseynewton, @arainert, @taylorlorenz, and @hunterwalk
| Bloomberg: |
Current and ex-employees of SoftBank's Vision Fund describe an environment of sycophancy towards Son, harassment, rivalries, and a culture of recklessness — Masayoshi Son's venture capital firm is famous for making outsize bets on tech startups. It has also been described as an environment of sycophancy and harassment.
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