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Facebook says it will now ban ads that promise to cure or prevent COVID-19, or attempt to “create a sense of urgency” about it — - Facebook is tightening up its rules on ads that reference the coronavirus outbreak. — It is banning ads that mentioned it if they attempt to … | Salesforce: |
Salesforce says Keith Block has stepped down as co-CEO but will still advise Marc Benioff; Gavin Patterson named President and CEO of Salesforce International — Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) today announced that Keith Block has stepped down as co-CEO of Salesforce and Marc Benioff is Chair and CEO of the company.
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| Rebekah Valentine / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Facebook has acquired Sanzaru Games, developer of Asgard's Wrath, for an undisclosed amount; the game studio will remain independent under Oculus Studios — Studio behind Asgard's Wrath to join Oculus Studios and continue VR development — Facebook has acquired Asgard's Wrath developer Sanzaru Games for an undisclosed amount.
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| The Walt Disney Company: |
Bob Chapek has been named CEO of The Walt Disney Company, effective immediately; Bob Iger will serve as executive chairman through 2021 — Robert A. Iger Assumes Role of Executive Chairman through 2021 Mr. Iger Will Direct the Company's Creative Endeavors Mr. Chapek Brings 27 Years …
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| Reuters: |
Ex-Apple employees and supply chain experts say preparation for new iPhone production, which usually starts early in the year, may be delayed due to COVID-19 — SAN FRANCISCO/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Travel restrictions to China because of the coronavirus have come just as Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
PayPal is investigating unauthorized transactions affecting numerous German users; a researcher says hackers could be exploiting PayPal's Google Pay integration — All signs point to an attack exploiting PayPal's Google Pay integration. … Hackers have found a bug in PayPal's Google Pay integration …
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| Tom Krisher / NBC Bay Area: |
NTSB says the driver in a 2018 Tesla accident was distracted by a game on his phone and that the NHTSA's hands-off approach to self-driving tech is “misguided” — Just before the crash, the Tesla steered to the left into a paved area between the freeway travel lanes and an exit ramp
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Bangalore-based Rupeek Fintech, an online lender that dispenses loans against gold jewelry and heirlooms, has raised $60M, source says at a valuation of $300M+ — - Indian startup raises $60 million from investors including GGV — India's citizens hoard more gold than any other country| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google patches a Chrome zero-day bug found by its Threat Analysis Group, the third actively exploited Chrome zero-day discovered in the past year — This is the third Chrome zero-day discovered being exploited in the wild in the past year. — Google has released today a Chrome update …
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| Bloomberg: |
Autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai has raised $462M in its latest funding round led by Toyota at a valuation of more than $3B — Toyota Motor Corp. invested $400 million in Pony.ai to strengthen its ties with the Chinese provider of driverless-car systems.| Hannah Gilberstadt / Pew Research Center: |
Pew: 74% of Americans have little or no confidence in tech companies like Facebook and Google preventing misuse of their platforms to influence 2020 election — Nearly three-quarters of Americans (74%) express little or no confidence in technology companies like Facebook …
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| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
In-depth look at the iOS App Store and the potentially anti-competitive ways it restricts consumers and third-parties, an increasing area of regulatory scrutiny — Its App Store has a choke hold on your devices. That may not last much longer. — ou've just dropped $500 on a new iPad Air.
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
A look at US schools' growing use of mobile phone tracking tech from companies like Inpixon, using scanners to pick up Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cell signals — Teachers often lament that phones can be a distraction in classrooms. Some governments have even banned phones outright in schools.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Review of Apple's Chinese Store websites shows around 30 of 42 have reopened, most with shortened hours, as the company seeks to rebound from COVID-19's impact — - Company's store website shows 29 of 42 locations are opening — Apple recently pulled March quarter guidance on virus impact
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
SambaNova Systems, a startup that provides systems to run AI apps from the datacenter to the edge, raises $250M Series C led by BlackRock — The infrastructure required to handle AI workloads is often as complex as it is sprawling, but a cottage industry of startups has emerged whose focus is developing solutions for end customers.
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ServiceMax, which offers cloud-based field service applications built on the Salesforce platform, raises $80M round led by Salesforce Ventures and Silver Lake — ServiceMax, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based provider of asset-centric field service management solutions, raised $80m in growth funding.
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| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
US DOD has adopted a series of ethical principles for the use of AI, says recommendations came after 15 months of consultation with “leading AI experts” — The U.S. military has adopted new ethics guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in its futuristic robot tanks … | Lara O'Reilly / Digiday: |
Sources: France's third largest telecom, Bouygues, awarded a contract to Google to develop a targeted TV ad system using data from Bouygues' set-top TV boxes — Google has long pitched YouTube as an alternative to traditional TV advertising, but it's never managed to make a move into the $170 billion global TV ad market itself.| Jake Bright / TechCrunch: |
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia reports 2019 revenues of €160.4M, up 24% YoY, operating loss of €227.9M, up 34% YoY; active customers reached 6.1M in Q4 — Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia got into the black (by a small amount) on its gross profit vs. fulfillment expenses …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Checkout, a digital payments processing startup, acquires ProcessOut, a startup which helps match e-commerce companies with payment providers — Checkout.com, the quiet London-based payment platform, has acquired its first startup, ProcessOut. Checkout.com surprised everyone last year … | Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
McAfee to acquire Light Point Security, a provider of browser isolation tech used to protect against malicious websites, will integrate tech into its toolkit — McAfee LLC has acquired Light Point Security LLC, a provider of browser isolation technology founded by former National Security Agency cybersecurity experts.
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Bird says it's testing Bird Pay, a feature that lets users buy products from local businesses by scanning a QR code in the Bird app, as it looks to stem losses — Investors want to see profits. Is adding payments to products the solution? — Bird, the scooter company, is pivoting into payments — kind of.
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