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A look at recent statements by tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, and others, regarding racism in America — Comments Share 70 Tweet Share Reddit Email — Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response to the outrage …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook, in a memo to staff addressing racism in US, says Apple will give to non-profits like Equal Justice Initiative, match staff donations 2-to-1 in June — - Tim Cook writes letter to employees after George Floyd killing — Apple donating to equal justice, human rights groups, CEO says| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
YouTube says it will donate $1M to the Center for Policing Equity, a nonprofit think tank that works with police departments to change discriminatory practices — The nonprofit works with police departments to address discriminatory behavior — YouTube says it will donate $1 million …
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| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sources: President Trump and Mark Zuckerberg had a phone conversation on Friday that was described by both sides as productive — In the week that President Trump took on social media, Axios has learned that he had a call Friday with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that was described by both sides as productive.
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| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
As some Facebook employees publicly express anger, Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook is committing $10M to groups working on racial injustice — - At least six Facebookers have condemned CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to leave up U.S. President Donald Trump's post.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based Beam, which offers shared electric scooters in Korea, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Taiwan, raises $26M Series A — Beam, a Singapore-headquartered micromobility firm that offers shared e-scooters, has raised $26 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand …
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| Bloomberg: |
Zynga says it will buy Turkish mobile game developer Peak for $1.8B, its biggest acquisition yet; the deal is $900M in cash and $900M in Zynga stock — - Turkish company known for its Toy Blast and Toon Blast Games — Deal will boost Zynga's margins, revenue and users: CEO| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba debuts AliExpress Connect, a service to pair influencers with brands and merchants, hoping to attract 100,000+ creators this year with a focus on Europe — - AliExpress Connect links social media darlings with merchants — Model replicates China success of Taobao's live-streaming app
Tweets: @sonaliranade, @pingroma, and @sirsteven
| Noah Kirsch / Forbes: |
StubHub's co-founder Eric Baker bought back the company for $4B just days before the pandemic brought the live events business to a halt — Fifteen years after Eric Baker was fired from StubHub, the ticketing giant he cofounded, he bought it back for $4 billion—weeks before coronavirus utterly wrecked the business.
Tweets: @tonyknopp, @forbes, @alexrkonrad, @forbessports, and @iamjackstephens
| Stitcher Blog: |
Stitcher releases its first podcasting report, with 10 years of data trends; a pandemic update shows a dip in listening at commute times and a lunchtime rise — What a decade of industry growth looks like from the app perspective. — It's been over a decade since we launched the Stitcher app.| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Some Walmart staff claim AI-based tech used in stores to prevent shoplifting misidentifies innocuous behavior as theft and often fails to flag actual stealing — The retailer denies there is any widespread issue with the software, but a group expressed frustration—and public health concerns.
Tweets: @doctorow, @wired, @lmatsakis, and @doctorow
| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
London-based freight forwarding and supply chain finance startup Beacon raises $15M Series A from investors including 8VC and Jeff Bezos — The Amazon chief is taking a stake in Beacon, a digital freight-forwarding and supply chain finance firm, Sky News learns. — City editor @MarkKleinmanSky
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