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Executives of the Alphabet Workers Union say discrimination and harassment continue and the company cracks down on those who are to speak out — Our company's motto used to be “Don't be evil.” An organized work force will help us live up to it. — Ms. Koul and Mr. Shaw are, respectively …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
A group of over 200 Google and Alphabet workers have announced their plan to form a union, open to both employees and contractors — A group of more than 200 Google and Alphabet workers have announced their efforts to form a union. With the help of Communication Workers of America Union's Campaign … | Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Haven, the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan venture to disrupt healthcare, is disbanding after three years — - Haven began informing employees Monday that it will shut down by the end of next month, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. — Many of the Boston-based firm's 57 workers …
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| Reuters: |
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has not appeared in a public setting since a late October forum in Shanghai, where he was critical of China's regulatory system — BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba founder Jack Ma's absence from public view in the past two months, including missing the final episode …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple to release AirTags item trackers, an AR device, its first devices with Mini-LED displays, more Apple Silicon Macs, and new AirPods in 2021 — Apple plans to release its long-awaited AirTags item trackers, an unspecified augmented reality device, and other new products in 2021 …
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Slack confirms it has suffered a widespread outage since 10am ET but is now returning for some users, who may experience “degraded performance” — Users began reporting problems around 10AM ET — Slack is down on the first full work day of 2021.
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| New York Times: |
A British judge rules against extraditing Julian Assange to the US, which has accused him of violating the Espionage Act, citing mental health concerns — U.S. officials want the WikiLeaks founder to face charges of violating the Espionage Act. But a judge in London ruled that he was at extreme risk of suicide.
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| Zak Doffman / Forbes: |
While Facebook touts e2e encryption on WhatsApp, Apple's privacy labels highlight how much user metadata WhatsApp collects compared to iMessage — WhatsApp, the world's leading messenger with 2 billion users sending 100 billion messages each day, popularized secure messaging.| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Singapore now says local law enforcement can access COVID-19 contact tracing data; 78% of its population has adopted the TraceTogether app and wearable token — Under the country's Criminal Procedure Code, the Singapore Police Force can obtain any data — including information gathered …
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @shanedingman, @mguariglia, @campuscodi, @javierpallero, @elizabeth_joh, and @malwarejake
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Google and Snap are in talks to invest in a $200M+ funding round in Indian Twitter-like social network ShareChat at a $1B+ valuation — ShareChat, which added Twitter as an investor in 2019, is in talks to add two more American giants to its captable.
Tweets: @markscott82 and @sameer_singh17
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Oxygen, a digital banking startup that focuses on helping freelancers and others with multiple revenue streams, raises $17M Series A led by Runa Capital — Digital banking startup ReliefClub, Inc., which does business as Oxygen, said today it has raised $17 million in a new round of funding.
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| Gabrielle Coppola / Bloomberg: |
Aeva, a lidar company started by two Apple engineers, says it is raising $200M at a ~$3B valuation from a Hong Kong-based hedge fund ahead of reverse merger — - Deal values Aeva around $3 billion ahead of reverse merger — Volkswagen shareholder Porsche SE is strategic investor
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