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Sources: Anki, the robotics startup that raised $200M+ from investors including a16z, is shuttering and laying off its staff of 200 with one week's severance — It's a hard, hard fall. — Anki, the robotics company that has raised over $200 million in venture capital … | Alphabet: |
Alphabet Q1: revenue of $36.3B, up 17% YoY, net income of $6.66B with EC fine, CPC down 19%, and paid clicks on Google properties up 39% YoY; stock is down 8%+ — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 29, 2019 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Bird is launching monthly scooter rentals for $24.99 in San Francisco and Barcelona — The company will even deliver the scooter right to your front door — If using an app to track down a nearby electric scooter to rent is too much of a crapshoot, Bird is now offering monthly rentals … | Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
Amazon is looking to hire a managing editor of news for its video doorbell company Ring to “deliver breaking crime news alerts to our neighbors” — When news organizations think about competition from tech companies, it's usually in terms of the audience's attention and advertisers' dollars.
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The We Company, better known as WeWork, announces it has filed confidentially for IPO; the company has said its 2018 revenue was $1.8B with a net loss of $1.9B — KEY POINTS — The We Company, better known as WeWork, filed confidentially for an IPO. — The company did not reveal … | BBC: |
Vodafone denies report that said Huawei could have had unauthorized access to the carrier's fixed-line network in Italy, saying the issues were caught and fixed — Vodafone has revealed that it found vulnerabilities in equipment supplied to it by Huawei in Italy 10 years ago.| Bloomberg: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Twitter announces live streaming content deals with Univision, WSJ, and Time and new initiatives with previous partners including Viacom, the NFL, and ESPN — - Twitter Expands Live-Streaming Video Lineup, Sets Content Deals With Viacom, ESPN, Live Nation, Univision, and More
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Garmin adds period tracking to Garmin Connect, announces three new types of Forerunner smartwatches, starting at $199 — The new Garmin Forerunner 45 smartwatch. [credit: Garmin ] — Garmin has been slowly updating its smartwatches and fitness trackers over the past few years, and 2019 appears to be the year of the Forerunner.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon announces that the Alexa Skills Kit now supports Spanish in the US and that Alexa-enabled devices in the US will gain support for Spanish later this year — Hola, Alexa. ¿Cómo estás? Amazon today announced that the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UiPath, a process automation platform targeting IT businesses, raises $568M Series D led by Coatue, at a $7B valuation — Companies are on the hunt for ways to reduce the time and money it costs their employees to perform repetitive tasks, so today a startup that has built a business …
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| Donna Fuscaldo / Forbes: |
Divvy, which helps businesses manage expenses in real time, raises $200M Series C led by NEA, bringing its total raised to $245.5M — Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin
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| Sally Khudairi / The Apache Software Foundation Blog: |
The Apache Software Foundation has completed migrating its Git service to GitHub, says its Git service was decommissioned after completing migration in February — Provides source code tooling services for 200M+ lines of code across 350+ Apache Projects — The Apache® Software Foundation …
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Ad Archive API is criticized for lacking info on ad targeting criteria and being limited to keyword searches, preventing a comprehensive look at ads — Facebook has been accused of blocking the ability of independent researchers to effectively study how political disinformation flows across its ad platform.
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| Lauren Hirsch / CNBC: |
Chewy.com, the online pet product retailer acquired by PetSmart for ~$3B in 2017, files for IPO, reports net loss of $268M on sales of $3.5B for fiscal year '18 — KEY POINTS — Chewy.com, the online pet product retailer owned by PetSmart, filed documents with regulators on Monday to prepare for an initial public offering.
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| Ju-min Park / Reuters: |
Samsung posts a profit of $5.4B in Q1, down 60% YoY, as its semiconductor and mobile businesses post a 64% drop and a 40% drop in operating profits respectively — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted a 60 percent drop in first-quarter operating profit on Tuesday …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
ICE's Bakkt, which has faced regulatory delays, says it has acquired the Digital Asset Custody Company and has applied with NY to become a registered trust — Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange, made a splash last August with big plans to get into the Bitcoin business.
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| Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: |
Justice Department charges a Russian citizen, arrested in Thailand and extradited to the US in March, with stealing $1.5M in targeted hacks of US tax preparers — U.S. authorities have charged a Russian citizen in a scam that netted $1.5 million through bogus tax returns between June 2014 and November 2016 … | Spiegel Online: |
Analysis: Germany's AfD right-wing party, estimated to have support of 11%-15% voters, accounts for 85% of all German political party posts shared on Facebook — A comprehensive analysis has revealed the degree to which German right-wing populists from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are dominating the social media landscape.
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| Dana Rubinstein / Politico: |
Uber has capped the number of drivers in NYC since Apr. 1, source says due to NYC's new driver wage rules; Lyft has similarly capped drivers since Apr. 19 — Uber's and Lyft's once inexorable-seeming growth in New York City has ground to a halt. — Uber stopped hiring new drivers in New York City on April 1.Sponsor Posts
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