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A look at a dataset that logged the movements of 12M+ Americans with 50B location pings across several major cities between 2016 and 2017 — EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY, everywhere on the planet, dozens of companies — largely unregulated, little scrutinized — are logging the movements of tens … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
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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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
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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| 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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| 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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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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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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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Legal adviser to EU's top court says Facebook's sharing of data on its European users with the US is legal, in court battle against privacy activist Max Schrems — Facebook's sharing of data on its European users with the U.S. is legal and provides sufficient protections, the legal advisor to the EU's top court said Thursday.
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| 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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| 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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| 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
| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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