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Sources: Uber is in talks to lead $170M investment in Lime at a $510M valuation, down 79% from last valuation, and will get option to buy Lime between 2022-2024 — Uber is in talks to lead a $170 million financing in scooter rental firm Lime, whose business has dropped sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic …
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Microsoft says there's been a 75% YoY jump in time spent in Windows 10, and Windows 10X, originally pitched for dual-screen devices, is coming first to laptops — More people are turning to Windows PCs during the pandemic — Microsoft is confirming today that it's planning to refocus Windows 10X on single-screen devices.
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Tweets: @panos_panay, @gcaughey, @vishnunath, @h0x0d, @smashdawg, @benedictevans, @benbajarin, @tomwarren, and @fxshaw
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple and Google release sample code, UI screenshots, detailed policies for COVID-19 exposure notification apps, including prohibiting location data collection — Apple and Google are providing additional resources for developers working with the first version of their Exposure Notification API …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
The new 13" MacBook Pro marks the end of Apple's butterfly keyboards, which debuted in 2015 and remained unreliable despite numerous iterations — In Apple's product lineup, at least — With today's announcement of a new 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple has finally stopped trying to fix … | Apple: |
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| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
Tim Bray, a well known senior engineer and VP at Amazon, resigns after nearly six years, criticizing the company on his blog for firing protesting workers — Tim Bray, a well known senior engineer and Vice President at Amazon has “quit in dismay” because Amazon has been …
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A hacker allegedly bribed an employee of massively popular game Roblox and was able to look up info on high profile users, reset passwords, and more — A hacker bribed a Roblox worker to gain access to the back end customer support panel of the massively popular online video game …
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| William Foxley / CoinDesk: |
NEAR, a blockchain project for running dapps, says it closed a $21.6M token sale led by a16z — NEAR, a blockchain project for running decentralized applications (dapps), announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
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Tweets: @nearprotocol, @evabeylin, @cyber_hokie, @homebrew, @jwolpert, @nearprotocol, @lucasnuzzi, @coindesk, and @mdudas
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
PewDiePie signs an exclusive livestreaming deal with YouTube, following similar deals between YouTube and other stars in recent months — PewDiePie will be live-streaming exclusively on YouTube under a new pact. — To date, Felix Kjellberg — the prankster and videogame creator better known … | Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Google is integrating Meet with Gmail for non-G Suite customers, with some users already seeing a link to launch Meet from Gmail's sidebar — Google Meet zooms into Gmail, starting a houseparty with its other messaging services — Google has wasted no time integrating its Meet videoconferencing …
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Salesforce unveils Work.com, a suite of apps aimed at helping companies and governments navigate reopening offices amid the pandemic — - Software can organize shifts, manage emergency responses — U.S. government increasingly keen to lift stay-at-home orders| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based refurbished gadget marketplace Back Market raises $120M from investors including Goldman Sachs — Back Market has raised a $120 million round of venture capital as it seeks to dramatically expand the market for refurbished consumer electronics.
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EU-Startups, Tech.eu, and TechCrunch
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Nvidia acquires Cumulus Networks, which offers a Linux distribution for networking hardware and had previously raised a total of $134M — Nvidia today announced its plans to acquire Cumulus Networks, an open-source centric company that specializes in helping enterprises optimize their data center networking stack.
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The Official NVIDIA Blog, Wccftech, ZDNet, and HPCwire
Tweets: @shamusema and @cumulusnetworks
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Greece-based Omilia, that develops conversational AI for customer support, raises $20M from Grafton Capital, in its first ever funding round — Omilia, a company headquartered in Greece that has built a conversational AI for customer support, has raised $20 million in its first ever funding round, having been bootstrapped since 2002.| Amanda Meade / The Guardian: |
Google responds to Australia's plan to force online platforms pay for news content, arguing search results are like publishers' posters in a newsagent's window — Google Australia responds to government's move to force it to pay for content by arguing it provides publishers with free advertising
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Mumbrella, B&TB&T, Business Insider Australia, news.com.au, The Age, The Spinoff, and The Register
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Egypt-based Instabug, which aims to help mobile developers quickly identify and fix bugs within apps, has raised $5M Series A led by Accel — Instabug, which provides mobile developers with real-time contextual insights throughout the mobile app lifecycle, has raised $5 million in a Series A led by Accel.Sponsor Posts
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