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Amazon says it will ban police from using Rekognition for one year, says Congress “appears ready” to place stronger regulations on facial recognition tech — - Amazon said on Wednesday that it's putting in place a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition.
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Just Eat Takeaway confirms it is acquiring Grubhub in an all-stock deal; the deal has an equity value of $7.3B — - Deal creates one of world's largest food-delivery companies — Dutch company offered to pay $75.15 per share for Grubhub — Europe's Just Eat Takeaway.com NV agreed … | Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios: |
US-based Chinese activists say Zoom closed their paid account after event commemorating Tiananmen; Zoom says it was complying with local law, has reactivated it — The U.S. video-conferencing company Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held …
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Sources: EU plans to file formal antitrust charges against Amazon for scooping up data from third-party sellers and using that info to compete against them — Charges are set to accuse Amazon of scooping up data from third-party sellers and using that information to compete against them| Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: |
California regulatory agency for transportation formally rules that it considers Uber and Lyft drivers as employees of those companies under AB5 state law — OAKLAND, Calif. —The California Public Utilities Commission, the state government body responsible for licensing and regulating …
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The Technology Coalition, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter, announces Project Protect, a five-point plan to combat online child sexual abuse — - The Technology Coalition is a group backed by the likes of Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Its aim is to combat online sexual abuse.| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail security issues in OmniBallot, a web-based system used across US for blank ballot delivery, ballot marking, and (optionally) online voting — Elections in five states have used or plan to use OmniBallot's online voting tech. — OmniBallot is election software that is used …
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| Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it will discontinue iBooks Author, which will no longer be updated, in July 2020 and iTunes U, its educational resources portal, at the end of 2021 — I have previously written about my frustration With iBooks Author and iTunes U, and Apple has now announced both of these products …
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Dish and T-Mobile have yet to decide on terms of Dish's purchase of Boost Mobile as July 1 deadline approaches; T-Mobile must offload Boost to acquire Sprint — - Negotiations heat up as key divestiture nears July 1 deadline — Issues include Boost customers getting service on new T-Mobile| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Apple becomes the first company to reach a market cap of $1.5T+ — AAPL shares have crossed another major milestone with the market cap hitting over $1.5 trillion during trading today. The growth makes it the first US company to reach the achievement. — Just last week we saw AAPL pushing closer …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Postman, which helps developers build, test, and iterate their APIs, raises $150M Series C led by Insight Partners at a $2B valuation — Postman, a collaborative platform where developers can build, test, and iterate their application programming interfaces (APIs), has raised $150 million … | Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Black tech founders say VCs should move past diversity theater, addressing the lack of top-level black investors and investment in black-run startups — There's a dearth of black investors in venture capital's upper echelons and little investment in start-ups with black founders
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Amid protests, a movement swells to update widely-used tech terms for hard drives, camera flashes, and databases, like whitelist/blacklist and master/slave — During Black Lives Matter protests, a movement grows to update terms used with hard drives, camera flashes and databases.
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Sources: Facebook is establishing a venture arm to invest in startups, has hired a head of investments for the New Product Experimentation team — Facebook has been hiring seasoned tech investors to help lead a new “multi-million dollar” investment fund within its experimental apps team, Axios has learned.
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Two senators have introduced a bill to provide over $22.8B in aid for domestic semiconductor manufacturers; two House members plan to introduce a similar bill — (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill that would provide more than $22.8 billion in aid …
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Alpha Health, which aims to help health systems automate insurance claims and save money in the process, raises $20M Series A from Andreessen Horowitz — Andreessen Horowitz backs startup seeking to make medical reimbursement more efficient — Andreessen Horowitz has led a $20 million Series … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French startup iBanFirst, which enables SMBs do cross-border payments in 30 currencies, raises €21M Series C led by Elaia and Bpifrance's Large Venture fund — French startup iBanFirst has raised a $23.8 million (€21 million) Series C round from Elaia and Bpifrance's Large Venture fund.
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Paris-based Alkemics, which lets brands collaborate and launch products with retailers, raises €21M Series C led by Highland Europe — Alkemics, the Paris-based platform that lets brands collaborate and launch products with retailers, has picked up €21 million in a Series C funding.
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PatientPing, which helps health providers coordinate patient care by sending admission/discharge notifications, raises $60M Series C from a16z, GV, and others — PatientPing, a company that “pings” health providers when one of their patients receives care at another facility, scored a $60 million Series C funding round.
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120+ former staff accuse Change.org of “siphoning” funds from George Floyd petition with “chip in” tool used to promote petitions; tool now temporarily disabled — The site's ‘chip in’ feature looks like a donation, but it's used to promote the petition| Sherisse Pham / CNN: |
Chinese gaming company NetEase raises $2.7B in its Hong Kong listing, shares rise as much as 9.7% in debut trading — Hong Kong (CNN Business)NetEase shares popped as much as 9.7% in their Hong Kong debut Thursday morning — a promising showing for a US-listed Chinese company seeking friendlier market territory in Asia.
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Ethyca, which automates the process of managing sensitive consumer data for compliance, raises $13.5M Series A from investors including Max Levchin — For companies that collect consumer data—which can be anything from an email address to web browsing history—the stakes are increasingly high when it come to managing it.
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