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Uber settles Waymo lawsuit, pledges not to use Waymo's trade secrets; Waymo will receive 0.34% stake in Uber worth about $245M — Uber Technologies Inc. settled the high-stakes trade-secret theft lawsuit brought by Waymo, resolving a conflict that already cost the ride-hailing giant …
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Settlement with Waymo is a big win for Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and opens a way for rapprochement between the two companies — The courtroom has been cleared, the lights are off in the spillover room on the 19th floor and the initial takes are in on the Uber vs. Waymo trial.| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is preparing to launch a delivery service, “Shipping with Amazon”, beginning in LA in coming weeks with third-party merchants — The company is preparing to begin the offering in Los Angeles with its ‘third-party merchants’ and then roll it out more broadly
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YouTube temporarily suspends ads on Logan Paul's channels citing “recent pattern of behavior”, after multiple controversial posts since the suicide victim video — It's only a temporary suspension though — Has controversial YouTuber Logan Paul changed? It seems YouTube doesn't think so.
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Facebook confirms test of “downvote” button on some comments for users to give feedback to company, with options like “Offensive”, “Misleading”, “Off Topic” — How can Facebook promote meaningful interaction between users?
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Russia arrests scientists who tried to mine Bitcoin on a supercomputer at a top-secret nuclear research facility where USSR's first atomic bomb was produced — Russian security officers have arrested several scientists working at a top-secret Russian nuclear warhead facility for allegedly mining crypto-currencies.| Wall Street Journal: |
Viacom to launch streaming service by September with content it has removed from Hulu, Netflix, is talking to US mobile carriers to distribute its TV channels — Viacom Inc. plans to launch an ad-supported streaming-video service by September that will offer shows and other content from across … | Paul Sandle / Reuters: |
Facebook will award $10M in grants to people creating and leading communities, with up to $1M grants for 5 leaders and $50K for 100 more — LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people …
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VLC 3.0 launches on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Android TV, Apple TV, Chrome OS, supports hardware decoding for 4K, 8K video, 360-degree video, more — VideoLAN today launched version 3.0 of its media player across all major desktop and mobile platforms: Windows (ARM, x86, x64) …
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Sources: Ant Financial plans to raise up to $5B in fresh equity that could value the online payments giant at $100B+ in what is viewed as pre-IPO fundraising — HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Ant Financial Services Group is planning to raise up to $5 billion in fresh equity that could value … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Snap tried to buy now defunct messaging app Secret for up to $60M, but couldn't agree on price since Secret was valued at $120M in 2014 Series B round — Evan Spiegel secretly tried to hire away the team at Secret, but the price was too high. That's according to three sources familiar with the deal who spoke to TechCrunch.| Tim Peterson / Marketing Land: |
Facebook will count organic reach impressions only when a Page post actually appears on a person's screen starting next week — Facebook originally said it would switch to only counting viewable impressions in November 2016, but the new system took longer than expected to build.Sponsor Posts
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