Germany passes law allowing fines of up to $57M for social media companies if they do not delete illegal, racist, or slanderous content within 24 hours
BERLIN — Social media companies operating in Germany face fines of as much as $57 million if they do not delete illegal …
More female entrepreneurs describe sexual harassment by investors on the record; Dave McClure is no longer running 500 Startups after an internal investigation
Their stories came out slowly, even hesitantly, at first. Then in a rush. — One female entrepreneur recounted …
Facebook says it will identify and demote links from users who post more than 50 times a day in News Feed
People who post 50-plus times per day are likely sharing spam or false news, Facebook says. — Facebook has a new way of identifying false news and spam in users' feeds …
Facebook begins global rollout of “Find Wi-Fi” feature for its mobile apps, which displays nearby WiFi hotspots that businesses shared from their Facebook pages
Today we're beginning to roll out Find Wi-Fi everywhere in the world on iPhone and Android.
Images of Microsoft's scrapped Surface Mini leak, showing a felt-like exterior and kickstand
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Microsoft is shutting down Windows App Studio, its web-based app development tool, on Dec. 1, suggests users migrate to Windows Template Studio
Microsoft announced today that it is retiring Windows App Studio, its web-based app development tool. But this isn't as alarming as it seems at first …
Christine Tsai says she is now CEO of 500 Startups after Dave McClure was found to have behaved inappropriately with women
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Palmer Luckey pledges $2,000 per month to a crowdfunding campaign for software that makes Oculus exclusives playable on HTC Vive
The co-founder, who left Facebook a few months after a political controversy, hasn't fully left VR behind. — Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey may not longer …
Nokia nabs Samsung North America CEO to lead its consumer-focused Technologies division
Nokia has finally filled the vacant role of president of its Nokia Technologies division, nine months after Ramzi Haidamus stepped down. — The Finnish tech company has appointed Gregory Lee …
Delivery Hero rises 9% on a first day of trading in Frankfurt after raising about €1B in an IPO
Shares in $5 billion online takeaway food delivery group Delivery Hero (DHER.DE) rose as much as 9 percent on their Frankfurt stock market debut, boosting prospects for other potential technology list...
Facebook says its solar-powered Aquila drone completed its second test flight successfully, flying for 1 hour and 46 minutes before landing perfectly
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AMD's new Ryzen PRO CPUs designed for corporate desktops come with standard Ryzen features plus a 3-year warranty, additional management and security features
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Redfin files for $100M IPO, discloses “Redfin Now” subsidiary that buys houses for resale
Seattle-based online real estate brokerage Redfin is filing to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering. — The offering paperwork filed Friday afternoon by the 15-year-old company …
Dubai Police plan to deploy self-driving miniature vehicles that will use biometrics to scan crowds and identify criminals and suspects
Powered by an advanced machine learning algorithm … Brett Williams / Mashable : Dubai will roll out self-driving, drone-launching police bots, because of course
Inside Uber's partnership with some of New York's unscrupulous car lenders, and its effects on subprime drivers; Uber says it will pause program, investigate
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Virtualized storage startup Tintri closes up 3.86% on its first day of trading, after lowering its IPO price from $10.50-$12.50 range to $7 per share
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Korea's Kakao spins out Kakao Mobility unit which includes ride-hailing service, raises $437M from TPG for the new business
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McMansion Hell architecture criticism blog returns and Zillow drops its complaint against the EFF-supported blogger after backlash over fair use of images
Friday, June 30, 2017 Nick Douglas / Lifehacker : Why McMansion Hell's Use of Zillow Photos Is Fair Use Brian Fung / Washington Post : An online housing giant picked a fight with a one-woman blog. And...
Xcalar, which wants to use big data to provide business insights, announces $16M Series A led by Khosla Ventures; firm has partnerships with Microsoft, Google
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Swift Navigation, maker of high-accuracy GPS hardware for autonomous vehicles, announces $34M round, bringing total raised to $47.6M
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Make.tv, a cloud-based video management firm, raises $8.5M led by Voyager, with Microsoft Ventures, Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital, and Arnold Ventures
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JASK emerges from stealth with $12M Series A, led by Dell Technologies Capital, for its automated threat detection service
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Sources: cybersecurity firm Zscaler to hire banks for potential IPO later this year at a valuation of about $2B
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