Best Buy will be closing all of its 250 mobile phone stores in the US by end of May, says sales from the mobile stores account for ~1% of company revenue
The electronics retailer, which will close all 250 Mobile stores by the end of May, said operating the small stores cost more than big-box locations
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Fired Google engineer who worked at the company for seven years files lawsuit against Google alleging “bro culture” led to repeated sexual harassment
Loretta Lee, a software engineer who worked at Google for seven years before being fired in February 2016 …
Uber debuts Uber Health, a B2B ride-hailing platform for healthcare that allows hospitals and clinics to assign rides for patients from a centralized dashboard
Uber's launching a new business line called Uber Health on Thursday that will provide a ride-hailing platform available specifically …
Researchers: second-hand smartphones account for an increasing share of phone buys as upgrade cycle widens from 23 months in 2014 to estimated 33 months in 2019
Some shoppers are balking at new-phone price tags pushing $1,000 or features that don't impress
Sources: Nintendo is focusing on making accessories and increasing Switch supply, rather than updating its hardware, a year after it first went on sale
Seventeen million sets will have been sold by March 31 — OSAKA, Japan— Nintendo Co. NTDOY .33% is looking to peripherals to lift …
After removing some conspiracy and pro-gun videos and channels, YouTube says it will reinstate videos that may have been removed in error by moderators
Looks like that whole “content moderation” thing wasn't a joke after all. — The Future — Looks like that whole “content moderation” thing wasn't a joke after all.
Twitter says it's seeking proposals from experts to assess its “health” and whether it's fostering positive debate or enabling “abuse, spam, and manipulation”
Twitter, like other major tech companies, has faced a year of punishing criticism, as it's been roiled by misinformation …
EU announces guidelines mandating that tech firms remove terror content within one hour of it being flagged by law enforcement or Europol
EU announces guidelines to tech giants for removing terror and other illegal content from their websites — BRUSSELS—The European Union on Thursday upped …
DoorDash raises $535M Series D led by SoftBank, sources say at a post-money valuation of $1.4B, and says it will increase its headcount by 250 to ~800 this year
The challenge for the company will be to stay disciplined even as it sits on a huge stockpile of dollars.
Sources: SEC increases scrutiny of ICOs, issuing “scores” of subpoenas and information requests to companies and advisers about structure of sales and pre-sales
Regulator issues subpoenas to parties engaged in booming market for initial coin offerings
Spotify Technology S.A. F-1 SEC filing for public listing on NYSE
despite still not turning a profit Kerry Flynn / Mashable : Spotify files for an IPO on the NYSE Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Spotify IPO now official, claims twice as many paid subscribers as Apple Mus...
Google unveils Learn with Google AI site for AI and machine learning resources, posts free 15-hour Machine Learning Crash Course used by 18K Google employees
A new ‘Learn with Google AI’ site will serve as a hub for AI and machine learning resources — Machine learning and AI …
Spotify files with SEC for $1B direct listing, will use SPOT as stock symbol; reports 71M paid subs, up 46% YoY, $4.09B revenue in 2017, up from $2.95B in 2016
Dan Primack / Axios :
Spotify's gross margin has grown from 16% to 21% from 2014 to 2017, but since it pays per stream, it still must figure out how to turn usage growth into profit
Spotify generates billions in revenue and gives most of that money to the music labels. But it is gaining leverage and getting better margins.
Astranis raises $13.5M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz for a new geostationary satellite technology to provide broadband internet
Satellite startup Astranis announced Thursday that it has raised $13.5 million in a Series A round. The round brings its total funding to $18 million.
Spotify had 159M MAUs in December 2017, up 29% YoY, of which 71M were premium subs; CEO Daniel Ek owns 23.8% of the firm, co-founder Martin Lorentzon has 12.4%
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Vero's rise has put a spotlight on founder's past as an exec at his family's controversial construction firm and the social network's Russian development team
the Instagram App Killer Has Risen to the Top of App Charts Brittany Bennett / Bustle : What Is Vero? Here's What To Know About The New Social Media Platform Everyone Is Talking About Bryan Menegus / ...
Report: China has issued two automakers licenses to test autonomous vehicles in Shanghai region, the first time it has awarded such a licence
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China issued licenses to auto makers on Thursday that allow self-driving vehicles to be road tested for the first time, the state-owned Xinhua news agency reported.
Facebook says it found no additional evidence of Russia-linked ads during Brexit campaign in 2016 after launching standalone investigation in January 2018
Alex Hern / The Guardian :
Viber announces Viber Community group chats, with virtually no limit on group sizes and option for moderators to monetize, and says it has 1B registered users
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Twitter begins rolling out its Bookmarks feature, which lets users privately save tweets to view later via a new share button, to all mobile users
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Microsoft Teams adds guest support for users with any email address
advancing creativity, teamwork, and management in the modern workplace Peter Bright / Ars Technica : Teams, Microsoft's Slack competitor, is about to become a whole lot more competitive Tyler Lee / Ub...
PullString publicly releases Converse 1.0 enterprise software, which allows non-technical users to design, prototype, and publish voice apps for Amazon Alexa
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Genesis Global Trading launching digital currency lender Genesis Capital to allow investors to borrow bitcoin, ether, other cryptocurrencies for a fixed time
Seema Mody / CNBC :
Sources: China-run Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund is in talks to raise as much as $31.5B to invest in Chinese chip firms over second half of 2018
Bloomberg :
How server redirects in a group of apps, meant to camouflage users of ByLock messaging app, led to 11K+ wrongful arrests in Turkey after the 2016 failed coup
Paul Benjamin Osterlund / The Verge :
Mist, a startup that offers an AI-powered self-learning wireless LAN for enterprises, raises $46M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
Sources detail what some describe as an unhappy work environment at Snap, where CEO Evan Spiegel retains tight control but has been empowering some executives
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg : Tweets: @sarahfrier , @jank0 , @shiraovide , @sarahfrier , @sarahfrier , and @mdudas Tweets: Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : Snap employees were told they wouldn't get 2017 cash...
Box reports Q4 revenue of $136.7M, up 24% YoY, in line with estimates, and has 82K+ customers but forecasts revenue of $142-143M vs $144.3M est; stock down 11%+
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
Salesforce reports Q4 revenue of $2.85B, up 24% YoY, vs. $2.81B est., and raises full fiscal 2019 revenue guidance by $150M to $12.6-$12.65B
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Venezuela's “petro” cryptocurrency is a joke that uses blockchain to hide debt for the government, while giving nothing in return, especially to Venezuelans
Matt Levine / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bv , @alegw , @benbartenstein , and @treehcapital Tweets: @bv : Venezuela is deep in debt. Their “petro” cryptocurrency won't help http://www.bloomberg.com/... http...
San Francisco-based Triplebyte, which develops online tools to assess engineers' skills and match them to jobs, raises $10M Series A led by Initialized Capital
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios :
Twitter's Q4 showed its continued strength in Japan, where Facebook has flagged, with revenue rising 34% YoY to $106M, buoyed by strong advertising options
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