Uber says drivers will remain contractors under AB5, as they aren't core to its business which serves as a platform for several types of digital marketplaces
The ride-hail company shrugs off a new bill in California, but legal challenges loom — Uber won't be reclassifying its drivers …
California passes landmark bill that requires gig economy workers to be treated as employees, going into effect Jan 1, affecting companies like Uber and Lyft
what's next? Mathew Katz / Digital Trends : Uber says drivers aren't an essential part of its business Danielle Abril / Fortune : Uber, Lyft, and Other Gig Economy Companies Push Back on New Californi...
Slack launches a dark mode for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with dark mode variants of all existing sidebar themes and a new “Nocturne” dark mode theme
Updated dark mode themes are available today — Slack is introducing a new dark mode for desktop versions of its workplace chat app.
French Economy and Finance Minister says the country will block the development of Facebook's Libra in the EU as it poses a threat to “monetary sovereignty”
French Finance Minister says: ‘We cannot authorise the development of Libra on European soil’
Apple, Facebook, and Google did not sign a letter from 145 CEOs, including those of Lyft, Twitter, Airbnb, and Uber, urging Senate action on gun violence
“Doing nothing about America's gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable," the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.
Amazon launches Alexa Answers, a crowdsourcing platform that lets any user answer questions asked by other users, in the US
The Alexa Answers crowdsourcing platform is now open to everyone in the United States. Amazon says it has measures in place to prevent misuse.
Sources: federal investigators, including the FBI, are probing the conduct and practices of Mithril Capital, the VC firm co-founded by Peter Thiel
Mithril Capital raised over $1 billion on the name of Thiel, one of Silicon Valley's biggest celebrities. Now federal investigators are looking under the hood. Tweets: @teddyschleifer and @voxdotcom ...
Apple updates AppleCare+ monthly payments option for newly purchased iPhones, iPads, and Watches, extending it beyond the 2 years, until canceled
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Sources: Palmer Luckey's border surveillance tech startup Anduril Industries has raised a funding round at a $1B+ valuation from Andreessen Horowitz and others
KEY POINTS — Anduril has secured a funding round with participation from Andreessen Horowitz that values the defense company at more than $1 billion.
Sources: NLRB ordered Google to let employees speak out on political and workplace issues, as part of a settlement of complaints that it restricts free speech
National Labor Relations Board settles political-bias claims raised by former and current Google employees
Hands-on with the HTC Vive Cosmos VR headset, which ships on October 3 for $699 with a trial subscription to Viveport Infinity, HTC's unlimited game service
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Simbe Robotics, which builds autonomous inventory robots for the retail industry, raises $26M Series A led by Venrock
Robots are coming for the grocery aisle, and that's because they promise to save storeowners invaluable time by inventorying shelves of stock quickly and accurately.
Google has agreed to pay a €500M fine and €465M in additional taxes in France to settle a fiscal fraud probe that began four years ago
PARIS (Reuters) - Google agreed to pay a 500 million euro ($548 million) fine in France to settle a fiscal fraud probe that began four years ago …
Google introduces a new Chrome webpage sharing feature in version 77, letting users easily send links to other devices where they use Chrome
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Google Photos starts rolling out Memories, a tool that brings back old photos and videos on their anniversaries in an Instagram Stories-like format
A new feature to help you reminisce, plus same-day printing — Google Photos is adding features to encourage reminiscing …
Spotify updated its ToC in August, requiring Premium Family subscribers to provide location data “from time to time” to ensure users live at the same address
Spotify knows a lot about its users — their musical tastes, their most listened-to artists and their summer anthems. Tweets: @iansherr , @lexysavvides , and @rogerwcheng . Thanks: @rogerwcheng Tweets:...
iOS 13 GM and latest iOS 13.1 beta reference stereo AR headsets and apps, suggesting support for a face-mounted AR experience similar to Google's Daydream
The biggest AR Apple news came … Michael Tsai : Apple's Fall Release Schedule Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat : iOS 13 reveals iPhone-tethered Apple AR glasses with a controller Janko Roettgers / Variety...
Profile of Daniel Dines, the CEO of robotic process automation company UiPath, which has 3,000+ employees around the world and generated $155M revenue in 2018
The man who at once epitomizes the hottest new growth area in tech and the burgeoning hopes for entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe twirls … Tweets: @alexrkonrad , @raluapostol , @briannekimmel , @to ,...
Filing: ICE will pay Cellebrite, an Israeli hacking tools vendor, between $30M to $35M over the next one to five years, more than ten times their 2017 contract
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast :
Healthy.io, which helps patients analyze urine samples with a testing kit and smartphone app, raises $60M Series C led by Corner Ventures
Roughly six years ago, former Israel chief technology officer Yonatan Adiri cofounded Healthy.io, a digital health care startup leveraging AI …
Oracle says co-CEO Mark Hurd is taking a leave of absence for health reasons, releases its earnings a day early, reporting $9.2B in revenue, flat YoY
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Yahoo Japan agreed to issue a tender offer for a 50.1% stake in Japan's largest online fashion retailer, Zozotown; the deal will be worth up to $3.7B
Nikkei Asian Review :
Ola says Ola Bike, the two-wheeler service it launched in 2016, is now operational in 150 Indian cities and towns, and it intends to grow it 3x in the next year
Ola, the largest ride-hailing service in India, said today its two-wheeler service — Ola Bike — is now operational …
In-depth overview of threats faced by macOS users around the world shows phishing attempts, especially those using Apple's brand, are on the rise
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Samsara, a maker of sensors and GPS units for fleet vehicle management, raises $300M at $6.3B valuation from Tiger Global, Dragoneer, a16z, and General Catalyst
Elisabeth Brier / Forbes :
Walmart's Vudu is launching family-friendly features, like Family Play, which lets viewers automatically skip or mute “objectionable” content, and a kids' mode
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Trifacta, which helps clean corporate data so it can be analyzed, raises $100M from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Telstra Ventures, NTT Docomo, and others
Jonathan Vanian / Fortune :
Open-source NoSQL database startup ScyllaDB raises $25M Series C extension round, bringing the total raised to $60M
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Cloudflare discloses potential sanctions violations in SEC filing, says its products were used by blacklisted entities such as terrorists and drug traffickers
Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal :
Akeneo, which develops a product information service to manage all information about products in stores and online, raises $46M Series C led by Summit Partners
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
SmartDrive, which provides in-truck video-based telematics and transportation insights, raises $90M led by TPG Sixth Street Partners
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Lacework, which helps protect cloud environments from data breaches, raises $42M from Sutter Hill Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
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