Bipartisan House lawmakers ask Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple for detailed information about internal operations and execs' emails in antitrust probe
A congressional antitrust investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google entered a new phase Friday, after lawmakers called …
Kickstarter has fired two union organizers in eight days; sources: both were fired for what management said were performance-related issues
April Glaser / Slate :
How incidents like banning an “Always Punch Nazis” comic at Kickstarter led to a unionization push by employees who believe in the altruistic image of the brand
Kickstarter never wanted to be a normal tech company. A crowdfunding platform for artists, gadget-makers … Tweets: @bentarnoff , @waxpancake , and @kevinriggle Tweets: Ben Tarnoff / @bentarnoff : Imp...
Facebook imposed a 24-hour ban on a chatbot operated by the official account of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for violating hate speech rules
JERUSALEM — Facebook suspended a chatbot operated by the official account of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday …
WeWork announces sweeping corporate governance changes in amended S-1; Sources: WeWork is now seeking a valuation as low as $10B to $12B in its IPO
KEY POINTS — WeWork's valuation may fall below $15 billion, CNBC's David Faber reported Friday. Its private valuation was as high as $47 billion.
Cloudflare prices its IPO at $15/share, raising $525M, which gives it an initial market cap of ~$4.4B, an increase of 144%+ over its last private valuation
Cloudflare priced its shares at $15 apiece Thursday, above the high end of its upwardly revised range, raising $525 million in the process.
Cloudflare opens up more than 27% on its first day of trading after raising $525M in its IPO, which valued the company at over $4B
KEY POINTS — Cloudflare priced its IPO at $15 on Thursday, higher than its earlier expected range of $12 to $14 per share. — Matthew Prince of CloudFlare.
AT&T's WarnerMedia signs an exclusive five-year deal with J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot for TV, film, and streaming projects; sources: deal is worth ~$250M
Bad Robot, the production company he runs with his wife and co-CEO, Katie McGrath, will now have all of its divisions …
iOS 13 exploit bypasses the lockscreen to get access to contacts, appears to be fixed in beta copies of iOS 13.1, which is slated for release on September 30
Security flaw should be fixed in iOS 13.1 — Apple is planning to release iOS 13 next week, but one security researcher has already discovered a lockscreen bypass.
Apple says developers now have the option to offer a grace period for auto-renewable subscriptions when they lapse due to factors like expired credit cards
Apple is changing how subscriptions work on its App Store. Before, any lapse in payment could cut off the customer from being able …
Facebook lays out four values that guide its Community Standards, in order to promote freedom of expression: authenticity, safety, privacy, and dignity
not promoting dangerous lies. This is incredibly disappointing and shameful behavior. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Phillip Picardi / @pfpicardi : Abortion is sometimes medically necessary, and th...
Dapper Labs, developer of CryptoKitties, raises $11.2M from a16z, Warner Music Group, and others for its proof-of-stake, high transaction volume blockchain Flow
Now that Warner Music Group has mastered streaming, generating $2 billion in revenue from the technology, the music giant behind Cardi B …
Apple says it is tweaking changes announced at WWDC to App Store policies around Sign in with Apple and the rules around children's app categories
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch :
Researchers: “SimJacker”, a widespread SIM card-based vulnerability, is being exploited by a private actor “that works with governments to monitor individuals”
https://thehackernews.com/... #infosec #technews https://twitter.com/... @thehackersnews : What's more worrisome? According to researchers, a specific private company that works with Governments is ac...
Element AI, which helps companies improve their operations using AI, raises $151.4M Series B, reportedly at a $625M valuation
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Google says it changed how it ranks stories and updated guidelines for evaluation of search results to help better identify and surface original news reporting
Richard Gingras / The Keyword :
Google Photos starts rolling out Memories, a tool that brings back old photos and videos on their anniversaries in an Instagram Stories-like format
Casey Newton / The Verge :
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
dark mode is now available on the desktop app as well as mobile, for everyone. Read more: https://slackhq.com/... https://twitter.com/... @mattietk : Slack has dark mode and now all that effort you sp...
Sources: Daqri, which built enterprise-grade AR headsets and reportedly raised $275M in funding, has closed its HQ, laid off many employees, ahead of a shutdown
While Apple and Microsoft strain to sell augmented reality as the next major computing platform, many of the startups aiming …
Direct-to-consumer dental startup SmileDirectClub closes down 28% on its first day of trading, after raising $1.35B in its IPO at a $9B valuation
Lauren Debter / Forbes :
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”
Anthony Cuthbertson / The Independent :
Sidewalk Labs spinout Replica raises $11M Series A for its modeling tool that uses mobile location data to show public agencies how, when, and why people travel
Replica, the data-gathering tool created within Sidewalk Labs that maps the movement of people in cities, is now a company.
YouTube says it will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, instead calculating rankings based only on organic plays
YouTube will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, the company announced this morning.
Google won't need to admit wrongdoing in a NLRB settlement over complaints of restricting employees' speech, but will need to inform employees of speech rights
although hard to tell what practical effect this will have. Seth Dillon / @sethdillon : Google's slogan used to be “Don't be evil.” Now, it's apparently “Don't tell anyone we're evil.” https://www.wsj...
Bangalore-based OkCredit, which allows small business owners to record financial transactions digitally, raises $67M Series B led by Lightspeed and Tiger Global
Aditi Shrivastava / The Economic Times :
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
Data Sheet Tweets: @nytimes : Uber won't comply with a new California law requiring contract workers to be reclassified as employees, saying drivers are not core to its business https://www.nytimes.co...
Mozilla launches Premium Support for Firefox enterprise customers starting at $10 per supported installation, includes benefits like critical bug fixes with SLA
starting with Firefox premium support for enterprises Carly Page / Inquirer : Mozilla's first paid-for product is biz support for Firefox Gareth Halfacree / bit-tech.net : Mozilla launches Firefox Pre...
Self-driving car startup Voyage, the Udacity spinoff operating taxi fleets in two retirement communities, raises $31M Series B led by Franklin Templeton
Alan Ohnsman / Forbes :
Walmart plans to reach 50%+ of the US by year end with “Delivery Unlimited”, its grocery delivery membership program that costs $98/year or $12.95/month
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Zhuanzhuan, a China-based marketplace for trading used goods, raises $300M Series B from its parent company 58.com and Tencent Holdings
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
Android 10 allows multiple apps to access a phone's microphone at once, in a way designed to benefit accessibility services and Google Assistant
Corbin Davenport / Android Police :
Walmart's Vudu is launching family-friendly features, like Family Play, which lets viewers automatically skip or mute “objectionable” content, and a kids' mode
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Panoramic, an AI-powered digital marketing platform with clients including 20th Century Fox and MGM, comes out of stealth with $35M in funding
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
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