Bob Chapek has been named CEO of The Walt Disney Company, effective immediately; Bob Iger will serve as executive chairman through 2021
Robert A. Iger Assumes Role of Executive Chairman through 2021 Mr. Iger Will Direct the Company's Creative Endeavors Mr. Chapek Brings 27 Years …
Facebook says it will now ban ads that promise to cure or prevent COVID-19, or attempt to “create a sense of urgency” about it
- Facebook is tightening up its rules on ads that reference the coronavirus outbreak. — It is banning ads that mentioned it if they attempt to …
Salesforce says Keith Block has stepped down as co-CEO but will still advise Marc Benioff; Gavin Patterson named President and CEO of Salesforce International
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) today announced that Keith Block has stepped down as co-CEO of Salesforce and Marc Benioff is Chair and CEO of the company.
Ex-Apple employees and supply chain experts say preparation for new iPhone production, which usually starts early in the year, may be delayed due to COVID-19
SAN FRANCISCO/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Travel restrictions to China because of the coronavirus have come just as Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) …
Facebook has acquired Sanzaru Games, developer of Asgard's Wrath, for an undisclosed amount; the game studio will remain independent under Oculus Studios
Studio behind Asgard's Wrath to join Oculus Studios and continue VR development — Facebook has acquired Asgard's Wrath developer Sanzaru Games for an undisclosed amount.
PayPal is investigating unauthorized transactions affecting numerous German users; a researcher says hackers could be exploiting PayPal's Google Pay integration
All signs point to an attack exploiting PayPal's Google Pay integration. … Hackers have found a bug in PayPal's Google Pay integration …
NTSB says the driver in a 2018 Tesla accident was distracted by a game on his phone and that the NHTSA's hands-off approach to self-driving tech is “misguided”
Just before the crash, the Tesla steered to the left into a paved area between the freeway travel lanes and an exit ramp
Jury convicts ex-Microsoft engineer of 18 felonies after he stole $10M in digital currencies from the company and used it to make extravagant purchases
A former Microsoft worker was convicted of 18 federal felonies after he stole $10 million worth of digital currency from his ex-employer …
Review of Apple's Chinese Store websites shows around 30 of 42 have reopened, most with shortened hours, as the company seeks to rebound from COVID-19's impact
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Google says it will spend $10B on offices and data centers in the US this year, focusing on 11 states including MA and NY, down from $13B in 2019
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Wednesday it would invest more than $10 billion in offices and data centers across the United States this year.
Salesforce acquires Vlocity, a provider of cloud and mobile software built atop Salesforce, for $1.33B, and beats with Q4 revenue of $4.85B, up 35% YoY
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A look at US schools' growing use of mobile phone tracking tech from companies like Inpixon, using scanners to pick up Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cell signals
Teachers often lament that phones can be a distraction in classrooms. Some governments have even banned phones outright in schools.
Autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai has raised $462M in its latest funding round led by Toyota at a valuation of more than $3B
Toyota Motor Corp. invested $400 million in Pony.ai to strengthen its ties with the Chinese provider of driverless-car systems.
US DOD has adopted a series of ethical principles for the use of AI, says recommendations came after 15 months of consultation with “leading AI experts”
But How Will They Be Enforced? Shivangi / Army Technology : US DoD announces adoption of AI ethical principles Ankit Panda / The Diplomat : US Department of Defense Adopts Artificial Intelligence Ethi...
Toy manufacturers are making merchandising deals with YouTube stars like Blippi and channels like Cocomelon as kids seek toys based on what they watch online
YouTube stars such as Stevin “Blippi” John draw retailers' interest as children seek products based on what they watch online
Pew: 74% of Americans have little or no confidence in tech companies like Facebook and Google preventing misuse of their platforms to influence 2020 election
Nearly three-quarters of Americans (74%) express little or no confidence in technology companies like Facebook …
D-Wave launches Leap 2, the latest version of its quantum cloud service for developers that can handle problems with up to 10,000 variables
D-Wave today announced the launch of Leap 2, the latest version of its quantum cloud service that gives developers real-time access to its hardware quantum systems.
Plume, which develops an AI-powered adaptive home Wi-Fi mesh network system, raises $60M Series D at a $510M valuation, bringing its total raised to $127M
Plume, a Comcast-backed startup that develops an AI-powered adaptive home Wi-Fi mesh network system, has raised $85 million in a mixture of equity and debt financing.
Connected fitness startup Tempo, which uses AI to tailor workouts, raises $17.5M Series A from Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and others
The connected fitness space just keeps growing. — Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily — Tempo is the latest company to join the pack …
Amazon opens Amazon Go Grocery in Seattle, its first full sized grocery store without cashiers or checkout lines
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Two programmer-musicians algorithmically generated every 8-note, 12-beat MIDI melody in one octave and openly licensed them to help others in copyright suits
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Bangalore-based Rupeek Fintech, an online lender that dispenses loans against gold jewelry and heirlooms, has raised $60M, source says at a valuation of $300M+
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ServiceMax, which offers cloud-based field service applications built on the Salesforce platform, raises $80M round led by Salesforce Ventures and Silver Lake
On-demand tutoring app Snapask raises $35M Series B led by Asia Partners and Intervest to expand in Southeast Asia, bringing its total raised to $50M
Snapask, an on-demand tutoring app, announced today that it has raised $35 million in Series B funding.
Sources: Invite Media reduced its assets before Google's $80M acquisition in 2010 to avoid requiring FTC approval, the kind of deal the FTC is now re-examining
The 2010 acquisition of Invite Media could come up for new scrutiny — Something unusual was underway in early 2010 at Invite Media … Tweets: @mattrosoff , @jason_kint , @alex , and @ericnewcomer Twe...
Unqork, which develops a no-code platform for enterprise insurance and financial services, extends its $80M Series B to $131M
Three-year-old New York-based software company Unqork, which is developing a no-code platform for enterprise insurance and financial services …
Google patches a Chrome zero-day bug found by its Threat Analysis Group, the third actively exploited Chrome zero-day discovered in the past year
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Google says a planned server update gone awry caused Nest cameras to go down for over 16 hours
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Apple publishes extensive deep dives into the tech behind its Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR
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Comcast acquires Xumo, an ad-supported video streaming service that has about 10M MAUs, source says for over $100M
source peg the price as more than $100m, but not material for Comcast. https://www.cnbc.com/... Thanks: @mattrosoff See also Mediagazer
SambaNova Systems, a startup that provides systems to run AI apps from the datacenter to the edge, raises $250M Series C led by BlackRock
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
McAfee to acquire Light Point Security, a provider of browser isolation tech used to protect against malicious websites, will integrate tech into its toolkit
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
In-depth look at the iOS App Store and the potentially anti-competitive ways it restricts consumers and third-parties, an increasing area of regulatory scrutiny
@WillOremus in @ozm https://onezero.medium.com/... OneZero / @ozm : In 2018, unwilling to continue paying the “Apple tax,” Netflix followed Spotify and Amazon's Kindle books app in pulling in-app purc...
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia reports 2019 revenue of €160.4M, up 24% YoY, operating loss of €227.9M, up 34% YoY; active customers reached 6.1M in Q4
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Sources: France's third largest telecom, Bouygues, awarded a contract to Google to develop a targeted TV ad system using data from Bouygues' set-top TV boxes
Lara O'Reilly / Digiday :
Checkout, a digital payments processing startup, acquires ProcessOut, a startup which helps match e-commerce companies with payment providers
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Flock Freight, an AI-driven marketplace helping shippers and SMBs find freight transportation, raises $50M Series B led by SignalFire and GLP Capital Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
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