Uber buys food delivery service Postmates for $2.65B in an all-stock deal
- Uber agreed to buy Postmates, the fourth-largest U.S. delivery food service, for $2.65 billion in stock. — Uber had attempted to acquire GrubHub last month but talks failed.
Facebook and Telegram say they are suspending requests for user data from Hong Kong police, following a new national security law by China
Action comes ‘pending further assessment’ of China's national-security law for territory — HONG KONG— Facebook Inc. FB .97% and its WhatsApp messaging service …
AAA games for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will likely be priced at $69.99, the first rise since 2005, when Activision released COD: 2 for $59.99
Video games have been $60 for as long as many of you can remember, but price listings for the upcoming “NBA 2K21” titles for PlayStation 5 …
Source: UK to begin phasing out use of Huawei equipment in its 5G network as soon as this year, after report doubted viability of Huawei due to new US sanctions
- Decision would reverse green light given to Chinese tech giant — Minister Dowden to give statement on Huawei before July 22
Even if government use of facial recognition tech is regulated more strictly, issues will remain due to the ubiquity of the same tech in consumer devices
A growing number of gadgets are scanning your face. — Facial recognition is having a reckoning.
To defend Black lives, and protect their rights and dignity, we must defund facial recognition and other surveillance tech fueling racist US policing
I'm a second-generation Black activist, and I'm tired of being spied on by the police. — Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. Tony McDade.
Inside Quibi's implosion, aided by the divisive management styles of Katzenberg and Whitman, compounded by a failure to understand its digital-native audience
The Emmy race has begun! Vulture is taking a close look at the contenders until nomination-round voting closes on July 13. Tweets: @dkthomp , @nymag , @dkthomp , @nymag , @mattzeitlin , and @walthick...
Researchers demonstrate an algorithm that could predict COVID-19 outbreaks based on data from Google, Twitter, smartphones, and other streams
Researchers have developed a model that uses social-media and search data to forecast outbreaks of Covid-19 well before they occur.
Netflix began to build its Black content catalog, the envy of Hollywood, in 2015 after the success of “Orange Is the New Black” and a memo from Black employees
The company didn't set out to build a big library of Black programming, but now it's the envy of its rivals. Tweets: @benyt , @benyt , @wajahatali , @rakeshlobster , @stevensantos , @katrina_hrm , @sa...
A Nigerian man with 2.4M Instagram followers, who allegedly conspired to use hacked email accounts to trick others into sending money, was extradited to the US
A Nigerian social-media celebrity was extradited to the U.S. from Dubai to face fraud charges. Tweets: @alykhansatchu and @alykhansatchu Tweets: Aly-Khan Satchu / @alykhansatchu : Nigerian Instagram S...
Florida becomes first state to enact a DNA privacy law, blocking life, disability, and long-term insurers from accessing genetic data
Florida on Wednesday became the nation's first state to enact a DNA privacy law, prohibiting life, disability and long-term care insurance companies from using genetic tests for coverage purposes.
US government's Lifeline broadband subsidy program only serves under one-fifth of the 38M qualified households, with some blaming FCC's Ajit Pai
The federal government's main program to keep lower income people connected is only serving one-fifth of the people it could help … Tweets: @mandl Tweets: Ken Mandl / @mandl : Digital dependence, inte...
Social networks like Twitter lack ways to de-escalate conflicts caused by viral posts, but potential solutions exist, like a self-applied “I was wrong” label
Nick Punt : Tweets: @nickpunt , @nickpunt , @nickpunt , @nickpunt , @iansherr , @ldrogen , @willoremus , @willoremus , @paulstewartii , @medium , and @willoremus Tweets: @nickpunt : Much like rules v...
How Wirecard, a global electronic-payments giant that was once valued at $14B+ and said it processed $140B of transactions a year, fully unraveled in eight days
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Indonesian startup Payfazz, which uses a network of agents to provide financial services, raises $53M Series B led by B Capital and Insignia Ventures Partners
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Kirkland, WA-based auto repair financing service DigniFi raises $14M Series A led by BuildGroup and Exor Seeds
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Facebook partners with CBSE, an Indian government education body, to launch a certified curriculum on AR and digital safety for students and teachers in India
Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Tweets: @anjakovacs , @mikebutcher , @hackylawyer , @anivar , @chrisinsilico , and @smerrells Tweets: Anja Kovacs / @anjakovacs : Facebook is partnering with CBSE to launc...
LA-based telehealth veterinary service Airvet raises $14M Series A led by Canvas Ventures
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eMarketer: US consumers to spend $710B online in 2020, up 18% YoY, with ecommerce's share of the retail market growing to a record 14.5%
Dave Lee / Financial Times : Tweets: @jrichlive , @_mrherbert , @neilretail , and @sub8u Tweets: Jeff Richards / @jrichlive : US consumers will spend >$100B more on ecommerce this year than last year...
UK tech companies say operating with remote workers has changed their approach to post-Brexit hiring: executives will be local to HQs, most other roles won't
Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg : Tweets: @carnage4life and @brexit Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : It's now quite clear tech companies are going to embrace remote work as a solution to immigrant wor...
LA-based Scalefast raises $22M Series B to help DTC brands launch e-commerce stores in as little as 15 days, bringing its total raised to $32M
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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.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.