Docs: SpaceX paid $250K to settle a flight attendant's allegation that Elon Musk exposed himself and offered a horse in exchange for an erotic massage in 2016
Complications for the Twitter deal? Bill Chappell / NPR : Elon Musk denies a report accusing him of sexual misconduct on a SpaceX jet Abram Brown / Forbes : How The Sexual Misconduct Allegations Again...
Tanium, a cybersecurity company valued at $9B+, is moving its HQ from just outside Oakland, CA to Kirkland, WA near Seattle, after going remote first in June
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Pitch deck details Column, a paid social network centered on tech/business notables, with Aron Ping D'Souza as CEO; investor Sarah Cone later said she was CEO
unsolicited and without any indication that it was confidential or embargoed—two weeks ago in an attempt to have this publication as a prospective partner.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... @tech...
CoStar buys Cozy, a startup helping landlords screen tenants, market properties, and collect rent, for $68M to improve its rental listings site Apartments.com
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Sources: Amazon in late-stage talks with several cities including Crystal City, VA, Dallas, New York for HQ2, may place smaller operations in runner-up cities
What Happens Next to Tech Stocks Worldwide Nat Levy / GeekWire : Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va. Rick Smith / WRAL TechWire : Report:...
Sales tax automation company Avalara files for an IPO on NYSE, expects to raise up to $150M
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Walmart to offer home delivery of groceries in 100 cities by year's end by partnering with delivery companies using contract workers, starting with Uber
for a fee Monica Chin / Mashable : Walmart's grocery delivery service to launch in 100 cities Business Wire : Walmart to Expand Online Grocery Delivery Coast to Coast Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Walmart...
Baidu acquires Seattle-based natural language startup Kitt.ai, which helps build and power chatbots and voice-based apps across multiple platforms and devices
Within the past year … Frank Hersey / TechNode : Baidu buys Kitt.ai and other news from its first AI conference Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet : Baidu steps up AI efforts with Kitt.ai acquisition, Nvidia p...
Security inspections of 4 Trump properties including Mar-a-Lago found vulnerable servers, wireless printers without passwords, unencrypted database login pages
Thursday, May 1, 2017 — A couple years ago … Eric Lieberman / The Daily Caller : Report: Trump's Mar-a-Lago Is Highly Vulnerable To Hacking John Johnson / Newser : Hackers Could Have a Field Day at ...
Verizon has acquired Skyward, a Portland-based startup that makes commercial software to help track and manage drones
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