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Hospitals are a weak spot in U.S. cybersecurity
California says Facebook dodged privacy subpoenas
Study of ~10K startups: women represent 13% of founders but own 7% of founder equity; 31% of all equity owners are women, but hold 6% of total startup equity
Memo from a departing chief of White House security lays out how an ongoing reorg under the Trump administration has left its networks more vulnerable to attack
Google hires Javier Soltero, Acompli co-founder and former head of Microsoft Outlook, to run G Suite
Self-driving car startup Zoox raises $200M in convertible note funding that will be folded into a Series C, its first raise since firing CEO Tim Kentley-Klay
MIT researchers show ML models aren't yet capable of effectively distinguishing false news reports and reveal flaws in a commonly used database in the field
IMF predicts slowest global economic growth since 2008 financial crisis
Apple takes down app used to track Hong Kong police
Twitter says it has unintentionally used some email addresses and phone numbers provided for account security purposes for ad targeting
Trump and FCC’s Pai lunched after net neutrality decision
The brewing storm for Big Tech
Atom Finance, investment research platform targeting high-end individual investors, raises $10.6M Series A led by General Catalyst
Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier
Rivals aim to document Facebook, Google strong-arming
The growing list of U.S. government inquiries into Big Tech
Brains are the last frontier of privacy
Teachers warn of "homework gap" stemming from lack of broadband access
Podcasting startup Himalaya overstated its $100M fundraise in February, as it did not have that much money in hand, nor were all the stated investors on board
Silicon Valley-based Long-Term Stock Exchange raises $50M Series B led by Founders Fund, with a16z, Obvious Ventures, and Initialized Capital participating
Facebook debuts first findings from conservative bias audit led by former GOP senator, says it influenced policy changes like creating a content oversight board
Sources: Root Insurance, an auto insurance startup that leverages telematics data from its mobile app to gauge driving style, raises ~$350M at a $3.5B valuation
Study: Porn sites secretly track users
WordPress.com owner Automattic says it will buy Tumblr from Verizon, taking on ~200 staffers, and will keep the porn ban; source: it sold for "well below" $20M
AMD CEO talks about plans to quickly ramp up production of EPYC server chips, launched this week, and sustaining the advantage created by Intel's stumbles
Source: Mario Queiroz, the Google VP who heads its Pixel division, is leaving the hardware unit for a new job in the office of Sundar Pichai
Homeland Security Committee calls on 8chan owner to testify after mass shootings
Source: ex-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and ex-Twitter COO Adam Bain have launched 01 Advisors, a startup advisory and investment firm, which is raising a fund
Cloudflare pulling 8chan support after El Paso shooting
Vimeo launches Vimeo Enterprise for companies to host, share, and manage video content internally, as it pivots from being a video and content company to SaaS
YouTube faces creator backlash
Chairman of Dish on his plans to build a nationwide wireless carrier, including its first 5G launch in late 2020, possibility of big tech partnerships, and more
The growth of U.S. tech job listings has slowed
200+ companies, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, have called on SCOTUS to allow existing sex discrimination laws to cover LGBTQ workers
Rakuten: around 48% of Amazon packages in the US are now delivered by Amazon itself, up from 15% two years ago, when the Postal Service delivered 60%+ packages
Techmeme · 5 months ago
Waymo hired 13 robotics experts from Anki, including co-founder and former CEO Boris Sofman, to lead its nascent trucking initiative
Apple says it has acquired autonomous driving startup Drive.ai, hiring dozens of Drive.ai engineers and, per sources, taking over its autonomous cars
LinkedIn says it will change its algorithm to favor posts that cater to niche professional interests as opposed to elevating viral content
Bipartisan senators to introduce bill that would require firms with 100M+ users to disclose quarterly: the types of data collected, how it's used, and its value
Medallia, which offers a customer experience management platform, files for IPO; it reported a $82.2M net loss and $313.6M in revenue for its last fiscal year
The climate stakes of speedy delivery
Hacker News · 5 months ago