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Microsoft might crush Slack like Facebook crushed Snapchat – Vox
Sources: Postmates has had talks with DoorDash, Walmart, Uber, and others about being acquired, is still considering following through with its much-delayed IPO
Apple effectively has a monopoly on fixing your iPhone. There’s now a fight to change that.
Sources: Walmart is projecting losses of $1B+ for its US e-commerce division this year; e-commerce CEO Marc Lore is exhausted by internal politics
Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
How a lawsuit could reveal secrets about Silicon Valley’s favorite philanthropic loophole – Today’s “working robber barons” have used a tax break to create a $110 billion charity stockpile, called donor-advised funds. It isn’t getting any smaller.
Guns and the left: I’m an anarchist. It’s time to reclaim guns from the right. – Vox
Uber/Lyft drivers say they were misled into petitioning against workers rights
A plan to phase out fossil fuel production in the US
Friendly policies keep US oil and coal afloat far more than we thought
How the firearms industry relies on female influencers to skirt the restrictions imposed by social media platforms on advertising guns and related services
Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
First Spotify, Now Slack: Wall Street May Be Losing Its Iron Grip On Silicon Valley
Death by algorithm: the age of killer robots is closer than you think
Cryptocurrency: what happens when you put your life savings into bitcoin? – Vox
Why are CVS receipts so long? (2018)
Mary Meeker releases her 333-page Internet Trends 2019 report showing growing e-commerce, expanded US ad spending, rising number of gamers, 51% of world online
Russia and China are waging a “shadow war” against the US, and the battlefields will be AI and space, CNN’s Jim Sciutto says – Hacking and election interference were just the start.
Amazon’s facial recognition boss wants the feds to hurry up with regulation – Otherwise, AWS CEO Andy Jassy said, “you’ll have 50 different laws in 50 different states.”
Reddit · 1 month ago
YouTube finally banned content from neo-Nazis, Holocaust deniers, and Sandy Hook skeptics
Source: the FTC has been questioning Amazon's competitors about Amazon Prime's bundling of services and how Amazon competes with its own marketplace sellers
Techmeme · 1 month ago
California is cracking down on the gig economy: The state Assembly just passed a bill that could give Uber and Lyft drivers basic labor protections for the first time.
The decline of trust in science “terrifies” former MIT president Susan Hockfield: If we don’t trust scientists to be experts in their fields, “we have no way of making it into the future.”
Q&A with Mark Cuban and Steve Case on investing in tech startups outside of Silicon Valley, how AI is changing the tech landscape, tech regulation, and more
Facebook will never strip away Mark Zuckerberg’s power – When it comes to Facebook shareholders, Zuckerberg’s vote is the only one that matters.
We should opt into data tracking, not out of it, says DuckDuckGo CEO
Q&A with Neal Mohan, YouTube's chief product officer, about how the service deals with objectionable content, YouTube remaining an open platform, and more
Despite support from 7,500+ employees, Amazon shareholders voted down a proposal asking Jeff Bezos to produce a comprehensive climate change plan
Techmeme · 2 months ago
Hackers have been holding the city of Baltimore’s computers hostage for 2 weeks – A ransomware attack means Baltimore citizens can’t pay their water bills or parking tickets.
A look at various tools such as drones, sensors, and AI being deployed at the US-Mexico border, as a proposed "smart wall" garners bipartisan political support
Angry Birds, Candy Crush, and a history of mobile game data collection – Vox
Sources: Quora, which has 300M+ MAUs, is raising a $60M round led by Valor Equity Partners at a valuation of $2B, and told investors it had $20M in 2018 revenue
A journey through internet garbage
How golf explains Donald Trump – Vox
America’s health care costs are scaring patients away from the ER – Vox
Dr. Bronner’s soap brand became a touchstone of wellness culture
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Pinboard · 2 months ago
Google’s privacy changes are mostly marketing – Making tracking cookies optional is only a half step toward privacy.
Driver strikes didn’t break Uber — but they showed gig economy workers are mad
Silicon Valley is awash in Chinese and Saudi cash — and no one is paying attention (except Trump) | A tough, new enforcement regime is becoming a geopolitical minefield for venture capitalists and startups
The 20-year argument between Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren over bankruptcy
Sources: Amazon in talks with big US publishers about paying them to expand internationally so it can reach more shoppers with its affiliate business
Techmeme · 2 months ago
She was the “queen of the mommy bloggers.” Then her life fell apart.
An overview of the debate over breaking up big tech and why antitrust might not be the best concept to address most issues people have with big tech companies
Tim Armstrong wants to create Coachella, but for retailers. What does that mean?
Claims that breakfast is a health panacea may be unsupported
An overview of the debate over breaking up big tech and why antitrust might not be the best concept to address most issues people have with big tech companies
How Amazon created the Prime membership program – Vox
Pinboard · 2 months ago
An oral history of Amazon Prime, the internet's most successful membership program with 100M+ members worldwide and one of the main reasons behind Amazon's rise
Techmeme · 2 months ago