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Lyft Details Slight Improvement In Ride-Hailing in May

Jun 2, 2020 · 2:45pm PDT
Lyft says a continuation of May's trends through June would mean a slightly smaller second quarter loss than it had been expecting. The wild card are the curfews now in place in major cities.
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Twitter Names Patrick Pichette as New Board Chair

Jun 2, 2020 · 2:20pm PDT
The board shuffle indicates that there are more structural governance changes happening inside Twitter.
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Blockchain-Based Journalism Startup Civil Shuts Down

Jun 2, 2020 · 1:42pm PDT
The ConsenSys-backed media platform had big ambitions, but couldn’t find a way to make its complex funding model work.
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Zuckerberg Defends Facebook’s Trump Decision as Employees Protest

Jun 2, 2020 · 1:35pm PDT · 1 comment
The decision to allow Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on Facebook has riled the company’s employees to an unprecedented degree.
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In ‘Blackout Tuesday’ Protests on the Internet, Apple Stands Out

Jun 2, 2020 · 1:27pm PDT
Apple showed support for an anti-racism event Tuesday by overhauling its music service to showcase a single radio station featuring black artists.
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Google Cloud Loses Product Marketing VP to VMware

Jun 2, 2020 · 1:19pm PDT
Carol Carpenter’s departure reflects broader changes to Google Cloud’s marketing organization, which previously operated independently.
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Cisco Postpones Major Customer Conference

Jun 2, 2020 · 11:57am PDT
Cisco, after moving its largest event of the year to virtual format in March due to Covid-19, is again moving it due to nationwide protests.
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HBO Max Is Not Subject to AT&T’s Data Caps

Jun 2, 2020 · 8:58am PDT
In the absence of net neutrality, HBO Max has a big advantage over its competitors.
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Civil Rights Leaders Frustrated by Call With Zuckerberg

Jun 2, 2020 · 7:51am PDT
Civil rights leaders say Facebook is facilitating violence by failing to take down Trump's posts.
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Silver Lake Pours More Cash Into Vacation Rental Manager

Jun 2, 2020 · 5:09am PDT
Silver Lake’s $108 million investment in Vacasa follows deals to back travel booking sites Airbnb and Expedia.
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Chinese Tesla Rival Xpeng Files for U.S. IPO

Jun 2, 2020 · 3:08am PDT
Chinese companies are still trying to list in the U.S. despite moves to restrict their access to Wall Street capital.
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Stitch Fix to Lay Off 18% of Staff

Jun 1, 2020 · 6:00pm PDT · 1 comment
Later this year Stitch Fix plans to hire 2,000 employees in lower cost cities around the U.S., a sign the layoffs are an effort to cut costs without reducing its employee numbers.
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U.S. Senators Plan Attempt to Regulate Contact Tracing Apps

Jun 1, 2020 · 4:18pm PDT
The bill, known as the “Exposure Notification Privacy Act,” would make sure the data collected within the apps isn’t sold for commercial use.
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Court Challenge to Trump’s Twitter Order Unlikely Before Election: Analyst

Jun 1, 2020 · 1:07pm PDT
A legal challenge to Trump’s executive order on social media won’t be ripe until government agencies actually try to enforce it.
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Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout Over Handling of Controversial Trump Post

Jun 1, 2020 · 12:43pm PDT
While Facebook has roughly 48,000 employees, this many publicly opposing the company’s position is unprecedented.
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WarnerMedia CEO Kilar Names New CTO

Jun 1, 2020 · 10:20am PDT
Richard Tom has worked with Kilar at Hulu and co-founded Vessel with him.
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Uber, Lyft Suspend Operations During U.S. Curfews

Jun 1, 2020 · 10:08am PDT
Another unforeseen blow to ride hailing services.
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Zynga to Buy Turkish Games Firm for $1.8 Billion

Jun 1, 2020 · 6:57am PDT
The acquisition follows CEO Frank Gibeau's turnaround the company and fulfils his plan to expand Zynga through deals.
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Australian Newspapers Could Be Liable for Comments on Articles Posted to Facebook

Jun 1, 2020 · 6:49am PDT
The verdict comes amid increased scrutiny of social media platforms’ liability over comments posted to their sites.
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Netease Follows Alibaba With a Secondary Share Offering in Hong Kong

Jun 1, 2020 · 3:42am PDT
Tech companies are still eyeing Hong Kong despite the territory's unrest as the U.S. seems increasingly hostile to Chinese firms.