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Observable, which develops data visualization tools and aims to build a GitHub-style community, raises $10.5M Series A led by Sequoia Capital and Acrew Capital (Jared Newman/Fast Company)
Jared Newman / Fast Company: Observable, which develops data visualization tools and aims to build a GitHub-style community, raises $10.5M…
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South Korean chat room operator gets 40 years for blackmail
The operator of an online chat room in South Korea has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for blackmailing…
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Slack shares skyrocket 38% on report of possible Salesforce purchase
Slack went public in June 2019. Getty Images Salesforce.com Inc. is in advanced talks to buy Slack Technologies Inc., according to people familiar with…
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The pandemic has more than doubled food-delivery apps’ business. Now what?
Zachary Davis, owner of The Glass Jar restaurant group in Santa Cruz, Calif., said he intentionally avoided working with food-delivery…
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UK government says it will spend £250M to help carriers replace Huawei 5G tech by 2027, including around £50M in 2021 (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: UK government says it will spend £250M to help carriers replace Huawei 5G tech by 2027,…
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Nasdaq ends at record, but Dow closes below 30,000 milestone on Thanksgiving eve
The technology-heavy Nasdaq index closed at a fresh record Wednesday, its first in three months, but with the Dow Jones…
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Analysis of PS5 and Xbox Series X games, like Devil May Cry 5, CoD, and Dirt 5, shows PS5 narrowly outperforming Xbox despite Microsoft's "most powerful" claims (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge: Analysis of PS5 and Xbox Series X games, like Devil May Cry 5, CoD, and…
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Filing: Facebook will pay $300+ each to 1.57M Illinois residents who made claims following $650M facial recognition suit, a quarter of the 6M eligible residents (Peter Blumberg/Bloomberg)
Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: Filing: Facebook will pay $300+ each to 1.57M Illinois residents who made claims following $650M facial…
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DC AG says DoorDash settled over claims it misled users over allocating driver tips, will pay $2.5M, and ensure earned tips don't reduce base pay (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)
Lauren Feiner / CNBC: DC AG says DoorDash settled over claims it misled users over allocating driver tips, will pay…
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Apple stands by head of global security Thomas Moyer, indicted on bribery charges: "We conducted a thorough internal investigation and found no wrongdoing" (Timothy B. Lee/Ars Technica)
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: Apple stands by head of global security Thomas Moyer, indicted on bribery charges: “We…
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