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Treat your ex-employees better!
3 days ago –
Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on
everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to
embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox
by signing up for his newsletter! We have a policy at TNW that if you
have ever worked for ...
Algorithm downgrades nearly 40% of English exam results, hitting poorer students hardest
3 days ago –
An algorithm used to determine school-leaving grades in England
has downgraded 39% of the results predicted by teachers — with
disadvantaged students suffering the biggest drop. Exam regulator Ofqual
adopted the system when exams across the country were cancelled due to
the COVID-19 pandemic. Ins...
Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Kraken expects Bitcoin to rally up to 200% in the coming months’
3 days ago –
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every
fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I,
Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past
24 hours. As Schopenhauer used to say: Intelligence is in the eye of
the beholder! Bitcoin pr...
Notebooks are leather-bound graveyards for your ideas
3 days ago –
There’s so much talk about where ideas come from — what inspires
them and how to keep them flowing. Call me uninspired, but I think
that’s the wrong question. Instead of where they’re coming from, I’m
more interested in where those ideas are going. Once you have a killer
idea, what’s next? That’s...
This AI simulation of Roger Federer helps him overcome his Wimbledon SHAME
2 days ago –
In the 2019 Wimbledon final, Roger Federer was a point away from
becoming the oldest player to win a major championship in the Open era.
But the Swiss ace uncharacteristically hit his forehand shot just wide,
giving Novak Djokovic the chance to snatch the title. Pundits feared
the error would hau...
Thunderstorms are difficult to predict — and heatwaves make it even harder
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If you’re in the UK, you may not have slept well this week.
According to the weather gauges at the University of Reading, where I
work, Tuesday 11 August was the third hottest night in records that date
back to 1908. But it seems that, as is often the case with summer hot
spells, the heatwave is ...
EA renames its subscription service to EA Play
2 days ago –
EA today revealed that it’s rebranding and consolidating its
subscription service. Whereas before it operated under a few different
names, now it’ll all be under a new banner called EA Play. This is
likely both an attempt to avoid confusion and to make its transition to
Steam more appealing. I wo...
A time traveler’s guide to the end of the universe
2 days ago –
In this series we’ll take a science and technology-based
overhead view of the future from the perspective of a time traveler.
This edition focuses on what you’d see if you traveled far enough into
the future to watch the universe end. So you’ve decided to visit the end
of the universe? Well, bull...
Tech Crunch
Digital imaging pioneer Russell Kirsch dies at 91
3 days ago –
Russell Kirsch, whose research going back to the ’50s underlies
the entire field of digital imaging, died earlier this week at the age
of 91. It’s hard to overstate the impact of his work, which led to the
first digitally scanned photo and the creation of what we now think of
as pixels. Born to […]
Despite a difficult Q2 2020, Lyft and Uber reiterate profit promises
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Lyft is sticking to its previous target to hit quarterly
adjusted profitability by the fourth period of 2021, a milestone it says
it can achieve even with fewer rides. The company reiterated its
quarterly adjusted profit target timeline — a milestone based on
earnings before interest, taxes, depr...
Six Toronto VCs discuss COVID-19 and the post-pandemic era
3 days ago –
As North America’s fourth-largest city, Toronto is one of the
world’s top startup ecosystems. After spawning companies like Eventbrite
and Crowdmark, Ontario’s capital has attracted international talent
that complements its homegrown population of entrepreneurs and technical
talent. Six investors...
Daily Crunch: Apple removes Fortnite from the App Store
3 days ago –
Epic Games takes on Apple, Instagram fixes a security issue and
Impossible Foods raises $200 million. This is your Daily Crunch for
August 13, 2020. The big story: Apple removes Fortnite from the App
Store The controversy over Apple’s App Store policies has expanded to
include Epic Games and its ...
Facebook users are pretty bad at telling how much time they spend on it
3 days ago –
A lot of studies and discussion of social media use time spent
on the platforms as evidence for various theories and conclusions — but
it turns out that people are actually super bad at telling how long they
spend on them, according to research from Facebook. If you were
conducting a study that w...
Uber and Lyft lose bid to delay worker reclassification order in California
3 days ago –
Uber and Lyft have lost their bid to delay a preliminary
injunction that will force the two ride-hailing app companies to
reclassify drivers as employees. A California superior court judge
denied Thursday the companies request to delay the order from going into
effect August 20. The decision sets...
Pinterest employees are walking out today in light of discrimination allegations
2 days ago –
Pinterest employees are walking out today to demand change at
the company. The walkout is directly in response to recent accusations
of racial and gender discrimination at Pinterest. Organizers of the
walkout are encouraging employees to post the following message in the
#qanda and #pinployees-gl...
Thirty Madison raises $47 million for its direct to consumer treatments of hair loss, migraines and indigestion
2 days ago –
Thirty Madison, the New York-based startup developing a range of
direct to consumer treatments for hair loss, migraines and chronic
indigestion, has raised $47 million in new financing. After last week’s
nearly $19 billion merger between Teladoc and Livongo, remote therapies
and virtual care comp...
A beginner’s guide to diversity, equity and inclusion
2 days ago –
After Minneapolis police killed George Floyd and the subsequent
racial justice uprising, many people in tech shouted from the rooftops
that “Black Lives Matter,” despite having subpar representation of Black
and Latinx folks at their companies. In some cases, these companies’
proclamations of “Bl...
Thoughts on ‘self-driving money,’ day trading and product development from Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff
2 days ago –
Andy Rachleff founded Wealthfront a decade ago to give investors
a better and smarter way to manage their wealth, building on core
academic research showing that a carefully balanced portfolio of low-fee
ETFs outperformed more aggressive strategies. Since then, the company
has taken in billions o...
Thoughts on ‘self-driving money,’ day trading and product development from Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff
2 days ago –
Andy Rachleff founded Wealthfront a decade ago to give
investors a better and smarter way to manage their wealth, building on
core academic research showing that a carefully balanced portfolio of
low-fee ETFs outperformed more aggressive strategies. Since then, the
company has taken in billions o...
Facebook pushes back against Apple’s App Store fees
2 days ago –
Facebook joined the growing ranks of companies publicly
complaining about the 30% fee that Apple collects on payments made
through its App Store. Those complaints came midway through a blog post
about the social network’s new feature supporting paid online events.
Facebook said that to support st...
Human Capital: A timeline of Uber and Lyft’s fight against AB 5 and Pinterest’s fall from grace
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Welcome back to Human Capital. This week, Uber and Lyft's legal
battle against a California law pertaining to independent contractors
continued, and Pinterest employees reached their breaking point.
Gillmor Gang: VP Live
18 hours ago –
The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Michael Markman, Keith Teare,
Denis Pombriant, Brent Leary, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Tuesday,
August 11, 2020. For more, subscribe to the Gillmor Gang Newsletter and
join the notification feed here on Telegram. Produced and directed by
Tina Chase Gillmor ...
Liquid unicorns, accelerating transitions, and Gen Z’s venture impact
19 hours ago –
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment.
Startups Weekly: The US is finally getting serious about 5G
21 hours ago –
There are few things that US political leaders can agree on
these days, but one of them thankfully appears to be 5G. Manufacturing,
transportation, agriculture, health care and many other industries are
beginning to incorporate the fast, device-to-device connectivity
provided by the fifth-generat...
The Verge
Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store
3 days ago –
Photo by Stefan Etienne / The Verge
Following its removal from the Apple App Store, Fortnite has also been
kicked off of the Google Play Store for Android. Earlier today, Epic
Games snuck in an update for both the iPhone and Android versions of the
game that allowed users to pay Epic directly ...
Apple has finally met its Fortnite match
2 days ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Apple’s walled garden gets an epic test
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Trump gives TikTok a new deadline: 90 days instead of 45
2 days ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
President Trump issued an executive order Friday giving ByteDance 90
days to either sell or spin off its TikTok business in the US.
“There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance ...
might take action that threatens to impair the nat...
An Uber and Lyft shutdown in California looks inevitable — unless voters bail them out
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Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images
Going dark for two months could help show voters what’s at stake in November
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