Uber says it is rolling out Uber Connect, its same-day, no-contact local package delivery service introduced in April, to 2,400+ new cities and towns in the US
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Walmart announces a trial run with Zipline to deliver medical, health, and wellness products by drone in Northwest Arkansas in early 2021
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Apple becomes the first US company to reach a $2T market cap during intraday trading, two years after reaching $1T
here's when it may be worth $3 trillion BBC : Apple helped make ‘top secret’ iPod for US government Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Apple Is Now Worth $2 Trillion Kelly Earley / Silicon Republic : Appl...
Nintendo says 160K Nintendo accounts were compromised since the beginning of April using credentials obtained illegally by “some means other than our service”
We would like to provide an update on the recent incidents … Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net : Nintendo confirms up to 160,000 accounts accessed in huge privacy breach Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost : Ni...
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : FBI in Possession of Software Able to Profile Anyone Using Just a Picture Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1225: the facial ...
US government charges Anthony Levandowski, a former star engineer at Google and Uber, with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of Google trade secrets
this time in criminal court Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Former Waymo lidar lead Anthony Levandowski charged with stealing trade secrets Sasha Lekach / Mashable : Former Google and Uber exec faces...
Lyft S-1: 2018 revenue of $2.2B up 100% YoY, gross bookings of $8.1B from 1B+ rides, loss of $911M, up 32% YoY, 39% market share in the US, up from 22% in 2017
So Are Losses Walter Frick / HBR.org : The Strategy Question at the Center of Lyft's IPO Axios : Lyft files first for IPO in litmus test for the industry Harper Neidig / The Hill : Lyft files to go pu...
After lawsuit from multiple states, federal judge issues temporary restraining order blocking online distribution of 3D printed gun tutorials
but we should still be worried New York Times : Opponents Try to Block Posting of Blueprints for Homemade Guns CBS News : Federal judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns Jason Hanna / C...
Sonos debuts Beam, a $399 compact soundbar coming later this year with five-microphone array and Alexa integration; Google Assistant, Airplay 2 support planned
Best Overall Best Value Best Small … Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : Sonos unveils Beam smart sound bar, confirms AirPlay 2 and Siri coming to its speakers in July Chris Davies / SlashGear : Th...
Amazon Go, a high-tech version of a 7-Eleven, will finally open on Monday — with no checkout lines and no cashiers
How disruptive will it be? Chris Johnston / BBC : Amazon opens a supermarket with no checkouts Daniel Cooper / Engadget : Amazon's convenience store of the future makes me nervous Ms. Smith / CSO : Am...