DivvyDose, an online pharmacy competing with Amazon's PillPack and Walmart's CareZone, is acquired by UnitedHealth; source says deal was worth $300M+ — - UnitedHealth Group has acquired DivvyDose, a competitor to Amazon-owned PillPack. — A spokesperson declined to comment.
Twitter hires Rinki Sethi as its new CISO following its July 15 hack; Sethi previously worked at cloud data management company Rubrik — Sethi previously served in security roles at Rubrik, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Intuit, and eBay. — After leaving the position unfilled for months …
Prior to their Wednesday direct listing debuts, the NYSE set reference prices for Palantir at $7.25 and Asana at $21 per share — Both companies are poised to do direct listings on Wednesday; only two other notable companies have done them before — Data firm Palantir Technologies Inc …
Seattle unanimously approved new regulations that would ensure Uber and Lyft drivers earn minimum wage, the second US city to establish the standard after NYC — Seattle became the second big city in the nation to establish a minimum wage standard for Uber and Lyft drivers on Tuesday.
Mozilla last week refreshed Firefox to version 81, adding a new standard theme for the browser, improving its PDF skills and automatically filing in credit card information.
Engineers also patched six vulnerabilities, half of them labeled "High," Firefox's second-most-serious label. Unlike many Firefox upgrades, version 81 did not fix any bugs marked "Critical."
Firefox 81 can be downloaded for Windows, macOS and Linux from Mozilla's site. Because Firefox updates in the background, most users need only relaunch the browser to get the latest version. To manually update on Windows, pull up the menu under the three horizontal bars at the upper right, then click the help icon (the question mark within a circle). Choose "About Firefox." (On macOS, "About Firefox" can be found under the "Firefox" menu.) The resulting page shows that the browser is either up to date or describes the refresh process.
UK-based Huboo, which offers an end-to-end fulfillment service for online retailers, raises £14M Series A led by Stride.VC — Huboo, the U.K.-headquartered startup that offers an end-to-end fulfilment service for online retailers of all sizes, has raised £14 million in Series A funding.
Disney sells TrueX, an ad-tech company it absorbed as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets in 2019, to Gimbal; a source says for less than $100M — Gimbal wants TrueX's technology to go after the ‘addressable-TV’ market, where different ads are shown to different households
Boston- and Shenzhen-based XtalPi, which uses AI for drug discovery and development, raises $319M Series C led by SoftBank's Vision Fund — XtalPi, an American-Chinese biotech firm that focuses on AI-assisted drug discovery, has raised a $319 million round C from a slate of enthusiastic investors led by SoftBank's Vision Fund.
Microsoft is investigating an authentication error impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services, including Office, Teams, Power Platform, and Dynamic365 — Microsoft continuing to look into the problem after roll back fails to solve issue. — Microsoft is currently looking into an authentication error hitting its Office 365 systems.
Amazon launches Personal Shopper for men's fashion for $4.99 per month, expanding on its similar offering for women rivalling Stitch Fix — Amazon is introducing a personal shopping service for men's fashion. The service, now available to Prime members, is an expansion of the existing Personal Shopper …
Fiture, a Chinese startup that offers smart home fitness equipment, raises $65M Series A led by Tencent — FITURE, a Chinese startup that offers smart home fitness equipment, has secured $65 million in a Series A round of financing led by Tencent with participation from its angel round investor Sequoia Capital China.
Federal judge grants a preliminary injunction against a Trump administration order that would have banned TikTok from US app stores — The government said a ban would address its national security concerns. But lawyers for its owner said a ban would be “no different from the government locking the doors to a public forum.”
A look at the Zhenhua database, created by a Chinese tech company with government ties, that compiles personal info on ~2.4M people globally, most from the US — Anne-Marie Brady, a global fellow at the Wilson Center, is a professor at New Zealand's University of Canterbury and executive editor of The Polar Journal.
Interviews with Michael Abrash and Andrew Bosworth on the tech behind Facebook's AR glasses, how Facebook will use the personal data from the glasses, more — Imagine your smartphone morphing to wrap around your eyes. But instead of a dark black screen, now it's see-through.
Pastebin adds two new features, Burn After Read and Password Protected Pastes, that experts say will make it easier to disguise malware operations — The two new features will make it easier to disguise malware operations. — Pastebin, the most popular website where users can share small snippets …
Elon Musk voiced his discontent on Twitter that OpenAI is exclusively licensing GPT-3 to Microsoft saying “OpenAI is essentially captured by Microsoft” — - Elon Musk voiced his discontent on Twitter that OpenAI — the AI research firm he helped found — is exclusively licensing …
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin discloses hack that emptied its hot wallets, with the minimum loss currently estimated at $150M — KuCoin said an intruder drained all its hot wallets today. — Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin disclosed today a mega hack.
Poshmark, an online clothes resale marketplace, says it has confidentially filed its draft S-1 with the SEC for an IPO — Poshmark Inc., an online resale marketplace for second-hand clothing, said it has filed confidentially for an initial public offering.
SEC filing: Postmates posted a loss of $32.2M in Q2, compared to a loss of $73M in Q1; Postmates lost $105.2M in H1 2020 vs. $239M in the same period of 2019 — Popular food delivery service Postmates is in the process of merging with Uber in a blockbuster $2.65 billion deal …
Interview with Visa's Terry Angelos and Cuy Sheffield on the future of blockchain networks, partnering with crypto payment firms, and the Libra Association — Bitcoin was invented to disrupt existing monetary systems that many felt were too expensive and exclusionary.
Apple's Craig Federighi details how ML behind handwriting recognition on iPad works, which was trained using data sourced directly from people as they wrote — The more intuitive a task is for humans, generally, the harder it is for — can't hear your commands, or when your spam filter traps an important email.
Source code of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has leaked online on various file sharing sites this week; Microsoft says it is “investigating the matter” — Windows Server 2003 source also included — Microsoft's source code for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 has leaked online.
DOJ files its opposition to TikTok's request to halt Trump ban, says blocking the ban will infringe on Trump's authority, calls ByteDance CEO mouthpiece for CCP — TikTok is seeking to stave off a ban set to take effect Sunday — The Justice Department filed its opposition Friday …
Tech groups consider legal action against Trump's EO barring federal contractors from offering Diversity and Inclusion training, raising First Amendment issues — The country's top tech companies are mobilizing against President Trump's executive order barring federal contractors …
Epic acquires SuperAwesome, a UK-based platform offering devs a toolkit for implementing kids' safety features in their products; will remain standalone company — Epic Games, an American video game and software developer, announced Friday that it is acquiring SuperAwesome, a UK-based platform used to power kid-safe technology.
Future AR wearables from Facebook, Apple, and Amazon will track how we move and react in real time, setting up a privacy minefield — Facebook recently gave us our best glimpse yet into its augmented reality plans. The company will be piloting a new set of glasses that will lay the groundwork for an eventual consumer-ready product.
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