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413InnovationTesla Introduces Self-Driving Microchip, Says Autonomous Taxis Are A Year Away
Tesla invited investors and analysts to its California headquarters on Monday (April 22) to introduce a new microchip for self-driving cars and...
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688CryptocurrencyAmazon Will Soon Accept Bitcoin Payments
Bitcoin, through the lightning network, will soon be available as an option to pay on Amazon and other eCommerce sites, according to...
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679InvestmentsChinese Coffee Co. Luckin Files For US IPO
The Starbucks rival in China, the Beijing-based Luckin Coffee, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States with...
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724DeliveryUber Eats Will Now Deliver Recess, A CBD Drink, In New York
Recess, a CBD-infused sparkling water company, has announced that it will be available on Uber Eats for delivery to customers in New...
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789APIFacebook And Google Create API For Chrome To Speed User Experience
Facebook and Google have teamed up to create an Application Programming Interface (API) in the Chrome browser with the intention of speeding...
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962DeliveryPostmates To Hire More Engineers As It Expands In The Seattle Area
Postmates, the delivery startup that competes against Grubhub, among others, and is expected to launch an initial public offering (IPO), is reportedly...
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1.1KInvestmentseBay In Talks To Lead Investment In Paytm Mall
eBay is reportedly in talks to lead an investment in Paytm Mall in an effort to branch into offline-to-online commerce in India....
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1.1KRidesharingAs Public Firms, Uber And Lyft Could Raise Prices
Uber and Lyft’s initial public offerings could result in customers paying more for their rides. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal,...
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1.2KRetailTarget Launches Everspring Household Brand
To reach consumers on the hunt for offerings that are “clean and natural,” Target rolled out its Everspring household brand. The line...
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1.8KRetailJCPenney Removes Apple Pay Support
Only a few years after a full rollout of Apple Pay, JCPenney has reportedly dropped the Apple Pay digital payment service in...
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1.3KInternationalSony Launches Taxi-Hailing App In Japan
Sony has gotten into the taxi-hailing business, launching an app in Tokoyo last week. First spotted by CNET and covered by reporters...
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1.5KGoogleGoogle Could Add Filters To Lens
Google is overhauling Lens, its image search technology, reportedly adding so-called filters to the technology. According to a report in 9To5Google, the...
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3.0KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Chilean Gov’t Calls For More Regs On Crypto, FinTech; British Virgin Islands Partner With Blockchain Co
The Chilean government has revealed that it is looking to implement tougher regulations on cryptocurrencies and FinTech. According to Cointelegraph, Chile’s Minister...
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4.0KBlockchainJPMorgan To Expand Blockchain Use For Payments
JPMorgan Chase is planning to expand its use of blockchain technology to improve the banking industry’s payment system, as well as get FinTechs...
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3.3KLegalZillow Sues Competitor Compass Over IP Theft
Zillow has filed two lawsuits against Compass, accusing its rival of stealing Seattle-based Zillow’s intellectual property, as well as hiring employees who violated...
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3.1KBitcoinAfghanistan Turns To Bitcoin To Boost Economy
Afghanistan is looking to boost its ailing economy with bitcoin. At the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the...
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2.7KAlternative FinancesProsper Fined $3M By SEC For Overstating Returns
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced late last week that Prosper, the online lender, has agreed to pay a $3 million fine...
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3.4KDigital PaymentsPayPal Eyes Credit To Monetize Venmo
Venmo, the digital payments company, is reportedly considering launching credit cards as a way to profit from its large customer base. According...
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3.0KRidesharingUber Lands $1B To Fund Advanced Technologies Unit
Uber announced late last week that it landed a $1 billion investment from Toyota, DENSO and the SoftBank Vision Fund. On Twitter,...
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3.0KLoansSquare Capital Expands SMB Loan Access To Third Parties
Invoice2go and Square Capital announced late last week they inked a partnership in which Invoice2go customers can access funding from within the...
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1.8KDeliveryConvoy Go Levels The Playing Field For Small Carriers
Convoy, the trucking services company, announced Thursday (April 18) the launch of Convoy Go, a nationwide drop and hook marketplace that lets...
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2.0KIPOPinterest Valuation Tops Nordstrom’s
Pinterest, the image search startup, made its debut as a publicly traded company Thursday (April 18) and was able to close up...
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3.3KAmazonAmazon Adds Music Streaming For Prime Members
Amazon has announced the launch of a new music streaming service for customers with Alexa. “Customers in the U.S. who do not...
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4.9KSecurity & FraudChipotle Hacked, Payment Credentials Compromised
Chipotle Mexican Grill has been the victim of a cyberattack that compromised the credit card payment information for a small number of...
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3.1KStartupsBookkeeping Startup Pilot Lands $40M From Stripe, Index Ventures
Bookkeeping startup Pilot announced it has closed on a $40 million Series B round led by Index Ventures with participation from Stripe. The...
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3.0KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: FinCEN Penalizes P2P Currency Exchanger; Binance Announces Its Own Blockchain
A new report has found that ransomware payments increased nearly 90 percent in the first quarter of the year over the previous...
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3.1KPartnerships / AcquisitionsMicrosoft Acquires Express Logic To Boost IoT
Microsoft announced that it has acquired Express Logic, a leader in real-time operating systems (RTOS) for Internet of Things (IoT), and in edge...
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3.1KSecurity & FraudFacebook Admits Millions Of Instagram Passwords Were Exposed
Facebook admitted on Thursday (April 18) that millions of Instagram passwords were available to be seen by employees in a company-wide database,...
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2.8KLegalInvestors Sue Lyft Over Overhyped IPO
Lyft is being sued by some investors who say the company exaggerated its market position during its IPO in March, which they...
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2.5KLegalApple’s Settlement With Qualcomm May Have Cost As Much As $6 Billion
The legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm is over, and UBS is estimating the iPhone maker paid Qualcomm in the neighborhood of...
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2.4KPayment MethodsRiverPay Aids Merchants With QR Code Payment Integration
The UnionPay card in China is accepted by more than 80 percent of merchants in the United States, but Chinese customers are...
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1.6KLegalLampert Faces Suit From Sears Holdings Corp
In the wake of the retailer’s bankruptcy, Sears Holdings Corp. has filed a lawsuit against former CEO Eddie Lampert, along with ESL...
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1.9KSecurity & FraudFacebook Admits To Uploading 1.5M User Contacts
Social media giant Facebook has admitted that it might have “unintentionally uploaded” the email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May...
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1.5KGoogleIn Response To EU Antitrust Concerns, Google Gives Android Users More Options
A senior Google executive said the company is responding to concerns from EU antitrust regulators by allowing Android users the option to...
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1.9KInvestmentsChina’s Starbucks Rival Luckin Raises $150M
Luckin, a Chinese coffee startup that aims to dominate rival Starbucks in the Chinese coffee market, has raised $150 million in a...
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3.1KSecurity & FraudCarsharing App car2go Hacked, 100 Mercedes Stolen
Daimler’s car-sharing service car2go was shut down temporarily Thursday (April 18) in Chicago after a slew of Mercedes-Benz cars were stolen by using...
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2.1KPersonnelPassport Taps Ex-Sage CEO To Lead Payments
Passport, the mobility management platform, announced Thursday (April 18) that it has named Greg Hammermaster as head of payments. In a press...
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2.2KPartnerships / AcquisitionsYouTube Coming To Amazon Fire TV Devices
Amazon and Google announced Thursday (April 18) that the two are gearing up to launch an official YouTube app on Amazon Fire...
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4.6KBankingT-Mobile Takes On Banks With Mobile Checking
Wireless carrier T-Mobile is getting into the banking market, announcing Thursday (April 18) the launch of T-Mobile MONEY nationwide, a no-fee, interest-earning,...
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1.6KRetailRetail Sales Mark Comeback, Rising 1.6 Pct In March
Spring has sprung, as March marched to the best showing of monthly retail sales data in a year and a half. In...
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1.5KRetailEverlane To Debut New Sneaker Label
With the goal of being better for the planet than the rest of the sneaker industry, Everlane is rolling out a sneaker...
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2.1KRetailDunkin’ Tests Multi-Tender Loyalty Program
To give members of its rewards program more options to earn points, Dunkin’ is experimenting with multi-tender participation in its DD Perks...
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1.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsFlywire, TRUE North Integrate To Reach More International Students
Flywire, the payment company focused on educational institutions and their students around the world, announced Thursday (April 18) an expanded partnership with...
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1.9KIPOPinterest Prices IPO At $19 A Share; Raises $1.43B
Pinterest priced its initial public offering at $19 a share late Wednesday (April 17) raising $1.43 billion and giving the company a...
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3.1KEconomySilicon Valley Is Losing Its Luster With Millennials
Silicon Valley is losing its luster with young adults, as recent polling shows millennials are gearing up to leave the San Francisco...
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4.3KPersonnelJPMC CFO To Run Consumer Lending Business
JPMorgan Chase has named Jennifer Piepszak its new chief financial officer. According to an internal memo seen by CNBC, Piepszak will take...
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2.8KBitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: Rebuilding Notre Dame With Bitcoin; Assange Arrest Leads To Bitcoin Donations
Bitcoin users might soon be able to donate to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral. The French government just launched a website with...
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3.0KSecurity & FraudDeutsche Bank Internal Investigation Finds Russian ‘Dirty Money’
An internal investigation at Deutsche Bank has found that it processed at least €175 million (nearly $197 million USD) in dirty money...
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2.5KAmazonAmazon To Shutter China Marketplace
Amazon is set to shut down its domestic marketplace in China by mid-July. Citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters reported that...
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2.3KInvestmentsUber’s Self-Driving Unit Valued At $7.25B
Uber is working on an investment deal that would value its self-driving unit at $7.25 billion. Citing two people familiar with the...
