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Disney and ad-tech firms agree to privacy changes for children's apps
1 hour ago | NY Times
The settlements of three class-action cases could prompt industrywide changes for apps and ads aimed at young people.
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Disney may have plans for a 'real' retractable lightsaber. This animation shows how it would work
1 hour ago | Business Insider
Summary List Placement Disney may be working on bringing the signature Star Wars lightsabers to our Republic.
According to a patent filed in 2018 by Disney and new r eporting...
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New York Times tech workers form a union
2 hours ago | NY Times
The group of more than 650 workers at the company includes software engineers, designers, data analysts and product managers.
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Naperville-based hub88 acquired by fellow tech incubator 1871
2 hours ago | Chicago Tribune
Chicago-based technology incubator 1871 is acquiring its Naperville counterpart known as hub88.
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Bloomberg Expanding Its Quicktake Streamer to Documentary and Celebrity Shows
2 hours ago | New York Post
Bloomberg Quicktake is planning a primetime lineup of business-focused, celebrity-hosted shows that will bring a business focus to sports, tech and lifestyle programming.
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Chicago food tech startup gets $70 million in funding to keep the world's bananas and avocados fresher longer
3 hours ago | Chicago Tribune | 2 articles
Hazel Technologies, a Chicago-based food tech startup that keeps bulk produce fresh with a small drop-in packet, received $70 million in funding to grow its business...
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How A High-Tech Company Built A Resilient Supply Chain That Withstood The Pandemic
3 hours ago | Forbes
Pure Storage never stocked out during the pandemic. That was not because demand for their products tanked. They had designed their supply chain to be agile and resilient.
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Could Virginia Tech Cornerback Caleb Farley Fall Into The Green Bay Packers' Lap?
4 hours ago | Forbes
Virginia Tech cornerback Caleb Farley's draft stock is slipping due to a procedure on his back performed March 23.
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Here's where tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon stand in their race to revolutionize healthcare
4 hours ago | Business Insider
Summary List Placement Microsoft just made its second-largest acquisition ever to buy AI firm Nuance for its healthcare-specific cloud technology - and it's just one way tech...
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Product-First Initiative: It Pays For Corporate Leaders Thanks To Covid
5 hours ago | Forbes
Product-first puts technology vendors in the driver seat when it comes to selling innovation to enterprises. Is outsourcing thought leadership to tech vendors a competitive...
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Obama says he 'grieves' with the family of Daunte Wright, makes call to...
Summary List Placement Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday expressed grief at the police killing of a 20-year old Black man, Daunte Wright in Minnesota, while also calling... Read more ...
Veterans of color say video of police pepper-spraying a Black Army officer...
Summary List Placement A video of police officers holding a uniformed Black US Army soldier at gunpoint and pepper spraying him during a traffic stop in Windsor, Virginia is a... Read more ...
Will Smith Pulls Film Out Of Georgia, Ignoring Post-Reconstruction Era...
Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua pulled their movie out of Georgia in protest of the state's new voting law. Described as a big-budget slave thriller, “Emancipation” was... Read more ...
Moderna and Pfizer shares climb after CDC calls for pause in use of J&J...
Summary List Placement Shares of Moderna and Pfizer climbed on Tuesday after the CDC called for the pause in use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. The call from the CDC... Read more ...
Market wizard Marsten Parker averaged a compound annual return of 20% over...
Summary List Placement Marsten Parker isn't your average investor. In fact, Parker beat the market for 20 out of 22 years of his investing career, often by double digits, using... Read more ...
Archegos chief Bill Hwang donated huge amounts of Amazon, Netflix, and...
Summary List Placement Bill Hwang donated Amazon, Netflix, and Facebook shares to his private foundation. The Archegos chief's Grace and Mercy Foundation cashed them in for... Read more ...
Siri says the date of Apple's next launch event is April 20
Summary List Placement Apple's voice assistant Siri has revealed the company's next launch event will take place on April 20. MacRumors first reported that after asking Siri... Read more ...
The US is sending 500 extra troops to Germany, Defense Secretary Austin...
Summary List Placement Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday that the US will station 500 more troops in Germany. He said that this would "strengthen deterrence... Read more ...
Bitcoin surges to all-time high above $62,000, taking year-to-date gain to...
Summary List Placement Bitcoin soared to an all-time high well above $62,000 on Tuesday, taking year-to-date gains to more than 110%, as the remarkable rally in the world's... Read more ...
US futures hover near record highs as investors nervously await key US...
Summary List Placement US stock futures hovered near record highs as investors waited for key inflation data. Bitcoin soared to a new all-time high above $62,000 ahead of... Read more ...