Bloomberg: China’s Sinovation Ventures, co-founded by Google, Microsoft veteran Lee Kai-Fu, raises $500M to invest in Chinese AI startups as prices become more “rational” — Ex-Google China chief raised $500 million for AI investments — …
Tom Jackman / Washington Post: Federal appeals court upholds a 15-month prison sentence for e-waste recycler Eric Lundgren for making Windows restore disks — A California man who built a sizable business out of recycling …
Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Atlanta spent ~$2.6M on recovery efforts after the ransomware attack against city’s systems, though it isn’t clear if the city tried to pay the ~$50,000 ransom — THE CITY OF …
Selina Wang / Bloomberg: Twitter beats Q1 estimates with revenue of $665M, up 21% YoY, vs. $605.9M est., and says DAUs up 10% YoY; MAUs up 3% YoY to 336M vs. 334.2M est.; stock up …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Tim Cook to meet Trump at the White House Wednesday, in a meeting closed to the press, amid US-China trade tensions that could affect Apple’s business in Asia — Cook attended …
Vlad Savov / The Verge: Google rolls out a visual and security revamp of Gmail with confidential mode, email snoozing, nudging for time-sensitive emails, 2FA per message, IRM, more — Snoozing, nudging, hover actions, and …
Google is adding new features to Gmail, including a snooze button, and soon, the ability for messages to self-destruct. [ Click for Full Article ] See Full Post : https://www.wired.com/story/gmail-is-getting-a-long-overdue-upgrade
Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Facebook VP Kevin Martin replaces Erin Egan as the company’s head of policy in the US on an interim basis; Erin Egan will remain as chief privacy officer — …
Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: USCIS tells Senate of its plans to stop letting spouses of H-1B visa holders apply for work permits and is working to rescind “International Entrepreneur Rule” — Immigration authorities are cracking …
Bloomberg: Chinese student activist’s letter about faculty intimidation was attached to an ether transaction and posted to the blockchain to evade #MeToo movement censors — Rare student movement seeks to avert government curbs — Blockchain …
