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American Robotics’ owner set to acquire fellow drone firm, Airobotics Jul 05, 2022

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Some drone industry consolidation this morning as Ondas Holdings, the company behind Waltham, Massachusetts–based American Robotics announced its plans to acquire Airobotics. It’s admittedly been a few years since we covered the latter, when the Israeli firm announced a combined $28.5 million A/B round. To date, the company has raised $130 million since its 2014 […]

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Google will start erasing location data for abortion clinic visits Jul 05, 2022

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In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to strip federal abortion rights in the U.S., many people are questioning how the apps they use every day might suddenly be turned against them. As concerns over the endless well of data that tech companies built an entire industry around mount, Google is taking at least […]

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Meta is pulling the plug on its crypto payments wallet, Novi Jul 04, 2022

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Three years after Facebook announced its ill-fated push into cryptocurrency, aka the Libra project, the tech giant has signalled another scaling back of its activity — announcing Friday that Novi, the digital wallet payments pilot it launched last October, will be ending on on September 1. In a statement provided to CoinDesk, the tech giant […]

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Google will reimburse developers $90 million to settle a lawsuit over Play Store earnings Jul 04, 2022

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Google said Thursday it will pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit with US developers that accused Google of abusing its power of app distribution and charging an unfairÂ fee of 30% for app purchases and in-app purchases made through the Play Store.

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Open source developers urged to ditch GitHub following Copilot launch Jul 01, 2022

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Software Freedom Conservancy, a not-for-profit organization that provides support and legal services for open source software projects, has called on the open source community to ditch GitHub after quitting the code-hosting and collaboration platform itself.

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Apple says developers will have to submit a new version to use third-party payment systems in South Korea Jul 01, 2022

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Apple announced Thursday that developers can now use a third-party payment system for the South Korea App Store.

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The Drako Motors 2,000-hp electric luxury SUV “feels more like a spaceship” Jun 30, 2022

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Startup EV manufacturer Drako Motors previewed today the follow-up to its $1.25 million Drako GTE: the 2,000-horsepower Drako Dragon Super-SUV.

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Tesla lays off nearly 200 Autopilot workers, shutters San Mateo office Jun 30, 2022

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Tesla has gutted the data annotation team working on Autopilot, laying off nearly 200 employees and shutting down the San Mateo, California office where they worked.

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Arzooo raises $70 million to bring ‘best of e-commerce’ to physical stores in India Jun 29, 2022

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Arzooo, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring the “best of e-commerce” to physical retail shops, has raised $70 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform to more cities.

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Democrats ‘exploring’ legislation to protect data in reproductive health apps Jun 29, 2022

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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that Democrats are considering the introduction of legislation that could protect the abortion rights of citizens.

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