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Lauren Feiner / CNBC : A look at top Democratic presidential candidates' stances on tech issues like breaking up Big Tech, digital privacy, encryption and backdoors, and Section 230   —  - Voters from 14 states and one U.S. territory will decide which Democratic candidate to support for the presidential nomination on Super Tuesday. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2I6JTgL

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News : K Health, whose AI-powered primary care app lets patients in 47 US states chat with doctors, raises $48M Series C, bringing its total raised to $97M   —  K Health, a primary care consultant powered by artificial intelligence, announced this morning it has raised a $48 million Series C round. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/39ajtXi

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge : Union of Concerned Scientists study: ride-hailing trips today result in an estimated 69% more climate pollution on average than the trips they displace   —  Union of Concerned Scientists recommends more electric cars and pooled trips  —  Uber and Lyft have weathered criticism about pollution … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/38824wV

eMarketer : eMarketer: in the US, TikTok is expected to grow 21.9% YoY to 45.4M MAU in 2020, down from 97.5% growth in its breakout year of 2019   —  More than 20% of social users will use TikTok this year … After nearly doubling its US user base last year, growth for TikTok will slow in the coming years … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/388xTFN

Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News : Market intelligence platform ZoomInfo, formerly known as DiscoverOrg, files to raise around $500M in an IPO   —  ZoomInfo Technologies is the latest heavily funded SaaS player to publicly file for an IPO.  —  The Vancouver, Washington-based company, which operates a cloud market intelligence platform … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2I5TKDn

Aditi Shrivastava / The Economic Times : Sources: Amazon to launch a food delivery service in India in March, charging restaurants commissions of 10-15%, about half of what Swiggy and Zomato charge   —  The food delivery platform is open to own employees for now, pilots underway across five high-density pin codes in Bengaluru from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2TuSsHv

Biz Carson / Protocol : Anonymous Twitter account @VCBrags hits a nerve mocking VC's propensity for self-promotion by quote-retweeting boastful tweets   —  Investors either are loving or blocking @VCBrags, which retweets investors' best brags.  —  A parody Twitter account is getting under the skin … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2vvhgHh

Alex Lee / Wired : A look at the TranscribersOfReddit subreddit where 3,186 volunteers write elaborate transcriptions of memes, videos, and images to make the site more accessible   —  To help Redditors with visual impairments, volunteers are writing elaborate transcriptions of memes and images across the site. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2vqWWGZ

Ben Buchanan / Wired : An excerpt from the book “The Hacker and the State”, which includes details about North Korea's hacking campaigns against banks across the world   —  They scored $80 million by tricking a network into routing funds to Sri Lanka and the Philippines and then using a “money mule” to pick up the cash. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2I8eWIM

Defense One : Four former US defense secretaries urge America to shape artificial intelligence and machine learning norms or else authoritarian regimes and companies will   —  Four former U.S. defense secretaries issue a warning about China and a wake-up call to Americans on artificial intelligence. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3cki3vi

Business Insider : Allegations of misconduct inside the Chan-Zuckerberg family office, including assault, sexual harassment, racism, and more   —  Presidencia de la República Mexicana; Anthony Quintano; Kauai Police Department; Samantha Lee/Business Insider  — Over the past three years … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2T9VG4b

Josh Dzieza / The Verge : In warehouses, call centers, and elsewhere intelligent machines are managing humans, and they're making work more stressful, grueling, and dangerous   —  In warehouses, call centers, and other sectors, intelligent machines are managing humans, and they're making work more stressful, grueling, and dangerous from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2wUPB2J

Bloomberg : Sources: Elliott Management has taken a “sizable” stake in Twitter, nominated four directors to Twitter's board, and seeks to replace CEO Jack Dorsey   —  - Elliott has nominated four directors for Twitter's board  — Hedge fund has had ‘constructive discussions’ with company from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3aqdKwP

DL Cade / PetaPixel : Facebook says its 3D Photos feature, which retroactively converts 2D photos to 3D using neural nets, now works on photos taken with single-lens cameras   —  Facebook just expanded 3D photo posting to phones that don't actually capture depth data.  Using the magic of machine learning … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2I43IFj

Todd Bishop / GeekWire : Accolade, provider of a health care platform for employees to manage benefits, files to raise up to $100M in IPO; PitchBook: Accolade is valued around $620M   —  Accolade, the Seattle-based health benefits platform led by former Concur president Raj Singh, filed Friday to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2TnAyWR

Polygon : Organizers announce that this year's Game Developers Conference has been postponed from March to summer amid COVID-19 concerns   —  Sony, EA, Activision Blizzard, Unity, and Epic Games have all withdrawn due to COVID-19 concerns  —  This year's Game Developers Conference has been postponed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2vopAZa

Alex Blake / Digital Trends : Developers say Mac Catalyst is great for providing mouse and window support for iPad apps and transporting simpler apps but struggles with complicated ones   —  Apple's Mac Catalyst project seems harmless enough.  It provides a simple way for iOS developers to bring their apps to the Mac … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3cb6Rkq

Sarah Tavel : The competition between GrubHub, DoorDash, Postmates, and UberEats illustrates the importance of expanding supply and focusing on growth over profits   —  In 2011, Grubhub* was one of the most innovative companies in the world.  —  The company had just successfully raised $20 million to expand … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2I3CEG2

Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News : Analysis of 15K+ funding rounds raised by 12K+ startups shows seed rounds getting bigger: 3M+ rounds were 7.8% of total in period 2015-17, and 17% for 2018-20   —  Like our yellow stripey friends, the bees, seed funding rounds are small and numerous.  And, like bees, an individual seed round is likely to create only just a little buzz. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/39ahbY8

Nicole Wetsman / The Verge : Amazon restricts employee travel in US, Google restricts travel to Italy, Iran, Japan, and South Korea as a Google employee in Zurich is diagnosed with COVID-19   —  A Google employee in Switzerland has a confirmed case of the virus  —  Google is preventing employees from traveling to Italy … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2PAsHnP

BuzzFeed News : Apple disables the iOS developer account of Clearview AI for using the Developer Enterprise Program to distribute its app among its reported 2,200+ customers   —  Apple has disabled the iOS developer account of Clearview AI — the facial recognition company that claims to have amassed a database … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2TshHKr

Dan Primack / Axios : Bernie Sanders introduces a bill that would tax stock options at vesting, not at exercise, for those making $130K+ and vesting $100K+ worth of stock per year   —  'Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced legislation that would tax nonqualified stock options at vesting … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2vp4SIL

Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Facebook to start rolling out a redesign for Messenger next week that removes the Discover tab, reorients the People tab around Stories, and hides chat bots   —  Chat bots were central to Facebook Messenger's strategy three years ago.  Now they're being hidden from view in the app along with games and businesses. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/32A6ATP

Margaret Harding McGill / Axios : FCC proposes fines of $91M for T-Mobile, $57M for AT&T, $48M for Verizon, and $12M for Sprint for sharing customers' location information with outside parties   —  The Federal Communications Commission proposed fines totaling more than $200 million against the nation's biggest wireless carriers … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3cgNgiT

Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon has started restricting all non-essential travel by employees in the US as the coronavirus continues to spread   —  - Amazon has started restricting all non-essential employee travel in the U.S. as the coronavirus continues to spread, a company spokesperson told CNBC. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2PAg8c9