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Despite a shift to remote work amid COVID-19, Slack is having a hard time living up to its hype as layoffs/slowed hiring among its clients undercut its billings (Rob Walker/Marker)

Rob Walker / Marker: Despite a shift to remote work amid COVID-19, Slack is having a hard time living up to its hype as layoffs/slowed hiring among its clients undercut its billings  —  In the war for the remote office, why isn’t the hyped messaging app pulling a Zoom?  —  It’s no secret that the

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Google corrects unfortunate ‘Stalkerware’ typo allowing partner-tracking apps

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is correcting a “typo” in its Play Store “stalkerware” policy that currently suggests that apps can be used to track spouses. Stalkerware and other tracking software is dangerous, campaigners say, because it can facilitate domestic abuse and harassment of partners. As it’s written, the policy also mistakenly

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IBM launches Mayflower Autonomous Ship, an AI-powered research vessel off the coast of England, with a trans-Atlantic crossing scheduled in 2021 (R. Dallon Adams/TechRepublic)

R. Dallon Adams / TechRepublic: IBM launches Mayflower Autonomous Ship, an AI-powered research vessel off the coast of England, with a trans-Atlantic crossing scheduled in 2021  —  The research vessel pushed off from Plymouth, England; a nod to the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s historic trip. IBM launches Mayflower Autonomous Ship, an AI-powered research vessel

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CEO of fraud detection startup NS8 arrested by the FBI on charges of misleading investors who invested $123M in his company, a deal in which he earned $17M+ (David Jeans/Forbes)

David Jeans / Forbes: CEO of fraud detection startup NS8 arrested by the FBI on charges of misleading investors who invested $123M in his company, a deal in which he earned $17M+  —  The CEO of a startup that sold fraud prevention software is facing fraud charges after he was arrested Thursday by the FBI

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Kbox Global, which uses AI to help under utilized kitchens find right set of food delivery options for their local market, raises £12M led by Balderton Capital (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Kbox Global, which uses AI to help under utilized kitchens find right set of food delivery options for their local market, raises £12M led by Balderton Capital  —  Kbox Global, the U.K. startup that turns underused commercial kitchen space into takeout delivery hubs … Kbox Global, which uses AI to help

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Reinvent Technology Partners, a SPAC backed by Hoffman and Pincus, trades up 11% on first day after raising $600M in IPO, and is looking for a target to buy (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Reinvent Technology Partners, a SPAC backed by Hoffman and Pincus, trades up 11% on first day after raising $600M in IPO, and is looking for a target to buy  —  – Hoffman- and Pincus-backed blank-check rises in trading debut  — Tech duo raised $600 million in initial public offering Reinvent Technology

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Nvidia’s RTX Voice app was great, and its Broadcast successor is now available

Earlier this year, Nvidia released RTX Voice, a beta software to process audio and suppress almost all background noise, and it worked amazingly well. My colleague Jon Porter made the sound of his clacking mechanical keyboard completely disappear. Today, Nvidia has released a successor app called Broadcast, and it’s available to download now. Nvidia Broadcast

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