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LaunchDarkly, a feature management platform for developers, raises $54M led by Bessemer Venture Partners; sources say the company is now valued at $800M+ (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: LaunchDarkly, a feature management platform for developers, raises $54M led by Bessemer Venture Partners; sources say the company is now valued at $800M+  —  Deal ensures venture firm will retain a stake in the software developer now valued at more than $800 million LaunchDarkly, a feature management platform for

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Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and over 100 others, sign amicus brief to block Trump's "public charge" rule which sets high bar for immigrants to get legal status (Monica Nickelsburg/GeekWire)

Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and over 100 others, sign amicus brief to block Trump’s “public charge” rule which sets high bar for immigrants to get legal status  —  Companies across the country are trying to convince a federal judge that a new change to the U.S. immigration system would hurt innovation and

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Microsoft partners with T-Mobile to provide 4G SIM cards to students in underserved areas, announces 14 Windows 10 PCs, some cell-connected, starting from $219 (Sean Endicott/Windows Central)

Sean Endicott / Windows Central: Microsoft partners with T-Mobile to provide 4G SIM cards to students in underserved areas, announces 14 Windows 10 PCs, some cell-connected, starting from $219  —  Microsoft announces partnership and new features to improve education.  —  What you need to know Microsoft partners with T-Mobile to provide 4G SIM cards to

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DoorDash pay data analysis: the average contractor earns $1.45/hour, nearly 33% of jobs pay less than $0 after expenses, and only 11% pay more than minimum wage (#PayUp)

#PayUp: DoorDash pay data analysis: the average contractor earns $1.45/hour, nearly 33% of jobs pay less than $0 after expenses, and only 11% pay more than minimum wage  —  Food delivery app DoorDash has grown rapidly into the national industry leader, serving all 50 states and outpacing GrubHub … DoorDash pay data analysis: the average

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Shanghai reportedly is trialing facial recognition at pharmacies to flag potential abusers and prevent pharmacists from helping patients obtain illegal drugs (Sarah Dai/South China Morning Post)

Sarah Dai / South China Morning Post: Shanghai reportedly is trialing facial recognition at pharmacies to flag potential abusers and prevent pharmacists from helping patients obtain illegal drugs  —  New terminals being trialled at 31 health care organisations require people buying controlled medicines to verify … Shanghai reportedly is trialing facial recognition at pharmacies to

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FBI: nation-state hackers breached the networks of two US municipalities last year, targeting a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability that was patched in February (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: FBI: nation-state hackers breached the networks of two US municipalities last year, targeting a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability that was patched in February  —  The SharePoint CVE-2019-0604 vulnerability has been one of the most targeted security flaw  —  Nation-state hackers have breached … FBI: nation-state hackers breached the networks of two US

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How the increasing use of AI to vet job applications is forcing career counselors at universities to prepare students on how to impress the AI algorithms (Rachel Metz/CNN)

Rachel Metz / CNN: How the increasing use of AI to vet job applications is forcing career counselors at universities to prepare students on how to impress the AI algorithms  —  San Francisco (CNN)College career centers used to prepare students for job interviews by helping them learn how to dress appropriately or write a standout

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