Author: Daniel Harrison

amazon biden nonwfh amazonsopergeekwire Amazon says it wants to help the Biden administration’s vaccination efforts and non-WFH Amazon staff should be vaccinated “at the earliest appropriate time”  —  Amazon says it is ready to turn its facilities into COVID-19 vaccination sites and is offering other resources to the U.S. government. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

zipline flytrex alphabet wing streetjournal Zipline, Flytrex, and Alphabet’s Wing, which have started commercial drone deliveries in the US, say they are encouraged by the FAA’s evolving regulation  —  Drone companies have been cleared to expand their operations across the U.S., in cities as well as rural areas, at the same time their tech … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

look s3 20b 100tkrazitprotocol An oral history of Amazon’s cloud storage service S3, which debuted 15 years ago to store 20B objects and has scaled to store 100T objects by 2020  —  In late 2005, Don Alvarez was just another software entrepreneur struggling to get a new business off the ground when a friend working … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

polywork series andreessen siliconrepublic Polywork, a business-focused social network in private beta that emphasizes the work people do over job titles, raises $13M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz  —  Peter Johnston’s Polywork has closed a Series A round that attracted investment from big names in Silicon Valley. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

internal andrew bosworth dec.kantrowitz onezero Andrew Bosworth publicly releases his internal post on Facebook’s role in 2016 election, Cambridge Analytica, polarization, algorithmic transparency, and more  —  The NYT recently obtained a copy of a post I made to the wall of my internal profile within Facebook. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

belgium 250k gdprbodonibloomberg Belgium’s data watchdog fines IAB Europe €250K after finding its ad-targeting tool violates GDPR, and orders a “series of remedies” within two months  —  IAB Europe, an association for online advertising companies, was fined 250,000 euros ($282,690) and handed an ultimatum … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

interview semil gp haystack vc vc Interview with Semil Shah, founding GP of Haystack, on getting rejected from jobs at VC firms, innovation in the VC industry, Miami as a “tech hub”, and more  —  Some real talk  —  Semil Shah has been a prolific writer for a decade.  He has done a lot of interviews over the years. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

waystar patientco 450m davisbloomberg Waystar, which makes healthcare revenue cycle management software, buys Patientco, which provides patient billing and payments software, sources say for $450M+  —  – Patientco is said to be valued at more than $450 million  — Waystar CEO aims to provide more ‘consumer-like experience’ Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

interview rene haas arm rd riscv Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on the company’s plans, business model, open-source competitor RISC-V, Intel relationship, need to invest more in R&D, and more Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

apptopia trump twitter bigtechnology Apptopia: since Trump was banned from Twitter, daily use of Twitter has remained remarkably consistent  —  Trump’s presence on Twitter had no impact on how much people used it, contrary to the popular narrative. … For as long as Donald Trump was president, there was a common misconception that Twitter’s fate was tied to his. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.