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Uber will let women drivers and riders request to avoid being paired with men starting next month

Uber will pilot the women preference program in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit starting next month.

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CrowdStrike-backed compliance startup Vanta valued at $4 billion in new funding round

Vanta’s latest funding round lifts the company valuation to roughly $4 billion, up from $2.45 billion last year.

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Meta updates safety features for teens. More than 600,000 accounts linked to predatory behavior

Meta said it removed more than 600,000 accounts that were linked to predatory behavior on Instagram and Facebook.

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UK ramps up scrutiny of Apple and Google in push for mobile services changes

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets authority proposed designating Apple and Google as having “strategic market status.”

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Trump met with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos at the White House last week, sources say

A Gulfstream G700 private jet linked to Bezos landed in Dulles, Virginia, outside Washington, on July 14 before taking off the next day.

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Texas Instruments’ stock falls on weak forecast

Texas Instruments forecast third-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ estimates.

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Amazon to buy AI company Bee that makes wearable listening device

Amazon has launched a flurry of AI products and services, and it recently overhauled its Alexa voice assistant with the technology.

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Wall Street is upbeat on tech megacaps, but big questions loom on AI spending, China, Trump tariffs

Tech earnings season kicks off on Wednesday after market close with results from Alphabet and Tesla.

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Microsoft says Chinese hacking groups exploited SharePoint vulnerability in attacks

Two Chinese nation-state actors and one China-based threat actor have tried to exploit the vulnerability for weeks, Microsoft said.

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Tesla Diner: Photos show opening of Musk’s futuristic California drive-in

The Tesla Diner has 80 charging stations, two giant megascreens and American diner food. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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