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CNET: San Francisco is the first city to ban e-cigarette sales - CNET Selling vapes like Juul will be prohibited within six months. 16 mins ago

CNET: Wayfair employees plan walkout to protest furniture sales to border camps - CNET Walkout comes amid reports of children being held in inhumane conditions at detention facilities. 29 mins ago

CNET: Facebook to hand over identity data of users suspected of hate speech, report says - CNET The policy concerns hate speech in France. 51 mins ago

Gizmodo: American Companies Are Reportedly Finding Ways to Sell to Huawei Again The Trump administration banned the sale of American technology to the Chinese tech giant Huawei in May but U.S. companies including Intel and Micron are selling computers chips to Huawei once again, according to a report in the New York Times.Read more... 1 hour ago

TechCrunch: Self-driving startup Drive.ai is closing down Drive.ai, the autonomous vehicle tech startup once valued at $200 million, is shutting down after four years, according to a state regulatory filing. The closure was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. The company is not responding to media inquiries, a PR rep told TechCrunch. The company’s Mountain View headquarters will close down on Friday, […] 1 hour ago

Gizmodo: This Is How You're Being Manipulated At a preliminary Senate hearing today on the subject of potentially putting legislative limits on the persuasiveness of technology—a diplomatic way of saying the addiction model the internet uses to keep people engaged and clicking—Tristan Harris, the executive director of the Center for Humane Technology, told…Read more... 1 hour ago

CNET: Porsche teases Taycan in sketches alongside design chief interview - Roadshow Michael Mauer is ready to show Porsche's first EV to the world. 2 hours ago

CNET: The Lightyear One EV adds solar power to radical efficiency - Roadshow The Dutch company's first effort looks awesome, but will it be the next big electric car? 2 hours ago

Gizmodo: Crohn's Disease Patient Seemingly Cured by Vegetarian Diet For people with the debilitating gut condition Crohn’s disease, there’s often little that can be done to completely prevent their recurring episodes of painful gastrointestinal symptoms. But a new case study out this month suggests that one patient has been able to achieve a full remission of his symptoms for two years…Read more... 2 hours ago

TechCrunch: The changing nature of venture capital The venture industry is likely to consolidate significantly in the next decade as funding confers greater advantage to large venture investors. 3 hours ago

Gizmodo: You Can Get 3 Months of Audible For Only $15 3-Month Subscription to Audible | $15 | AmazonRead more... 3 hours ago

TechCrunch: Facebook’s searchable political ads archive is now global Facebook has announced it’s rolled out a basic layer of political ads transparency globally, more than a year after launching the publicly searchable ads archive in the US. It is also expanding what it dubs “proactive enforcement” on political ads to countries where elections or regulations are approaching — starting with Ukraine, Singapore, Canada and […] 4 hours ago

TechCrunch: With a portfolio including Acorns, Sweetgreen and Ro Health, Torch Capital raises $60M for its first fund Jonathan Keidan, the founder of Torch Capital, had already built a portfolio that included Acorns, Compass, Digital Ocean and Sweetgreen, before he raised single dollar for his inaugural venture capital fund, which just closed with $60 million. Keidan, a consummate networker who began his professional career as a manager working with acts like The Nappy […] 4 hours ago

TechCrunch: How to scale a start-up in school Julianna Keeling Contributor Julianna Keeling is the founder of Terravive (sustainable packaging company). Formerly Product at Juicero. If you’re serious about starting and scaling your business in school, treat your time in school like an extended incubator. While you may experience high levels of academic stress, your “real world” financial stress and transition to adulthood […] 5 hours ago

TechCrunch: Millennials don’t want to get drunk. What do they want? Apéritifs. Haus launches today with $1 million in pre-seed funding. 5 hours ago

Gizmodo: A Medievalist's Guide to Decoding the Creatures in Godzilla: King of the Monsters The recent release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters and the introduction of a whole new “monsterverse” has got this medievalist thinking a lot about the creatures that are coming to define our time, and their origins both as kaiju monsters developed in the 1950s and ‘60s by Japan’s Toho Studio and their far older…Read more... 7 hours ago

Wired: Amazon Echo Show 5 Review: Smaller Isn't Always Better The screen-bedecked Alexa device is back—this time with a smaller display. 1 day ago

Wired: The Tech Industry's Latest Fitness Craze: Recovery From neuro-stim headphones and percussive massage devices to dynamic compression pants, the latest gadgets are all about preparing for the next workout. 1 day ago