Monday, November 25, 2019

Seattle's City Council passes legislation to establish minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers and raise per-ride taxes to fund programs like affordable housing (Monica Nickelsburg/GeekWire)

Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire:
Seattle's City Council passes legislation to establish minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers and raise per-ride taxes to fund programs like affordable housing  —  The Seattle City Council unanimously passed legislation Monday that will establish a minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers …



The RISC-V Foundation, which sets standards for RISC-V chip architecture, will move from US to Switzerland amid members' concerns over potential US trade curbs (Reuters)

Reuters:
The RISC-V Foundation, which sets standards for RISC-V chip architecture, will move from US to Switzerland amid members' concerns over potential US trade curbs  —  SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-based foundation overseeing promising semiconductor technology developed …



Google Fires Four Employees, Including Staffer Ties to Protests

Google announced Monday it had fired four employees for what it said were violations of its policies around accessing and sharing internal documents and calendars. https://ift.tt/37C4MM1

WhatsApp for iPhone Gets Call Waiting Support, Chat Screen Redesign

WhatsApp 2.19.120 for iPhone update brings the ability to choose to receive another WhatsApp call while you are already on one call. https://ift.tt/33mqlNg

Redmi Note 8 to Go on Sale in India Today at 12pm via Amazon, Mi.com

Redmi Note 8 price in India starts at Rs. 9,999 for the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant, going up to Rs. 12,999 for the 6GB + 128GB variant. The Redmi Note 8 Pro was launched in India alongside the... https://ift.tt/2DflcvQ

8 reasons HP ‘rejected’ Rs 2.36 lakh crore Xerox deal

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Oyo Projects Losses in India, China Until 2022: Internal Report

Oyo's internal projections showed it may not make a profit in India and China until 2022, even as the India-based hotel chain revealed a six-fold rise in losses during fiscal year 2019. https://ift.tt/33qtM5W

Amazon India to add bus, train, hotel bookings

Amazon is set to roll out bus-booking via redBus. It is also in talks with other platforms to bring hotels and train ticketing on the platform https://ift.tt/37w6xue https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Uber loses license in London over safety, vows to appeal

The denial in a lucrative European market is a big setback for Uber as it struggles to turn a profit https://ift.tt/37EBAEc https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

OnePlus probes breach; payment data secure

OnePlus is in the process of shifting its data to the India servers of Amazon Web Services from Singapore https://ift.tt/2XJVoBJ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Nokia SEZ may revive by March, begin production

Most shuttered units inside the cluster may reopen after Salcomp buy, say industry execs https://ift.tt/33joJE4 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

ETtech Top 5: Ola hives off its financial unit, Oyo's six-fold rise in losses & more

A closer look at today's biggest tech and startup news and why they matter. https://ift.tt/2XL4sWU https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Demand for CXOs bucks downtrend

Executive search firms such as Korn Ferry, EMA Partners, Transearch, Insist and Head Hunters said they are all witnessing an at least 20% increase in search mandates for CXOs over last year. https://ift.tt/2DgYHqz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Realme X2 Pro to Go on Sale for First Time in India Today

Realme X2 Pro packing the Snapdragon 855+ SoC and a 90Hz display will go on sale for the first time in India today. https://ift.tt/2sjyzJt

Google proposes Search tweaks in Europe to comply with the DMA, including removing the map showing hotel locations and results in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters : Google proposes Search tweaks in Europe to comply with the DMA, including removing the map showing hotel locatio...