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☆ Special interest groups representing Amazon to Uber oppose possible crypto regulation in California
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Industry groups representing Amazon, Apple, Block, Coinbase, Genesis, Google, GrubHub, Lyft, Facebook/Meta, Uber, and other companies wrote to the state assembly opposing the law. Nine organizations representing consumers and advocating for economic justice wrote to the state assembly expressing support for the law. Several tech industry groups representing major companies and venture capital firms wrote in to oppose the law. Several organizations advocating for consumers and economic justice wrote to the state assembly expressing support for the law. Interest groups argued that regulation presents an "undue burden"on crypto companiesBlockchain Advocacy CoalitionThe Blockchain Advocacy Coalition wrote to Assemblymember Grayson on August 26.
☆ Palantir accused of securities fraud in class-action suit after the company did not profit from 'armed conflicts' and 'economic crises' as claimed
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A lawsuit alleges that Palantir made "materially false and misleading statements" about the company ahead of its earnings reports released May 9. The complaint says that the COVID-19 pandemic and Russo-Ukrainian War are the "destabilizing conditions" that Palantir had said would be "tailwinds for its business." A Palantir investor hit the company with a suit seeking class-action status on September 15, alleging that the software company committed securities fraud by making "materially false and misleading statements" by claiming "armed conflicts" and "economic crises" would help its business and earnings. "As a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times," the complaint says. The law offices of Howard G. Smith also announced it was launching an "investigation" into possible violations of US securities law.
☆ Salesforce, Oracle, Palantir and other tech companies are interested in building a new Army tool to manage weapons distribution and troop deployment
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The US Army is looking for tech companies to build a prototype for its new "operational back-bone." Palantir, Gitlab, Salesforce, Oracle, RedHat, IBM, and others submitted "Requests for Information" to build the prototype, a step before submitting a bid. The prototype would manage the deployment of troops, and the supply and distribution of missiles, guns, tanks, and other weapons. Palantir has an $823 million Army contract for data mining and analytics. It's also unclear if Amazon, Google, or Microsoft will contribute to the project in some capacity, including as a subcontractor.
☆ A NYFW show that couldn't quite bridge the chasm between the 'insular, and male' world of web3 and fashion
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
At New York Fashion Week, veteran designer Vivienne Tam showcased a metaverse-themed collection featuring various NFT characters. Kerry Chrapliwy — CEO of a marketing agency representing Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange platform that co-sponsored the show — said web3 world has a reputation for being geeky, insular, and male, which needs to change. A divide became clear, though, despite the overlap between the fashion world and the NFT world — like being environmentally disastrous and needing disposable income to participate — their communities do not easily merge, even in a space dedicated to facilitating just that. They didn't seem to know about the NFT element of Tam's collection, didn't care, or both. Their jobs involve a combination of working with the clothes, with models, and in the case of this collection, with people in the NFT world.
☆ In Amazon's future world, robots may detect your screams
  + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Thirty-one of Amazon's Astro patents mention using the sound of a "human yell" to stop robots. Amazon has been granted 31 patents for Astro, its $1000 home robot, that mention using the sound of a "human yell" to stop the robot. US Patent and Trademark OfficeThe patents say that Astro has safety features that use a "minimum sound threshold" to stop the robot. As an example, the patents say that "detection of sound such as a human yell" would stop Astro. An Amazon spokesperson declined to answer questions from Insider, including whether Astro actually has the feature where a human yell stops the robot.
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