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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch : Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, announces $12M Series A; Tundra generates revenue via premium checkout options like faster shipping   —  Tundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, has today announced the close of $12 million in Series A funding. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2Np1UfI

Japan’s trade ministry said today that it will restrict the export of some tech materials to South Korea, including polyimides used in flexible displays made by companies like Samsung Electronics. The new rules come as the two countries argue over compensation for South Koreans forced to work in Japanese factories during World War II. The list of restricted supplies, expected to go into effect on July 4, includes polyimides used in smartphone and flexible organic LED displays, and etching gas and resist used to make semiconductors. That means Japanese suppliers who wish to sell those materials to South Korean tech companies such as Samsung, LG and SK Hynix will need to submit each contract for approval. Japan’s government may also remove South Korea from its list of countries that have fewer restrictions on trading technology that might have national security implications, reports Nikkei Asian Review. Earlier this year, South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled several Japanese companies ,...

Louise Matsakis / Wired : How journalists, researchers, and civil rights groups are using big data, which put gerrymandering on steroids, to easily and cheaply track redistricting   —  THE SUPREME COURT'S conservative justices ruled Thursday that the highest court doesn't have the power to address partisan gerrymandering … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/32cuTGW

Makiko Yamazaki / Reuters : Japan will tighten restrictions on export of materials used in smartphone displays and chips to South Korea from July 4, over a dispute about war-time labor   —  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will tighten restrictions on the export of high-tech materials used in smartphone displays and chips … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2Jt9911

Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk : CoinMarketCap acquihires the team of Hashtag Capital, which started as a crypto trading fund, to improve the easily faked volume-weighted crypto price estimates   —  As its bid to improve its crypto data offering continues, CoinMarketCap is snapping up a firm building technology said to provide a “true price” for cryptocurrencies. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2YngO71

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Bleckwen, a cybersecurity company developing AI-based fraud detection and prevention systems for banks and others, emerges from stealth, raises $10M Series A   —  Bleckwen, a cybersecurity firm developing fraud detection and prevention systems for banks and financial technology companies … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2XgyaWU

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report: on-demand audio streams in the US grew 31.6% YoY to 507.7B in the first half of 2019   —  Music streaming services have already delivered a new high of half a trillion (507.7 billion) on-demand streams in the first half of 2019, according to Nielsen's mid-year Music Report released this week. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2xnknOI

Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk : TaTaTu, after raising $575M from royals and celebs in a private 2018 ICO for its blockchain-based Netflix-like service, now says it is not a blockchain business   —  What started as a $575 million token sale is now a rewards program for watching videos.  —  TaTaTu's initial coin offering … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/321Ilx5

Jony Ive is leaving Apple , whose popular products have long been associated with his design sense. Before and during his tenure at Apple, however, Ive designed a wide range of products you'd never expect to come from the designer of the iPod and iPhone .  Items like a comb, a toilet, or even a power drill aren't the first things to come to mind, but Ive has designed them all. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Most industrial designers aren't household names. It's not often that we know the name of the person responsible for overseeing the design of products that we use and love. But with some of Apple's most iconic products, we can easily assign a name and a face to the person working behind the scenes to bring them fruition: Jony Ive.  Because we only really know Ive as Apple's chief designer, much of his work outside of Apple isn't as well known. It turns out that when Ive wasn't designing iPhones, iPods, and Mac com...

Every June for the past decade, I've flown from my home — New York City — to Los Angeles. Though Los Angeles is lovely to visit for fun, I visit every year around the same time to cover the annual video game conference E3 . Across the last 10 years, I've grown to appreciate the incredible food that Los Angeles has to offer. These are my four favorite spots. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. For years, the only part of Los Angeles I saw was the trip from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to whatever hotel I was staying in.  The plan was always the same: To cover E3 2019 , the big annual video game trade show, held downtown. Across the next week, I'd mostly experience a small section of blocks in downtown Los Angeles that were close to the Staples Center, where the Lakers play and the Los Angeles Convention Center resides. That last bit is important because that's where E3 is held. As I've gotten older, I've gotten smarter ab...