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Figure raises $675M

Sunnyvale, CA-based Figure, an AI robotics company developing general purpose humanoid robots, has raised $675 million in a Series B funding round. 

Twitch blames data breach on server configuration error — CNET

Twitch on Wednesday confirmed what appears to be a large data breach, pointing to an "error in a Twitch server configuration change" that exposed some...

Jeff Bezos stepping down; AWS head Andy Jassy is new Amazon CEO

Jeff Bezos will is stepping down as chief executive of Amazon, a company he founded 27-years ago.

Congress grills tech CEOs amid backdrop of coronavirus and economic struggles — CNBC

While investors appeared unconcerned, today’s hearing is probably the beginning of a long slog for all four companies, writes Matt Rosoff. Here is the link:...

Jeff Bezos is being called to testify before Congress over ‘misleading’ statements from Amazon — The Verge

Amazon employees were accused of possible anti-competitive behavior last week, writes Makena Kelly. Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/1/21244106/amazon-jeff-bezos-house-judiciary-committee-david-cicilline-antitrust-private-label