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Here s what s going on in tech.

German privacy watchdog orders Facebook to allow pseudonyms.

To comply with regulators requests, Google introduces new user-data consent policy for users of its ad tools in Europe.

Under new CEO Chuck Robbins, Cisco names two outsiders, Biri Singh and Kevin Bandy, as chief technology officer and chief digital officer, respectively.

San Francisco-based payments startup Stripe raises new round of funding that values it at $5 billion.

Two weeks after Reddit s content-policy update, its head of community, Jessica Moreno, has left the company. She becomes the fourth senior female employee to exit in less than a month, Recode says.

Cry me a river: Plaintiffs lawyers in Silicon Valley no-poaching case are fighting over dividing $81 million in fees.

LinkedIn says it is cutting back on bombarding users with emails.

Planned Parenthood says hackers are trying to access employee data.

Instagram blocked Sandra Bland hashtag for 24 hours to weed out hate speech. Bland was the woman who died in a Texas jail cell after a traffic stop.

Google reportedly tried to buy Impossible Foods, maker of a plant-based hamburger, for up to $300 million.

 

Photo: Chuck Robbins started as Cisco Systems CEO Monday. (Courtesy of Cisco)