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Facebook confirms it's testing a Snapchat-like streak feature in Messenger that shows how many consecutive days users have been chatting with friends — Streaks aren't just for Snapchat, anymore. — Facebook is now testing a version of a similar feature in Messenger, the company confirmed with Mashable.
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| Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg: |
Yandex and Uber receive approval from national antitrust regulator to merge their ride sharing businesses in Russia; merger expected to close in January 2018 — Yandex, Uber to combine taxi businesses in January 2018 — Joint venture shouldn't restrict users, drivers using rivals
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Adobe: Thanksgiving day e-commerce sales were $2.87B, up 18.3% YoY, with 46% of all traffic to sites coming from smartphones — Black Friday, the day after a quiet Thanksgiving Thursday, traditionally has been thought of as the start of the holiday sales season, but the rise of e-commerce …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Ajit Pai's proposal to kill net neutrality argues the FCC should not have tried to stop Comcast from blocking BitTorrent in 2008 — This is what happens when you're honest about killing net neutrality — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released his proposal to kill net neutrality today …
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| Valentina Za / Reuters: |
Workers at Amazon's main distribution hub in Italy and at six German distribution centers strike on Black Friday over pay disputes — MILAN (Reuters) - Workers at Amazon's main distribution hub in Italy are planning their first ever strike for Friday, trade unions said …
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| Jane Wakefield / BBC: |
UK authorities change advertising rules for ISPs, requiring that stated speeds are achieved by 50% of users at peak times, up from 10% — Broadband firms will no longer be able to advertise their fast net services based on the speeds just a few customers get, from May next year.
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| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
Dow Jones VentureSource: 516 new US venture funds raised since 2013, with 133 in 2016 and 87 so far in 2017; firms raised $44B in 2016, most since dot-com crash — Silicon Valley lures unusual mix of prospectors, despite fears too much money is chasing too few good ideas
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| Laura He / South China Morning Post: |
China's largest private courier, SF Express, bought two Boeing 747-400 Freighters on Alibaba's eBay-like platform Taobao for ~$49M after offline auctions failed — Courier SF Express emerged as the winning bidder in what's believed to be first major aviation sale of its kind by online auction in China
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| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
ProtonMail debuts encrypted contacts manager with digital signatures that verify integrity of data, aimed at journalists and others who want to protect sources — Swiss-based encrypted email services provider ProtonMail announced on Tuesday the launch of a new tool designed to help users securely manage their contacts.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing shows Lyft is raising an additional $500M in funding, one month after announcing $1B raise led by Alphabet's CapitalG, at an $11.5B post-money valuation — Ride-hail company Lyft is raising up to $500 million in additional funding, according to a share authorization document filed yesterday in Delaware.
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
YouTube details steps it's taking in ongoing effort to clamp down on videos that exploit children, will ramp up removal of offensive material, halt monetization — Across YouTube, an unsettling trend has emerged: Accounts are publishing disturbing and exploitative videos aimed …
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