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September 28, 2018, 6:30 AM
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Bloomberg:
SEC sues Elon Musk, accusing him of misleading investors when he tweeted that he had funding lined up to take Tesla private; stock drops 11%+ after hours  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a case against Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, according to a docket entry …
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
SEC seeks to bar Elon Musk from serving as an officer or director of a publicly traded company if found guilty; Musk calls SEC action unjustified  —  - The SEC complaint alleges that Musk issued “false and misleading” statements and failed to properly notify regulators of material company events.
Nour Al Ali / Bloomberg:
Swiss-based Seba has secured ~$104M in funding, dependent on being granted a banking license from Finma, to create a cryptocurrency-focused regulated bank  —  - Seba raises $104 million from private, institutional investors  — Company in talks with Swiss financial regulator since April
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Coinbase adds Coinbase Bundle, a new offering that lets users buy a market-weighted sampling of its 5 available cryptocurrencies, for as little as $25  —  Coinbase is shaking things up quite a bit lately and its latest tools are geared toward cryptocurrency traders just getting their toes wet.
John Leyden / The Register:
Weaknesses in DEP, Apple's free service for remote enterprise device management, may give attackers access to the network by guessing serial numbers of devices  —  Researchers check bootstrap enrolment tech, suck teeth, whistle  —  Hackers can blow holes in Apple's managed service technology …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Didi Chuxing launches a taxi-hailing service in Osaka, Japan that links passengers with drivers from 10 local taxi companies  —  China's Didi Chuxing is fighting fires at home around passenger safety, but overseas the ride-hailing giant has moved into another new market after its taxi-booking service began operations in Japan.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Google says it will now include creator and credit metadata in photos it displays on Google Images and will add copyright notice metadata in the coming weeks  —  Google hasn't always had the best of relationships with photographers, but today it announced a small measure that should go some way toward appeasing image rightsholders.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC limits the time local authorities get to review 5G applications to 90 days, caps annual fees to $270 per small cell, unless cities can prove higher costs  —  FCC orders cities and towns to slash permit fees for 5G equipment.  —  The Federal Communications Commission today finalized …

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From Mediagazer

Glenn Garner / Deadline:
After a USTA memo, ABC appeared to mute the audience booing President Trump before the US Open Men's Final on September 7, playing music over his appearance

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Axios plans to launch The Axios Show, a five-episode video series featuring one-on-one newsmaker interviews, in September on its own properties, YouTube, and X

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern returns to SiriusXM, after trolling viewers with a joke that Andy Cohen had taken over his channel slot; rumors suggested his deal was canceled

More News

Matthew Prince / The Cloudflare Blog:
Cloudflare launches its own domain registrar called Cloudflare Registrar, promises to never charge anything more than the wholesale price each TLD charges
Consumer Reports:
Most Microsoft Surface laptops regain Consumer Reports' “recommended” status; Surface Go is still not recommended, mainly due to its slow performance

Earlier Picks

David Stringer / Bloomberg:
Unnamed Australian teenager sentenced to eight months probation for breaching Apple's systems; investigators recovered 1TB of sensitive info copied from Apple
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
Opendoor, which buys homes from sellers directly and then sells them at a profit, raises $400M from SoftBank's Vision Fund, source says at $2B valuation
Bloomberg:
SoftBank's Vision Fund has already committed $65B; Masayoshi Son says that he plans to raise a new $100B fund every two or three years and spend ~$50B per year
CoinDesk:
Crypto mining company Bitmain files for Hong Kong IPO; draft filing shows $2.8B in revenue as of June 30 and $422.05M raised in funding round that ended Aug. 7
Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
Study: Facebook lets ads target your account using info given for security purposes, like your phone number, as well as info from your friends' address books
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Breakdown of the topics covered during Wednesday's US Senate hearing on privacy: big tech prefers federal legislation, Google evades questions on China, more
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Google Maps for Android and iOS now helps you plan group events by adding places to a shortlist, sharing it via messaging services, and voting on the choices
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