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| Day One: The Amazon Blog: |
Amazon selects New York City and Arlington, Virginia for its new headquarters, receiving $1.5B in performance-based incentives from NY and $573M from VA — Amazon to invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters, and announces Nashville as new Operations Center …
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Facebook: Mayor David Briley. Tweets: @empirestatebldg, @brfreed, @ocasio2018, @ocasio2018, @stacyfmitchell, @blprnt, @mobileharv, @anandwrites, @questlove, @mims, @shiraovide, @calbucci, @jhweissmann, @karentravers, @orchid_grey, @jamilsmith, @davidsirota, @maustermuhle, @matthewstoller, @marketurbanism, @davidsirota, @ganeumann, @mikeisaac, @davidsirota, @markwarner, @nxthompson, @matthewstoller, @ingridlunden, @danprimack, @manveerheir, @maustermuhle, @alhart25, @ddayen, and @anildash
| Washington Post: |
A look at the likely factors behind Amazon's decision to choose Crystal City, VA, as one of its HQ2 locations and how it may affect the region — Amazon will open major new outposts in Northern Virginia's Crystal City and in New York City, splitting its much-sought investment …
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Facebook: Congressman Adriano Espaillat. Tweets: @ocasio2018, @wsj, @byrosenberg, @_waleedshahid, @digiphile, @buzzfeednews, @theharryshearer, @juddlegum, @chimeracoder, @tonyromm, @buzzfeednews, @joshuamound, @byrosenberg, @alexrkonrad, @dkthomp, @mekosoff, @anandwrites, and @ryan_wichman
| J. David Goodman / New York Times: |
Amazon to receive incentives of $1.5B+ over ten years based on creating 25K jobs in Queens, but politicians object, with some saying they will fight the deal — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio sat together Tuesday to announce that they had emerged victorious from a nationwide competition … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it has more than 10,000 employees working on its Alexa virtual assistant and Echo devices, up from 5,000 in September 2017 — Number of employees doubles the staff in that division a little more than a year ago — LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.— Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -.35% …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources provide a behind-the-scenes account of Amazon's HQ2 selection process, say the company made the decision to split HQ2 in two in September — For months, cities vied for Amazon's second headquarters while some executives were realizing that no single place would fulfill its requirements
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Washington Post, Business Insider, Washingtonian, and GeekWire
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| Reuters: |
Nigerian internet provider Main One Cable Co says it accidentally caused the problem that misrouted some Google traffic through China on Monday — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nigerian internet provider Main One Cable Co took responsibility on Tuesday for a glitch that caused some Google traffic …
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Network Intelligence Blog, Ars Technica, SecurityWeek, Gizmodo, and CircleID
Tweets: @zackwhittaker and @dangoodin001
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is finally re-released, after data loss bugs caused it to be pulled; Microsoft says it's focusing on improving code quality — October update, or November update? — Microsoft is releasing its Windows 10 October 2018 Update again today, after bugs forced the company to pull it offline last month.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
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Qualys Blog, Softpedia News, Zero Day Initiative, The Register, SecurityWeek, and wiki.scn.sap.com. Tweets: @bad_packets
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
DeepMind's health subsidiary, maker of an app called Streams that helps with diagnosing specific conditions, is moving under the newly-formed Google Health unit — - DeepMind's health subsidiary is moving under the newly-formed Google Health led by former Geisinger CEO David Feinberg
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Deepmind Blog, The Verge, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Telegraph, Neowin, Forbes, Engadget, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and Slashdot
Tweets: @juliapowles, @chrissyfarr, @katiecollins, @ruskin147, and @kadhimshubber. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Wall Street Journal: |
Waymo CEO says its driverless car service will be available first in Phoenix and will charge individuals as well as businesses that want to shuttle customers — Waymo, which has been testing the program in the Phoenix area, has spent years and driven millions of miles to develop the technology| Tom Randall / Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @sharatibken, @wccftechdotcom, @marcvanderham, @mattrosoff, @driverlessrev, and @michaelkgoff
| New York Times: |
Tyler Barriss, the serial swatter responsible for the fatal Kansas hoax call, pleads guilty to federal charges, will serve between 20 and 25 years in prison — A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to making dozens of hoax phone calls during which he reported fake crimes …
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The Register, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Federal Communications …, KTLA, Wichita Eagle, Associated Press, and Engadget
| Alison Frankel / Reuters: |
Snap says it's responded to subpoenas from the DOJ and SEC about its IPO, following a suit alleging Snap misled the public on how Instagram affected its growth — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission have subpoenaed Snap Inc (SNAP.N) …
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TechCrunch, The Hill, and The Drum
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, and @mr_james_c
| Variety: |
Spotify launches in 13 markets across the Middle East and North Africa, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, with a fully Arabic user experience — As expected, today Spotify announced that it has launches its service in 13 new markets in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing the service to 78 markets in total.
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| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
Lime to launch a car sharing service in Seattle this week, starting with a fleet of 50 vehicles and quickly ramping that up to 1,500 cars by early 2019 — San Francisco-based startup Lime has spent the last year scattering an assortment of brightly colored scooters and bikes around American cities …
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Digital Trends, The Verge, GeekWire, Investor's Business Daily, and Engadget. Tweets: @stanhoraczek
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Bitmain claimed it had $1.25B in 2017 profits during the pre-IPO $400M+ Series B in June of 2018, while its IPO prospectus says it earned just ~$700M — Bitmain Technologies, the world's largest maker of cryptocurrency mining hardware, has stated significantly smaller profits … | Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
Spotify will roll out its Apple Watch app in the coming week but without key features like the ability to stream music on LTE or download songs — One of the big selling points of smartwatches is the ability to control apps without needing to pull out your phone.
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Spotify Newsroom, Engadget, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, and MacRumors
Tweets: @ourielohayon, @viticci, and @chrisliter
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
IAB data shows digital ad spending in the first half of 2018 reached $49.5B, up 23% YoY, with mobile accounting for 63% of the total, up from 54% last year — The online advertising business continues to grow at double digit rates, according to the latest report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau … | Kevin Martin / Facebook: |
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are partnering in a new coalition, Tech Together to Fight the Opioid Crisis, to help those struggling with addiction — The opioid crisis continues to scourge families and communities. Everyone can play a role to help those in need and tech companies are no exception.
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The Center for Safe …, Axios, and Adweek
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Ridecell, a SaaS platform for self-driving, ride-hailing, and other mobility companies, raises Series B extension, closing the round at $60M — Car-sharing, ride-sharing, and ride-hailing companies have something in common: They rely on fairly sophisticated backends to keep fleets up and running on time.| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Google's G Suite Twitter account is the latest to get hacked to promote a crypto scam, joining companies like Target, which had its account hacked this morning — Another major account has fallen victim — Google's official G Suite Twitter account is the latest victim of an ongoing bitcoin scam …
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