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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Facebook disbands its widely publicized “War Room”, says it wasn't a permanent solution, touts Strategic Response Team as its way to handle future crises — COO oversaw social-media company's meteoric rise, but her leadership is being questioned now
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| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
During a hearing SCOTUS justices appeared open to letting Apple App Store antitrust lawsuit proceed; the plaintiffs have backing from 30 state attorneys general — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared open to letting a lawsuit proceed against Apple Inc …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
The best Cyber Monday 2018 deals on phones, fitness trackers, smart speakers, streaming devices, and more, from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Amazon, and others — Cyber Monday is here, and so are the deals — Black Friday may be over, but the deals are still going strong.
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| Deirdre Bosa / CNBC: |
Airbnb says it has hired Dave Stephenson, VP and CFO of Amazon's Worldwide Consumer Organization, as its CFO, ahead of a potential IPO in 2019 — - Stephenson spent 17 years as Amazon, most recently as VP and CFO of Amazon's Worldwide Consumer Organization, responsible for all global website sales.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Securitize, which helps companies issue asset-backed security tokens, raises $12.75 Series A from investors including Coinbase Ventures and Ripple's Xpring fund — Coinbase, the $8 billion crypto exchange giant, is one of a bevy of big name crypto investors backing a project aimed …
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Logitech says it has ended talks to acquire Plantronics; Logitech was rumored to have offered $2.2B to acquire the communications equipment maker — (Reuters) - Logitech International SA (LOGN.S), a Swiss manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, has ended discussions to acquire Plantronics Inc …
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| Ava Kofman / The Intercept: |
AC Global Risk, a startup that touts Apple, Facebook, Palantir, and Google as clients, claims it can assess one's “risk level” via a 10 minute yes/no voice Q&A — Is it possible to tell whether someone is a criminal just from looking at their face or listening to the sound of their voice?
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| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Internal docs: Venmo had operating loss of ~$40M in Q1 2018, 40% bigger than expected, largely due to fraud that led the company to reduce website functionality — A spike in fraudulent activity earlier this year led to higher losses than the payments company had expected| Reuters: |
Sources: Russia's considering legislation that would fine tech companies up to 1% of their annual revenue in the country for failing to comply with Russian laws — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has launched a civil case against Google (GOOGL.O), accusing it of failing to comply with a legal requirement …
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| JOnathan Prynn / London Evening Standard: |
Amazon to close its food delivery service Amazon Restaurants in UK from December 3, just over two years after launching in the country — Amazon is to close its London-based takeaway delivery service next month in a rare reverse for the US tech giant. — Customers have received an email saying … | Mark McGranaghan / inkandswitch.com: |
An in-depth look at the latencies introduced at various points, from input devices to what is displayed on the screen, that make apps feel slow — You spend lots of time waiting on your computer. You pause while apps start and web pages load. Spinner icons are everywhere.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Interview with Atari CEO Frederic Chesnais on how the company has returned to profitability and paid off its debt ahead of a planned console launch in 2019 — When Fred Chesnais took over the legendary Atari company in 2013, the new owners had about $34 million (30 million euros) in debt and about $1 million in revenue.Sponsor Posts
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