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Sources say Sandberg asked Facebook staff to research George Soros's finances, though she denied knowledge of hiring Definers, the firm tasked to research Soros — Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook's communications staff to research George Soros's financial interests in the wake …
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| Liz Moyer / CNBC: |
SEC settles with Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled on charges of promoting ICOs without disclosing payments; Mayweather to pay $600K+ in fees, Khaled to pay $150K+ — Pro boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled pumped up initial coin offerings without telling investors …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is launching a “Close Friends” list on iOS and Android to let users share Stories with a limited group of friends — They're Finstagram Stories — No one wants to post silly, racy, or vulnerable Stories if they're worried their boss, parents, and distant acquaintances are watching.
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Sources detail the measures Google took to keep Dragonfly under wraps, including shutting out some members of the security and privacy teams from key meetings — The secrecy surrounding the work was unheard of at Google. It was not unusual for planned new products to be closely guarded ahead of launch.
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| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic — Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles … | Yogita Khatri / CoinDesk: |
FBI arrests Jared Rice, Sr., CEO of cryptocurrency platform AriseBank, for defrauding investors out of $4M+ and charges him with securities and wire fraud — The FBI has arrested the CEO of cryptocurrency platform AriseBank after he was indicted over an alleged multi-million dollar scam.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase Pro says it is adding Zcash to its professional trading platform in the US, UK, European Union, Canada, Singapore, and Australia — Crypto exchange Coinbase Pro is adding privacy coin zcash to its listings. — The platform announced Thursday that customers can transfer zcash …
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| Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Windows Central: |
Intel to start distributing drivers for its graphics chips as Universal Windows Drivers, a single driver package that can run on different device types — Intel this week announced that, starting this month, it will begin distributing drivers for its products as “modern” Universal Windows Drivers (via Neowin).| James Titcomb / Telegraph: |
Local reports say Apple has removed 700+ apps, including apps by Sogou and Pinduoduo, from the Chinese App Store for pushing app updates without Apple's review — Apple has removed hundreds of iPhone apps from its App Store in China, in the company's latest crackdown in one of its biggest markets.
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Alt-right commentator Laura Loomer handcuffed self to Twitter NYC door to protest her ban from the service; NYPD cut cuffs at Loomer's request after a few hours — 'They may have banned me from Twitter but now I'm handcuffed to Twitter' — Earlier this afternoon, alt-right Jewish commentator …
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube begins rolling out Stories, which last for seven days on its mobile app and can be viewed by everyone, to accounts with over 10,000 subscribers — Amid some concern from the community — YouTube is expanding its Instagram-like Stories capability to more creators today …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft rolls out a search function, powered by Bing, for SwiftKey on Android in the US, UK, India, France, Canada, and elsewhere — Microsoft-owned mobile keyboard company SwiftKey is today rolling out a search feature for Android users that lets them browse the internet for content directly from within the keyboard.
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Microsoft debuts redesigned icons for its Office suite, alongside other cosmetic changes, and says Outlook Mobile is getting a redesign soon — A new modern look — Microsoft is modernizing its Office icons as part of a broader focus on design for its various Office apps.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
A Nielsen report says US viewers spend nearly 8B hours per month streaming content via connected devices like Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV — With the rise of streaming services and the trend toward cord cutting, the way U.S. consumers are watching video is also changing.| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
New book outlines Microsoft's product roadmap: new Surface Pro and Laptop, “ambient devices”, and cheaper Xbox One S in 2019; new Surface Book and Hub in 2020 — Next year will be a busy one for Microsoft's Surface division, if a new book about the organization is any indication.
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The Verge, Amazon.com, Thurrot, Neowin, Pocket-lint, Gizmodo, On MSFT, Digital Trends, The Next Web, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Neowin, and GeekWire
Tweets: @tomwarren, @toddbishop, and @zacbowden
| Erika Kinetz / Associated Press: |
Over 200 car manufactures operating in China, including Tesla, BMW, and Ford, are sending position info and other data to government-backed monitoring centers — SHANGHAI (AP) — When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car.
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Business Insider, Engadget, and Fortune
Tweets: @peterinexile, @lopezlinette, @ap, @teslaagnostic, and @ap
| Katie Roof / Wall Street Journal: |
Vista Equity Partners takes majority stake in Wrike, a work management platform that says it has nearly a $100M run rate, source says at a valuation of ~$800M — Software company is said to be valued at nearly $800 million — Vista Equity Partners has taken a majority stake in Wrike Inc., a workplace management software startup.
Tweets: @jordannovet and @katie_roof
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Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek launches in Singapore, initially available to the customers of DBS bank, and plans a wider rollout by early 2019 — Less than a year after Uber's exit, a new challenger is taking on Grab — SINGAPORE—Indonesian technology firm PT Go-Jek Indonesia launched …
Tweets: @wsj
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