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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hackers breached SyTech, a contractor for Russia's FSB, and stole 7.5TB of data about its projects for the agency, including one for deanonymizing Tor traffic — SyTech, the hacked company, was working on research projects for the FSB, Russia's intelligence service.
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| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
A new set of Pixel 4 leaked images and a series of renders show it will have a large forehead bezel for a variety of sensors and front-facing cameras — A lot of space to cover up — A new set of leaked images of Google's forthcoming Pixel 4 smartphone have surfaced on the web …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Profile of Calibra's head of strategy Morgan Beller, previously a partner at a16z, and the original driving force behind Facebook's push into cryptocurrency — KEY POINTS — Morgan Beller is one of three people — all Facebook employees — listed as a co-creator of the proposed Libra digital currency …
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| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
Google and plaintiffs agree on a $13M settlement in a 2010 class action over Google Street View's collection of personal info from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks — - Settlement will close the books on a scandal from a decade ago — Money to go to privacy groups instead of Wi-Fi network owners
Tweets: @business
| Tim Merel / VentureBeat: |
Report: of the $5.4B invested in AR and VR in the last 12 months to Q2 2019, Chinese companies raised over 2.5x more money than North American counterparts — If today's AR/VR investment/merger-and-acquisition dynamics continue, there could be a window of one year to 18 months for corporate and VC …
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| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
European Commission changes its mind on the .eu domain again, now says it will allow citizens of EU countries resident in the UK to use it after Brexit — Your periodic reminder that there was maybe a reason so many people voted to leave — The European Commission has, yet again … | Jon Emont / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon offers Marketplace merchants perks like prominent placements, more if they agree to sell their successful brands to Amazon, often at $10K/brand — Program offers merchants prominent display and marketing support—at the cost of giving Amazon the right to buy their brand at a fixed price| David Z. Morris / Fortune: |
Dust Identity, which covers objects with a diamond dust coating with a unique pattern to track them across complex supply chains, raises $10M Series A — Startup Dust Identity has raised $10 million in a series A funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins and including strategic investments …
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| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Amazon updates ToS for 3rd party sellers, will now give a 30-day notice and provide reasons for account suspensions, but sellers say changes don't go far enough — KEY POINTS — Amazon updated its terms of service for third-party sellers this week, committing to give a 30-day notice and provide reasons for account suspensions.| Jörn Krieger / Broadband TV News: |
German court rules that Deutsche Telekom's zero-rating mobile streaming plan StreamOn violates EU's net neutrality rules, can not be offered in its current form — About Jörn Krieger — Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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| Lucy Tobin / London Evening Standard: |
UK-based AppyParking, which uses sensors in parking bays to help drivers find empty parking spots, raises £7.6M Series A, at a valuation of £50M — Car giant's investment boosts value of London start-up — A London tech firm that aims to end drivers' hunt for parking spots … | Song Jingli Mon / KrASIA: |
CloudMinds, a cloud-based robotics company, files for a US IPO seeking to raise $500M, says it had revenues of $121M, up 529% YoY, and a $156.8M loss in 2018 — Beijing-headquartered robot producer CloudMinds has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering to raise up to USD 500 million.
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