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Sources: SoftBank plans to lend up to $20B to its employees to buy stakes in its second VC fund, with Masayoshi Son accounting for more than half of the amount — Unusual setup doubly exposes the Japanese company to a startup economy that is starting to show cracks
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Ikea says it is creating a new business unit, Ikea Home smart, with end-to-end responsibility for its portfolio of smart devices — ‘We are just getting started’ — Ikea is formalizing what has recently become all too obvious: the company is making a major bet on smart home tech as a source of new revenue.| Reuters: |
Sources: the US Department of Commerce to extend Huawei's license to buy US goods, which expires on August 19, by another 90 days — SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm …
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How US-based companies are moving manufacturing out of mainland China while their Chinese counterparts are “de-Americanizing” their supply chains — - Electronics makers shift from China to side-step Trump tariffs — Tech giants like Huawei are ‘de-Americanizing’ supply chains
Tweets: @noahpinion
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
A look at donations by major tech execs to 2020 presidential candidates, with Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders notably absent from the list of recipients — KEY POINTS — LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has donated money to four Democratic primary candidates, while Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has provided money to three.| Reuters: |
Source: Airbnb's revenue grew 40% in 2018, and it booked 91M nights in Q1 2019 for an overall bookings value of $9.4B, up 31% YoY, had about $3.5B in cash in Q1 — (Reuters) - Airbnb Inc recorded $9.4 billion in total booking value in the first quarter, up 31% from the year-ago quarter … | Duncan Leatherdale / BBC: |
A look at What3words, a location sharing app that divides the world into 57 trillion three meter squares, and assigns them a unique, random three-word address — Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives. What is it and how does it work?
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How cities like Katowice in Poland, Hangzhou in China, and Frisco, Texas are embracing esports tournaments in a bid to revive their economies — For centuries, Katowice was a mining town. The first settlers were craftsmen in the 18th century, who arrived in the lowlands of Southern Poland … | Reuters: |
Segway-Ninebot unveils the semi-autonomous KickScooter T60 that it says can return itself to charging stations, expected to be available in Q1 2020 for ~$1,420 — BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Segway-Ninebot Group, a Beijing-based electric scooter maker, on Friday unveiled a scooter … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Bakkt says it plans to launch its physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts on Sept. 23, after getting approval from NY state's financial regulator — Bakkt has been cleared to launch. — The Intercontinental Exchange's young subsidiary announced Friday that it had acquired …
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Some Defcon attendees discuss why people are still getting hacked and what the cybersecurity community needs to do better — The cybersecurity industry is worth billions of dollars, and tens of thousands of people attend Black Hat and Def Con every year. So, are we getting any safer?
Tweets: @motherboard, @josephfcox, and @jason_koebler
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube changes policy: copyright owners will no longer be able to monetize creator videos with very short or unintentional uses of music via its manual tool — YouTube is making a change to its copyright enforcement policies around music used in videos, which may result in an increased number …
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