Techmeme: DHL expands its DHL Africa eShop to 13 additional markets, upping the presence of the global shipping company's e-commerce platform to 34 African countries (Jake Bright/TechCrunch)

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Jason Snell / Six Colors:

A look at Ultra Wideband-based U1 chip in iPhone 11 models, which is being used for AirDrop and could have many other potential applications like tracking tags — Apple likes talking about the awesome chips it designs for its iPhones, but it hates even hinting at products it hasn't yet announced.

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David Coats / VC by the Numbers:

Analysis: ~51% of capital invested into US VC-funded companies exiting over the last decade lost money, while less than 4% generated a 10x or greater return — In fact, we are highly skewed. — Most of us know intuitively that venture investing is a hits driven business.

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Jeff Abramowitz / Wired:

Launched 20 years ago, Wi-Fi nearly lost out to the rival HomeRF standard, which was being promoted by the group of Compaq, HP, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft — Opinion: Launched 20 years ago this week, Wi-Fi nearly hit a dead spot. — We all love Wi-Fi, except when we can't connect.

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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

SEC filing: Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has resigned from Apple's board — LOS ANGELES — Robert A. Iger, Disney's chief executive and chairman, has resigned from the board of Apple, whose growing Hollywood operation would have made it harder for him to fully engage as one of its directors.

Srividya Kalyanaraman / AmericanInno:

CIMCON Lighting, whose smart city platform simplifies the deployment of sensors, cameras, and other devices, such as Wi-Fi access points, raises $33M Series C — Burlington-based smart city solutions maker CIMCON raised $33 million in a Series C round led by Digital Alpha.

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Researchers: execution errors prevented the Crash Override malware, which took down the Ukrainian power grid for an hour in 2016, from causing lasting damage — A fresh look at the 2016 blackout in Ukraine suggests that the cyberattack behind it was intended to cause far more damage.

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft will reportedly launch a 15-inch version of the Surface Laptop 3 during its October 2 event — Surface Book 3 probably won't appear next month — Microsoft is planning to refresh its Surface lineup next month, and there could be a bigger version of the Surface Laptop 3 in the cards.

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Jake Bright / TechCrunch:

DHL expands its DHL Africa eShop to 13 additional markets, upping the presence of the global shipping company's e-commerce platform to 34 African countries — DHL has expanded its DHL Africa eShop business to 13 additional markets, upping the presence of the global shipping company's e-commerce platform to 34 African countries.

FinSMEs:

Sourced Group, which helps enterprises in regulated industries migrate their IT infrastructure to the cloud, raises CAD$20M — Sourced Group, a Canadian-owned IT consultancy specializing in large-scale cloud transformations for regulated industries, closed a CAD $20m financing.

More: PR Newswire and ARN

Margie Manning / St Pete Catalyst:

ComplianceQuest, which develops cloud-based quality management software for life sciences and manufacturing sectors, raises $36M Series A — ComplianceQuest, a Tampa company with software for life science firms and manufacturers, raised a $36 million Series A round led by Insight Partners.

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Lucas Matney / TechCrunch:

Caper, which is developing smart grocery carts that use AI and various sensors to let shoppers quickly scan items and checkout, raises $10M Series A — Caper wants to deliver a major update to the self checkout aisle without keeping its dreaded catchphrases, i.e. “Unknown item in the bagging area,” “Please place the item in the bag.”

More: PR Newswire

Miles Kruppa / Financial Times:

Research: tech start-ups spent $44B on advertising and cloud computing from Facebook, Google, and Amazon in 2018, making up ~10% of the revenue of tech giants — Technology start-ups spent $44bn on advertising and cloud computing from Facebook, Google and Amazon last year …

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