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Spotify Q3: paid subs rose 31% YoY to 113M; MAUs grew 30% YoY to 248M; revenue up 28% YoY to €1.73B; net income of €241M, up from €43M in Q3 '18; stock up 16%+ — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Spotify says its CFO Barry McCarthy, who pioneered the direct listing model for IPOs, is leaving in January and will rejoin Spotify's board — Barry McCarthy at a conference for other dealmakers. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images — Spotify's CFO Barry McCarthy is leaving the company in January.
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| Angus Crawford / BBC: |
Instagram bans drawings and memes related to self-harm or suicide — Instagram has pledged to remove images, drawings and even cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide. — The move is its latest response to the public outcry over the death of British teenager Molly Russell.
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Nvidia unveils new $149 Shield TV and $199 Shield TV Pro with a faster Tegra X1+ processor, AI-based 4K upscaling, Dolby Vision HDR, and Dolby Atmos support — NVIDIA has a new family of Android TV-based streaming devices, as tipped early via a couple of leaks from online stores.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft revives Xbox All Access with Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Live, and Xbox console starting at $20/mo, with the ability to upgrade to Project Scarlett in 2020 — Xbox All Access bundles from as little as $19.99 per month — Microsoft is bringing its Xbox All Access bundle back, just in time for the holiday season.| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
Adobe gets permission from the US government to continue offering Creative Cloud services to customers in Venezuela — Adobe has gained permission from the U.S. government to continue offering its Creative Cloud services, including Photoshop and Illustrator, to customers in Venezuela … | Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Facebook AI Research says it has created a system that can modify human faces in live video feeds to thwart state-of-the-art facial recognition software — Facebook AI Research says it has created a machine learning system for de-identification of individuals in video.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Fairmarkit, a platform that automates enterprise procurement of goods like office or cleaning supplies and services, raises $11M Series A — Tail spend — the purchases enterprises make outside their large, ongoing expenses — is a tricky business. While direct spend is usually well managed …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Aviatrix, which provides a common set of networking and security services to enterprise clients with one or more public clouds, raises $40M Series C led by CRV — Aviatrix, a five-year-old provider of networking and security services for multi-cloud enterprises, today announced …
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IDnow, which offers AI-based identity verification services for enterprises, raises $40M Series B from Corsair Capital — IDnow, German provider of Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVAAS), has raised a $40 million Series B from Corsair Capital. — The Munich-based tech company develops …
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Welcome to the Jungle, which helps track job applications and facilitate onboarding new recruits, raises $22.3M led by Gaia Capital Partners — French startup Welcome to the Jungle has raised a new $22.3 million funding round (€20 million). The startup is both a media company … | Mary Loritz / EU-Startups: |
London-based Duffel, which offers an airline booking platform for travel agencies via an API, raises €27M Series B led by Index Ventures — London-based travel tech company Duffel enables travel agencies to plug in directly to airlines' reservation systems through an API …
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