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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
As millions pay for premium subscriptions to have a “clean” digital media experience, privacy and freedom from advertising are gradually becoming luxury goods — A decade ago, an internet video start-up called Hulu boldly declared an end to the era of paid TV.
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| Anmol / MSPoweruser: |
Microsoft to end Cortana support for iOS and Android apps in eight countries including UK, China from Jan. 31; Cortana content like reminders will stop working — Recently there were rumours that Microsoft might be discontinuing Cortana on Android and iOS.
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| Pew Research Center: |
Survey: ~60% US adults believe they can not avoid data collection by corporations or govt., 81% think the risks of corporate data collection outweigh benefits — Majorities think their personal data is less secure now, that data collection poses more risks than benefits …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
DroneDeploy, a drone mapping and analytics platform, raises $35M Series D, bringing its total raised to $90M, says it now has over 5,000 enterprise customers — DroneDeploy, a startup developing a holistic cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform, today announced that it's closed … | Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
Profile of FaZe Clan, an esports and gaming lifestyle media org with 34 content creators, 15 pro esports players, 11 players/entertainers, and over 214M viewers — They already make every moment into consumable content. What can it become? — This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Loop Returns, which helps stores on Shopify handle online returns, raises $10M Series A led by FirstMark Capital — Loop Returns, the startup that helps brands handle returns from online purchases, has today announced the close of a $10 million Series A funding round led by FirstMark Capital.
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| CNBC: |
Twitter bans political ads globally, will allow some “cause-based” ads with limited targeting and promotion of issue-related fact-based reporting from news orgs — - Twitter laid out the framework for its new policy on political ads, which bans certain advertisers and has stricter rules for issue ads.
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| Derek Wallbank / Bloomberg: |
Enlitic, which is working on an AI-aided medical diagnostic tool that can read radiology scans, announces $25M Series B-1, following a $15M Series B in April — Health technology startup Enlitic announced it had completed a $25 million round of Series B-1 financing, valuing … | Mark Harris / MIT Technology Review: |
New research shows that thousands of ships in Shanghai, the world's busiest port, are falling victim to spoofing of GPS systems that has left experts baffled — A sophisticated new electronic warfare system is being used at the world's busiest port. But is it sand thieves or the Chinese state behind it?
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| Katherine Davis / AmericanInno: |
Chicago-based Apervita raises $22M for its cloud-based platform that enables insurers and healthcare providers to share clinical and insurance claims data — Chicago healthcare startup Apervita has raised new financing following its merger with Boston-based Qcentive over the summer.
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Milwaukee Business Journal, Chicago Business, FinSMEs, Pulse 2.0, and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @chicagoinno
| NoCamels: |
Israel-based Pcysys, which has developed a cybersecurity risk assessment service that uses automated penetration testing, closes $10M Series A — Israeli cybersecurity startup Pcysys, announced on Wednesday that it completed a $10 million Series A funding round led by Canadian VC firm Awz Ventures …
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Globes Online, CTech, FinSMEs, and PE Hub Blog
| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
pureLiFi, which is developing optical Gigabit Li-Fi components that can be integrated into mobile devices, raises $18M Series B from Temasek, others — pureLifi, a light communication company founded as a spin-out of the University of Edinburgh, has raised an $18 million Series B …
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LEDinside, The Straits Times, and Light Reading
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
A look at Roundup, Montana, which has become a hub in Amazon's supply chain with prep centers that repackage sellers' goods according to Amazon's specifications — How the tiny town of Roundup, Montana, became a hub in Amazon's supply chain — On any given day, thousands of packages from Walmarts …
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