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Tom Warren / The Verge:

A possible retail listing of Surface Pro 8 with a 13" 120Hz display, narrow bezels, and two Thunderbolt ports leaks ahead of Microsoft's event on September 22 — Microsoft is holding a Surface hardware event on Wednesday — Microsoft is preparing to launch a new Surface Pro 8 model next week …

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Tweets: @tapbot_paul, @techaltar, @brianfagioli, @superscientific, and @snazzyq

Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal:

NTSB head says Tesla shouldn't roll out its Full Self-Driving update with the city-driving tool before addressing safety deficiencies — Tesla plans to expand access to Full Self-Driving system and defends its tech; safety official says more work is needed

More: The Verge, Protocol, Gizmodo, Benzinga, Mashable, Engadget, Reuters, PCMag, Wccftech, and Insider

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Nick Clegg / About Facebook:

Facebook says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees — A lot has been said about Facebook this week. A series of articles published by the Wall Street Journal has focused on some of the most difficult issues …

More: Washington Post, MSNBC, CNET, Axios, fossbytes.com, The Overspill, Gizmodo, The Hill, Insider, Benzinga, PCMag, New York Times, The Verge, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Reuters, and The Wrap

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Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Bloomberg:

A look at US “finfluencers”, creators partnering with fintechs to promote investment products, as App Annie says hours spent on finance apps are up 90% YoY — Finance firms have long struggled to reach young and new customers — until now. — At first no one could explain …

More: Sramana Mitra. Tweets: @kulanthisilva, @misyrlena, @hacks4pancakes, @bw, @trengriffin, and @ryanbeckwith

Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot:

In a live Q&A, Epik's CEO Rob Monster was talked into taking down a site that doxxed journalists and admitted the controversial web host was breached last week — Rob Monster sparred with journalist and hackers and even asked Jesus to rebuke the demons in the room.

Tweets: @stevanzetti, @josephmenn, and @mikaelthalen

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:

A look at Nahoft, an Iran-focused text encryption tool for Android that can turn up to 1,000 characters of Farsi text into a jumble of random words — Nahoft uses encryption to turn chats into a random jumble of words, and it works even when the internet doesn't.

Tweets: @wilderko, @mnureddin, @dgtlcatacombs, and @lilyhnewman

Akash Bajwa / Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants:

As hedge funds ramp up private market investments, a look at Coatue Management, a hedge fund started by ex-Tiger Global employees that manages $50B+ in assets — The Tiger cub that's likely to make its mark known in 2021 — It's been heartwarming to receive messages from some of you over …

Tweets: @hkanji and @akashbajwa96

Antonia Timmerman / Rest of World:

Profile of Ismail Fahmi, who has become an Indonesian household name for combating misinformation with data from his company's social media-mapping tools — In a “dystopian nightmare” internet, Ismail Fahmi holds a strange monopoly on debunking false facts. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA

Tweets: @restofworld, @ismailfahmi, @rosstapsell, @cengizyar, @anupkaphle, @restofworld, @timmerman91, @iethics, @fedecherubini, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @risj_oxford

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

A look at the lawsuit over Kosta Elefteriou's FlickType app for Apple Watch that he claims Apple had offered to buy, as Apple unveils its own swipe keyboard — In January 2019, Kosta Eleftheriou had every reason to believe Apple was about to make a deal, his lawsuit alleges.

More: Softpedia News and iThinkDifferent

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Wall Street Journal:

French cloud services provider OVHcloud says it plans to launch an IPO, raising up to €400M, sources say at a valuation of more than €4B — France-based cloud services provider aims to take advantage of the surge in demand for digital communications accelerated by the pandemic

More: Reuters

Nicole Wetsman / The Verge:

Experts say current cuffless methods for measuring blood pressure, like the tech found in Samsung Galaxy Watch, can only reliably track relative changes — It's been over two years since Samsung first announced that its Galaxy Watch would be able to measure people's blood pressure.

Tweets: @berci and @spjuraschek

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Indian used-car marketplace Cars24 raises $450M, made up of $340M Series F and $110M in debt, at a $1.84B valuation — The used car market is getting another major infusion of venture capital today, with one of the faster scaling startups out of India picking up a major round of financing …

More: Livemint, Bloomberg, DealStreetAsia, Financial Times, The Economic Times, Entrackr, Tech in Asia, and VCCircle

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

Sky agrees to acquire ITV's TV business for £1.6B, uniting the UK's two largest commercial broadcasters; ITV says shareholders will receive £950M from the deal

Alex Ritman / Variety:

AI-focused studio Particle 6 plans a full-length feature film to be led by the AI “actor” Tilly Norwood, as a hybrid production using film and TV professionals

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Sources: Netflix is studying its data to see why viewers quit its shows after S1, with some shows seeing a 30%-70% S2 drop, as it faces a quarter without hits

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Avi Greengart / Techsponential:

Analysis of the products announced during Apple's California Streaming event, the carrier and upgrade outlook, and possible responses from competitors

The Economic Times:

Facebook India appoints former Uber executive Rajiv Aggarwal as head of public policy, a post that has been vacant for nearly a year since Ankhi Das quit

More: Quartz, Moneycontrol, TechCircle, The Hindu BusinessLine, and Business Standard

Eric Benjamin Seufert / Mobile Dev Memo:

The Epic v. Apple ruling shows gaming apps account for ~70% of App Store revenue; in Q3 2017, <0.5% of Apple accounts made up 53.7% of all App Store billings

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:

Madrid-based Seedtag, a contextual adtech company, raises $40M Series B led by Oakley Capital to expand into the US market

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Oscar Williams / New Statesman:

A look at how the withdrawal of Google and others from London's decade-old Silicon Roundabout may be proof the UK's startup scene has expanded and matured

Tweets: @dougall, @rsohoni, @oscwilliams, @sarahdrinkwater, @christianhern, and @jpwiseuk. Thanks:@oscwilliams

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CreatorIQ, which helps brands with influencer marketing by providing e-commerce and campaign measurement tools, raises $40M from investors including TVC Capital

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LA-based Tradesy, an online marketplace for secondhand high-end fashion goods, raises $67M Series D led by Foris Ventures, the family office of John Doerr

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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:

Pagaya, whose AI-powered service makes financial transactions like lending more efficient for banks, is going public in a SPAC merger at a valuation of ~$9B

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Matthew Martin / Bloomberg:

Saudi-based customer communications service Unifonic raises $125M Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Sanabil, which is owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF

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Tom Krazit / Protocol:

Interview with GitHub COO Erica Brescia on GitHub's infrastructure, changes in open-source software philosophies, and why hybrid work will thrive post-pandemic

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Will Oremus / Washington Post:

Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like “digital redlining” to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups

Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post:

Amazon says it has closed 3,000 seller accounts backed by about 600 Chinese brands for review fraud

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