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Instagram brings back support for Twitter Card previews after removing the feature in 2012 — Instagram is bringing back support for Twitter Card previews starting today. Now when users share an Instagram link on Twitter, a preview of the post will be shown in the tweet.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta announces new Facebook creator tools, including custom subscription links that use its native payments system to bypass Apple and Google's IAP cut — The change is specifically about circumventing Apple's 30 percent tax, according to Zuckerberg — Facebook has found a way to skirt Apple's 30 percent tax on in-app transactions.
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Google is aggressively pursuing a major cloud computing and AI contract with the Pentagon, three years after employee outcry ended similar work on Project Maven — Three years ago, the company walked away from a Defense Department project after employees objected to it.
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
FCC approves Boeing's application to deploy and operate satellites providing broadband internet to US consumers and business; application was filed in 2017 — According to the FCC, Boeing plans on using the satellite internet system to supply broadband to residential, commercial, and government customers.
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
PitchBook: female-founded startups raised a record $40.4B across 2,661 VC deals in the first three quarters of 2021, with the value of exits reaching $59B — The pandemic took a toll on female founders in 2020: Funding to their companies fell 3% even in a bullish startup climate that saw overall venture funding rise by 16%.
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Google says it will let Android app developers use alternative billing systems in the Google Play store in South Korea, complying with a new law — Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it will add the option for developers to offer alternative billing systems on its Android app store in South Korea …
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| Rebecca Heilweil / Vox: |
Meta will retain some of its facial recognition systems, including its DeepFace model, and plans to incorporate biometrics into its metaverse products — The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could show up in the metaverse.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
US sanctions four companies, including NSO Group, that sell spyware or hacking tools, adding them to a list of entities engaging in “malicious cyber activities” — The US government has sanctioned today four companies that develop and sell spyware and other hacking tools, the US Department of Commerce announced today.
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| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
US-based game publisher Devolver Digital raises around $261M in a London IPO, at a valuation of about $950M — Fall Guys publisher is biggest US firm to trade on AIM, Sony Interactive Entertainment makes 5% investment in Devolver — Devolver Digital has begun trading on AIM …
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Klarna to acquire PriceRunner, a product and price comparison service, for ~$124M as it looks to strengthen its buy now, pay later service — Klarna announced on Tuesday (Nov. 2) that it will acquire U.K.-based price comparison service PriceRunner for 1.06 billion Swedish crowns ($124.36 million) … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
PubNub, which provides messaging, presence, and other data-based APIs for apps, raises a $65M Series E led by Raine Group, bringing its total funding to $130M+ — Data streams with continual, real-time updates of information are a critical building block of how apps and sites function today … | Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Google strikes a cloud deal with CME and invests $1B in the futures exchange — Alphabet Inc.'s Google has invested $1 billion in futures-exchange giant CME Group Inc. and struck a deal to move the company's core trading systems to the cloud. — Under the deal, the technology giant's Google Cloud unit … | Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Cloudbeds, which makes management software for the hospitality industry, raises a $150M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, bringing total funding to $253M — As U.S. hotel occupancy hit pre-pandemic levels this summer, the hospitality industry is bracing for what is expected to be a rush of activity as people resume travel.| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo says it doesn't see “component shortages recovering” at the moment as it cuts Switch sales target from 25.5M to 24M for FY 2021 — - Company upgrades operating profit outlook citing FX rates — Sustaining sales momentum will depend heavily on OLED model
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| Chunying Zhang / Bloomberg: |
Chinese self-driving startup Momenta raises $200M from investors including SAIC and Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital, bringing its total raised this year to ~$1.2B — - Latest funding takes total raised this year to $1.2 billion — Investors include auto giants GM, Toyota; Singapore's Temasek| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Qualcomm Q4: revenue of $9.3B, up 43% YoY, net income of $2.9B, up 75%, chip revenue of $7.7B, up 56%, and FY 2021 revenue of $33.5B, up 55%; stock up 5%+ — The company saw solid revenue growth across handsets, RF front-end, IoT and automotive. — Qualcomm published better … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Take-Two Interactive Q2: revenue of $858.2M, up 2% YoY, net bookings of $984.9M, up 3%; GTA V has sold 155M+ copies and generated $6B+ in revenue since 2013 — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.| Bloomberg: |
Sources say Masayoshi Son's profit-sharing plan for Vision Fund employees is contributing to a stream of defections, because it is based primarily on seniority — Ever since billionaire investor Masayoshi Son set up the giant Vision Fund in 2017 to provide backing for technology startups …
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