Tim Cook calls for a retraction of Bloomberg's China chip hacking story: “There is no truth in their story about Apple. They need to do the right thing”  —  “There is no truth in their story about Apple.  They need to do the right thing."  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook …

Facebook hires Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, as head of global affairs and communications, to succeed Elliot Schrage  —  Facebook has hired Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister, to head its global affairs and communications team as it faces escalating problems …

Documents show Android manufacturers in EU may have to pay Google $2.50-$40/device as a fee, depending on country and pixel density, following antitrust ruling  —  Confidential documents show strong incentives for keeping bundle intact  —  Android manufacturers will have to pay Google …

EU Commission approves Microsoft's acquisition of Github  —  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission approved on Friday the acquisition of software development tool maker GitHub by software giant Microsoft without conditions saying the purchase would not damage competition in the sector.

Security giant G4S offers high-security vault that puts crypto assets in offline storage and distributes them into fragments that are independently of no value  —  U.K.-based multinational security services company G4S has developed a new service for protecting cryptocurrency assets …

Crypto exchange Coinbase open sources its automated security scaling tool Salus and makes it available on GitHub  —  U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is making a recently developed automated security scaling tool available to the public.  —  Called Salus, after the Roman the goddess …

As Facebook promotes its “war room” and efforts to fight interference, a study of disinformation on WhatsApp during Brazil's election shows more could be done  —  Corporation shows off room of engineers, data scientists and other experts but offers reporters few new specifics

Qualtrics, an experience-management and analytics platform for customers and employees, files for IPO, says 2017 revenues were $290M, up 52% YoY, profits- $2.6M  —  One of Utah and cloud computing's most promising unicorns is looking to graduate out of the herd.

DOJ charges Russian national involved in “Project Lakhta”, an alleged foreign influence operation to interfere in US midterms by pushing misinformation online  —  The Justice Department on Friday charged a Russian woman for her role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2018 U.S. election …

Bill Gates reflects on Paul Allen, remembering him as a passionate man who held his family and friends dear and as a brilliant technologist and philanthropist  —  Gates describes the moment Allen showed him a new computer called the Altair 8800, which marked the end of Gates's college career and the beginning of Microsoft

Oh My Green, a health-food delivery startup for offices that gives its customers personalized recommendations for meals and snacks, raises $20M seed round  —  Kate Clark @kateclarktweets / 2 days  —  In its first institutional funding round, Oh My Green has raised $20 million from Initialized Capital …

Sources: cybersecurity startup CrowdStrike hired Goldman Sachs to prepare for IPO and aims to be valued above its June funding round valuation of $3B  —  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cybersecurity software maker CrowdStrike Inc has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group to prepare …

Chicago Mercantile Exchange report shows Bitcoin futures have continually risen through Q3 2018, with average daily volume up 41% since Q2  —  Average daily volumes for bitcoin futures trading saw a significant jump in the third quarter compared to the last period, according to CME Group.

China-based online retailer JD.com to launch a flagship online store on Google's shopping platforms by year's end to sell directly to US consumers  —  - Web retailer diving deeper even as tensions with China mount  — JD's been exploring ways to expand beyond its home market