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Sources: Bird plans to raise at its current $2B valuation and Lime at $2B-3B, below their initial asks, amid tougher-than-expected business conditions — Shared electric-scooter companies Bird and Lime temper their valuation goals as they deal with vandalism and other growing pains
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Coinbase adds Civic, district0x, Loom Network, and Decentraland to its Coinbase Pro trading platform and is considering 27 other tokens — UPDATE, 12/7/18 18:00 UTC: Four hours after announcing the list, Coinbase Pro said it was launching support for Civic, District0x, Loom Network and Decentraland's tokens.
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Facebook bans “implicit sexual solicitation”, “vague suggestive statements”, and sexualized slang, a disappointing sign of how FOSTA has changed the internet — Well, well. As we've covered for a while now, FOSTA became law almost entirely because Facebook …
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| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Huawei CFO's arrest at behest of US prompts fears of retaliatory arrests, amid a series of other worrisome US responses to strategic tech challenges from China — Tech executives worry China will turn to tit-for-tat arrests of Americans in response to the detention of Meng Wanzhou.
Facebook: Justin Trudno. Tweets: @ajenews, @cbcnews, @dalzell60, @emilyrauhala, @nbcnightlynews, and @kenroth
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| Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC: |
Google publishes its plans for Mountain View's North Bayshore development which include 3.12M square feet of offices and up to 8,000 residential units — - Google just released its plans for a massive development in its home city of Mountain View, California.
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As US Army launches Army Esports, a new gamer recruitment initiative, a look at its long collaboration with the gaming industry using tools like Marine Doom — In a burnt-out, four-story shopping mall on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, one room blared with the raucous sounds of the '70s and '80s …
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FortressIQ, which applies a new AI technique called imitation learning to process automation, raises $12M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — FortressIQ, a startup that wants to bring a new kind of artificial intelligence to process automation called imitation learning …
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YouTube says over 200M people view gaming content each day globally, and 50B+ hours of gaming videos were viewed in the past year — YouTube Gaming has become a huge part of internet culture in recent years, and that was visible at The Game Awards this week — Every day, more than 200 million people view gaming content on YouTube.
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StarVR suspends its month old developer program with a $3,200 headset as it delists from Taipei exchange and its major shareholder, Starbreeze, runs out of cash — Less than a month after StarVR started accepting applications for its $3,200 developer kit program, the company has confirmed …
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A Clear Path for the e-Way Bill in Zoho Books — Do you transport goods within your state or across different states in India? To comply with the GST law, you will need a new electronic document in order to transport your goods - the e-Way Bill. — What is an e-Way bill?
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Australian watchdog ACCC posts regulation recommendations regarding digital platforms, like Google: monitor handling of ads and news, ban default browsers, more — The hammer is coming down on Google and Facebook as Australia's top consumer watchdog warns they are becoming too powerful.
| Rachel Becker / The Verge: |
Most studies on the side effects of screen time have relied on self-reported data, an unreliable methodology that has been a major problem in nutrition research — Screen time is an all-encompassing term that could mean messaging friends, playing video games, or scrolling through Twitter.
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| Owen Williams / Motherboard: |
By putting Edge on Chromium and planning to invest in the engine, Microsoft is showing it is committed to the web as a platform for the future of apps — The move will allow deeper integration of Chromium and Chrome on Windows, which will lead to major improvements in performance and battery life.
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FortressIQ, which applies a new AI technique called imitation learning to process automation, raises $12M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture PartnersFind
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Sources: Bird plans to raise at its current $2B valuation and Lime at $2B-3B, below their initial asks, amid tougher-than-expected business conditionsFind
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NEWS.com.au:
Australian watchdog ACCC posts regulation recommendations regarding digital platforms, like Google: monitor handling of ads and news, ban default browsers, moreFind
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
YouTube says over 200M people view gaming content each day globally, and 50B+ hours of gaming videos were viewed in the past yearFind
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Huawei CFO's arrest at behest of US prompts fears of retaliatory arrests, amid a series of other worrisome US responses to strategic tech challenges from ChinaFind
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As US Army launches Army Esports, a new gamer recruitment initiative, a look at its long collaboration with the gaming industry using tools like Marine DoomFind
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Rachel Becker / The Verge:
Most studies on the side effects of screen time have relied on self-reported data, an unreliable methodology that has been a major problem in nutrition researchFind
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