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Sources: US DoJ identified more than six members of the Russian government involved in hacking the DNC and could charge them next year, but arrests are unlikely — At least six Russian government officials are identified as part of ongoing investigation — The Justice Department … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google to shut down its QPX Express API for airfare data, which launched out of its ITA acquisition, on April 10, 2018 — As Google gradually builds out its footprint in travel search, the company is also making a move to shut down one of its data feeds to others in the travel space.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
HTC debuts U11 Plus: 6" 1440p LCD screen, Snapdragon 835, 3,930mAh battery, IP68 rating, Alexa support; ships November 20 in UK for £699, no plans for US launch — Ships with Oreo and more of the good stuff that made the U11 so appealing — The HTC U11 has been one of the best …
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| Associated Press: |
Secureworks finds data showing Russia's Fancy Bear targeted 4.7K Gmail users worldwide using 19K malicious links mostly generated during Moscow office hours — WASHINGTON (AP) — The hackers who disrupted the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton's campaign …
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| Bloomberg: |
Lenovo buys 51% of Fujitsu's PC business for $157M+, as its Q2 earnings beat estimates with revenue up 5% to $11.8B YoY, profit down 11% YoY to $139M — Lenovo Group Ltd. posted better-than-expected revenue as the PC maker benefited from a stabilizing global personal computer market.
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London-based TransferWise raises $280M Series E; sources say valuation is $1.6B and that the co-founders and others sold some shares to the new investors — Old Mutual, IVP lead investment round in London fintech — Company now valued at $1.6 billion, source familiar saidEMBARG
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Documents show internal strife within Unicode Consortium over proposed “Frowning Pile Of Poo” emoji, with some worrying about a lack of oversight — Unicode, the organization that oversees the evolution of Emoji, is in the middle of a fierce debate over a frowning pile of poop.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
SEC: paid endorsements of ICOs may be illegal if compensation is not properly disclosed, and, even with disclosure, paid promoters may be liable in some cases — The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a stern warning to the celebrities, athletes and social media stars pitching investment opportunities in virtual currencies.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Periscope says it will waive its 30% cut from the sales of Super Hearts in streams, giving all earnings to creators minus a $1 admin fee per payout — Twitter's Periscope is going after live broadcasters in a big way, as it's now promising to give back more of their earnings from the sales of Super Hearts in their live video streams.
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba's Q2 results top estimates with revenue up 61% YoY to $8.3B, raises annual revenue growth forecast from 45%-49% to 49%-53% — Quarterly earnings-per-share also beat analysts' projections — Alibaba's dominance in Chinese retail is drawing advertisers
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| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Facebook says 10% or ~207M accounts are estimated to be duplicates, up from 6% and fake accounts total ~60M, up to 2-3% from 1%, as detection methods improve — - Facebook quietly increased its number of estimated duplicate accounts from 6% to 10%. — Estimated fake accounts were raised to 2-3% from 1%.
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Ayla Networks, which makes a platform to help companies manage IoT devices, raises $60M Series D, bringing total raised to $120M — For a manufacturer looking to bring a connected device to market, developing the necessary hardware features and backend support infrastructure can be a daunting task.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based travel activities booking platform GetYourGuide raises $75M Series D led by Battery Ventures — Right after Berlin-based travel activities booking platform GetYourGuide announced its $50 million Series C, one of Europe's biggest tourist draws, the city of Paris, was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks.Sponsor Posts
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