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iMac Pro to feature A10 Fusion coprocessor, which could be used for always-on “Hey Siri”, BridgeOS 2.0 code from Apple shows — Update: Leaked screens from BridgeOS confirm ‘Hey Siri’ for Mac … The HomePod may be delayed, but we have still have the launch of the iMac Pro to look forward to before the end of the year.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
How The Washington Post built Arc, its suite of digital publishing tools, and started offering the software to other newsrooms as a paid service — The newspaper created a platform to tackle its own challenges. Then, with Amazon-like spirit, it realized there was a business in helping other publishers do the same.| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
Marvell Technology has agreed to acquire Cavium for about $6B, as it seeks to expand in the networking equipment sector — (Reuters) - Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL.O) has agreed to acquire smaller peer Cavium Inc (CAVM.O) for around $6 billion, as it seeks to expand …
| Mihir Dalal / Livemint: |
Xiaomi says it will invest up to $1B in 100 Indian startups over the next five years to create an ecosystem of apps around its smartphone brand — Xiaomi will invest $1 billion in 100 Indian startups over the next 5 years to create an ecosystem of apps around its smartphone brand, says CEO Lei Jun
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| Ernie Smith / Motherboard: |
A look at PLATO, a 1960s-era networked platform of computers for education, a precursor to modern Internet concepts including forums and instant messaging — How the PLATO system, a pre-internet online platform that first came to life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the 1960s …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Though Steve Jurvetson hasn't faced public harassment allegations, he was asked to leave DFJ after firm caught him lying about personal misconduct, says source — Jurvetson was asked to leave because DFJ caught him lying about what it considered serious allegations, a source said.
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| Daniel Mützel / Motherboard: |
Norwegian hacker Einar Otto Stangvik on how he exposed Childs Play, a dark web pedophile forum that was hosted by Australian Police as part of a sting operation — ByDaniel Mützeltranslated byDaniel Stächelin — Einar Otto Stangvik talks with us about online child pornography …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake is the first woman to lead a US tech IPO this year; she built a profitable business with nearly $1B revenue in under 6 years — Founder and CEO Katrina Lake is the first woman to take an internet company public this year. — On the day Stitch Fix publicly filed paperwork …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Bloomberg's new Twitter network will launch Dec 18; sources say it has already secured eight-figures in ad revenue for its first year — Bloomberg's new Twitter network will launch on Dec. 18 with six founding partners: Goldman Sachs, Infiniti, TD Ameritrade, CA Technologies, AT&T and CME Group — and more are in the works.
Tweets: @dancow
| Jeff Bercovici / Inc.com: |
How Topix pivoted to pay platforms for traffic to its slideshows, quizzes, and other evergreen content, earning $5M on $36M in revenues in '16 with 29 employees — Topix CEO Chris Tolles explains how he stopped worrying and learned to love the platforms. — San Francisco bureau chief, Inc. @jeffbercovici| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Bangkok-based aCommerce, an e-commerce enabler that works with brands across a range of services, raises $65M Series B led by KKR-backed Emerald Media — Southeast Asia-based aCommerce, a startup that helps brands get into e-commerce and digital media in the fast-growing region …
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| Chris Duckett / ZDNet: |
Chinese certificate authority StartCom, which was blacklisted in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge for bad practices, to shut down and revoke all certs by 2020 — Embattled Chinese certificate authority could not recover from blacklistings by browser makers.
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