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| Gabriela Barkho / Crunchbase News: |
WeWork to acquire community platform Meetup, according to an internal announcement from Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman — WeWork's acquisition spree continues. — WeWork will acquire Meetup, Crunchbase News has learned, adding another purchase to the rapidly expanding rental startup's roster.
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank offers to buy secondary Uber shares at $48B valuation, 30% lower than Uber's recent $69B valuation, will also invest $1B+ at $69B valuation — The price is 30% below Uber's last primary round, people say — A slate of investors has agreed to sell shares for the deal
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| Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo: |
Tumblr founder David Karp announces resignation from the company in email to staff, said decision came “after months of reflection on my personal ambitions” — After 11 years, Tumblr's founder and public face David Karp announced his resignation from the company in a staff email this afternoon.
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Tweets: @alexeheath, @caseynewton, @taylorlorenz, @tatiana, @seldo, @joshconstine, @rrhoover, @marcoarment, @mathewi, @stevekovach, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @caseynewton, and @caseynewton
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out AI for suicide prevention globally with the exception of the EU after initial tests in US, to detect suicidal posts before they're reported — This is software to save lives. Facebook's new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts …
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Business Insider, Quartz, Facebook, Gizmodo, Fast Company, Washington Post, International Business Times, RAPPLER, Slate, Fone Arena, bgr.in, International Business Times, BGR, Yahoo! Finance, GeekWire, The Daily Caller, The Next Web, Nextgov, HYPEBEAST, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, SlashGear, InvestorPlace, Refinery29, Digital Trends, MSPoweruser, Adweek, Associated Press, CNNMoney, SiliconBeat, BetaNews, Mashable, Fortune, Reuters, and Axios
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @alexstamos, @cwarzel, @dancow, @joshconstine, @hoofnagle, @joshconstine, @khanoisseur, and @joshconstine. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Canalys: |
Canalys: VR headset shipments pass 1M for first time in Q3 with Sony, Oculus, and HTC taking the top three spots, shipping 490K+, 210K, and 160K respectively — Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Monday, 27 November 2017 — Virtual reality headset shipments are showing no signs of slowing … | Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times: |
A look at some of the plans submitted by 238 municipalities in Amazon's HQ2 contest, offering big tax breaks, free land, and special access to public resources — A review of some of the bids to woo Amazon's HQ2 to other cities and states shows it's not all about the money.
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Tweets: @taniel, @hshaban, @byjoelanderson, and @juliedicaro
| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
YouTube Go, a lightweight YouTube app designed for slower internet connections, leaves beta; available in India, Indonesia, and other select countries — Earlier this year, Google released ‘YouTube Go,’ a super-lightweight version of the YouTube app tailored for developing countries.
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9to5Google, Engadget, and Ubergizmo
| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
US DoJ charges three members of one of China's cyber-espionage units for hacking Moody's Analytics, Siemens, and Trimble between 2011 and May 2017 — US authorities have acted on one of the worst-kept secrets in cyber-security and have filed official charges against three Chinese hackers part … | Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook and Twitter say they will respond to UK requests for information about possible Russian meddling in Brexit and UK general election within weeks — Facebook will be ready to report as early as mid-December about what it's found on its platform relating to Russia and Brexit.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it will refocus on enhancing search via the Windows taskbar, after dropping support for its Microsoft Graph-powered Delve app on Windows 10 — Microsoft seems to be rethinking how it handles search in the brave, new Microsoft 365 world — Some time recently …
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Business Insider and Windows Central
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French startup Doctolib, an online booking platform for medical practitioners, raises $42M, making it one of the best-funded health startups in Europe — French startup Doctolib is raising money for the second time in the past twelve months. The company is building a sort of Salesforce … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Adobe: Cyber Monday US sales hit record-breaking $6.59B, with purchases on smartphones also breaking a record with $1.59B in sales — Cyber Monday is off to a flying start for online shopping in the US. As of 7am Pacific, $840 million has been spent, up 16.9 percent on Cyber Monday 2016.Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
We can build it. Can we judge it? — As agentic AI shortens the path from idea to shipped code, journey evaluation becomes a critical design skill.
We can build it. Can we judge it? — As agentic AI shortens the path from idea to shipped code, journey evaluation becomes a critical design skill.
Will Reed:
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
Zoho Backstage 4.0: Introducing the most powerful event experience platform from Zoho, ever — Every year, we observe Event Organizers Day on October 23 to celebrate the hard work and creativity event planners bring to every event.
Zoho Backstage 4.0: Introducing the most powerful event experience platform from Zoho, ever — Every year, we observe Event Organizers Day on October 23 to celebrate the hard work and creativity event planners bring to every event.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
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Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Speak Out + We Look Inside Pandora's Box
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Sources:
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Candid conversations with the leaders shaping what's next in AI and the broader tech industry. Hosted by Alex Heath, who has covered Silicon Valley for more than a decade.
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Channels with Peter Kafka:
Netflix in Turmoil + Derek Thompson on AI & The Antisocial Century
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