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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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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 … | 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.| 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 … | 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 … | 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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| 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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| Noah Kulwin / VICE News: |
YouTube says it has terminated 270+ accounts, taken down 150K+ videos, removed ads from ~2M videos over past week as it purges content that endangers children — For the second time in less than a year, major advertisers are fleeing YouTube after finding their ads were paired with offensive content — this time, directed at children.
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| Kerry Flynn / Mashable: |
Snapchat now recommends contextual filters and borders based on photo content, recognizes items within a few categories like pets, sports, and food — Too lazy to be creative with Snapchat? Well, there's a new feature for you. — Snap quietly launched new filters that recognize what's …
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