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December 9, 2017, 4:25 AM
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TechCrunch:
Sources: Apple to acquire music recognition app Shazam; one source puts the deal at about $400M; Shazam's post-money valuation after its 2015 funding was $1.02B  —  As Spotify continues to inch towards a public listing, Apple is making a move of its own to step up its game in music services.
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Jony Ive, Apple's chief design officer, is returning to his management role within Apple's design group after handing off managerial duties in 2015  —  Jony Ive, Apple's chief design officer, is returning to his management role within Apple's design group after handing off managerial duties …
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Survey: for first time more founders say sales leaders, not engineers, are hardest to hire; 53% say investors have more sway in deals, compared to 39% in 2016  —  Every year, we survey as many venture-backed startup founders as possible to figure out what it's like to run a technology company right now.
Frank Chaparro / Business Insider:
Coinbase CEO says exchange services may be “degraded or unavailable” during high volume or volatile trading sessions, after recent downtime incidents  —  - Coinbase, the cryptocurrency trading platform, experienced an outage on Thursday as bitcoin soared by $3,000 in under three hours on its platform.
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Uber has settled the lawsuit with a woman whose medical files the company accessed after she was raped by Uber driver in India  —  The woman, who was raped by her Uber driver in India, sued the company for intrusion of privacy and defamation.  —  Uber has settled a lawsuit with a woman who was raped by her Uber driver in India.
Ted Johnson / Variety:
FCC formally refuses to hand over any data or logs in New York attorney general's inquiry into fake net neutrality comments  —  WASHINGTON — The FCC is declining New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request to turn over records related to the agency's net neutrality proceeding, citing concerns over privacy and security.
Theodore Schleifer / Recode:
Andy Rubin has returned to Essential after taking leave amid questions about an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate when he was at Google  —  He's back at Essential, his smartphone startup.  —  Andy Rubin, the founder of smartphone startup Essential, has already returned …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google says its employees and its philanthropic arm Google.org donated $260M to nonprofits in 2017  —  In light of hurricanes, attacks, and other disasters this year, Google has provided aid through donations and employee matching initiatives.  In 2017, employees and the Google.org philanthropic arm gave $260 million to nonprofits.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

More News

Will Knight / MIT Technology Review:
Experts say US is in danger of losing its status as the center of AI R&D, as GOP tax plan raises costs on graduates and immigration policy deters some
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Data from publishing tool SocialFlow says Twitter users are retweeting and liking tweets with over 140 characters almost twice as much as shorter ones
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Sources: during a talk at a private party, Elon Musk said Tesla is developing specialized AI hardware “that we think will be the best in the world”
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