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Oprah Winfrey signs multiyear non-exclusive deal for new original programs with Apple; Winfrey is expected to have an on-screen role as host and interviewer — Oprah shares her secrets to success with graduates — Apple has signed Oprah Winfrey to a multiyear deal for new original programs.
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Sources: Apple expects to sell more iPhones with LCD screens than with pricier OLEDs in its fall lineup, plans to release at least one LCD model in 2019 — Apple expects to sell more iPhones with LCD screens than pricey OLED models in its coming lineup: sources
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Six current and former Fitbit employees have been charged in a federal indictment for possession of stolen trade secrets from now bankrupt rival Jawbone — The Fitbit and Jawbone trade secrets mess has been revived — US federal prosecutors charged six former and current Fitbit employees … | Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
AlphaPoint raises $15M Series A from Novogratz's Galaxy Digital to help build cryptoasset exchanges and digitize assets like gold and real estate via blockchain — Forbes Staff I cover enterprise adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrency. … Famed hedge fund trader and bitcoin evangelist … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Avalara, a Seattle-based sales tax automation cloud startup, closes up 87% on its first day of trading, after raising $180M in its IPO at $2B+ valuation — Forbes Staff Covering venture capital, software and startups — Wall Street's lovefest with cloud computing companies continued …
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rideOS raises $9M Series A led by Sequoia for its real-time routing and dispatch software for the fleets of autonomous cars — A slew of companies have sprung up to make the smarts, sensors and other integral systems for self-driving cars. Here comes one to tell these cars where to go.
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Crown, a Match Group dating app made by a team of millennial women that lets users pick daily winners to chat with by process of elimination, launches in LA — If you're already resentful of online dating culture and how it turned finding companionship into a game, you may not be quite ready for this … | Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht's alleged right-hand man Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, extradited to US after 2.5+ years in Thai custody — Roger Thomas Clark had previously told Ars: “They don't have shit on me.” — The Department of Justice announced Friday … | Josh Millard / MetaTalk: |
MetaFilter considers subscription-based and community-funded models as it discloses that it's running at an $8,000/month deficit in financial update — Important site updates, folks: — 1. The site is running at a significant deficit and we urgently need to make that up.
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Mobile payments app Venmo starts reducing the functionality of Venmo.com website beginning with the discontinuation of the ability to pay and charge someone — PayPal-owned, peer-to-peer payments app Venmo is ending web support for its service, the company announced in an email to users.
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US-based Semiconductor Industry Association says that some US companies may end up paying tariffs on their own products because of Trump's $50B tariffs on China — Semiconductor trade group says complex supply chain means Trump's levies will hit U.S. businesses
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Samsung ordered to pay $400M by US federal jury for willful infringement on a patent for FinFET chip manufacturing technology owned by a South Korean university — - Dispute is over a way to make chips smaller, more efficient — University claimed Samsung used the technology without payingSponsor Posts
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