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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram now lets users have a four-way group video chat as they browse, after announcing the feature at F8 in May — Instagram's latest assault on Snapchat, FaceTime, and Houseparty launches today. TechCrunch scooped back in March that Instagram would launch video calling …
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| Henny Sender / Financial Times: |
Sequoia Capital has raised the first $6B round of its $8B global fund, all of which comes from investors with no previous relationship with Sequoia — Sequoia Capital has raised the first $6bn of what will be an $8bn global fund, as the Silicon Valley venture capital firm seeks more firepower …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: top tech companies met intelligence officials to discuss midterm elections but neither the FBI nor DHS was willing to share specific threat information — SAN FRANCISCO — Eight of the tech industry's most influential companies, in anticipation of a repeat of the Russian meddling …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK judge grants Uber a 15 month license to operate in London, provided it meets TfL conditions and pays £425K, after its license was revoked in September 2017 — After failing to secure a renewal for a license to operate a private hire vehicle service in London last September, Uber …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying products that support WPA3, the successor to the WPA2 security protocol, that provides additional protections against attacks — WPA3 certification starts today — Wi-Fi devices have been using the same security protocol for over a decade.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases first public beta of macOS Mojave with new system-wide Dark Mode, group FaceTime, desktop Stacks, redesigned Finder and Mac App Store, and more — Apple is today releasing its first public beta of macOS 10.14 Mojave, the upcoming version of its Mac operating system …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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Tweets: @bzamayo, @dcseifert, @jack, @stevekovach, @viticci, and @_inside
| Troy Hunt: |
Have I Been Pwned breach data search now integrated in 1Password via Watchtower, will be trialed in Firefox via a new Firefox Monitor tool starting next week — Pretty much every day, I get a reminder from someone about how little people know about their exposure in data breaches.| Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
Amid growing outcry from civil liberties groups, Orlando has ended its pilot project for police to use Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition software for now — Amid a growing outcry about privacy concerns by civil liberties groups, officials in Orlando, Fla., said Monday …
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| Brian Brackeen / TechCrunch: |
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| Alana Semuels / The Atlantic: |
Reporter recounts the day she spent delivering packages as an Amazon Flex driver in San Francisco, says she made less than minimum wage after expenses — I'm sure I looked comical as I staggered down a downtown San Francisco street on a recent weekday, arms full of packages … | Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Overview of Amazon's poaching efforts from 2015 to 2017 shows Microsoft as the most common target, with at least 30 director or higher level execs defecting — - There are many reasons for this trend, including Amazon and Microsoft's close proximity, but brand image and compensation may have to do with it too.| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
Autonomous delivery drone startup Matternet raises $16M Series A led by Boeing HorizonX Ventures, aims to use the funds to expand operations in US and elsewhere — Boeing HorizonX Ventures has taken the lead role in a $16 million Series A funding round for Matternet, a California company specializing …
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TechCrunch, PE Hub Blog, Forbes, and VentureBeat
| Katrina Filippidis / Engadget: |
Oculus finally brings its Go headset to Europe and Canada, available online and across 300 stores, after announcing it last October — Customers in the US and Europe have been able to place Oculus Go reservations for a while now, but European VR enthusiasts still haven't received their headsets.
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Digital Trends, Inquirer, Oculus Blog, CNET, and Variety
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
A look at how Uber's Saudi Arabian operation, which sees 1.33M riders quarterly, has prepared product changes for the country's legalization of female drivers — Uber has about 95,000 monthly active drivers in Saudi Arabia. And right now, only one is a woman. — But that's about to change.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
San Francisco-based air quality mapping startup Aclima raises $24M Series A led by Social Capital to expand the reach and depth of its pollution maps — Aclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel …
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook now allows some preapproved advertisers to promote crypto businesses and services, like exchanges, but ads for ICOs and binary options are still banned — Advertisers will need to apply, but ICO ads are still banned. — Facebook is reversing its ban on cryptocurrency advertisements …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Jama Software, which makes a product development platform used by companies like Qualcomm and Canon, has raised $200M led by Insight Venture Partners — Jama Software, a Portland-based company that makes a product development platform used by companies including Qualcomm, SpaceX and Amazon Robotics …
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PR Newswire, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat
| Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu: |
German big data analytics startup Celonis raises $50M Series B from existing investors Accel and 83North at a $1B valuation — Munich-founded startup Celonis has raised a funding round of $50 million from its existing investors, Accel and 83North. The deal values Celonis at $1 billion …
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and Financial Times
| Naomi Nix / Bloomberg: |
Sources and emails show opposition to DoD granting a lucrative computing contract to Amazon alone is bigger than previously thought, with 9+ firms coordinating — - Tech firms pushing Pentagon to use multiple cloud providers — Companies are said to have started talks about bidding jointly
Tweets: @business
| Emily McCormick / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Instagram is estimated to be worth more than $100B if it were a stand-alone company and is on track to cross 2B users within the next five years — - Boost in estimated valuation signifies a 100-fold return — App is predicted to exceed 2 billion users within five yearsSponsor Posts
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