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Uber is investing in Lime as part of $335M round led by GV that values the firm at $1.1B; Uber plans to promote Lime through its app, execs from the firms said — - Ride-hailing company invests as part of $335 million round — Alphabet's GV leads deal valuing Lime at $1.1 billion
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Apple debuts iOS 11.4.1 with USB Restricted Mode to stop Lightning data transfer after an hour of device being locked, shutting out cracking tools like GrayKey — Apple today released iOS 11.4.1, and while most of us are already looking ahead to all the new stuff coming in iOS 12 …
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Top GOP lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee write letters to Apple and Alphabet for more info on how they handle data from users' smartphones — Letters seek more information on how smartphones collect user location and other data — WASHINGTON—House lawmakers sent letters Monday …
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| YouTube Blog: |
YouTube overhauls how it handles breaking news, adding previews of articles from credible sources, showing info from third parties, testing local news in TV app — The work of trusted journalistic organizations is as critical as ever, especially when it comes to seeking information about current events online.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
YouTube says it will invest $25M in grants to news organizations looking to expand video operations as part of Google's larger $300M Google News Initiative — FOLLOWING A YEAR in which YouTube has repeatedly promoted conspiracy theory videos during breaking news events like the shootings in Parkland … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Code in Snapchat's Android app shows the company is developing a visual product search feature codenamed Eagle that lets users “See all results at Amazon” — Codenamed “Eagle,” Snapchat is building a visual product search feature that delivers users to Amazon's listings.
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| Surur Davids / MSPoweruser: |
Leaked report: Microsoft to debut Surface Go, a 10" tablet, launching Aug. 2 from $399 with a USB Type-C port, microSD slot, and 4GB RAM; LTE model coming later — Microsoft has been having some difficulty keeping secrets recently, and their cheap Surface tablet has been one of their most poorly kept secrets in recent memory.
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Samsung says it is building the world's largest smartphone factory in Noida, India with the capacity of 120M units per year — - Indian PM Modi, South Korea's Moon to visit Samsung facility — India is the fastest growing smartphone major market — Samsung Electronics Co. will open … | Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
Token creation platform Bancor, which raised $153M in last year's ICO, has gone offline after a security breach that successfully stole ~$13.5M worth of crypto — Token creation platform Bancor has gone offline following a “security breach” that took place Monday morning.| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Google may get record penalty this month from the EU, sources say in the billions of dollars, for forcing its search and web-browsing tools onto Android devices — Google could face a new record penalty this month from European regulators for forcing its search and Web-browsing tools …
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Oasis Labs raises $45M in an ICO pre-sale from a16zcrypto, Accel, and others to create an AWS-like blockchain-based cloud computing platform for smart contracts — A team of top security researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and MIT have come together to launch … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Index Ventures raises $1.65B for its two newest funds: $650M for its early-stage fund and $1B for its growth fund — Make way for more money into the startup investing pool: today, Index Ventures announced that it has closed a total of $1.65 billion in new funds — $1 billion that it plans …
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