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September 24, 2018, 5:30 PM
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Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
SiriusXM to acquire Pandora in a $3.5B all-stock deal  —  Satellite radio company SiriusXM is acquiring music streaming service Pandora in a $3.5 billion all-stock deal, the companies announced Monday.  —  Pandora shares rose 14.4 percent in premarket trading from Friday's close of $9.09 a share …
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:
Apple releases macOS 10.14 Mojave with Dark Mode, Desktop Stacks, security enhancements, a redesigned App Store, Home, Stocks, Voice Memos, and Apple News apps  —  As promised during September 12's Gather Round event in Cupertino, Apple today released macOS Mojave — aka macOS 10.14 — to the general public.
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Kuo: iPhone XS Max far outselling iPhone XS, with 256GB most popular, 512GB is subject to shortages; Apple Watch Series 4 demand is “much better than expected”  —  In a research note obtained by MacRumors today, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has provided launch-weekend takeaways for the iPhone XS …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snap begins slow rollout of a new way to search for products on Amazon right from Snapchat, works by simply pointing camera at a physical product or barcode  —  See, snap, sale.  In a rare partnership for Amazon, the commerce giant will help Snapchat challenge Instagram and Pinterest for social shopping supremacy.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
New book looks at online activity during 2016, makes case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and online trolls were decisive in changing US election outcome  —  A meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes a powerful case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Roku says its streaming boxes, sticks, and TVs will gain Google Assistant support within the next few weeks letting users launch apps, control playback, more  —  And Spotify is coming back to the platform  —  This is one example of interoperability that I didn't expect to see anytime soon …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
As part of a new strategic partnership with Apple, Salesforce will release a Salesforce Mobile SDK for iOS by end of 2018 and redesign its iOS app by early 2019  —  Salesforce and Apple have announced a partnership “that brings together the number one customer relationship management platform and iOS.”
Rani Molla / Recode:
Review of Chase checking accounts shows that earnings for drivers for services like Uber, Lyft, and Postmates dropped from $1,469/month in 2013 to $783 in 2017  —  More people are working for ride-sharing and delivery companies but on average they're making less.

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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
60 Minutes' 59th season will debut September 13 with an in-depth look at the LA Rams, the first edition of the remade show under Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton

New York Times:
North America's 2026 summer box office revenue of $4.76B is 17% below 2019, adjusted for inflation; est. Jan. 1-Aug. 16 tickets fell 30% vs. same period in 2019

Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: Netflix will report box office grosses for six upcoming movies with theatrical releases, including La Bola Negra, which will have 46 days in theaters

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
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Aradhana Aravindan / Reuters:
Singapore fines Grab and Uber $9.5M over merger, outlines measures that it is says will spur competition and lessen the deal's impact on drivers and riders
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Eric Schmidt says the internet will bifurcate in the next 10-15 years into a Chinese-led internet, with fewer freedoms and more censorship, and one led by US
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Former ProPublica reporters are starting The Markup, a news site to investigate big tech, with a $20M gift from Craigslist's Craig Newmark and other funding
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:
Walmart says 17,000+ Oculus Go headsets will be used in its US stores by end of year to train its employees, in an expansion of a pre-existing program
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