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November 5, 2018, 2:45 AM

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon in late-stage talks with several cities including Crystal City, VA, Dallas, New York for HQ2, may place smaller operations in runner-up cities  —  The tech giant's decision, which may be announced in November, could include multiple locations involving smaller sites
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
An expert says Georgia's voter registration site looks poorly secured, but the secretary of state, a candidate for governor, appears to deflect blame to rivals  —  IN DECEMBER 2016, Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp accused the Department of Homeland Security of attempting to hack his office's systems …
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
Charlie Shrem, who spent a year in prison for helping people buy drugs online, is being sued by the Winklevoss twins for allegedly spending bitcoin he owed them  —  Charlie Shrem went to prison in 2015 after he pleaded guilty to helping people buy drugs online.  Now he's being sued by the Winklevoss twins.
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
Source: Apple will launch an iPhone with Intel's 8161 5G modem chip in 2020; Intel will likely be the sole modem supplier for that year's iPhones  —  Apple's 5G iPhone will come to market in 2020, a source with knowledge of Apple's plans says.  —  Apple plans to use Intel's 8161 5G modem chip in its 2020 phones.
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Berlin-based omni:us, which extracts structured data from insurance-related documents, says it has closed its Series A, bringing the total raised to ~$22.5M  —  Earlier this year omni:us, an AI-driven service which is able to process digital documents (some of which contain handwriting) …
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News:
North Carolina, consistently rated as a top tech hub in the US, has seen its profile grow even further thanks to Red Hat-IBM deal and Epic Games' $1.25B round  —  The Research Triangle area in North Carolina (made up of the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) has consistently topped lists related …
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Virginia-based insurance comparison site Compare.com, has raised $35M, bringing total raised to $185M since it was founded in 2013  —  Henrico County-based Compare.com, which enables consumers to price-comparison shop for automobile insurance online, has raised $35 million to help fuel its expansion and brand development.

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