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Facebook says that between Sept. 13 and Sept. 25 a photo API bug gave user-approved apps access to photos that were uploaded but never shared by ~6.8M users — Reset the “days since the last Facebook privacy scandal” counter, as a Facebook has just revealed a Photo API bug gave app developers …
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| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Discord says its PC game store will offer a 90/10 revenue split when it opens for all game developers in 2019 — The video game industry is witnessing the death of the standard revenue split for distribution platforms. For years, stores like Steam have taken 30 percent of every sale.
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Sources: T-Mobile and Sprint expect prompt merger approval from CFIUS after SoftBank, Deutsche Telekom agree to consider curbing the use of Huawei's equipment — WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp expect their merger to be approved by a U.S. national security panel …
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| Julie Verhage / Bloomberg: |
SIPC, which insures funds in brokerage accounts, disputes Robinhood's claims that money in newly launched checking and savings accounts is protected by the SIPC — The Securities Investor Protection Corp. said a new checking account from Robinhood Financial LLC raises red flags …
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| Bernadette Tansey / Xconomy: |
Udacity, which has 10M+ registered users from 160+ countries, says 50,000 students have graduated from its nanodegree programs that cost between $1K and $2.4K — Bernadette Tansey — Udacity, a pioneer in the online teaching of IT skills, is celebrating a milestone today … | Bloomberg: |
In a court filing, Apple argues that China's ban on the sale of some iPhones, which it is appealing, would force it to settle its licensing battle with Qualcomm — Apple Inc. said a Chinese ban on the sale of some models of the iPhone will force it to settle a long and bitter licensing battle …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
How Huawei is pushing China's grand tech ambitions forward with a secretive enterprise unit that is estimated to net $10B+ in revenue this year — - Secretive enterprise unit carries on undistracted by U.S. rift — Services for internet, cloud to net $10 billion this year
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| Rani Molla / Recode: |
A visual review of the biggest tech trends of 2018: sentiment toward Amazon's HQ2 search, the plateau of social media use, Facebook's trust betrayals, and more — Here's a visual look back at the year. — There's been a lot to keep track of this year. We've endured disasters both natural … | Wall Street Journal: |
US officials and experts say Chinese hackers are breaching US Navy contractors to steal sensitive information about advanced military technology — Intruders gain access to sensitive information about advanced military technology through vulnerable contractors, subcontractors| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: private equity firm Thoma Bravo is in early talks to acquire McAfee from TPG and Intel for a “significant premium” on McAfee's 2016 valuation of $4.2B — - Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is in early talks to acquire all of McAfee from TPG and Intel, sources say.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Revolut gets a European banking license via the Bank of Lithuania, which allows it to offer services like current accounts and non-prepaid debit cards across EU — Fintech startup Revolut is now officially a bank. While the startup initially expected to get its European banking license during … | Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Italian energy company Saipem was hit by a new variant of the notorious Shamoon disk-wiping malware, which attacked Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco in 2012 — Italian oil and gas services company Saipem has confirmed that its systems were hit recently by a new variant of the notorious Shamoon malware.
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Saipem, ZDNet, Forbes, Reuters, Security Boulevard, CyberScoop, The Hacker News, Palo Alto Networks Blog, and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @eduardkovacs
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GE to spin out its industrial IoT software business into a separate company with $1.2B in revenue, sell 90% of ServiceMax to Silver Lake for an undisclosed sum — By Nigel Fenwick, Vice President, Principal Analyst; Frank Gillett, Vice President, Principal Analyst; Michele Pelino, Principal Analyst; Paul Miller, Senior Analyst
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Faire, an online wholesale marketplace for local retailers, raises $40M Series B and $60M Series C at a valuation of $535M, bringing the total raised to $116M — In a world where retailers big and small struggle to compete with Amazon, a startup that is working to help local players stay in the game just raised $100 million.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook adds a custom-built browser and support for its Instant Games platform to its Portal devices — Making its dedicated video chat screen more interactive — A new update out today for Facebook's Portal devices adds some much-needed features to the dedicated video chat screens.
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