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First look at Nintendo Switch Lite, a smaller, cheaper, handheld-only model launching September 20 for $200 — When reports emerged of a lower-cost Nintendo Switch that wouldn't have detachable Joy-Con controllers and couldn't plug into a TV, my son had one question. What's the point of a Switch that doesn't Switch?
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| Rani Molla / Vox: |
ETR survey of ~580 CIOs or IT decision makers at large enterprises reveals 59% use or plan to adopt Microsoft Teams compared with 35% for Slack — Microsoft Teams isn't better than Slack, but it is freer. — Tech workers' favorite communications tool, Slack, is losing ground to its biggest rival …
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| Jonah Weiner / New York Times: |
An in-depth look at the changing TV landscape as users shift towards consuming media online, pitting old companies like HBO against new companies like Netflix — In their rush to match Netflix, competitors like HBO, Hulu and Amazon are ordering a slew of content — ushering out the age of …
Tweets: @carnage4life, @nytmag, @tomcrackers, @jonahweiner, @jonahweiner, @scottcelestre, and @andrewfmahon
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian education platform Byju's raises $150M at $5.75B valuation, up from $4B in late 2018, bringing total raised to $925M, as it plans international expansion — Byju's, India's most valuable edtech startup, has received new $150 million as it races to expand the reach of its learning app …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
AT&T says it will enable Call Protect, its free service to block robocalls, by default for new customers, and “in the coming months” for existing customers — The first major carrier to automatically block fraudulent calls — In June, the Federal Communications Commission ruled …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Inside Microsoft's new flagship three-story retail store in central London, its first such store in Europe, with an entire floor dedicated to enterprise — The first Microsoft store for Europe — Microsoft has more than 80 retail stores worldwide, but none of them are quite like the company's new London flagship store.
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| Amrita Khalid / Engadget: |
Google adds 60 new supported languages to its Translate camera tool, including Arabic, Hindi, and Vietnamese, rolling out over the coming weeks — Google Translate's instant camera feature will now make translating a foreign street sign as easy as aiming your phone — even if your native language isn't English.
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| Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Users are frustrated by Google's lack of response to complaints about Google Fit issues, such as the inability to log into the app or sync with third-party apps — Google Fit has undergone many changes over the past year. From a major redesign to several minor improvements, and even a new iOS app … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Anchorage, which safeguards crypto assets for institutions with a unique no-password security system, raises $40M Series B led by Blockchain Capital — Visa and Andreessen Horowitz are betting even bigger on cryptocurrency, funding a big round for fellow Facebook Libra Association member …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers identify “Agent Smith” Android malware, found on 25M handsets, which swaps apps with clones that show ads generating revenue for a criminal group — New “Agent Smith” malware operation is preparing to invade the Google Play Store. — A new Android malware strain … | New York Times: |
Charting how Google's privacy policy has changed since 1999, when it was a mere 600 words, until now, when it's 4,000 words, and what it says about the internet — The late 1990s was a simpler time for Google. The nascent company was merely a search engine, and Gmail, Android and YouTube were but glimmers in the startup's eye.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Kyndi, which is developing an “explainable” natural language processing platform, raises $20M Series B led by Intel Capital, bringing its total raised to ~$30M — Kyndi, a startup developing what it describes as an explainable natural language processing platform … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Zoom, following backlash for initially refusing to fix a flaw in its app that allows an attacker to launch the Mac camera via a malicious link, releases a fix — AFTER INITIALLY SAYING that it wouldn't issue a full fix for a vulnerability disclosed on Monday, the video conferencing service Zoom has changed course.
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| Jake Bright / TechCrunch: |
OPay, an Africa-focused mobile payments startup founded by Opera, raises $50M from investors including Sequoia China, IDG Capital, and Source Code Capital — OPay, an Africa focused mobile payments startup founded by Norwegian browser company Opera, has raised $50 million in funding.| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
PE group Bridgepoint to buy a majority stake in Qualitest, an Israeli developer of AI-based software testing and quality assurance tools, source says for ~$420M — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Private equity group Bridgepoint has agreed to buy a majority stake in Qualitest, and Israeli software testing firm …
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| Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: |
Q2 2019 Global VC Report: total deal volume is up after several quarters but dollar volume growth remains stagnant, unlikely in 2019 to exceed the highs of 2018 — For the global venture capital market, Q2 2019 breaks one trend and makes another. — Using data and projections from Crunchbase … Thanks:@holdenthepage
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Leaked documents from surveillance company Perceptics show its pitch to New York's MTA on how it could automatically track and profile vehicles and drivers — Just months before millions of its internal documents were stolen and dumped on the internet, the Tennessee-based surveillance company Perceptics …
Tweets: @samfbiddle, @theintercept, @rogerdhodge, @theintercept, @kvnweb, @joejerome, @angelsdiaz_, @michaelwprice, and @torproject
| Henry Giardina / Gizmodo: |
Researchers, educators, writers, and activists talk about how trans people found each other in the early days of the internet — This week, we're looking at the state of free speech on the internet, how we got here, and where we're going. — Trans people have existed since the dawn of time.
Tweets: @visagermusic, @punkgroucho, @pjvogt, @gizmodo, @z_drennen, and @notjessewalker
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian “neo-bank” NiYO, which helps blue-collar workers access company benefits and other services, raises $35M Series B from Horizon Ventures and others — NiYo Solutions, a Bangalore-based ‘neo-bank’ that helps salaried employees and blue-collar workers access company benefits …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
E-commerce startup Bolt, which provides a checkout, payments processing, and fraud prevention platform for online merchants, raises $68M Series B — Bolt — not to be confused with blockchain startup Bolt Labs, hardware investor Bolt, or the ride-sharing firm formerly known as Taxify … | Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Inside deliberations at Twitter on defining “dehumanizing speech” and its decision to limit enforcement on the issue to tweets about religious groups for now — SAN FRANCISCO — Last August, Twitter's top executives gathered at the company's headquarters to discuss how to make the site safer for its users.| Twitter: |
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