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European Commission fines Qualcomm €242M for abusing its dominance in 3G baseband chipsets by selling below cost to force its competitor Icera out of the market — The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €242 million for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets.
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Slack says it is resetting passwords for 1% of its users after receiving new info about the company's 2015 security breach; in April, Slack said it has 10M DAUs — Company said it received a batch of compromised credentials related to the 2015 hack via its bug bounty program.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
A look at the challenges facing Boston Dynamics, chief among them public perception, as it prepares to launch its first commercial bot, called Spot, this year — Not many robotics companies can boast legions of fans online, but not many robotics companies make robots quite like Boston Dynamics.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
In some ways, Netflix's Q2 results were a disaster, highlighting the weakness of its US market, limits of international growth, and pain of losing huge shows — As US growth slows, executives look to international markets — Netflix reported earnings on Wednesday night, and the results were disastrous.| Netflix Investor Relations: |
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| Jennifer Miller / New York Times: |
As podcast service Blubrry says there are now over 700,000 podcasts, with 2,000 to 3,000 launching every month, a look at whether we have reached “peak podcast” — If past experience (cough, blogs) is any indication, a shakeout is nigh. — In 2016, Morgan Mandriota and Lester Lee …
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| Ken Dilanian / NBC News: |
Microsoft says it has warned ~10,000 customers of nation-state attacks in the past year and tracked 781 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries this election cycle — The tech giant says it has tracked more than 700 cyberattacks by foreign adversaries against U.S. political organizations so far this election cycle.
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| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
DNC warns 2020 presidential campaigns not to use FaceApp; alert from DNC's chief security officer notes that the app was “developed by Russians” — Washington (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee sent a security alert to 2020 presidential campaigns Wednesday afternoon warning …
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Google removes seven stalkerware apps from the Play Store that were found by Avast researchers; the apps had been installed more than 130,000 times — You'd think it would be difficult to find an app that can secretly track a person's every move. But researchers have found them right in the open on Google's Play Store.
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
DoJ charges former Microsoft developer, a Ukrainian citizen, for allegedly using a test account to steal $10M by purchasing and reselling Microsoft e-gift cards — ‘No safeguards’ on QA accounts, and suddenly this guy gets a Tesla and $1.6m home, say prosecutors| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Instagram strengthens moderation policies, introducing an alert to warn people when their account is close to being deleted and giving moderators more leeway — Instagram is strengthening its moderation policies today and adding a new alert that will warn people who violate rules when their account is close to being deleted.| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Trump confirms he will look into Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract, set to be awarded to Microsoft and Amazon, after “tremendous complaints from other companies” — KEY POINTS — President Trump said he's looking at the JEDI Contract that will be awarded to Microsoft or Amazon.| Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: |
Legal chatbot DoNotPay introduces Free Trial Card, a service that lets users sign up to free trials anonymously and declines payment after the trial period ends — EVERY TIME YOU sign up for a free trial of any kind, you're forced to take stock of your outlook on life.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Haus, a real estate startup started by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp as part of his startup studio Expa, raises $4.1M in seed funding and $3M in debt — Haus, a startup aiming to make home ownership more affordable and flexible, is announcing that it has raised $7.1 million in new funding.
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New Delhi-based MyMoneyMantra, which operates a marketplace for financial services, raises $15M, its first external funding in its 30-year history — MyMoneyMantra, a 30-year-old New Delhi-based firm that operates a marketplace of financial services, has raised $15 million in its maiden funding round …
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mymoneymantra.com/blog and PE Hub Blog
| Ana Wolsztajn / Tech.eu: |
Business travel management platform TravelPerk raises an additional $60M as an extension of its $44M Series C, says its revenue increased by 300% in 2019 — Barcelona-based disruptor in the business travel sector has raised an extra $60 million as an extension to its Series C. The investment …
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PE Hub Blog, FinSMEs, and PhocusWire
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook executives, from Zuckerberg to Sandberg to Marcus, have argued that more US regulation aids Chinese rivals, but this assertion is far from clear — Can it scare its way off the hook? — Facebook is leaning on fears of China exporting its authoritarian social values to counter arguments …
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After a seven-month probe, Amazon reaches a deal with German antitrust watchdog to give 30 days notice and a reason for removing a merchant from its platform — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) has reached a deal with Germany's anti-trust authority to overhaul its terms of service … | European Commission: |
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