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Microsoft says it will invest $1B in OpenAI, beginning a partnership to jointly develop new AI technologies for the Azure cloud platform — Microsoft today announced that it would invest $1 billion in OpenAI, the San Francisco-based AI research firm cofounded by CTO Greg Brockman …
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Sources: Apple is in advanced talks to buy Intel's smartphone modem chip business in a deal valued at $1B+ covering staff and a portfolio of patents — Apple Inc. AAPL 2.29% is in advanced talks to buy Intel Corp. INTC 2.15% 's smartphone-modem chip business, according to people familiar with the matter …
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| Stacy Cowley / New York Times: |
Equifax will pay at least $650M and potentially significantly more to end an array of state, federal, and consumer claims over the 2017 data breach — The credit bureau Equifax will pay at least $650 million and potentially significantly more to end an array of state, federal and consumer claims …
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Leaked documents show Huawei secretly helped North Korea build its wireless 3G network, raising the question of whether it violated US export controls — Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese tech giant embroiled in President Trump's trade war with China and blacklisted as a national security threat …
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Profile of Jeff Williams, Tim Cook's heir apparent as CEO, who is broadly regarded as a strong choice for the top job within Apple — Jeff Williams co-created the Apple Watch and runs the company's global operations. Can he also handle design—and everything else?
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Inside FTC's 16-month Facebook probe that ended in a $5B fine; sources: FTC initially considered imposing more direct liability for Zuckerberg and a bigger fine — Facebook's $5 billion fine from the FTC illustrates the challenges facing a 105-year-old Federal agency tasked with watching …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber is testing a $24.99/month subscription pass that includes a fixed discount on rides, free Uber Eats delivery, and free rides on JUMP bikes and scooters — Uber is actively testing a monthly subscription pass that combines rides, Eats, bikes and scooters.
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| Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: |
Commission-free trading app Robinhood raises $323M Series E led by DST Global at a $7.6B post-money valuation, has raised a total of $862M to date — Unless you were some hotshot finance person in the 1980s, you probably only recently started using your mobile phone to place trades.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple debuts watchOS 5.3, fixing Walkie-Talkie vulnerability, and iOS 12.4 with improvements to Apple News+ and a way to wirelessly migrate data to a new iPhone — A little over two months ago, Apple released the first beta versions of iOS 12.4 and watchOS 5.3 — late point releases for its 2018 iPhone …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Slack updates its desktop app for Windows and macOS, which is still built on Electron, claims it now launches 33% faster and uses 50% less RAM than before — Slack's desktop app has been rebuilt for Windows and macOS — Slack is unveiling a new version of its desktop app for Windows …
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Tweets: @slackhq, @relsqui, @johnnyrodgersis, @hayatohuseman, @acemarke, @sandofsky, and @felixrieseberg
| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Microsoft settles with the SEC and the DOJ for $26M over potential bribery and corruption related to software sales in Hungary — The deal with the U.S. Justice Department and the SEC resolves claims the software giant violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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Microsoft on the Issues, U.S. Department of Justice, CNET, The Register, TechSpot, GeekWire, MSPoweruser, BetaNews, The Hill, and Windows Central
Tweets: @andrewfeinstein, @panyiszabolcs, and @cowcreekgeek
| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Pinterest updates its search, so when users type in an anxiety-related query like “dealing with stress”, a box with mental health resources appears above pins — ON THE INCREASINGLY polarized internet, Pinterest often feels like the good place.| Reuters: |
Frenzied trading debut of STAR Market, China's Nasdaq-style board, added $44B in market cap across 25 companies, 16 of which more than doubled their IPO prices — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Trading on China's new Nasdaq-style board for homegrown tech firms hit fever pitch on Monday …
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CNBC, Nikkei Asian Review, The Next Web, Xinhua News Agency, TechCrunch, and South China Morning Post
Tweets: @johndetrixhe, @baldingsworld, and @chengevelyn
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Etsy to acquire Reverb, a marketplace for new and used musical instruments, in a cash deal worth ~$275M; Reverb raised nearly $50M from Max Levchin and others — Etsy has announced plans to acquire Reverb, a marketplace for new and used musical instruments, in a cash deal worth approximately $275 million.| Amelia Lucas / CNBC: |
Starbucks invests in restaurant tech company Brightloom, which just raised $30M, as Starbucks now lets franchisees license its mobile and loyalty program tech — KEY POINTS — Starbucks is licensing its mobile and loyalty program technology in a deal that will give global franchisees … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK delays decision on Huawei, publishes a telecom supply chain review proposing a new framework for the industry to tighten security standards amid 5G rollout — Amid ongoing concerns about security risks posed by the involvement of Chinese tech giant Huawei in 5G supply …
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GOV.UK, The Register, BBC, ZDNet, New Statesman, The Guardian, The Guardian, and Notes from Silicon Valley. Tweets: @ruskin147
| Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk: |
Amid mounting regulatory pressures in the US, Circle says its Poloniex exchange will service non-US customers, ~70% of its users, out of a new Bermuda office — Due to mounting regulatory pressures in the United States, the crypto company Circle is moving the majority of its exchange operations offshore.| Katie Roof / Wall Street Journal: |
Thumbtack announces it raised $150M in funding led by existing investor Sequoia Capital, valuing the company at $1.7B — Sequoia Capital led a $150 million investment, which values the local services marketplace at $1.7 billion — Thumbtack Inc.'s latest funding round values the business at $1.7 billion … | Tom Simonite / Wired: |
US government tests find even top-performing facial recognition systems misidentify black people at rates 5-10 times higher than they do white people — FRENCH COMPANY IDEMIA'S algorithms scan faces by the million. The company's facial recognition software serves police in the US, Australia, and France.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Square launches a Photo Studio service for online sellers that lets any online seller send in a product and have it robotically photographed for $9.95 — For $9.95, any online merchant — not just those that use Square's suite of products — can send in a product and have it robotically photographed.| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
David Marcus' congressional testimony shows the Libra Association may take a much more hands-on approach towards regulatory compliance than initially envisioned — Under pressure from regulators, Facebook is rethinking Libra's design. — David Marcus, the head of Facebook's new Calibra payments division …
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