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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: Apple's own apps rank first in 60%+ of App Store test searches; Podcasts, which had a 1.7-star rating before its reviews were removed, ranks #1 in US — Searches for ‘music,’ ‘audiobooks’ and other categories rank company apps first, a process some developers find unfair …
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple to release three “iPhone 11” models this fall, each with an A13 chip, Lightning port, and a new Taptic Engine, as 3D Touch goes away — Similar to last year's introduction of the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR, Apple will release three new ‘iPhone 11’ models this fall.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: FTC will allege that Facebook misled users on how it used phone numbers and poorly informed them about facial recognition; FB won't have to admit guilt — The Federal Trade Commission plans to allege that Facebook misled users' about its handling of their phone numbers as part …
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Profile of Marcin Kleczynski, CEO and co-founder of Malwarebytes, who quietly grew the company in his dorm to a multi-million dollar/year business by graduation — The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Marcin Kleczynski … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Zeta, which runs a full stack “neo-banking” platform, says its valuation is $300M after its maiden fundraising round; source says raise was under $60M — Startups looking to expand the reach of financial services continue to receive a nod from investors.
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| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
NSA will create a cybersecurity directorate led by Anne Neuberger starting October 1, to help align offensive and defensive operations more closely — Anne Neuberger, tapped as head, warns against ‘not engaging in the fight’ — The National Security Agency will create a cybersecurity directorate later … | David Canellis / The Next Web: |
Federal judge refuses to dismiss $224M lawsuit against AT&T for allegedly letting a customer be SIM-swapped twice, leading to the loss of $24M in cryptocurrency — THIS INVESTOR LOST $24M IN CRYPTOCURRENCY AFTER HE WAS SIM-SWAPPED, TWICE — A US federal judge has rejected AT&T's request … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Heap, which automates company analytics by collecting and organizing customer behavioral data, raises $55M Series C led by NewView Capital — Since co-founding Heap, CEO Matin Movassate has been saying that he wants to take on the analytics incumbents. Today, he's got more money to fund that challenge …
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Huawei has laid off more than 600 workers from its US-based research arm Futurewei, as a result of being put on a trade blacklist by the US government — SANTA CLARA, Calif./HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies laid off more than two-thirds of the 850-strong workforce …
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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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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Flaw in Facebook's Messenger Kids let kids invite a parent-approved user into a group chat even if that user wasn't authorized to chat with others in the group — ‘We recently notified some parents... about a technical error,’ a Facebook representative said
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Fetch Robotics, which builds autonomous industrial robots powered by cloud-based software, raises $46M Series C led by Fort Ross Ventures — Silicon Valley industrial robotics startup Fetch Robotics has raised $46 million in a series C round of funding led by Fort Ross Ventures … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
CERT-Bund discovers a serious vulnerability in VLC for Windows, Unix, and Linux that allows for remote code execution and hasn't been patched yet — The bug is present in VLC's latest release. — A serious vulnerability has been uncovered in the latest release of the VLC media player and no patch is available.| Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
Profile of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who has donated $100M+ to charities and who champions “vigorous, trustworthy journalism” and women in tech — Craig Newmark is a man of quiet contradiction. Wrapped in a sweater the color of hot chocolate, the 66-year-old founder …
Tweets: @cnet, @georgiadreid1, @blkbaer, @richardjnieva, @jdolcourt, and @jasonhiner. Thanks:@jasonhiner
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
CircleCI, which develops continuous delivery automation software, raises $56M Series D led by Owl Rock and Next Equity, bringing its total raised to $115.5M — San Francisco-based CircleCI, which develops continuous delivery automation software, today revealed that it closed …
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| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Millions of first-time internet consumers are getting online with ~$25 “smart feature phones”, popularized by Indian telecom Reliance Jio and powered by KaiOS — First-time internet consumers are connecting to the web on a new breed of device costing about $25
Tweets: @ericbellmanwsj
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Mixhalo raises $10.7M Series A led by Foundry Group to bring better sound quality to live events through smartphone users' earbuds — Mixhalo — the startup co-founded by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and his wife, violinist Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger — has raised $10.7 million in Series A funding.
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| James B. Cutchin / Los Angeles Times: |
How US companies quietly acceded to Chinese government demands to add ID-tracking and playtime restriction systems to games like Fortnite and World of Warcraft — Last October, software developers at Riot Games in Santa Monica fielded an unusual request. As with other video game makers … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Mobile bank MoneyLion, which provides both financial advice and access to loans, raises $100M Series C led by Edison Partners and Greenspring Associates — There's a new fintech startup in the U.S. that is inching closer to the unicorn status. New York City-headquartered MoneyLion … | Diana Olick / CNBC: |
Amazon partners with Realogy to offer TurnKey, which connects homebuyers with Realogy agents; with each purchase, customers get $5K in free Amazon home services — KEY POINTS — Realogy and Amazon will now offer TurnKey, a program that takes potential homebuyers through the Amazon portal and connects them to a Realogy agent.
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| 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.
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Tweets: @stanfordmhilab, @candice_mmorgan, @ninavasan, @ninavasan, @pinterest, @laurengoode, @wired, @pardesoteric, and @nxthompson. Thanks:@jamiefavazza
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Software-defined networking startup Arrcus raises $30M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its total raised to $49M — Software-defined networking startup Arrcus Inc. said today that it has raised $30 million in a new funding round that brings its total capital to raised to $49 million.
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