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September 10, 2019, 11:40 AM

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Financial Times:
Sources: SoftBank urges WeWork to cancel IPO following cool reception from investors, amid fears it could affect SoftBank's Vision Fund fundraising efforts  —  SoftBank, the biggest outside shareholder in WeWork, is urging the lossmaking property group to shelve its hotly anticipated initial public offering …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Ahead of iOS 13, which will warn users of apps that collect location data in the background, Facebook publishes a blog post explaining how it uses location data  —  KEY POINTS  — Facebook has published an informational blog post about how its app collects and uses background location data from smartphones.
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Attorneys general from every US state, excluding California and Alabama, as well as DC and Puerto Rico, launch an antitrust investigation into Google  —  KEY POINTS  — Texas will lead a joint state investigation into Google over antitrust concerns, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday.
BuzzFeed News:
Photos and videos on private Facebook and Instagram accounts can be shared publicly by followers via source URLs, even after Stories expire or media is deleted  —  Photos and videos posted to private accounts on Instagram and Facebook aren't as private as they might seem.
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News:
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Hedge fund Elliott Management takes a $3.2B stake in AT&T, questions its M&A strategy and operational execution, calls for reassessing leadership team  —  KEY POINTS  — Hedge fund Elliott Management takes a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T, questioning its M&A strategy and operational execution.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils a redesigned To-Do app, now just called To Do, to look and feel more like Wunderlist, which it is set to replace  —  Microsoft encourages Wunderlist users to switch to its To-Do app  —  Microsoft is making some big tweaks to its To-Do app this week, with a redesign …
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
900+ Amazon employees have pledged to walk out September 20 to protest Amazon's huge carbon footprint, demanding a commitment to get to zero emissions by 2030  —  Nearly 1,000 employees have pledged to walk out September 20 to demand the company go to zero emissions by 2030.

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