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Bipartisan House lawmakers ask Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple for detailed information about internal operations and execs' emails in antitrust probe — A congressional antitrust investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google entered a new phase Friday, after lawmakers called … | CNBC: |
MoviePass says it is shutting down and ending service for all subscribers on Saturday, September 14 — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. — TRENDING NOW — Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join the CNBC Panel Supply Chain Values Advertise …
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Cloudflare closes up 20% on its first day of trading after raising $525M in its IPO, which valued the company at over $4B — KEY POINTS — The web security company opens its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange with a share price of $18.
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Discord says it's phasing out the digital game store it launched less than a year ago as part of its $9.99 per month Nitro subscription service, by October 15 — The company says few subscribers actually took advantage of Nitro Games — Discord seemingly isn't the place where people want to go for subscription gaming.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
US Treasury sanctions three North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups, Lazarus, Bluenoroff, and Andarial; Lazarus was responsible for WannaCry ransomware — US wants to seize financial assets associated with the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, and Andarial. — The US Department …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
WeWork announces sweeping corporate governance changes in amended S-1; sources: WeWork is now seeking a valuation as low as $10B to $12B in its IPO — KEY POINTS — WeWork's valuation may fall below $15 billion, CNBC's David Faber reported Friday. Its private valuation was as high as $47 billion.
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| April Glaser / Slate: |
How incidents like banning an “Always Punch Nazis” comic at Kickstarter led to a unionization push by employees who believe in the altruistic image of the brand — Kickstarter never wanted to be a normal tech company. A crowdfunding platform for artists, gadget-makers …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube says it will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, instead calculating rankings based only on organic plays — YouTube will no longer allow paid views and advertising to influence its YouTube Music Charts, the company announced this morning.
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| Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter: |
AT&T's WarnerMedia signs an exclusive five-year deal with J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot for TV, film, and streaming projects; sources: deal is worth ~$250M — Bad Robot, the production company he runs with his wife and co-CEO, Katie McGrath, will now have all of its divisions …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple says developers now have the option to offer a grace period for auto-renewable subscriptions when they lapse due to factors like expired credit cards — Apple is changing how subscriptions work on its App Store. Before, any lapse in payment could cut off the customer from being able …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
iOS 13 exploit bypasses the lockscreen to get access to contacts, appears to be fixed in beta copies of iOS 13.1, which is slated for release on September 30 — Security flaw should be fixed in iOS 13.1 — Apple is planning to release iOS 13 next week, but one security researcher has already discovered a lockscreen bypass.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Daqri, which built enterprise-grade AR headsets and reportedly raised $275M in funding, has closed its HQ, laid off many employees, ahead of a shutdown — While Apple and Microsoft strain to sell augmented reality as the next major computing platform, many of the startups aiming … | Julie Verhage / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Square is testing a new Cash App feature that would let users make free stock trades — Jack Dorsey's Square Inc. already lets customers buy and sell Bitcoin on its popular Cash App. Soon, it may let them buy and sell stocks. — Square is testing out a new Cash App feature … | Sean Silcoff / Globe and Mail: |
Element AI, which helps companies improve their operations using AI, raises $151.4M Series B, reportedly at a $625M valuation — Your time is valuable. Have the Top Business Headlines newsletter conveniently delivered to your inbox in the morning or evening. Sign up today.
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Patreon says it is selling the assets of Kit, the social-shopping platform that it acquired in June 2018, to localized affiliate link service Geniuslink — Patreon, the platform for independent content creators to operate membership businesses for their core fans, announced it is selling … Sponsor Posts
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