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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Report: Ninja's manager says he left Twitch for Mixer because Twitch's contract was too restrictive on outside brand deals, limiting growth beyond gaming — Manager says Twitch didn't respect their wishes — Tyler “Ninja” Blevins' surprising departure from Twitch came after months …
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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
How Tim Cook is cultivating a relationship with Donald Trump and advocates for Apple's interests, while avoiding public backlash from employees and customers — Apple CEO advocates for his company's interests while avoiding a backlash from either employees or the president
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| Antoine Gara / Forbes: |
Profile of Barry Diller, as he prepares to spin off IAC's 81% stake in Match Group and 84% stake in Angie's List owner ANGI HomeServices, worth a combined $20B — Oh, no! " Barry Diller's leathery voice booms when talk turns to paparazzi photos from a recent vacation on his $40 million superyacht.
Tweets: @modestproposal1, @antoinegara, @lsukernik, and @ckwitt3
| Jane Zhang / South China Morning Post: |
A look at the vast surveillance infrastructure in Chongqing, China, where an estimated 2.58M surveillance cameras cover a population of 15.35M as of 2019 — Whether it is to monitor traffic, prevent petty theft in restaurants or monitor public safety in parks - residents can be sure …
Tweets: @zensoo and @patrickpoon
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Bill Gurley talks about his drive to persuade more tech startups to choose direct listings, instead of traditional bank-led IPOs, to enter public markets — - Gurley said he met with partners from 25 venture firms before his direct listings summit this week and they all signed on with their support.| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
As Verizon sells off MapQuest for a pittance, a look at the long, slow decline of the once dominant online mapping site which AOL bought for $1.1B in 2000 — Once the dominant mapping site, the decline of Mapquest is a story of disruptive competition and corporate complacency.| Andreessen Horowitz: |
A look at the history of open source as the big VC raises and multi-billion dollar exits for open source software startups become the norm — Editor's Note: The open source software (OSS) movement has created some of our most important and widely used technologies, including operating systems, web browsers, and databases.
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| Li Yuan / New York Times: |
How China is using social media and films to stir patriotism and get communist party propaganda enthusiastically embraced by young people — Leveraging celebrities, the know-how of tech companies and images built for social media, the Communist Party can effectively stir patriotism among the youth.
Tweets: @lrntex, @steve_hanke, @jianglilily, @iandenisjohnson, @nytimesbusiness, @nytimes, @nkfinney, @liyuan6, @motokorich, @franklangfitt, @liyuan6, and @liyuan6
| CNBC: |
PayPal says it is withdrawing from Facebook's Libra Association, becoming the first of its founding members to do so — PayPal is withdrawing from Facebook's Libra Association, the company announced Friday. — “PayPal has made the decision to forgo further participation in the Libra Association …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Geospatial tech startup SenSat, which uses AI to create digital representations of real-world locations, raises $10M Series A led by Tencent — SenSat, a geospatial technology startup that digitizes real-world places for infrastructure projects, has raised $10 million in a series A round …
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Edify Labs, which provides software to manage customer engagement and cross-team collaboration, raises $10M seed led by First Round Capital — Edify Labs, a Carmel, Indiana-based provider of a software platform for businesses to manage customer engagement and cross-team collaboration, closed a $10m seed funding.
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| Natalie Novick / Tech.eu: |
France-based AnotherBrain, developer of AI software that costs less and uses less energy by not relying on big data sets, raises €19M Series A — Deep learning company AnotherBrain has announced the first closing of their Series A, to the tune of €19 million.| Tom Burt / Microsoft on the Issues: |
Microsoft: Iran-linked group, dubbed Phosphorus, attempted to hack 241 accounts belonging to a 2020 presidential campaign and others between Aug. and Sept. — Today we're sharing that we've recently seen significant cyber activity by a threat group we call Phosphorus, which we believe originates …
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