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Sources: Google is preparing to launch its own smart speaker with a display for the holiday season; 3M units are planned for first batch — Taiwan suppliers told to prepare for hardware blitz to challenge Amazon — TAIPEI — Google is preparing to release a smart speaker equipped …
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Twitch says some downloadable archives of a discontinued Messages feature included private messages of other users — Twitch is warning users that it may have exposed some of their messages to other users. The livestreaming site has sent out emails today to a number of its broadcasters …
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London-based Threads, a startup that sells luxury fashion on messaging services like WeChat, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and iMessage, raises $20M led by C Ventures — When you think of e-commerce marketplaces, chances are that the first things that come to mind are storefronts built on websites and apps.| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Facebook faces continuing calls for regulation of microtargeted ads in US and Europe after probes of Internet Research Agency and Cambridge Analytica data use — Facebook has made a mint by enabling advertisers to identify and reach the very people most likely to react to their messages.| Reuters: |
JD.com reports Q2 revenues of $17.3B, up 31.2% YoY, but posts $334.4M loss, nearly double analysts' expectations — BEIJING (Reuters) - China's second-largest e-commerce firm, JD.com Inc, said it is shifting management of its warehousing assets to a separate unit, in a move it hopes …
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German startup Deposit Solutions, which lets bank customers get better rates from other banks for their deposits, raises $100M at $500M valuation — - Deposit Solutions has raised $100 million at a $500 million valuation. — The German startup lets banks access capital from rival lenders …
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Intel buys deep-learning startup Vertex.AI to join its Movidius unit; Vertex says Intel will continue to develop its PlaidML engine as an open source project — Intel wants to bring more artificial intelligence technology into all aspects of its business, and today it is stepping up its game a little in the area with an acquisition.
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A look at Europe's struggle to build a truly global tech giant and some of the challenges facing its startup ecosystem — This is the best moment in decades for the continent to battle its way back to relevance. Its startups need to act like it. — Jeez, Europe, what more do you need?| Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
Sources: UK-based digital bank Monzo is raising $150M in its latest funding round, which is expected to value the bank as high as $1.5B — Monzo, the British digital bank popular with millennials, is set to become the latest European fintech “unicorn” with a fresh round of fundraising expected …
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China-based CooTek, developer of TouchPal keyboard and other apps, files for NYSE IPO, says it has 132M DAUs, up 75% YoY, and $37.3M in revenues, up 239% YoY — A Shanghai mobile Internet company, CooTek (Cayman) Inc., is seeking to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q2 revenues of $3.12B, up 40% YoY, vs. $3.1B est., net income of $1.1B, gaming business revenue of $1.81B, and data center revenue of $760M — Nvidia stock fell by 6 percent on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and lower-than-expected revenue guidance.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
comScore: pure play streaming services like Sling TV and DirecTV Now reach 5% of US Wi-Fi households, up 58% since last year — The number of U.S. households watching streaming TV services - those that deliver cable TV-like programming over the internet - has grown a remarkable 58% over last year, according to new data from comScore.| Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press: |
Google revises help page that describes how its “Location History” setting works, clarifying that it still tracks location even if the setting is turned off — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has revised a help page that erroneously described how its “Location History” setting works …
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