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Huawei unveils flagship 6.53-inch Mate 30 Pro with Kirin 990 chipset, 8GB RAM, 4,500mAh battery, fast 27W wireless charging, and no Google-licensed apps — The Huawei Mate 30 Pro has now gone official with the troubled handset coming with a serious spec sheet that includes the Kirin 990 chipset …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Automattic raises $300M Series D from Salesforce Ventures at a post-money valuation of $3B — Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce and soon Tumblr, has closed a $300 million funding round at a $3 billion post-money valuation. The Series D round has a single investor, Salesforce Ventures.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
A day before global climate strikes, Jeff Bezos announces the Climate Pledge for businesses to commit to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2040 — During a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington this morning, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos alongside former United Nations climate leaders unveiled …
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| Official Google India Blog: |
Google says Google Pay in India has 67M monthly active users and has processed transactions worth $110B+ in the last 12 months and unveils Pay for Business — Rama Devi has taught more than a thousand women how to use the internet in her role as a Saathi—now she's helping farmers become more productive.| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
Google announces Vodafone-Idea Phone Line, a free phone number for the carrier's feature phone users in India to talk to Google Assistant in Hindi or English — Google will let people in emerging markets like India talk to Google Assistant, the company's virtual assistant, simply by dialing a phone number.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple releases iOS 13 with Dark Mode, QuickPath swipe keyboard, a redesigned Reminders app, and more — Dark mode is the big new addition — Apple's new iOS 13 update is now available to download on compatible iPhones today, with an iPhone 6S release to follow soon.
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| Patrick Whyte / Skift: |
Airbnb, which generated revenue of more than $1B in Q2, says it intends to go public in 2020 — While $1 billion in revenue is impressive, it's not the first time Airbnb has achieved the number. What matters for the homesharing platform is the growth narrative.
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| Robert Iger / Vanity Fair: |
Book excerpt: as he exits Apple's board, Disney's Bob Iger recounts talks with Steve Jobs before Disney bought Pixar, and how their friendship grew — As he exits Apple's board, the Disney chief reminisces about his relationship with its mercurial founder—and how their radical visions aligned to save two companies.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Roku unveils smaller $29.99 Express, a faster $99.99 Ultra with a customizable remote, and Roku OS 9.2 with new content discovery tools and voice capabilities — The Ultra's remote can open whatever app you want with a single button press — Roku is unveiling its fall 2019 lineup …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub buys code analysis tool Semmle, which helps identify security vulnerabilities and has Microsoft, Google among clients; Semmle raised $31M in VC funding — Microsoft's GitHub today announced that it has acquired Semmle, a code analysis tool that helps developers and security researchers … | Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nintendo Switch Lite review: streamlined, sturdier design, excellent directional pad, and improved battery life, but no TV connectivity or kickstand — It doesn't switch, but that won't matter for everyone — Ever since it entered the world of video games, a few things about Nintendo have remained consistent.
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| Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: |
Datadog, an app performance monitoring and analytics platform, raises $648M in US IPO, valuing the company at $7.83B, after rejecting Cisco's acquisition offer — Datadog Inc. raised $648 million in its U.S. initial public offering, pricing its shares above an already increased target range.
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| Om Malik / Wired: |
An in-depth look at Apple's six-core A13 Bionic processor, found in the new iPhones, which promises 30% more efficiency than last year's A12 chip — Here's how the chip in each new iPhone works, and what it tells us about the future of mobile technology. — About 72 minutes …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases watchOS 6 with new watch faces and built-in app including Calculator, Noise, Cycle Tracking, and Audiobooks — Apple Watch has a major new software update out today that brings loads of new features to existing models. Look for the watchOS 6 update inside the Apple Watch app …
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| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Stripe raises $250M from Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, and a16z at a $35B valuation, up about 50% from an early 2019 funding round — Stripe surpasses Airbnb and Palantir valuations in new funding round — Stripe Inc. climbed closer to the top ranks of the highest-priced U.S. startups … | Biz Carson / Forbes: |
Checkr, which runs background checks for companies that use gig economy workers, raises $160M Series D at a $2.2B valuation, bringing its total raised to $310M — As Uber and Lyft have grown, their rise has helped buoy another business: Checkr, a startup that runs background checks on gig economy workers.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Groww, a Bangalore-based investment app for millennials, raises $21.4M Series B led by Ribbit Capital, bringing its total raised to $29M — Of the 1.3 billion people who live in India, more than 100 million of whom are using digital payment apps each day, only about 20 million today invest in mutual funds and stocks.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Hamburg-based Wunder Mobility, a platform for municipalities and companies like BMW to create urban mobility services, extends its Series B by $30M to $60M — Wunder Mobility, which develops a platform that lets companies and municipalities create their own urban mobility services … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts Portal TV, a TV accessory for video calling, streaming, AR gaming, and co-viewing Facebook Watch shows, shipping November 5 for $149 — Facebook wants to take over your television with a clip-on camera for video calling, AR gaming, and content co-watching.
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