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Apple says it is working on a fix for a macOS bug that stored portions of encrypted emails sent via Mail app in an unencrypted form — Apple may have known for months — Apple stakes a lot of its reputation on how it protects the privacy of its users, as it wants to be the only tech company you trust.
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Facebook and YouTube say they are removing content that mentions the possible name of the whistleblower whose complaint prompted Trump impeachment inquiry — New York (CNN)Facebook (FB) and YouTube said Friday that they were removing content that mentioned the potential name …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Amid the ongoing probes of tech giants, DOJ's antitrust chief warns that amassing vast quantities of consumers' data could create competition concerns — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Justice Department's top antitrust enforcer warned tech giants on Friday that amassing vast quantities …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Blackstone buys majority stake in MagicLab, owner of dating apps Badoo and Bumble, valuing the company at $3B+; Whitney Wolfe Herd to become MagicLab's CEO — Bumble, the popular and profitable dating and networking app built around the ethos of women calling the shots on how connections …
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| Will Oremus / OneZero: |
US safety investigators report: dilemma for self-driving cars is not saving one innocent victim over other; it's between caution and competitive advantage — It has nothing to do with the ‘trolley problem’ — he advent of self-driving cars revived the decades-old philosophical conundrum known as the “trolley problem.”
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Andreessen Horowitz is launching a free crypto startup school, with a seven-week program that starts in February 2020 — Last month, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) general partner Chris Dixon announced at TechCrunch Disrupt that the VC firm would run a free crypto startup school.| Alnoor Peermohamed / The Economic Times: |
AngelList launches its VC and angel fund product in India, which will allow individuals to raise small blind pools of capital and deploy them within 6-12 months — AngelList will manage the legal and regulatory aspects of raising capital and investing it, while the byte-sized funds will be able …
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| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
YouTube has run the misleading Trump ad accusing Biden of corruption, which was seen 10M-30M times, but Google says it strives to ensure ads are “honest” — (CNN Business)You'd be forgiven for thinking that the only tech platform that allows politicians to run false ads is Facebook.| Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Neil Mawston / Strategy Analytics: |
Smartwatch shipments grew 42% YoY to 14.2M units in Q3, as Apple grew market share to 48% from 45% last year and Fitbit's market share dropped from 15% to 11% — According to new research from our Wearable Device Ecosystems (WDE) service, global smartwatch shipments grew an impressive +42% YoY …
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Internal chats from 2012 and 2013 show Facebook staff lamenting its “unethical” practices, as Zuckerberg argued that the company's survival was more important — - New documents show dissent within Facebook's top ranks — Disclosures come as company faces multiple antitrust probes
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| Allison Cavin / Seen by Indeed: |
Analysis shows job searches on Indeed.com for bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain roles fell 53% in 2019, while share of crypto job postings grew by 26% — A gold rush mentality surrounds bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain. And despite drastic price fluctuations …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Snapdocs, a platform that digitizes the mortgage closing process, raises $25M Series B led by F-Prime Capital — Real estate tech company Snapdocs today revealed that it has raised $25 million in series B funding to further develop its products and platform.| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Source: Tencent acquired a 10% stake in Policybazaar, valuing the Indian online insurance aggregator at $1.5B — - Purchase from Tiger Global values Policybazaar at $1.5 billion — Tencent's India portfolio already includes Ola, Byju's, Swiggy — Tencent Holdings Ltd. has acquired … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba is planning to launch a Hong Kong IPO next week with plans to raise as much as $15B — - It's said to proceed with listing hearing early next week — Alibaba's share sale comes after a U.S.-China agreement — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is moving ahead with plans …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Small-satellite startup Kepler achieves the world's first satellite broadband connection to the Arctic at over 100Mbps, used by a German icebreaker sea vessel — Small-satellite startup Kepler has done something never before accomplished with satellite-based broadband connectivity: providing a high-bandwidth to the Arctic.
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| Jane Zhang / South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba invests $3.3B in its logistics arm Cainiao, raising its stake to 63% — Cainiao will use the money raised to invest in technologies and logistics infrastructure services Cainiao also offers solutions to Alibaba's international e-commerce business, including Tmall Global …
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Bob Iger says Disney+ will be on Amazon's Fire TV when it launches on November 12 — - Analysts will be looking to see if Disney gives any color on expected subscriber numbers for Disney+. — Disney shares were up about 3% after the company reported an earnings beat for its fiscal fourth-quarter on Thursday.
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