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Bernie Sanders unveils a “High-Speed Internet for All” plan with $150B to build publicly owned broadband networks, wants to break up ISPs like Comcast and AT&T — - Bernie Sanders announces a plan to expand rural broadband internet access and break up giant internet service providers.
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Sources: Galaxy S11 and Galaxy Fold clamshell to sport a 108MP sensor for the main camera and 5x optical zoom, with S11 also getting an ultrawide-angle lens — - The Galaxy S11 and clamshell Galaxy Fold will feature 5x zoom — Next flagship to have almost every camera phone feature
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Report: Magic Leap sold ~6,000 headsets in six months after release, compared to a goal of 100,000 in the first year, and recently laid off dozens of employees — And Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly left its board — Magic Leap's sales numbers reportedly haven't matched CEO Rony …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
In report, Uber discloses 3,045 sexual assaults, 9 murders, and 58 people killed in crashes out of its 1.3B US rides in 2018 — In its first safety report, the ride-hailing company detailed sexual assaults, murders and fatal crashes through its platform. — SAN FRANCISCO …
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
DOJ charges two members of Evil Corp, a Russian hacker gang behind the Dridex malware, which allegedly stole $100M+ from banks; US Treasury sanctions Evil Corp — The US is charging Maksim Yakubets over two of the biggest cybertheft campaigns of the last decade, and offers a record reward for information on the case.| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Amazon expands Bezos' elite ‘S-team’, adding 6 execs from its emerging branches such as advertising and fashion, bringing the number of execs on the team to 22 — Amazon's executive suite, nicknamed the “S-team,” is adding six new members as the company doubles down on emerging fields such as advertising and fashion.| Brian Feldman / New York Magazine: |
Facebook's tactic of announcing features to a small minority of its users often garners positive press coverage, even if the features aren't live for most — Yesterday, Facebook announced an uncharacteristically useful tool, one that would transfer photos from a user's Facebook account to their Google Photos account.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8c, with a Kryo 490 CPU, Adreno 675 GPU, and X24 LTE modem, and a lower-end 7c chip; both designed for budget Windows laptops — The Snapdragon 8c and 7c join the high-end 8cx — Qualcomm has had big ambitions for ARM-powered Windows laptops for years.
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| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Sources: digital bank Chime raises $500M Series E at a $5.8B valuation led by DST Global, just nine months after its Series D which valued Chime at $1.5B — - Chime, valued at $1.5 billion in March, is now pegged at $5.8 billion just nine months later, according to people with knowledge of the matter.| Vikas SN / The Economic Times: |
Netflix says it is spending ~$420M on content in India over the next year, a majority of which will be on original programming — India has emerged as a crucial content hub for Netflix which is facing increased competition in India and around the world — Netflix plans to spend Rs 3,000 crore … | Kelsey Sutton / Adweek: |
Survey: 50% plan to subscribe to new OTT services, of which 64% intend to downgrade or cancel existing subs; users say they spend ~$76/month on average on video — 25% of people are actively looking to cancel video subscriptions, according to a new PwC survey — Key Insights:| John McCarthy / The Drum: |
Spotify says it now has 500K+ podcasts, podcast listeners are up more than 50% since the start of 2019 and podcast hours consumed by listeners grew 39% QoQ — Spotify, the global music audio streaming service, each year unpacks the listening habits of users and unveils the artists … | David Cohen / Adweek: |
Foursquare CEO Jeff Glueck is leaving at the end of the year, to be replaced by David Shim, who joined Foursquare as president in June — Jeff Glueck is leaving after leading the company for 4 years — David Shim, who joined the location-based recommendation platform Foursquare as president in June …
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