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Facebook tells employees to preserve internal docs and communications related to its business since 2016, as governments and legislative bodies begin inquiries — Facebook has told employees to “preserve internal documents and communications since 2016” that pertain to its businesses …
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Samsung reports Q3 net profit of ~$10.5B, up 31% YoY, on record revenue of ~$63B, up 10% YoY, beating estimates; operating profit rose 26% YoY to ~$13B — Credit high demand for chips, foldables, Switch OLED, and the iPhone 13. — In 2020, Samsung weathered the pandemic by posting …
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GitHub says as much as 30% of new code on its network is written with its AI tool Copilot, and 50% of developers who tried it since July have kept using it — The open-source software developer GitHub says as much as 30% of newly written code on its network is being done with the help of the company's AI programming tool Copilot.
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The Sequoia Fund announcement shows Sequoia Capital wants to invest and keep long-term positions in SaaS companies with proven business models — Two weeks ago, in The Death and Birth of Technological Revolutions,1 I puzzled about exactly where we were in the Age of Information and Telecommunications …
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Google unveils Android 12L update focused on tablets, foldables, and Chromebooks, with tweaks like big screen UI layouts and a new taskbar, coming early 2022 — Android 12L brings tablet-focused features, like a dock and dual-pane interfaces. — Have you heard about the new version of Android?
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Spotify cites Edison Research and its own internal data to claim it “recently became” the most-used podcast platform in the US and says it has 3.2M podcasts — In September, analysts at eMarketer predicted Spotify was poised to overtake Apple Podcasts in U.S. listenership sometime this year.
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Apple support documents says 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro users can turn on “scale to fit below built-in camera” to avoid notch app compatibility issues — Apple today shared a new support document that explains how users can ensure that an app's menu bar items do not appear hidden behind … | Bloomberg: |
GlobalFoundries raises $2.6B in an IPO, selling shares for $47, valuing the company at over $25B, the third biggest US listing in 2021 behind Coupang and Didi — - Chipmaker's shares price at top of $42-$47 marketed range — Mubadala's portion of share sale increased from earlier plan
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A look at the impact of Apple's ATT on Alphabet and Facebook: limits on Facebook's ad targeting raises ad spends for brands, sending some advertisers to Google — New iPhone privacy standards rocked digital advertising, raising some boats and lowering others
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Google, Apple, Twitter, Snap, Microsoft, and others form the Catalyze Tech coalition, committing to improve DEI, share demographic data, and more — New report underscores importance of sharing data and supporting K-12 computer science education. — Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Twitter Inc. … | Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
QuickNode, which helps developers build blockchain apps, raises a $35M Series A led by Tiger Global, following a $5.3M seed round in May — The Series A follows a $5.3 million seed round earlier this year and includes participation from Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano.
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LinkedIn launches its freelance services marketplace globally after picking up 2M users in a quietly run US beta, to compete with the likes of Fiverr and Upwork — LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned platform for those connecting with others in their fields of work and those looking for work … | Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Dragos, which helps secure control systems for critical infrastructure, raises a $200M Series D at a $1.7B valuation led by Koch Disruptive Tech and BlackRock — Dragos has raised $200 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $1.7 billion. The investment, which Dragos …
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Skyryse, which develops a flight automation operating system called FlightOS, raises a $200M Series B co-led by Fidelity and Monashee Investment Management — Five-year-old startup Skyryse has raised a $200 million Series B to develop FlightOS, a flight automation technology stack … | Ed Ballard / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Stripe's carbon-removal investments, including $9M in 10 projects; nearly 9K businesses use Stripe Climate to divert some revenue to carbon-removal — The technology for removing billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere isn't ready. Stripe wants to speed things up.
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NYU research suggests Twitter's algorithms promote conservative politicians because they are more likely to be “ratioed”, which Twitter may count as engagement — Our research suggests conservative politicians are ‘ratioed’ more often. That may explain why they're in your timeline.
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Chinese banking official issues a warning to cross-border online brokerages operating with only overseas licenses, causing Futu, UP Fintech, and others to drop — Online brokerages not licensed in China are conducting illegal businesses if they serve Chinese clients via the internet …
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Apple joins Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems, a program by Belgium-based R&D organization Imec to help reduce environmental impact of chips — Apple today announced that it has joined Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems (SSTS), a new research program launched … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Hackers steal an estimated $130M from DeFi platform Cream Finance in a flash loan attack; the company lost $37M in Feb. and $29M in Aug. in similar attacks — Hackers have stolen an estimated $130 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from Cream Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) …
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Sources: DOJ is investigating whether Visa used financial incentives to keep Square, Stripe, and PayPal from using other card networks or payment systems — Antitrust investigators are scrutinizing financial incentives Visa gave to Square, Stripe and PayPal| Michelle F Davis / Bloomberg: |
Hinge Health, a digital physical therapy service that uses an app and sensors, raises $400M led by Tiger and Coatue at a $6.2B valuation, up from $3B in January — - Digital physical therapy provider raised $400 million — Demand for remote health services has grown during pandemicSponsor Posts
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UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
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