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Google says it will let Android app developers use alternative billing systems in the Google Play store in South Korea, complying with a new law — Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it will add the option for developers to offer alternative billing systems on its Android app store in South Korea …
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Google Developers Korea Blog, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TNW, The Verge, CNET, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, Reuters, and Phandroid
Tweets: @bzamayo and @reneritchie
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram brings back support for Twitter Card previews after removing the feature in 2012 — Instagram is bringing back support for Twitter Card previews starting today. Now when users share an Instagram link on Twitter, a preview of the post will be shown in the tweet.
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Livemint, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, Android Police, Protocol, Pocketnow, KnowTechie, The Overspill, TechRadar, iMore, Digital Trends, Observer, Social Media Today, MobileSyrup, iDownloadBlog.com, TalkAndroid.com, Mashable, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @instagram, @twittersupport, @owenthomas, @tomhschmidt, @wwayneee, @alizalicht, @mathewi, @maxvoltar, @darth, @mosseri, @reckless, @charlesarthur, @levie, @xor, @bcmerchant, @brittaniwarrick, @almeezyuh, @wongmjane, and @caseynewton
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Mythical Games, which is developing a game platform with “playable NFTs”, raises $150M led by a16z at a $1.25B valuation, four months after raising $75M — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo president says he doesn't “see a sign of the component shortages recovering” as the company cuts Switch sales target for FY 2021 from 25.5M to 24M — - Company upgrades operating profit outlook citing FX rates — Sustaining sales momentum will depend heavily on OLED model
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Tweets: @nintendocoltd, @6d6f636869, and @6d6f636869
| Wall Street Journal: |
AT&T and Verizon postpone the December 5 launch of C-band 5G spectrum to address the FAA's concerns of potential interference with cockpit safety systems — Wireless carriers postpone planned Dec. 5 launch of new spectrum to address concerns about potential interference with cockpit safety systems| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
FCC approves Boeing's application to deploy and operate satellites providing broadband internet to US consumers and business; application was filed in 2017 — According to the FCC, Boeing plans on using the satellite internet system to supply broadband to residential, commercial, and government customers.
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
PitchBook: female-founded startups raised a record $40.4B across 2,661 VC deals in the first three quarters of 2021 with a $59 billion all-time high in exits — The pandemic took a toll on female founders in 2020: Funding to their companies fell 3% even in a bullish startup climate that saw overall venture funding rise by 16%.
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| Rebecca Heilweil / Vox: |
Meta will retain some of its facial recognition systems, including its DeepFace model, and plans to incorporate biometrics into its metaverse products — The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could show up in the metaverse.
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AppleInsider, Input, Digital Trends, Insider, KION546, BGR, Techdirt, Financial Times, HotHardware.com News, Common Dreams, KnowTechie, and UploadVR
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta announces new Facebook creator tools, including custom subscription links that use its native payments system to bypass Apple and Google's IAP cut — The change is specifically about circumventing Apple's 30 percent tax, according to Zuckerberg — Facebook has found a way to skirt Apple's 30 percent tax on in-app transactions.
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Facebook for Creators, Social Media Today, AppleInsider, The Times, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, PhoneArena, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, Tubefilter, dexerto.com, The Information, Protocol, iThinkDifferent, Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET, 9to5Mac, Adweek, and iMore
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @fbforcreators, @mikeisaac, @eric_seufert, @muchiriimike, @stonemountain64, @kyurieff, @bettemidler, @zerohedge, @bestpinoza, @kattenbarge, @kattenbarge, @kattenbarge, @oakleyboiii, @omri_legacy, @jaredfps, @epro, @btj_games, @skasriel, @alexeheath, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, and @wongmjane
| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
US-based game publisher Devolver Digital raises around $261M in a London IPO, at a valuation of about $950M — Fall Guys publisher is biggest US firm to trade on AIM, Sony Interactive Entertainment makes 5% investment in Devolver — Devolver Digital has begun trading on AIM …
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Tweets: @toadsanime, @james_batchelor, and @gibiz
| Kolawole Samuel Adebayo / VentureBeat: |
Treasure Data, which offers an enterprise customer data platform, raises $234M led by SoftBank — Mountain View-based enterprise customer data platform (CDP) Treasure Data has just received a $234 million funding in what the company calls the largest-ever single round for a CDP.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
A look at Match Group's plans for Tinder and Explore, including an expansion of virtual goods that incentivize engagement and a metaverse-like dating platform — Tinder has already undergone a big revamp with its recent launch of “Explore,” a new section inside the app that will enable …
Tweets: @tmfotter, @katie_roof, and @ballmatthew
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Google strikes a cloud deal with CME and invests $1B in the futures exchange — Alphabet Inc.'s Google has invested $1 billion in futures-exchange giant CME Group Inc. and struck a deal to move the company's core trading systems to the cloud. — Under the deal, the technology giant's Google Cloud unit …
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Tweets: @theemilyaccount, @susanlitv, and @aosipovich
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Internal documents shed light on Facebook's “holdout” experiments, where it withholds certain protections from a subset of users to see how they will react — In her testimony before Congress last month, whistleblower Frances Haugen told lawmakers Facebook has conducted experiments …
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Gizmodo. Tweets: @protocol, @justinhendrix, @issielapowsky, @issielapowsky, and @issielapowsky
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Online trading and brokerage company TradeStation Group to go public via a SPAC merger in H1 2022, valuing the company at about $1.43B — Online trading and brokerage company TradeStation Group said Thursday it will become a publicly traded company through a combination …
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Review of Intel's ~$650 flagship i9-12900K Alder Lake CPU, which performs closer to AMD's 5950X and 5900X depending on workloads, while adding DDR5 support — Today marks the official retail availability of Intel's 12th Generation Core processors, starting with the overclockable versions …
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Ars Technica, The Verge, Tom's Hardware, TweakTown, PC Gamer, TechSpot, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Thanks:@iancutress
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta announces new tools for Facebook Group admins, including paid subgroups, the ability to create community fundraisers and shops, and more — At its Facebook Communities Summit today, the social networking giant announced a series of updates and new tools for managing Facebook Groups … | PYMNTS.com: |
Klarna to acquire PriceRunner, a product and price comparison service, for ~$124M as it looks to strengthen its buy now, pay later service — Klarna announced on Tuesday (Nov. 2) that it will acquire U.K.-based price comparison service PriceRunner for 1.06 billion Swedish crowns ($124.36 million) … | Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Fountain, which provides an applicant tracking system for hourly workers, raises a $85M Series C led by Vision Fund 2, bringing its total funding to $119M — You may have visited some quick-service restaurants or other retailers in the past few months and noticed signs posted with shortened hours or not being open on a certain day.Thanks:@christinemhall
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
US sanctions four companies, including NSO Group, that sell spyware or hacking tools, adding them to a list of entities engaging in “malicious cyber activities” — The US government has sanctioned today four companies that develop and sell spyware and other hacking tools, the US Department of Commerce announced today.
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Tweets: @jsrailton, @nicoleperlroth, @davidakaye, @campuscodi, @rondeibert, @marietjeschaake, @kimzetter, @marahvistendahl, @nicoleperlroth, @nicoleperlroth, @ramabdu, @nicoleperlroth, @ydanasmithdutra, @agnescallamard, @carolecadwalla, @svaradarajan, @statedrl, @rondeibert, @campuscodi, @sophieintveld, @restofworld, @webradius, @drewharwell, @nakashimae, @chrissheridan34, @grahambrookie, @gauravgogoiasm, @jimstewartson, @hadas_gold, @hadas_gold, @drewharwell, @josephfcox, @skirchy, @alaashehabi, @financialtimes, @campuscodi, @langamahesh, @mkvenu1, and @natashabertrand
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub CEO Nat Friedman is stepping down on November 15; Thomas Dohmke, who became chief product officer in August, will take over as CEO — GitHub CEO Nat Friedman is stepping down from his role on November 15 to become the Chairman Emeritus of the Microsoft-owned service.
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The GitHub Blog, Thurrott, The GitHub Blog, cloudpro.co.uk, Softpedia News, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, and Developer Tech News
Tweets: @natfriedman, @cassidyjames, @natfriedman, @ashtom, @segphault, @moxie, @mahdyar_me, @carnage4life, @joshmanders, @dvdsgl, @scottgu, @rauchg, @tlakomy, @brian_armstrong, @natfriedman, @natfriedman, @stroughtonsmith, @sbisson, @ericabrescia, and @github. Thanks:@colegarry2
| Bloomberg: |
Sources say Masayoshi Son's profit-sharing plan for Vision Fund employees is contributing to a stream of defections, because it is based primarily on seniority — Ever since billionaire investor Masayoshi Son set up the giant Vision Fund in 2017 to provide backing for technology startups …
Tweets: @gilliantan and @pelstrom
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