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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Unity to acquire Peter Jackson's visual effects company Weta Digital, including 275+ engineers, for $1.625B; Weta Digital's FTX artists will form a new entity — Unity has just announced its intent to acquire Weta Digital, the legendary visual effects company co-founded by Peter Jackson, for a massive $1.625 billion.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Judge in Epic v. Apple trial says Apple must comply with an order letting developers link to external payment options, denying Apple's stay request — Apple said the change would be ‘exceedingly complicated’ — Epic v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says Apple must comply with an order …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter Blue rolls out to the US for $2.99/month with Scroll's ad-free articles across 300+ pubs, an undo button, Nuzzel-like “top articles” roundup, and more — And in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, as part of Twitter Blue — Twitter Blue, the company's subscription service …
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| New York Times: |
Meta aims to remove ad targeting options based on user interactions with content about health, race, political affiliation, religion, and more, by January 19 — Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, said on Tuesday that it planned to eliminate advertisers' ability …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Apple backpedals on breaking Face ID after third-party iPhone 13 screen replacements, will release a software update to no longer require a microcontroller swap — A software update is on the way that won't require repair shops to transfer a microcontroller
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Bipartisan House bill would force tech platforms to offer an “input-transparent algorithm” that doesn't require user data to generate recommendations — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a companion to a Senate bill that would let people use algorithm-free versions …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Meta shares bullying and harassment numbers for the first time, claims the category represents ~0.14% of Facebook content and ~0.05% of Instagram content — The social media giant published several transparency reports on Tuesday. — Facebook published a series of reports on Tuesday …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft announces a $249 11.6" Surface Laptop SE, exclusively for schools and students, running Windows 11 SE, and starting with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage — Microsoft's low-end education PC is official! — What you need to know — Microsoft is adding a new laptop to its Surface hardware portfolio.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Meta says it can't keep up with its Oversight Board, which has issued 78 recommendations since January, and that the 30-day response deadline is too tight — Depending on who you ask, Facebook's Oversight Board is either a massive PR stunt to deflect blame away from the company or an ambitious … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Coinbase reports Q3 revenue of $1.31B, up from $315M YoY, vs $1.57B est., monthly transacting users fell to 7.4M from 8.8M QoQ; stock down 10%+ — - Coinbase reported weaker-than-expected revenue for the third quarter. — The number of monthly transacting users dropped from the prior period.
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Jumo, a fintech helping entrepreneurs of SMBs in emerging markets gain access to loans, raises $120M led by Fidelity, report says at a $400M valuation — JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
fuboTV to acquire French multiplatform streaming company Molotov for $190M; Molotov co-founder and CEO Jean-David Blanc will become chief strategy officer — fuboTV is making a significant move in Europe with plans to acquire Molotov, a French startup with a leading television streaming service. fuboTV …
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash reports Q3 revenue of $1.28B, up 45% YoY, and says it will acquire European food delivery company Wolt in an all-stock $8B+ deal — Deal to acquire Wolt comes amid a wave of consolidation in the highlight competitive food-delivery segment — DoorDash Inc. said it has agreed …
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| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Breach and attack simulation startup SafeBreach raises a $53.5M Series D led by Sonae IM and Israel Growth Partners, bringing its total raised to over $106M — Breach and attack simulation startup SafeBreach Inc. had today announced that it has raised $53.5 million in new funding to fuel …
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| Sean Michael Kerner / SearchDataManagement: |
Datafold, a data reliability startup that automates the most tedious parts of data engineering workflows, raises a $20M Series A led by NEA and Amplify Partners — Data reliability engineering startup Datafold said on Nov. 9 it raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding to help …
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| Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc / DealStreetAsia: |
Vietnam-based online marketplace Tiki raises a $258M Series E led by AIA, and says it has 20M registered users and its grocery business grew 2,000% YoY in Q3 — Vietnam-based e-commerce firm Tiki on Monday announced that it has raised a $258 million Series E funding round led by global insurer AIA.
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| Rest of World: |
Journalists and analysts talk of muted reactions to the Facebook Papers over Meta's failure to stop hate speech and misinformation in the Global South — “Very little of what I have read about the papers comes as a surprise.” — When news emerged about a leaked trove of documents …
Tweets: @scottnover, @alexgonzor, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @restofworld
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Nykaa, an Indian e-commerce company for beauty products, rose 89% in its Indian market debut after raising $721M in its IPO, gaining a valuation of $13B — Fashion commerce firm Nykaa rose as much as 89% on its Indian market debut Wednesday, gaining a valuation of $13 billion in the nation's first women-led unicorn listing.
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Tweets: @chandrarsrikant, @ragingdas, and @chandrarsrikant
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
VergeSense, which uses computer vision to help companies understand how their office spaces are being used, raises a $60M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
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| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
A deep dive into how Discord, an authentic, at-scale user-generated community, could become the metaverse's natural social infrastructure — Hi friends 👋 , Happy Monday! It was inevitable that I'd write about Discord. It's a mashup of a bunch of my favorite companies and themes … Sponsor Posts
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