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October 8, 2018, 9:25 AM

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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
DHS and UK's NCSC say they have “no reason to doubt” statements from Apple, Amazon, and others rejecting Bloomberg's story on China spying via microchips  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday it currently had no reason to doubt statements …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook unveils two video calling devices for home, $199 10-inch Portal and the $349 15.6-inch Portal+ with hi-fi audio; preorders open today, ships November  —  Facebook's first hardware product combines Alexa (and eventually Google Assistant) with a countertop video chat screen that zooms to always keep you in frame.
Holden Page / Crunchbase News:
Foursquare raises $33M Series F, two years after its major pivot from consumer social network to location data provider and $45M Series E  —  Tech companies want your location data, and over the years, Foursquare has banked a lot of it from willing users.  —  Originally billed …

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