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Sources: Uber could be valued at $120B in an IPO as soon as early 2019, nearly double its valuation two months ago, according to proposals from banks — Eye-popping offering, which could take place early next year, is nearly double the ride-hailing company's valuation in a fundraising round two months ago
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
In response to a July ruling by the EU, Google will start charging European Android device makers a licensing fee for the Play Store and other Google apps — Android will still be “free and open source” — Google is changing the way it licenses its suite of Android apps in Europe …
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The Keyword, ZDNet, New York Times, Washington Post, Android Police, AppleInsider, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Thurrott.com, VentureBeat, BleepingComputer, BetaNews, 9to5Google, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Android Central, Liliputing, and Neowin
Tweets: @reckless, @franciscof_1990, @alohabrowser, @stevesi, @dennisbednarz, @ow, and @reckless
| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Source: Facebook is building a hybrid video chat/TV set-top box, internally called Ripley, which it plans to announce in Spring 2019 — Facebook is developing hardware for the TV, Cheddar has learned. — The world's largest social network is building a camera-equipped device that sits atop …
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Marketing Land, Engadget, CNET, Business Insider, The Verge, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Pocket-lint
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
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iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @sarahfrier, @jillianiles, @baxiabhishek, @geoffreyfowler, @yoda, @tess_townsend, @nattgarun, @katiedrumm, @reckless, @johnpaczkowski, @stevekovach, @mgsiegler, @jason_kint, @mattnavarra, @rmac18, @caseynewton, @kevinroose, and @recode
| Karl Bode / Techdirt: |
Stanford study: of the 800,000+ unique comments submitted to the FCC concerning repeal of net neutrality, 99.7% of them opposed what the FCC did — A new study has once again confirmed that the vast, vast majority of the public opposed the FCC's ham-fisted repeal of net neutrality.
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Motherboard, Stanford Law School, TechSpot, The Daily Dot, Democracy Now, The Hill, and The Root. Tweets: @jazmineulloa
| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai publicly discusses censored Chinese search engine for the first time, says internal tests have been very promising — GOOGLE'S INTERNAL TESTS developing a censored search engine in China have been very promising, CEO Sundar Pichai said on stage on Monday as part of the WIRED 25 Summit.
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Engadget, The Next Web, Telegraph, South China Morning Post, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley Business …, Al Jazeera English, TechSpot, BetaNews, Fortune, Inquirer, CNET, and TechNode
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft launches All-Access Pass subscription plan for $299 per month for 30 rides costing up to $15 each, for single-passenger trips and carpooling rides — Netflix, but for rides — Lyft's monthly subscription experiment is going national. The ride-hailing company has been tinkering …
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Tweets: @romaindillet, @alexhern, @dakami, and @trengriffin
| Wall Street Journal: |
As the scandal of Khashoggi's disappearance grows, Silicon Valley is mostly quiet on its connections to Saudi Arabia, the largest funding source for US startups — The kingdom is now the largest single investor for U.S. startups, with stakes in Uber, WeWork and Magic Leap
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CNN. Tweets: @stevecase, @tomgara, @ragipsoylu, @yjtorbati, @joshuahol, @teroterotero, @danprimack, @kimmasters, @govhowarddean, @danprimack, @emptywheel, @davepell, @alexia, @profgalloway, @danprimack, @rj_gallagher, @tim, @eliotwb, @scottmaustin, @scottmaustin, @eliotwb, @eliotwb, @eringriffith, @karaswisher, @charlesarthur, @rmac18, @karaswisher, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
GitHub debuts Actions for devs to automate workflows and build, share, and execute code inside containers, security alerts for Java and .NET projects, and more — The GitHub code repository, which has been used by 31 million developers around the world in the past year …
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| Christine Wang / CNBC: |
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died at age 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma — Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Vulcan Inc. said Monday on behalf of his family. Allen passed away Monday afternoon in Seattle at 65 years old, Vulcan said.
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Tweets: @microsoft, @tim_cook, @vulcaninc, @steven_ballmer, @sundarpichai, @stevesi, @etzioni, @byrosenberg, @tedlandk5, @stevesi, @markrussinovich, @sievertmike, @harrymccracken, @thesheetztweetz, @harrymccracken, @kirkdborne, @athaliachristie, @bigwalt71, @anandwrites, @navalinstitute, @repjayapal, @geekwire, @johnhcook, @bymikebaker, @nba, @yoda, @trengriffin, @nickwingfield, @justicar, @film_girl, @bhgross144, @darrenrovell, @darrenrovell, @dylanmatt, @brianmcc, and @craigawelch
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
A look at how some top utility apps on the App Store are making millions of dollars by using dark patterns, tricking users into signing up for subscriptions — Subscriptions have turned into a booming business for app developers, accounting for $10.6 billion in consumer spend on the App Store in 2017 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Apple apologizes for the hacking of some Apple IDs in China in phishing scams, says the victims hadn't enabled two-factor authentication — Apple apologized over the hacking of some Chinese accounts in phishing scams, almost a week after it emerged that stolen Apple IDs had been used to swipe customer funds.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei unveils Mate 20 Pro with 6.4-inch OLED display, in-display fingerprint sensor, two-way wireless charging, three rear cameras, and 4,200mAh battery — Everything you could want from a phone, and then some — Arriving fashionably late to the 2018 contest for super flagship phones …
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Bloomberg, The Verge, The Guardian, Android Police, The Register, Engadget, Android Authority, Inquirer, ZDNet, Softpedia News, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, PCWorld, Android Authority, SlashGear, Engadget, Tom's Guide, Reuters, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, and CNBC. Tweets: @vladsavov
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Users say harassment is rampant on Instagram, and some employees say efforts to stem it are not funded well or prioritized — When Brandon Farbstein first joined Instagram in 2014, he was 14 and optimistic. Farbstein was born with a rare form of dwarfism, and he wanted to use …
Tweets: @elcush, @taylorlorenz, @kerrymflynn, @taylorlorenz, and @aworkinglibrary
| Brad Chacos / PCWorld: |
Gaming chat company Discord says its digital game store, which first launched in Canada back in August, is now launching globally in public beta with 22 titles — Discord's war on Steam (which only started after Steam declared war on Discord) is escalating.
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The Verge, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Engadget, IGN, Gamasutra, Thurrott.com, Polygon, Variety, NDTV Gadgets 360, Eurogamer.net, GameSpot, TechCrunch, and PC Gamer
| Roberto Baldwin / Engadget: |
Amazon unveils waterproof Kindle Paperwhite with higher 300ppi resolution, starting at $129, available for preorder now, shipping November 7 — Sometimes you just want to read a book. Or maybe all the books. That's the promise of the Kindle line. Access to thousands of books …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Instacart raises $600M at a $7.6B valuation led by hedge fund D1 Capital Partners — The startup has a fresh $600 million in funding to boot. — As Amazon has ramped up its Whole Foods grocery delivery service to 48 cities across the U.S., a common narrative has followed …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest revamps product pins, which now include up-to-date pricing and stock info alongside link to the retailer, “Products like this” suggestions, and more — Visual search engine Pinterest is rolling out new features this morning that will make it easier for people to purchase the products on its platform.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Surface Pro 6 review: still the best 2-in-1 PC with the best tablet keyboard, better screen and battery life, but no major design or performance upgrades — Microsoft's Surface Pro 6 is the ideal hybrid tablet. It's a slate that can run all of the Windows apps you need …
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Windows Blog, The Verge, Windows Central, AnandTech, On MSFT, CNET, PCWorld, Windows Central, The Guardian, and Petri
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Arm unveils its roadmap for internet infrastructure hardware, branding the IP portfolio Neoverse, the first products of which are slated to ship next year — Arm-based chips are ubiquitous today, but the company isn't resting on its laurels. After announcing its ambitions for powering … | Matthew Iles / Civil: |
Journalism blockchain network Civil says the sale of its CVL token fails to hit $8M goal, buyers will be offered full refunds, and another token sale in works — A setback, and the path forward. — Key takeaways: — The CVL token sale didn't succeed.| Washington Post: |
Facebook's ex-CSO Alex Stamos to announce the Stanford Internet Observatory, an institute to help companies work together on solving tech's “negative impacts” — For two years, Alex Stamos was the Facebook executive tasked with defending the company's systems against Russian interference and other critical threats.
Tweets: @geoffreyfowler
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Paperspace raises $13M Series A led by Battery Ventures for AI-fueled application development platform — Paperspace wants to help developers build artificial intelligence and machine learning applications with a software/hardware development platform powered by GPus and other powerful chips.
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BetaKit, PR Newswire, and VentureBeat
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Source: Lyft has hired JP Morgan to lead its IPO, scheduled for early 2019, which could value company at more than $15B — - Lyft could be valued at more than $15 billion in the public markets, according to a source familiar with the matter. — Lyft has hired J.P. Morgan Chase to lead …
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Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @timkhiggins, and @tomgara
| Vindu Goel / New York Times: |
Credit card giants Visa, Mastercard, and Amex, as well as other financial players like Amazon and PayPal flout India's new data localization regulation — MUMBAI, India — When the clock struck midnight in Delhi at the end of Monday, Visa, Mastercard and American Express were suddenly … | The Guardian: |
Facebook rolls out new rules on political ads in the UK, will provide ad library like in US but not require ads on political topics to be labeled and registered — Social network hopes launch of transparency tools will restore trust after series of scandals
Tweets: @fabiochiusi, @alexhern, @whotargetsme, @jimwaterson, and @jason_kint
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Irish Data Protection Commission says about 3M Europeans were affected by Facebook's security breach, announced in Sept., where personal info was accessed — - A September Facebook security breach affected about 3 million European users, according to a spokesperson from the Irish Data Protection Commission.Thanks:@sal19
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