| 10:55 PM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Google Cloud launches Work Insights, a tool that provides data on G Suite adoption rates and collaboration patterns across teams in a company, available in beta |
| 9:20 PM • | Garrett M. Graff / Wired: Court filing: US government seeks to continue FBI work with Mirai botnet hackers, who pled guilty to creating the malware last Dec., as part of their sentencing |
| 7:35 PM • | ProPublica: Investigation: 15 employers, including Uber, have advertised jobs on Facebook exclusively to one sex in the past year, with many ads playing to stereotypes |
| 7:25 PM • | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Cloudflare adds new “one-click” DNSSEC setup to make it far more difficult to spoof websites, likely increasing the protocol's woeful adoption rate |
| 6:05 PM • | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: Salesforce updates Quip, adding a new PowerPoint-like feature called Slides with real-time collaboration, new apps from Dropbox and Box, and Giphy integration |
| 5:45 PM • | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: In a leaked email, Evernote CEO says the company has cut 54 jobs, or 15% of its staff; the news comes amid a recent report that several senior execs have left |
| 5:00 PM • | Ry Crist / CNET: Amazon launches the Alexa Gadgets Toolkit, a set of software tools designed for third-party gadgets that connect with Amazon's Echo devices via Bluetooth |
| 4:50 PM • | Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google is rolling out Chrome OS 69 with Material Theme, Linux support, Night Light, dictation, and more |
| 4:08 PM • | Kerry Flynn / Digiday: HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll becomes CEO, replacing Rus Yusupov, who will take a creative role, as the company previews a new Wheel of Fortune-like game |
| 4:05 PM • | Alex Konrad / Forbes: Microsoft says HoloLens apps Remote Assist and Layout generally available on Dynamics 365 along with previews of new AI-infused CRM tools on Oct. 1 |
| 4:00 PM • | Dan Primack / Axios: HQ Trivia has a new CEO |
| 3:55 PM • | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Google Maps is now available on Apple CarPlay with iOS 12, which previously just supported Apple Maps; Waze also plans to support CarPlay in a future update |
| 3:35 PM • | Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: Women startup founders own 39 cents for every dollar of equity a male founder owns, says study that used anonymized data from more than 6,000 US-based companies |
| 3:20 PM • | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Ampere launches its first ARM-based eMAG server processors to challenge Intel, with power efficiency, high performance, and high memory capacity |
| 3:10 PM • | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Illumix, a startup making tools for more dynamic phone-based AR games, raises $8.6M seed round co-led by Maveron and Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| 2:55 PM • | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: NY AG report on cryptocurrency trading platforms finds many are vulnerable to market manipulation, refers some to regulator for potential legal violations |
| 2:40 PM • | Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: London-based Divido, a marketplace for lenders that offer B2C and B2B financing to customers at checkout, raises $15M Series A |
| 2:25 PM • | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Pinterest rolls out a new API to help brands find and keep track of influencers |
| 2:20 PM • | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Instagram to run ads in Stories and feed to point US users over 18 to midterms voting registration info, will let users add an “I Voted” sticker |
| 2:15 PM • | Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge: YouTube extends its $4.99/mo Channel Memberships, previously available only to channels with 100K+ subscribers, to smaller channels with 50K+ subscribers |
| 1:50 PM • | Kate Clark / TechCrunch: Agriculture tech startup Indigo raises $250M Series E and launches marketplace to help farmers sell grain online; source: funding values firm at $3.5B |
| 1:25 PM • | Wall Street Journal: Sources: as recently as last year, Facebook pressed banks for the ability to use customer financial data passing through Messenger for purposes like advertising |
| 1:20 PM • | Malte Ubl / Accelerated Mobile Pages Project: Google says it is moving the AMP project to an open governance model, forms steering committee with reps from other companies |
| 1:10 PM • | Jon Porter / The Verge: Shopify adds support for AR Quick Look, an iOS 12 feature that lets users place models of products in real environments from within Safari |
| 12:39 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube announces it will shut down its standalone Gaming app and launches a new YouTube Gaming destination at youtube.com/gaming, first coming to the US |
| 12:15 PM • | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Lyft passes 1 billion trips six years after its founding, amid some concerns about its future growth ahead of a potential IPO |
| 12:02 PM • | Bloomberg: Sources: Tesla under criminal investigation by DOJ over public statements made by Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, alongside a previously-reported civil inquiry by SEC |
| 11:40 AM • | Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: ACLU files complaint with EEOC against Facebook and 10 other employers, alleging job ads on site were targeted to exclude “female and other non-male” prospects |
| 10:10 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Zurich-based WayRay, which develops holographic AR hardware and display tech for cars, raises $80M Series C led by Porsche, source says at a $500M valuation |
| 9:55 AM • | Dami Lee / The Verge: Google's Family Link, which allows parents to set screen time limits and more, expands to teens, adds support for Google Assistant, and rolls out worldwide |
| 9:45 AM • | Polina Marinova / Fortune: On-demand delivery startup Postmates raises $300M led by Tiger Global, source says at a ~$1.2B valuation, to accelerate its growth across the US |
| 9:30 AM • | Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: Mozilla releases Firefox Reality, a web browser built to work with VR and AR headsets, available in the Viveport, Oculus, and Daydream app stores |
| 9:20 AM • | David Ingram / NBC News: ACLU, others file formal complaint against Facebook alleging that its advertising platform is being used by prospective employers to discriminate against women |
| 9:05 AM • | Nicole Lee / Engadget: Withings launches Steel HR Sport smartwatch with GPS and fitness level analytics via a VO2 max indicator, available for $200 today |
| 8:20 AM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: UiPath, which develops AI-based bots that automate mundane enterprise tasks, raises $225M Series C at a $3B valuation from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, and Accel |
| 7:45 AM • | Violet Blue / Engadget: Female ASMR video creators have been permanently banned from PayPal and had funds frozen after 8chan harassment campaign; PayPal says it has no anti-ASMR policy |
| 7:10 AM • | Nilay Patel / The Verge: iPhone XS and XS Max review: terrific display, great speakers, and long battery life, but expensive, very good camera but not great, portrait mode a hit or miss |
| 6:55 AM • | South China Morning Post: How China is working to expand industrial robot usage tenfold to 1.8M units, 70% of which are to be made in China, up from 30% currently, by 2025 |
| 5:30 AM • | Wall Street Journal: Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance to provide Android-powered infotainment systems, with integrated maps, assistant, more, starting in 2021 |
| 3:35 AM • | Biswarup Gooptu / The Economic Times: Indian ride-hailing service Ola has raised $50M from two Chinese investors at a valuation pegged between $3.7B and $4.3B |
| 12:30 AM • | Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter: HBO and Netflix tie for the most Emmy wins, taking home 23 each; Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won eight awards; Hulu won four |
| 9:10 PM • | Nick Statt / The Verge: Twitter update lets users revert to a chronological timeline, says it is working on a way for users to easily switch between algorithmic and chronological feeds |
| 8:45 PM • | Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: GovPayNow.com, used by ~2,300 US government agencies for online payments, has exposed 14M+ customer records dating back to 2012, says issue has now been fixed |
| 7:45 PM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Amazon opens a checkout-free Amazon Go retail store in Chicago, its first such store outside Seattle |
| 7:10 PM • | New York Times: Trump placing 10% tariffs on an additional ~$200B in Chinese imports on Sept. 24, drops ~300 types of goods, including smartwatches, from list of those affected |
| 6:40 PM • | Music Business Worldwide: Leaked email to Dubai ad agency shows Spotify plans to launch across the Middle East and North Africa in November with a new regional headquarters in Dubai |
| 6:10 PM • | David Katzmaier / CNET: Apple releases tvOS 12 for Apple TV and Apple TV 4K, with support for Dolby Atmos audio, NASA screensavers, zero sign-on for some cable apps, and more |
| 6:00 PM • | Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple launches watchOS 5, with Walkie-Talkie, Apple Podcasts, Siri Shortcuts, new watch faces, raise to speak, new workout types like yoga and hiking, and more |
| 5:06 PM • | Eugene Kim / CNBC: Sources: Amazon plans to release at least eight new Alexa-powered devices, including a microwave, an amplifier, and subwoofer, by the end of the year |
| 4:20 PM • | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: Microsoft Managed Desktop launches as a subscription service whereby Microsoft provisions, deploys and manages companies' Windows 10 devices |
| 4:12 PM • | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: List of some of the iOS apps supporting Siri Shortcuts, now available in the App Store, including Pandora, The Weather Channel, Google News, and Trello |
| 4:07 PM • | Mike Memoli / NBC News: Facebook debuts pilot program to expand its security tools and procedures, like 2FA and threat monitoring, for candidates and campaign staff ahead of midterms |
| 3:43 PM • | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Instagram Shopping launches personalized Explore channel, expands Stories tags after testing them since June, and lets brands add a shopping bag icon to Stories |
| 3:35 PM • | Rebecca Smithers / The Guardian: TripAdvisor plans revamp later this year to include a “travel feed”, to let users follow other travelers or content creators, including major publishers |
| 2:50 PM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Getty Images partners with Amazon to provide images from its catalog of 200M digital pics for searches on the Echo Show and Echo Spot |
| 2:15 PM • | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Cloudflare debuts IPFS Gateway, an easy way to access content from the P2P-driven InterPlanetary File System that does not require installing special software |
| 2:05 PM • | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: Researchers disclose 0-day flaw allowing remote code execution on security cameras running Nuuo software, say hundreds of thousands of devices may be affected |
| 1:35 PM • | Federico Viticci / MacStories: iOS 12 review: mostly incremental improvements to iOS 11 rather than breaking new ground, except for Siri Shortcuts, which is a productivity playground |
| 1:19 PM • | Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Testing shows app launch times on the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPad Mini 2 improve between 7% and 27% after installing iOS 12 |
| 1:07 PM • | Juli Clover / MacRumors: iOS 12 officially launches out of beta, with faster performance, Screen Time, smarter notifications, Memoji, Siri Shortcuts, improved privacy in Safari, more |
| 12:25 PM • | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Facebook expands its bug bounty program to include third-party apps and services that involve improper exposure of Facebook user access tokens |
| 12:25 PM • | Jason Del Rey / Recode: Stripe unveils Stripe Terminal, a new service for in-person payments with Warby Parker and Glossier as launch partners, will charge 2.7% plus 5¢ per transaction |
| 12:10 PM • | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: AR startup Blippar announces the close of a $37M financing round, bringing total raised to $137M; the company says it hopes to reach profitability in 12 months |
| 11:25 AM • | David Meyer / Fortune: Italian court sentences a man who sold hospitality businesses fake reviews on TripAdvisor to nine months in jail |
| 10:55 AM • | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Freightos, a marketplace for logistics providers that lets users book, manage and track shipments, raises $44.4M Series C led by Singapore Exchange |
| 10:25 AM • | Mihir Dalal / Livemint: Sources: Flipkart has held early-stage talks with Indian video streaming service Hotstar about acquiring a stake in the company |
| 9:50 AM • | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Sisense, a startup that helps customers understand and visualize their data across multiple sources, raises $80M Series E led by Insight Venture Partners |
| 9:20 AM • | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Amazon adds a new section to its website called Amazon Storefronts, a retail hub exclusively for US SMBs, featuring 1M+ products from ~20K companies |
| 8:45 AM • | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Security researcher finds a new CSS-based attack that crashes and restarts iPhones after malicious HTML is rendered, like when a user visits a malicious link |
| 7:00 AM • | Steven Levy / Wired: Current and former Apple execs including Eddy Cue, Tony Fadell, Greg Joswiak, and John Sculley recount anecdotes from their time at the Infinite Loop campus |
| 5:55 AM • | Eric Johnson / Recode: Q&A with Roku CEO Anthony Wood on working at Netflix while running Roku early on, partnering with Chinese TV makers, competing with tech giants, and ads on Roku |
| 4:30 AM • | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Mobile social network Path, which Google reportedly tried to acquire for $100M and which was once raising money at a $500M valuation, is closing down on Oct. 18 |
| 2:50 AM • | South China Morning Post: A look at 6 of 36 members of Alibaba Partnership, an organization set up in 2010 to ensure the continuity of Alibaba's management after Jack Ma retires |
| 1:05 AM • | Jessi Hempel / Wired: WeWork acquires Teem, an office space scheduling and workplace analytics platform, to add to Powered by We product suite; sources: WeWork paid $100M for Teem |
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