Sources: SoftBank offers to buy secondary Uber shares at $48B valuation, 30% below Uber's recent $69B valuation, and will also invest $1B+ at $69B valuation
The price is 30% below Uber's last primary round, people say — A slate of investors has agreed to sell shares for the deal
WeWork agrees to acquire Meetup, the New York-based social network that helps organize offline meetings; source says deal is valued at ~$200M
WeWork has agreed to acquire Meetup, a New York-based social network that helps organize offline meetings around common interests.
Adobe: US Cyber Monday sales hit record-breaking $6.59B, with purchases on smartphones also breaking a record with $1.59B in sales
Cyber Monday is off to a flying start for online shopping in the US. As of 7am Pacific, $840 million has been spent, up 16.9 percent on Cyber Monday 2016.
Canalys: VR headset shipments pass 1M for first time in Q3 with Sony, Oculus, and HTC taking the top three spots, shipping 490K+, 210K, and 160K respectively
Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Monday, 27 November 2017 — Virtual reality headset shipments are showing no signs of slowing …
Uber receives letters from Republican and Democratic Senators seeking an explanation as to why it initially hid its 2016 data breach from 57M users
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A look at some of the plans submitted by 238 municipalities in Amazon's HQ2 contest, offering big tax breaks, free land, and special access to public resources
A review of some of the bids to woo Amazon's HQ2 to other cities and states shows it's not all about the money.
YouTube Go, a lightweight YouTube app designed for slower internet connections, leaves beta; available in India, Indonesia, and other select countries
Earlier this year, Google released ‘YouTube Go,’ a super-lightweight version of the YouTube app tailored for developing countries.
Samsung buys South Korean AI startup Fluenty, which specializes in conversational AI, most likely to boost its Bixby virtual assistant
Samsung Electronics has acquired South Korean AI startup Fluenty in a likely effort to boost its Bixby virtual assistant.
Airbnb launches payment splitting for group trips for up to 16 people on a single reservation
In February of this year, Airbnb acquired social payments startup Tilt. Today, the fruits of that acquisition are being passed along to Airbnb users. — Starting now, Airbnb users …
YouTube says it has terminated 270+ accounts, taken down 150K+ videos, removed ads from ~2M videos over past week as it purges content that endangers children
For the second time in less than a year, major advertisers are fleeing YouTube after finding their ads were paired with offensive content — this time, directed at children.
Microsoft says it will refocus on enhancing search via the Windows taskbar, after dropping support for its Microsoft Graph-powered Delve app on Windows 10
Microsoft seems to be rethinking how it handles search in the brave, new Microsoft 365 world — Some time recently …
Facebook and Twitter say they will respond to UK requests for information about possible Russian meddling in Brexit and UK general election within weeks
US social media giants have said they're ready to cooperate with a UK probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 EU referendum.
Tumblr founder David Karp announces resignation from the company in email to staff, said decision came “after months of reflection on my personal ambitions”
The online home of the most creative … Janko Rottgers / Variety : Tumblr Founder David Karp Is Leaving Verizon's Oath Tim Peterson / Marketing Land : Tumblr founder David Karp steps down as CEO, COO J...
French startup Doctolib, an online booking platform for medical practitioners, raises $42M, making it one of the best-funded health startups in Europe
French startup Doctolib is raising money for the second time in the past twelve months. The company is building a sort of Salesforce …
US DoJ charges three members of one of China's cyber-espionage units for hacking Moody's Analytics, Siemens, and Trimble between 2011 and May 2017
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Facebook rolls out AI for suicide prevention globally with the exception of the EU after initial tests in US, to detect suicidal posts before they're reported
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Microsoft will end support for logging into Skype via Facebook on January 10th, to push users toward single Microsoft sign-on across its services
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ClimaCell, which predicts weather using software that processes how weather is impacting wireless signals, raises $15M Series A
Jeff Engel / Xconomy :
China's top on-demand trucking apps Huochebang and Yunmanman, both valued at $1B, have agreed to merge
Yimian Wu / China Money Network :
Jellies launches on iOS as an ad-free, $5/month video service for kids, which handpicks all of its videos and aims to be a safe alternative to YouTube Kids
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