A new set of Pixel 4 leaked images and a series of renders show it will have a large forehead bezel for a variety of sensors and front-facing cameras
A lot of space to cover up — A new set of leaked images of Google's forthcoming Pixel 4 smartphone have surfaced on the web …
Hackers breached SyTech, a contractor for Russia's FSB, and stole 7.5TB of data about its projects for the agency, including one for deanonymizing Tor traffic
SyTech, the hacked company, was working on research projects for the FSB, Russia's intelligence service.
European Commission changes its mind on the .eu domain again, now says it will allow citizens of EU countries resident in the UK to use it after Brexit
Your periodic reminder that there was maybe a reason so many people voted to leave — The European Commission has, yet again …
Profile of Calibra's head of strategy Morgan Beller, previously a partner at a16z, and the original driving force behind Facebook's push into cryptocurrency
KEY POINTS — Morgan Beller is one of three people — all Facebook employees — listed as a co-creator of the proposed Libra digital currency …
German court rules that Deutsche Telekom's zero-rating mobile streaming plan StreamOn violates EU's net neutrality rules, can not be offered in its current form
About Jörn Krieger — Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Sources: Equifax is nearing a ~$700M settlement to resolve federal and state probes and a national class-action lawsuit over the breach disclosed in Sept. 2017
Credit-reporting firm nears deal to settle investigations into 2017 hack that exposed millions of Americans' personal data
Report: of the $5.4B invested in AR and VR in the last 12 months to Q2 2019, Chinese companies raised over 2.5x more money than North American counterparts
If today's AR/VR investment/merger-and-acquisition dynamics continue, there could be a window of one year to 18 months for corporate and VC …
UK-based AppyParking, which uses sensors in parking bays to help drivers find empty parking spots, raises £7.6M Series A, at a valuation of £50M
Car giant's investment boosts value of London start-up — A London tech firm that aims to end drivers' hunt for parking spots …
Amazon updates ToS for 3rd party sellers, will now give a 30-day notice and provide reasons for account suspensions, but sellers say changes don't go far enough
KEY POINTS — Amazon updated its terms of service for third-party sellers this week, committing to give a 30-day notice and provide reasons for account suspensions.
London Met Police blames a breach of news distributor MyNewsDesk for bizarre messages appearing on its website, Twitter account, and in emails to subscribers
Sources: Amazon offers Marketplace merchants perks like prominent placements, more if they agree to sell their successful brands to Amazon, often at $10K/brand
Program offers merchants prominent display and marketing support—at the cost of giving Amazon the right to buy their brand at a fixed price
CloudMinds, a cloud-based robotics company, files for a US IPO seeking to raise $500M, says it had revenues of $121M, up 529% YoY, and a $156.8M loss in 2018
Beijing-headquartered robot producer CloudMinds has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering to raise up to USD 500 million.
Dust Identity, which covers objects with a diamond dust coating with a unique pattern to track them across complex supply chains, raises $10M Series A
Startup Dust Identity has raised $10 million in a series A funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins and including strategic investments …
Coinbase has quietly shut down Coinbase Bundle, which allowed users to buy a market-weighted basket of cryptocurrencies for as little as $25
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Some publishers are demanding Audible to exclude their audiobooks from Captions, Audible's upcoming AI-powered transcriptions feature, citing copyright claims
Andrew Liptak / The Verge :
India-based MogliLabs, which operates the B2B industrial goods marketplace Moglix, raises $60M Series D, sources say at a valuation between $200M and $300M
Biswarup Gooptu / The Economic Times :
BriteCore, a cloud-based insurance platform used by 50+ property and casualty insurers, raises $47.5M led by Warburg Pincus, bringing its total raised to $70M
Phreesia, a patient-intake software platform, has closed up 40% on its first day of trading on Thursday, after raising $167M in its IPO
Heather Landi / FierceHealthcare :
Instagram “tag cleaners” have flooded a murdered user's tagged photos with pleasant images to combat trolls and drown out tagged images of gore
basically benevolent spammers — who have been keeping watch over Bianca Devins' account after photos of her murder spread online https://www.theverge.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : Most of us hav...
Tinder is testing letting users pay it directly in its Android app, bypassing the Play Store and avoiding Google's 30% cut
Olivia Carville / Bloomberg :
The app Who's in Town shows how much sensitive location data users unwittingly share on Instagram and how much the aggregated data reveals
Paris Martineau / Wired : Tweets: @parismartineau Tweets: Paris Martineau / @parismartineau : NEW: an invasive new app exploits the wealth of location data the average Instagram user shares with thei...
How Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are racing for dominance as cloud platforms for game streaming, as the gaming industry is set to generate $152B in 2019
THE guy.” https://fortune.com/... Halim Özberrak / @halimozberrak : “Today's video game industry is a behemoth expected to generate $152B worldwide in 2019;that's 57% more than the $97B generated by t...
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