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SoftBank Will Let People Invest in IPOs with Less Than $10
Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, who led a heavily criticized unit focusing on practical AI uses, has been placed on leave for unspecified reasons
Sources: to satisfy regulators, YouTube officials are finalizing plans to end targeted advertisements on videos kids are likely to watch
Profile of The Athletic, which has 400+ editorial staffers and expects ~1M subs to its sports news service by 2020; source: a funding in May valued it at ~$500M
Source: the European Commission is "investigating potential anti-competitive behavior" and use of consumer data related to the Libra digital currency project
Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targeting Kids
A look at Amazon's efforts to compete with Apple and Google in cars, with Audi and BMW agreeing to include Alexa in some models by default
Techmeme · 3 days ago
Sources: Apple is planning to roll out Apple TV+, its subscription service, by November and is considering $9.99/month pricing after a free trial
A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard (2017)
Jaguar and Audi SUVs Fail to Dent Tesla’s Electric-Car Dominance
Report: 650K+ tests in the US from early 2018 to early 2019 show that carrier throttling on mobile for Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video, is pervasive
Trump says that at a recent dinner Tim Cook made a "very compelling argument" that Apple might lose its edge to Samsung due to tariffs on goods from China
U.S. Weighs Selling 50- and 100-Year Bonds After Yields Plummet
How US-based companies are moving manufacturing out of mainland China while their Chinese counterparts are "de-Americanizing" their supply chains
U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss
EU's General Court says it will hear arguments in Apple's and Ireland's challenges to EU's €13B bill over the company's back-taxes on September 17-18
Apple files lawsuit against Corellium for iOS emulation
After a 40% share price drop in 2019, Baidu has been replaced on the top 5 list of China's most valuable internet companies by NetEase
Nvidia beats Q2 expectations with revenues of $2.58B, down 17% YoY, gaming chip sales of $1.3B, up 24% from Q1, and data center revenues of $655M, up 3% QoQ
Facebook users using voice-to-text had NO warning about human transcribers
WeWork Gave Founder Loans as It Paid Him Rent, IPO Filing Shows
WeWork IPO Shows It's the Most Magical Unicorn
It's Gotten Too Hard to Strike It Rich in America
Overstock.com shares fall ~36% over three days, after its CEO Patrick Byrne said he was part of "Deep State" federal investigations related to the 2016 election
Watch Out Google, YouTubers Are Unionizing
Texas Power Prices Briefly Surpass $9k Amid Scorching Heat
FTC Chief Says Willing to Break Up Companies Amid Big Tech Probe
FAA Bans Recalled Apple Laptops from Flights
Facebook (FB) Paid Contractors to Transcribe User Audio Files
Facebook Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio
Sources: Amazon is in late-stage talks to acquire up to 10% of Future Retail, India's No. 2 retailer by turnover, which is seeking $281M for the stake
Techmeme · 1 week ago
Zhihu, a China-based Q&A platform with 100M+ posts, raises $434M led by Chinese live-streaming platform Kuaishou, with Baidu, Tencent, and others participating
Big Money Starts to Dump Stocks That Pose Climate Risks – After years of meetings and shareholder resolutions, some funds are starting to simply divest from coal and oil stocks.
Big Money Starts to Dump Stocks That Pose Climate Risks
A Bloomberg reporter’s account of trying to get back his name and credit rating
Tourism Is Overwhelming the World's Top Destinations
DOJ Scrutinizes Google Advertising, Search in Antitrust Probe
Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to Invest
A reporter describes trying to regain privacy by hiding from Silicon Valley using a slew of location-altering, signal silencing, face-masking gadgets
CEOs Who Cheat in Bedroom Will Cheat in Boardroom, Study Shows
Sources: White House holds off a decision on licenses for US companies to restart sales to Huawei after Beijing said it was halting purchases of US farm goods
Interviews with members of a 900-strong private Facebook group for advertisers on Facebook and Instagram showcase the unreliability of Facebook's Ad Manager
Uber Is Biggest Loser as SoftBank Counts IPO Returns
Battery-Powered Ships Next Up in Battle to Tackle Emissions
Cybersecurity Pros Name Their Price as Hacker Attacks Swell
Lyft boosts forecast for the year to $3.47B+ in sales, vs. average estimates of $3.32B, and an adjusted loss of $875M, a $300M decrease from earlier projection
Kansas-based C2FO, which operates a enterprise-focused marketplace for working capital, raises $200M led by SoftBank Vision Fund
FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal with Amazon
Hacker News · 2 weeks ago