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Congressional panel chair asks Apple and Google if app devs are required to disclose any non-US ties, amid concerns of Chinese investment in apps like TikTok
German food delivery company Delivery Hero to buy its South Korean rival Woowa Brothers for $4B
Indian digital payments startup Paytm's parent One 97 Communications has raised ~$660M from investors including Alibaba's Alipay
Report: Samsung to increase investment in its chip factory in China by $8B to boost production of NAND flash memory chips
Qwil, an automated lending platform for on-demand and freelancer marketplaces to advance pay to workers, raises $24.4M in equity and $200M in debt funding
U.S. senators threaten Facebook, Apple with encryption regulation
California AG says privacy law enforcement to be guided by willingness to comply
White House Veterans Helped Gulf Monarchy Build Secret Surveillance Unit
EU approves 3.2 billion euro state aid for battery research
Labor group accuses Google of firing 4 to deter workers from union activities
Ericsson to pay over $1 billion to resolve U.S. corruption probes
Distribution of leaked UK-U.S. documents ‘tied to’ Russian operation: Reddit
Sources: China-based AI start-up SenseTime expects 2019 revenue to increase by more than 200%+ YoY to around $750M
EU agrees tough line on digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra
Alibaba-backed Chinese startup AutoX applies to test self-driving vehicles without an in-car backup driver in California
Slack reports Q3 revenue of $168.7M up 60% YoY, beating analyst estimates, and a net loss of $87.8M, says its paying customers grew to 105K, up 30% YoY
Nintendo says it has partnered with Tencent to sell the Switch in China, starting on December 10 for ~$300
Instagram says it will now require birthdates from new users, in order to improve safety features for minors and better target ads for age-restricted products
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