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Nintendo reports that all variants of Switch have sold 15M+ units in North America since Q1 2017, and sales through September were up 20%+ YoY
iPhone users who save photos as HEIC/HEIF may get free unlimited storage of photos at original resolution with Google Photos, unlike Pixel 4 owners
Zuckerberg gives a full-throated defense of Facebook as a champion of free expression and defends Facebook policy to opt out of fact-checking political ads
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes to launch a $10M "anti-monopoly fund" to explore antitrust actions, support research and advocacy projects across industries
Galileo Financial, which provides APIs for backend integration for leading fintech startups, raises $77M Series A led by Accel
Samsung says it will issue a patch for a fingerprint recognition bug on its Galaxy S10 phone that allowed any fingerprint to unlock the phone
iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max review: the Pro and Pro Max models are worthwhile generational upgrades, but the regular iPhone 11 is not very impressive
Lyft launches Jobs Access Program to provide free and subsidized rides to the unemployed and those seeking job training in 35+ markets in the US and Canada
PayPal's Venmo says it plans to launch its first credit card in 2020 in partnership with Synchrony, which also issues PayPal-branded credit cards
Report: Airbnb doubled Q1 losses YoY to $306M, with revenue growing 31% YoY to $839M, as the company prepares for its planned IPO in 2020
Snapchat says it is testing dynamic ads that let brands automatically create ads in real time based on their own product catalogs
Google confirms the Pixel 4's Face Unlock can allow access to users' devices even if their eyes are closed
Privacy focused browser Brave says it now has 8M MAU and 2.8M DAU
The Information to launch a tech news app, Ticker, later this fall, costing $29/year and including summaries of the day's tech headlines and an event calendar
Google says Chrome 77 for Android enables Site Isolation security feature on pages where users log in with a password, adds additional protections on desktop
Microsoft spent $9.1B, led by $7.5B GitHub deal, on 20 acquisitions in FY 2019, making it the company's third-biggest year for acquisitions since 2003
Square announces a chatbot called Square Assistant to let businesses that use its Appointments service confirm, cancel, and reschedule appointments
MyGate, a Bangalore-based startup with a security and community management app for gated communities, raises $56M Series B from Tencent, Tiger Global, others
IBM reports Q3 revenue of $18B, down 3.9% YoY, the fifth consecutive down quarter; Red Hat sales of $371M, included for the first time, did not stop the decline
Netflix says it expects "modest headwind" to near-term growth, but long-term growth should continue as new streaming services accelerate shift from linear TV
Inside Facebook's attempt to launch its cryptocurrency, as major partners and most payments providers withdraw from Libra Association amid regulatory pressure
Mike Isaac's book, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, will be the basis for a Showtime series by Billions creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien
Yahoo says it is shutting down its long-running Yahoo Groups platform on October 21 and will permanently delete all posted content on December 14
Inside Bob Iger's risky bet on Disney+, set to launch with 35 originals in first year, which executives hope will have 60M to 90M global subscribers by 2024
Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $5.25B, up 31% YoY, as it adds 6.8M paid subscribers globally, up 21% YoY from 6.1M but below 7M company forecast
Giphy launches Giphy Arcade, a gaming platform that lets users easily create, play, and share mini-games
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EU's Margrethe Vestager deploys a rarely used tool against Broadcom to halt possible anti-competitive practices during an ongoing enquiry; Broadcom will appeal
US, UK, and South Korea dismantle one of the largest child exploitation dark web sites, with 200K unique videos; over three dozen people have been arrested
House Transportation Committee chairman says Uber and Lyft declined to appear at a hearing, and committee will press on with ride-hailing legislation regardless
Inside's Apple steep learning curve with TV+ and Hollywood, as sources say the company already well outspent its projected $1B annual content budget
Pensando Systems, founded by former Cisco executives, emerges from stealth with $145M Series C led by HPE and Lightspeed for its custom data processing hardware
TikTok hires law firm K&L Gates to help it form a US content moderation committee, as current rules allow for a double standard on political speech
As Works with Nest winds down, Google shares new initiatives to securely automate homes, including limited Home Routines and a Device Access opt-in program
Google pulls Google Clips, its AI-powered automatic camera from 2017, from its store
Source: FCC has formally approved the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint on a party-line vote, with Democrats dissenting
A look at India's booming video streaming market, fueled by Reliance Jio's cheap data, as companies like Flipkart and delivery service Zomato invest in content
Instagram is rolling out new features over six months that help users manage third-party app permissions, including removing them and seeing requested data
theverge.com · 5 days ago