Black Friday sees record $7.4B in online sales, $2.9B spent using smartphones

Black Friday sees record $7.4B in online sales, $2.9B spent using smartphones

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Following swiftly on the heels of a Thanksgiving that broke records with $4.2 billion in online sales, Black Friday also hit a new high, although...

Ockam raises $3.2 million in seed funding to make it easier for developers to secure and scale their IoT apps

Ockam raises $3.2 million in seed funding to make it easier for developers to secure and scale their IoT apps

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Ockam, a two-year-old, Bay Area-based company that’s selling tools to developers to they can establish an “architecture for trust” within their...

Storm Ventures just closed its sixth fund with $130 million

Storm Ventures just closed its sixth fund with $130 million

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Storm Ventures, a now 19-year-old, Sand Hill Road venture firm in Menlo Park, Ca., has closed on $130.4 million, shows a new SEC filing. The...

Facebook bowed to a Singapore government order to brand a news post as false

Facebook bowed to a Singapore government order to brand a news post as false

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Facebook added a correction notice to a post by a fringe news site that Singapore’s government said contained false information. It’s the first...

Original Content podcast: Reasons to be thankful for streaming and Star Wars

Original Content podcast: Reasons to be thankful for streaming and Star Wars

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Since it’s a holiday week for those of us in the United States, we’ve put together an (even more) unstructured episode of the Original Content...

This Week in Apps: Apple Arcade updates, TikTok distances itself from China, Kardashians send shady app to No. 1

This Week in Apps: Apple Arcade updates, TikTok distances itself from China, Kardashians send shady app to No. 1

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Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that...

As the new year beckons European investors start moving into new roles

As the new year beckons European investors start moving into new roles

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As the Holiday Season approaches, new jobs for players in the tech ecosystem beckon. And this is no less true for investors. Two notable moves...

Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups

Startups Weekly: Chinese investors double down on African startups

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Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before...

Mixcloud data breach exposes over 20 million user records

Mixcloud data breach exposes over 20 million user records

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A data breach at Mixcloud, a U.K.-based audio streaming platform, has left more than 20 million user accounts exposed after the data was put...

Gift Guide: For the budding video creator

Gift Guide: For the budding video creator

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If you’re interested in cameras and taking pictures, you should definitely check out our 2019 Photography Gift Guide, but if you’re specifically...

Intel says Qualcomm’s business practices drove it out of the modem chip market

Intel says Qualcomm’s business practices drove it out of the modem chip market

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It’s not like this wasn’t among the reasons everywhere suspected when Apple suddenly announced it was buying Intel’s modem business, but now...

Pixpay is a challenger bank for teens focused on pocket money

Pixpay is a challenger bank for teens focused on pocket money

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Meet Pixpay, a French startup that wants to replace cash when you’re handing out pocket money to your kids. Anybody who is older than 10 years...

24-hour Black Friday Sale: 2-for-1 passes to Disrupt Berlin

24-hour Black Friday Sale: 2-for-1 passes to Disrupt Berlin

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Synchronize your watches startup fans, and get ready to score serious savings on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019. For today only, you can get...

Gift Guide: Black Friday tech deals that are actually worth considering

Gift Guide: Black Friday tech deals that are actually worth considering

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Ah, Black Friday. The day of a zillion “deals” — some good, many bad, most just meant to clear the shelves for next year’s models. Hidden amidst...

2019 Thanksgiving e-commerce sales show 14% rise on 2018, $470M spent so far

2019 Thanksgiving e-commerce sales show 14% rise on 2018, $470M spent so far

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With popular social networks seeing some downtime, shops closed, and many people off work today for Thanksgiving, bargain hunters are flocking...

Scientists turn undersea fiber optic cables into seismographs

Scientists turn undersea fiber optic cables into seismographs

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Monitoring seismic activity all over the world is an important task, but one that requires equipment to be at the site it’s measuring — difficult...

Will the future of work be ethical? Founder perspectives

Will the future of work be ethical? Founder perspectives

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Greg Epstein Contributor Share on Twitter Greg M. Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, and the author of the New York...

Will the future of work be ethical? Future leader perspectives

Will the future of work be ethical? Future leader perspectives

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Greg Epstein Contributor Share on Twitter Greg M. Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, and the author of the New York...