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How China is about to enforce social credits, basically grading you from every action you make by the constant monitoring – not sure if this is true but if it is – I feel somewhat discomforted ABC
And on sort of the same note – facebook had a huge data breach with up to (so far) 70M account details acquired by hackers WSJ. To be safe – log out of all your apps that you’ve used your facebook login token to. The EU will probably fine facebook up to USD 1.63 Bn for a GDPR breach, though… TechCrunch| Wired
Tech
- Klarna to acquire Brothers retail finance Finsmes
- The history of Instagram and its founder Kevin Systrom WSJ
- Facebook to join the battle for the smart speakers with their “Portal” Mashable
- Amazon planning up to 3,000 convenience stores across the US in the coming years Bloomberg
- Android turns 10 years old Engadget
- Amazon coming to the housing markets by investing in sustainable construction company Plant Prefab CNBC
- Story about integration of Bambora with Ingenico after the acquisition a year ago DiDigital
- YCombinator to increase their ticket to USD 150,000 for 7% equity to keep pace with the markets TechCrunch
- Orbital Systems lands SEK 160 M order DiDigital
- How money disappears into the black hole of cryptocurrencies WSJ
Media
- SiriusXM acquires Pandora for USD 3.5 Bn Bloomberg | CNNMoney
- Roku reducing the price of their streaming account TechCrunch
- Spotify threatens to end family plans for families (or millenials sharing family plans with distant friends) not enabling GPS on their devices Venturebeat
Transportation
- Uber in talks to buy European Deliveroo Bloomberg
- Apart from Elon Musk settling with the SEC and leaving the Chairman role and adhering to a sizeable fine (USD 20 M) TechCrunch he asks employees to test the full version of self–driving TheVerge
XR
- Magic Leap to collaborate with Sennheiser TheVerge
- Oculus release Oculus Quest at Connect 5 a very capable stand-alone headset Venturebeat
- Inside Magic Leap’s motion capture studio lead by Andy Serkis – famous for Gollum in the Lord of the Rings Wired
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