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A moderator for the /r/aww, a cute animal subreddit with 19M subscribers, details his processes for identifying and banning bots, trolls, and propagandists (Robert Peck/Wired)
Robert Peck / Wired: A moderator for the /r/aww, a cute animal subreddit with 19M subscribers, details his processes for…
Alibaba acquires Israel-based startup InfinityAR, sources say for $10M+; in 2016, Alibaba invested $15M in the startup at an implied valuation of $80M (Yasmin Yablonko/Globes Online)
Yasmin Yablonko / Globes Online: Alibaba acquires Israel-based startup InfinityAR, sources say for $10M+; in 2016, Alibaba invested $15M in…
Report: Apple will charge $9.99/mo each for subscriptions to HBO, Showtime, and Starz, monetize its own content; premium news service will cost $9.99/mo (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Report: Apple will charge $9.99/mo each for subscriptions to HBO, Showtime, and Starz, monetize its own…
Sources: Uber to announce the $3.1B acquisition of Dubai-based Careem soon, paying $1.4B in cash and $1.7B in convertible notes at a price of $55 per Uber share (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Uber to announce the $3.1B acquisition of Dubai-based Careem soon, paying $1.4B in cash and $1.7B in convertible…
In-depth profile of Maksym Igor Popov, an infamous Ukrainian hacker whose stated goal was to create conflict and cyberwar between nations using disinformation (Emma Best)
Emma Best: In-depth profile of Maksym Igor Popov, an infamous Ukrainian hacker whose stated goal was to create conflict and…
An overview of Japan's startup ecosystem, which ranked sixth globally in venture funding in 2017, as interest in deep tech startups ramps up (Norihiko Isawa/Tech.eu)
Norihiko Isawa / Tech.eu: An overview of Japan’s startup ecosystem, which ranked sixth globally in venture funding in 2017, as…
A Redmonk study, combining GitHub and Stack Overflow data, finds TypeScript, Kotlin, and Julia usage is up, while Go, R, Scala, Clojure, Groovy usage is down (Stephen O'Grady/Redmonk)
Stephen O’Grady / Redmonk: A Redmonk study, combining GitHub and Stack Overflow data, finds TypeScript, Kotlin, and Julia usage is…
New York-based Jitjatjo, which offers an online on-demand staffing marketplace, raises $11M Series A, claims it has seen 250% YoY revenue growth since launch (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: New York-based Jitjatjo, which offers an online on-demand staffing marketplace, raises $11M Series A, claims it…
Iterable, a startup that helps companies build marketing campaigns, raises $50M Series C to expand cross-channel marketing platform (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)
Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Iterable, a startup that helps companies build marketing campaigns, raises $50M Series C to expand cross-channel…
LA to limit scooter companies that don't share GPS data with the city to 30-day permit and 3K scooter fleet, while those that do can have fleets of up to 10.5K (Alfred Ng/CNET)
Alfred Ng / CNET: LA to limit scooter companies that don’t share GPS data with the city to 30-day permit…