Author: Tech Support

    • E-commerce site Wish raises a Series H, reportedly with $300M in funding, bringing its valuation to $11.2B, up from $8.7B in September 2017 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

    Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: E-commerce site Wish raises a Series H, reportedly with $300M in funding, bringing its valuation to $11.2B, up from $8.7B in September 2017  —  Ecommerce startup Wish has reportedly raised $300 million in a confirmed Series H round led by General Atlantic.  The financing boosts Wish’s valuation … E-commerce

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    • Google to add an automated text-to-speech feature for emergency calls made via the Pixel Phone app to help relay location information to first responders (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

    Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Google to add an automated text-to-speech feature for emergency calls made via the Pixel Phone app to help relay location information to first responders  —  The new feature will automatically describe the kind of emergency and exact address to first responders Google to add an automated text-to-speech feature for emergency

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    • Square Q2: revenue of $563M, up 46% YoY, gross payment volume of $26.8B, Cash app revenue of $135M, but guidance below expectations; stock down 6%+ after hours (Kate Rooney/CNBC)

    Kate Rooney / CNBC: Square Q2: revenue of $563M, up 46% YoY, gross payment volume of $26.8B, Cash app revenue of $135M, but guidance below expectations; stock down 6%+ after hours  —  KEY POINTS  — Adjusted third-quarter earnings per share guidance came in below Wall Street estimates. Square Q2: revenue of 3M, up 46% YoY,

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    • Republicans on the House Oversight Committee send letters to Jeff Bezos and Capital One's CEO requesting briefings on the recent Capital One data breach (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

    Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Republicans on the House Oversight Committee send letters to Jeff Bezos and Capital One’s CEO requesting briefings on the recent Capital One data breach  —  Republicans on the House oversight and reform committee have launched an inquiry into Capital One and Amazon over a massive data breach uncovered … Republicans

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