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    • WhatsApp to roll out its payments service in India this year, after developing a system that stores data locally to comply with Reserve Bank of India's policy (businesstoday.in)

    businesstoday.in: WhatsApp to roll out its payments service in India this year, after developing a system that stores data locally to comply with Reserve Bank of India’s policy  —  WhatsApp’s ambitious payment services’ blueprint in India has been caught in a bind over concerns around authentication and its data storage practices WhatsApp to roll out

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    • Inside Chris Hughes's campaign to break up Facebook, including meetings with a dozen lawmakers and regulators, sometimes on his own (Washington Post)

    Washington Post: Inside Chris Hughes’s campaign to break up Facebook, including meetings with a dozen lawmakers and regulators, sometimes on his own  —  Hughes, who left the social media giant in 2007 and cashed out his nearly $500 million worth of stock, has been making the rounds in the nation’s capital … Inside Chris Hughes's

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    • Senate Intelligence Committee report acknowledges that Russia targeted election systems in all 50 states in 2016, but key lessons for 2020 were redacted (New York Times)

    New York Times: Senate Intelligence Committee report acknowledges that Russia targeted election systems in all 50 states in 2016, but key lessons for 2020 were redacted  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016 … Senate Intelligence Committee report acknowledges that

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    • Health Catalyst, which provides data and analytics tech to healthcare organizations, raises $182M in its IPO, closing up 51% at $39.17 and now valued at ~$1.6B (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal: Health Catalyst, which provides data and analytics tech to healthcare organizations, raises $182M in its IPO, closing up 51% at $39.17 and now valued at ~$1.6B  —  Livongo and Health Catalyst had priced their offerings above already-boosted projections  —  Livongo Health Inc. and Health Catalyst Inc. … Health Catalyst, which provides data

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    • Livongo, which makes a platform to help people manage chronic conditions, raises $350M+ in its IPO, closing up 36% at $38.10 and valued at ~$3.6B (Christina Farr/CNBC)

    Christina Farr / CNBC: Livongo, which makes a platform to help people manage chronic conditions, raises $350M+ in its IPO, closing up 36% at $38.10 and valued at ~$3.6B  —  KEY POINTS  — In 2018, digital health companies raised more than $8.1 billion in venture capital financing, according to Rock Health. Livongo, which makes a

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    • Here’s what you need to know about IBM’s new open-source Data Asset Exchange for AI

    IBM’s Center for Open-Source Data and AI Technologies (CODAIT) recently unveiled a pair of carefully curated databases designed to provide machine learning developers models and datasets for AI projects. MAX, or Model Assets Exchange, is an online open-source repository for trainable/deployable AI models. You don’t necessarily have to be an AI expert to use the

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    It’s not just the Russians anymore as Iranians and others turn up disinformation efforts ahead of 2020 vote

    It’s not just Russia. Election disnformation experts say Iran and several other nations have developed substantial capacity to wage Russian-style information operations in the United States ahead of next year’s election. That means American voters are likely to be targeted in the coming campaign season by more foreign disinformation than ever before. It’s not just

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    • Google says overall Pixel unit sales in Q2 doubled YoY, following the launch of the Pixel 3a in May (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

    Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google says overall Pixel unit sales in Q2 doubled YoY, following the launch of the Pixel 3a in May  —  It looks like the mid-range Pixel 3a is the hit Google surely hoped it would be.  —  Alphabet reported some pretty good earnings today, but the company’s report tends to be

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    • Q2 AWS sales grew 37% YoY, the first sub-40% growth rate since Amazon started sharing AWS figures; "other" revenue, mostly its ad business, was $3B, up 37% YoY (Emil Protalinski/VentureBeat)

    Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Q2 AWS sales grew 37% YoY, the first sub-40% growth rate since Amazon started sharing AWS figures; “other” revenue, mostly its ad business, was $3B, up 37% YoY  —  Amazon today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $63.4 billion … Q2 AWS sales grew 37%

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