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App performance monitoring startup PagerDuty files its S-1, says it had FY2018 revenue of $79.6M, up 41% YoY, and 10K+ customers, including GE, IBM, and Netflix (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: App performance monitoring startup PagerDuty files its S-1, says it had FY2018 revenue of $79.6M, up 41% YoY, and 10K+ customers, including GE, IBM, and Netflix  —  – PagerDuty had a $15.3 million net loss on sales of $31.2 million in the quarter that ended on Oct. 31. App performance monitoring

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Cinedigm, an entertainment content distributor and niche streaming channel operator, buys Future Today, which has 700+ OTT channels and 5.2M MAUs, for $60M (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: Cinedigm, an entertainment content distributor and niche streaming channel operator, buys Future Today, which has 700+ OTT channels and 5.2M MAUs, for $60M  —  – Facebook Apologizes for Outages, Says It Has Resolved ‘Server Configuration’ Error That Led to Access Problems Cinedigm, an entertainment content distributor and niche streaming channel operator,

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Seattle-based Igneous raises $25M Series C for its unstructured data management-as-a-service platform, bringing the total raised to $70M (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Seattle-based Igneous raises $25M Series C for its unstructured data management-as-a-service platform, bringing the total raised to $70M  —  Seattle startup Igneous has reeled in a $25 million investment round to fuel growth of its software that helps companies manage their unstructured data. Seattle-based Igneous raises M Series C for its

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Leaked email: Amazon's AWS Pro-Rata pilot program helps private investors invest in startups using AWS via venture funds participating in financing rounds (Ari Levy/CNBC)

Ari Levy / CNBC: Leaked email: Amazon’s AWS Pro-Rata pilot program helps private investors invest in startups using AWS via venture funds participating in financing rounds  —  – Companies listed as opportunities include Boom, which manufactures supersonic jets, and Roman, a maker of men’s health products. Leaked email: Amazon's AWS Pro-Rata pilot program helps private

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Jury finds that Apple has infringed on three Qualcomm patents and awards $31M to the wireless chip maker in a lawsuit that was filed in July 2017 in San Diego (Richard Nieva/CNET)

Richard Nieva / CNET: Jury finds that Apple has infringed on three Qualcomm patents and awards $31M to the wireless chip maker in a lawsuit that was filed in July 2017 in San Diego  —  Apple violated three Qualcomm patents and should pay the chipmaker $31 million for infringing on its technology, a jury decided

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Twitter confirms it is testing a "Subscribe to conversation" feature allowing users to follow a thread without directly signaling interest via likes or replies (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter confirms it is testing a “Subscribe to conversation” feature allowing users to follow a thread without directly signaling interest via likes or replies  —  In addition to testing out a new format for conversations within a prototype app called twttr and other features like a … Twitter confirms it is

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What can psychopaths teach us about AI?

What happens when machines learn to manipulate us by faking our emotions? Judging by the rate at which researchers are developing human-like AI agents, we’re about to find out. Researchers around the world are trying to create more human-like AI. By definition, they’re developing artificial psychopaths. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing – there’s nothing

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Vermont and telecom lobbying groups agree to suspend litigation and enforcement of Vermont's net neutrality law pending the outcome of a lawsuit against FCC (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Vermont and telecom lobbying groups agree to suspend litigation and enforcement of Vermont’s net neutrality law pending the outcome of a lawsuit against FCC  —  Vermont and ISPs agree to delay law until judges rule on FCC repeal.  —  The state of Vermont has agreed to suspend enforcement … Vermont

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