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    • US Department of Commerce to lift price freeze on .com domains from December 2020 after extending contract with Verisign to run the internet registry until 2024 (Andrew Allemann/Domain Name Wire)

    Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire: US Department of Commerce to lift price freeze on .com domains from December 2020 after extending contract with Verisign to run the internet registry until 2024  —  Verisign is the big winner as consumers face higher bills for .com domain names.  —  The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National …

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    • Sensor Tower: ByteDance's short video app TikTok's monthly US App Store installs in October were higher than those of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

    Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sensor Tower: ByteDance’s short video app TikTok’s monthly US App Store installs in October were higher than those of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube  —  Beijing-based ByteDance’s 2017 acquisition of tween and teen-focused social app Musical.ly is paying off. Sensor Tower: ByteDance's short video app TikTok's monthly US App Store installs

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    • TraceMe, NFL star Russell Wilson's celebrity app, has laid off staff, closed LA office, pivoted to a sports prediction game; TraceMe to shutter in coming weeks (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

    Taylor Soper / GeekWire: TraceMe, NFL star Russell Wilson’s celebrity app, has laid off staff, closed LA office, pivoted to a sports prediction game; TraceMe to shutter in coming weeks  —  One year after attempting to take on social media giants with its own content platform focused on celebrities, TraceMe is pivoting. TraceMe, NFL star

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    View, a startup that makes smart windows with internet-connected frames that can regulate the tinting of the glass, raises $1.1B from SoftBank's Vision Fund (Ashlee Vance/Bloomberg)

    {$inline_image} Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: View, a startup that makes smart windows with internet-connected frames that can regulate the tinting of the glass, raises $1.1B from SoftBank’s Vision Fund  —  Despite the recent assassination of a journalist by Saudi Arabian agents and an ensuing global controversy, Masayoshi Son … View, a startup that makes smart

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    • Google walkout organizers say 20,000+ participated and that Sundar Pichai will meet with his leadership team on Monday to review a plan to address their demands (Google Walkout For Real Change)

    Google Walkout For Real Change: Google walkout organizers say 20,000+ participated and that Sundar Pichai will meet with his leadership team on Monday to review a plan to address their demands  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Google employees and contractors participate in global “walkout for real change” Google walkout organizers say 20,000+ participated and that

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    • Uber details new safety measures for its autonomous vehicle program in report, says it's applying to resume testing of vehicles in autonomous mode in Pittsburgh (Greg Bensinger/Wall Street Journal)

    Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: Uber details new safety measures for its autonomous vehicle program in report, says it’s applying to resume testing of vehicles in autonomous mode in Pittsburgh  —  Ride-hailing giant said it would improve its software and training and keep two test drivers in every vehicle Uber details new safety measures

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    • Toronto-based Setter, whose platform lets homeowners chat with home maintenance experts and get a quote, raises $10M Series A co-led by Sequoia and NFX (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

    Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Toronto-based Setter, whose platform lets homeowners chat with home maintenance experts and get a quote, raises $10M Series A co-led by Sequoia and NFX  —  You probably don’t know how much it should cost to get your home’s windows washed, yard landscaped, or countertops replaced.  But Setter does. Toronto-based Setter, whose

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    • Twitter has removed 10,000 bot accounts in late September – early October that posed as Democrats to post tweets discouraging people from voting in the midterms (Christopher Bing/Reuters)

    Christopher Bing / Reuters: Twitter has removed 10,000 bot accounts in late September – early October that posed as Democrats to post tweets discouraging people from voting in the midterms  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twitter deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting … Twitter has removed 10,000 bot accounts

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    • EDO, a startup that uses consumer behavioral data from search engines and shopping sites to measure effectiveness of TV ads, raises $12M in Series A funding (Todd Spangler/Variety)

    Todd Spangler / Variety: EDO, a startup that uses consumer behavioral data from search engines and shopping sites to measure effectiveness of TV ads, raises $12M in Series A funding  —  EDO, co-founded by actor and entrepreneur Edward Norton, has banked $12 million in Series A funding to fuel its buildout … EDO, a startup

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