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    • A look at Uber's struggles in Latin America, which has been its worst performing region in the first three quarters of 2019, as Didi makes big inroads in Mexico (Julia Love/Reuters)

    Julia Love / Reuters: A look at Uber’s struggles in Latin America, which has been its worst performing region in the first three quarters of 2019, as Didi makes big inroads in Mexico  —  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Latin America, long a safe haven for Uber, was the biggest weak spot in the money-losing company’s

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    • Workato, provider of an app integration and automation platform with customers including Slack and Broadcom, raises $70M Series C led by Redpoint Ventures (Rosalie Chan/Insider)

    Rosalie Chan / Insider: Workato, provider of an app integration and automation platform with customers including Slack and Broadcom, raises $70M Series C led by Redpoint Ventures  —  – On Monday, the automation startup Workato announced it raised $70 million in series C funding led by Redpoint Ventures. Workato, provider of an app integration and

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    • UK's Balderton Capital has raised a new $400M fund to back EU tech startups at the Series A stage; the VC had closed a similar Series A fund in 2017 at $375M (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

    Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: UK’s Balderton Capital has raised a new $400M fund to back EU tech startups at the Series A stage; the VC had closed a similar Series A fund in 2017 at $375M  —  Balderton Capital, one of the so-called “big four” early-stage VC firms in London (the others being Accel, Atomico

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    • Review of the redesigned Dell XPS 13 2-in-1: spacious keyboard and trackpad with a 16:10 13.4" display and fast performance, but it is not practical as a tablet (Dan Seifert/The Verge)

    Dan Seifert / The Verge: Review of the redesigned Dell XPS 13 2-in-1: spacious keyboard and trackpad with a 16:10 13.4″ display and fast performance, but it is not practical as a tablet  —  The latest XPS 13 2-in-1 rights the wrongs of its predecessor and is even better than the standard XPS 13 Review

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    • Source: Twitter suggests it will allow political ads that spread awareness about issues like climate change, not ads mentioning a specific policy or candidate (Alex Kantrowitz/BuzzFeed News)

    Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: Source: Twitter suggests it will allow political ads that spread awareness about issues like climate change, not ads mentioning a specific policy or candidate  —  Representatives from Twitter met with advertisers last week to discuss the specifics of what might be — and won’t be — included in its ban

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