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    • Broadcom completes acquisition of Symantec's enterprise business for $10.7B and Symantec rebrands as NortonLifeLock after transferring Symantec name to Broadcom (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

    Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Broadcom completes acquisition of Symantec’s enterprise business for $10.7B and Symantec rebrands as NortonLifeLock after transferring Symantec name to Broadcom  —  Symantec Corp. is no longer Symantec, as the company changed its name following the completion today of Broadcom Inc.’s acquisition … Broadcom completes acquisition of Symantec's enterprise business for .7B

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    • Freedom House report concludes global internet freedom declined for the ninth year in 2019; surveillance and disinformation have increased, including in the US (Kiley Roache/Bloomberg)

    Kiley Roache / Bloomberg: Freedom House report concludes global internet freedom declined for the ninth year in 2019; surveillance and disinformation have increased, including in the US  —  – Freedom House says AI opens up new ways for mass surveillance  — U.S. score drops amid increased monitoring of social media Freedom House report concludes global

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    • YouTube announces "Shopping" ads, a scrollable catalog of static images, which will appear on the home feed and in search results (Jeanine Poggi/Ad Age)

    Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age: YouTube announces “Shopping” ads, a scrollable catalog of static images, which will appear on the home feed and in search results  —  Puma among first brands to utilize new ad format  —  YouTube is introducing “Shopping” ads in time for the holiday season. YouTube announces "Shopping" ads, a scrollable catalog

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    • Israel-based Papaya Global, a payroll platform to manage international workforces, with clients like Microsoft, Intel, and Robinhood, raises $45M Series A (Catherine Perloff/Forbes)

    Catherine Perloff / Forbes: Israel-based Papaya Global, a payroll platform to manage international workforces, with clients like Microsoft, Intel, and Robinhood, raises $45M Series A  —  When venture capital firm Insight Partners called Papaya Global cofounder and CEO Eynat Guez to learn more about her payroll startup … Israel-based Papaya Global, a payroll platform to

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    • Match reports Q3 revenue of $541.5M, up 22% YoY, says it added 437K average Tinder subscribers for a total of 5.7M, forecasts disappointing Q4; stock down ~15% (Ayanti Bera/Reuters)

    Ayanti Bera / Reuters: Match reports Q3 revenue of $541.5M, up 22% YoY, says it added 437K average Tinder subscribers for a total of 5.7M, forecasts disappointing Q4; stock down ~15%  —  (Reuters) – Tinder-owner Match Group Inc (MTCH.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday … Match reports Q3 revenue of 1.5M,

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    • Apple and TikTok drew criticism from lawmakers, especially Sen. Josh Hawley, for skipping a congressional hearing meant to explore tech industry's ties to China (Washington Post)

    Washington Post: Apple and TikTok drew criticism from lawmakers, especially Sen. Josh Hawley, for skipping a congressional hearing meant to explore tech industry’s ties to China  —  Apple and TikTok took a lashing Tuesday for skipping a congressional hearing meant to explore the tech industry and its ties to China … Apple and TikTok drew

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    Israel-based Riskified, an e-commerce fraud prevention platform, raises $165M Series E at a valuation of $1B+ led by General Atlantic (NoCamels)

    {$inline_image} NoCamels: Israel-based Riskified, an e-commerce fraud prevention platform, raises $165M Series E at a valuation of $1B+ led by General Atlantic  —  Israeli fraud prevention platform Riskified announced on Tuesday that it raised a Series E funding round of $165 million led by General Atlantic … Israel-based Riskified, an e-commerce fraud prevention platform, raises

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