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    • Second Measure: DoorDash overtook Grubhub in both US monthly sales and market share in May; in Q1 2019, Grubhub reported $1.5B in gross food sales, up 21% YoY (Alison Griswold/Quartz)

    Alison Griswold / Quartz: Second Measure: DoorDash overtook Grubhub in both US monthly sales and market share in May; in Q1 2019, Grubhub reported $1.5B in gross food sales, up 21% YoY  —  After years atop the US food delivery market, Grubhub has been unseated by a Silicon Valley challenger. Second Measure: DoorDash overtook Grubhub

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    Full moon patents: Futuristic airplane ‘slingshot’ and Google’s painted solar panels

    {$inline_image}Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, y’all. This June-ish roundup lands on the tasty Strawberry Moon! Since my last post, the US patent

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    • ING Bank: Bullish cryptocurrency markets are negatively impacting the US dollar

    The cryptocurrency markets are on fire and major financial institution ING has taken notice, going as far as predicting the latest bull run could negatively impact the value of the US dollar. “Strong commodity (and cryptocurrency) prices, plus sharply falling US dollar hedging costs should keep the dollar on the soft side this week,” warned ING‘s global head of

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    • Major European cities including Paris and Berlin ask the EU to help establish "strong legal obligations" compelling Airbnb to comply with local regulations (Rosie Spinks/Skift)

    Rosie Spinks / Skift: Major European cities including Paris and Berlin ask the EU to help establish “strong legal obligations” compelling Airbnb to comply with local regulations  —  Ten European cities have asked the European Union not to grant vacation rental giant Airbnb “carte blanche” in the region. Major European cities including Paris and Berlin

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    • Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton on building a computer for industrial users

    The Raspberry Pi foundation today announced the launch of its latest model – the Raspberry Pi 4. This pocket-sized computer isn’t an iterative improvement on previous devices, but rather a radical re-imagining that sees the company transcend its spiritual homeland, the education market. My colleague Ivan Mehta covered the announcement earlier today, but here’s the Cliff

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    • Bitcoin price rises past $11,000 following Facebook’s Libra announcement

    Bitcoin’s price continues to rally surpassing the $11,000 mark over the weekend for the first time in 15 months. At the time of writing, Bitcoin‘s price had decreased by approximately 1.15 percent, with each coin being worth $10,873.04, according to Coinmarketcap. Bitcoin’s rise in value comes after Facebook announced the launch of Libra its contentious ‘cryptocurrency.’ In

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    • Trainline, a European online bus and train ticketing service, closes up 17% on its first day of trading at ~£2B valuation, after raising £110M in its London IPO (Jasper Jolly/The Guardian)

    Jasper Jolly / The Guardian: Trainline, a European online bus and train ticketing service, closes up 17% on its first day of trading at ~£2B valuation, after raising £110M in its London IPO  —  Shares rose by as much as 18% after float bucked the recent trend of weak stock market debuts Trainline, a European

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