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    • Filing: Huawei is selling off its undersea telecom cable business, its first major asset sale since the US ratcheted up its accusations against the company (Sijia Jiang/Reuters)

    Sijia Jiang / Reuters: Filing: Huawei is selling off its undersea telecom cable business, its first major asset sale since the US ratcheted up its accusations against the company  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies Co Ltd plans to sell its undersea telecom cable business, showed a buyer’s filing on Monday … Filing: Huawei

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    • Twitter ‘accidentally’ blocked accounts of China dissidents ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

    Twitter has apologized after it suspended hundreds of accounts that were critical of the Chinese government, merely days ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4. The microblogging service said it suspended “a number of accounts” as part of its efforts to curb various methods of platform manipulation, including “spam

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    • WorldRemit, which helps immigrants and migrant workers abroad send money back home, raises $175M Series D, source says at a $900M+ valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: WorldRemit, which helps immigrants and migrant workers abroad send money back home, raises $175M Series D, source says at a $900M+ valuation  —  The value of remittances globally continues to rise, and today a startup that has built a business targeting money transfers into emerging markets … WorldRemit, which helps immigrants

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    • Report: 52% of parents vs. 39% of teens said they spend too much time on their phones, up from 29% of parents and down from 61% of teens in 2016 (Niraj Chokshi/New York Times)

    Niraj Chokshi / New York Times: Report: 52% of parents vs. 39% of teens said they spend too much time on their phones, up from 29% of parents and down from 61% of teens in 2016  —  The kids are all right.  But the parents?  —  Since 2016, adults have grown much more concerned about

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    • Big banks are launching a blockchain trade platform powered by ‘Bitcoin-like’ token

    The banking industry is hell-bent on taking over the nascent blockchain and cryptocurrency market. A group of financial firms led by UBS Group AG is eyeing blockchain technology for settling cross-border trades worldwide with its own “Bitcoin-like” token. The 14 firms – including Barclays, Nasdaq, Credit Suisse Group, Banco Santander, ING, and Lloyds Banking Group

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    • Report: Finland-based IoT service company Uros says it had sales of €1.3B, up 171% YoY, and profits of €120M, up 845% YoY in 2018 (Anne Kauranen/Reuters)

    Anne Kauranen / Reuters: Report: Finland-based IoT service company Uros says it had sales of €1.3B, up 171% YoY, and profits of €120M, up 845% YoY in 2018  —  HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s Uros, a little known Internet of Things services company, saw its sales soar 171% to 1.31 billion euros last year … Report:

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