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Profile of Eduardo Saverin's B Capital VC firm, which has made ~20 investments since launching in 2015 with a $360M fund, as it prepares to raise a larger fund (Alex Konrad/Forbes)

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Profile of Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital VC firm, which has made ~20 investments since launching in 2015 with a $360M fund, as it prepares to raise a larger fund  —  hen Eduardo Saverin greets entrepreneurs who come to visit him in his 8th-floor offices at the Singapore Land Tower, the 36-year-old

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Marketplace Pulse study that examined sales rankings and reviews of 23,000 products on Amazon claims most Amazon-branded goods are flops (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Marketplace Pulse study that examined sales rankings and reviews of 23,000 products on Amazon claims most Amazon-branded goods are flops  —  – Review of 23,000 products says fear of Amazon goods overblown  — Study contracdicts concerns raised by Sen. Warren and others Marketplace Pulse study that examined sales rankings and reviews

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Sources: Uber used a spyware program code-named Surfcam to steal drivers from an Australian rival by tracking their cars online and scraping driver details (ABC)

ABC: Sources: Uber used a spyware program code-named Surfcam to steal drivers from an Australian rival by tracking their cars online and scraping driver details  —  Four Corners By Sean Nicholls, Peter Cronau and Mary Fallon  —  International rideshare giant Uber used a secret spyware program … Sources: Uber used a spyware program code-named Surfcam

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Kaspersky Lab says it has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in Russia, alleging monopolistic App Store policies regarding parental control apps (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Kaspersky Lab says it has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in Russia, alleging monopolistic App Store policies regarding parental control apps  —  Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab today announced in a blog post that it has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service. Kaspersky Lab says

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A roundup of the 88 companies that launched at YC's Winter 2019 Demo Day 2, including ride-sharing, insurance, developer tool, and crypto trading startups (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch: A roundup of the 88 companies that launched at YC’s Winter 2019 Demo Day 2, including ride-sharing, insurance, developer tool, and crypto trading startups  —  Today was the second half of Y Combinator’s two-day Demo Day for its Winter 2019 class.  Over 85 startups pitched on stage yesterday, and another huge batch launched today.

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In response to a FOIA lawsuit, FCC admits in court that its Electronic Comment Filing System isn't designed to track the sources of comments (Dell Cameron/Gizmodo)

Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: In response to a FOIA lawsuit, FCC admits in court that its Electronic Comment Filing System isn’t designed to track the sources of comments  —  The FCC’s public comment system is a bloody mess.  Over the past two years, it’s become apparent that political lobbyists, usually acting on behalf … In

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