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JD.com founder and CEO Richard Liu will not be charged with sexual assault following rape allegation in August, prosecutors in Minneapolis say (New York Times)

New York Times: JD.com founder and CEO Richard Liu will not be charged with sexual assault following rape allegation in August, prosecutors in Minneapolis say  —  Richard Liu, the Chinese billionaire accused of rape nearly four months ago by a young Chinese student at the University of Minnesota … JD.com founder and CEO Richard Liu

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Google Payment receives an e-money license in Lithuania, enabling it to process payments, issue e-money, and handle electronic money wallets throughout the EU (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Google Payment receives an e-money license in Lithuania, enabling it to process payments, issue e-money, and handle electronic money wallets throughout the EU  —  Google Payment, a company owned by Alphabet Inc., obtained an e-money license in Lithuania, joining a growing number of fintech firms … Google Payment receives an e-money license in Lithuania,

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Woowa Bros, South Korea's largest food delivery startup, raises $320M at a valuation of $2.6B for international expansion and to develop autonomous robots (Josh Smith/Reuters)

Josh Smith / Reuters: Woowa Bros, South Korea’s largest food delivery startup, raises $320M at a valuation of $2.6B for international expansion and to develop autonomous robots  —  SEOUL (Reuters) – The operator of South Korea’s largest food delivery app has secured a $320 million investment from Hillhouse Capital … Woowa Bros, South Korea's largest

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Radio Gets Ridiculous

There were plenty of great talks at this year’s Supercon, but we really liked the title of Dominic Spill’s talk: Ridiculous Radios. Let’s face it, it is one thing to make a radio or a computer or a drone the way you are supposed to. It is another thing altogether to make one out of

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Epic Games is facing lawsuits over Fortnite dance emotes, real-life dance moves used in the game, raising questions about whether dance moves are copyrightable (Nick Statt/The Verge)

Nick Statt / The Verge: Epic Games is facing lawsuits over Fortnite dance emotes, real-life dance moves used in the game, raising questions about whether dance moves are copyrightable  —  Epic Games’ Fortnite is the biggest game on the planet right now, but one of its biggest sources of revenue — the ubiquitous dance …

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Sources describe how Amazon's efforts to make Alexa a better communicator through its Alexa Prize competition led to a hack and chats about sex and murder (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: Sources describe how Amazon’s efforts to make Alexa a better communicator through its Alexa Prize competition led to a hack and chats about sex and murder  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Millions of users of Amazon’s Echo speakers have grown accustomed to the soothing strains of Alexa … Sources describe how

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Sensor Tower: Apple's App Store had 164 publishers earn their first $1M in 2018, up ~15% YoY, nearly double the 88 on Google Play, which was up 24% YoY (Randy Nelson/Sensor Tower Blog)

Randy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog: Sensor Tower: Apple’s App Store had 164 publishers earn their first $1M in 2018, up ~15% YoY, nearly double the 88 on Google Play, which was up 24% YoY  —  Apple has long led its primary rival in the app economy in terms of monetization on its App Store,

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China is resuming video game approvals after a nine-month freeze; China's gaming industry expected to have its slowest growth this year in at least a decade (South China Morning Post)

South China Morning Post: China is resuming video game approvals after a nine-month freeze; China’s gaming industry expected to have its slowest growth this year in at least a decade  —  – Amid the regulatory hiatus, China’s gaming industry suffered its slowest growth in at least a decade China is resuming video game approvals after

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