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If Silicon Valley is sincere about "changing the world", it should return Saudi billions until alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi has been suitably investigated (Anand Giridharadas/New York Times)

Anand Giridharadas / New York Times: If Silicon Valley is sincere about “changing the world”, it should return Saudi billions until alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi has been suitably investigated  —  Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors. If Silicon Valley is

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In an Aug. 31 response to six US senators, Sundar Pichai says that while Google was always interested in expanding in China, it is too early to provide details (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: In an Aug. 31 response to six US senators, Sundar Pichai says that while Google was always interested in expanding in China, it is too early to provide details  —  – Google CEO says too early to give detailed response to Senate  — Sundar Pichai is slated to speak at Congress later this year

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AllTrails, an app that helps its 9M+ users share their outdoor experiences, sells a majority stake to Spectrum Equity for $75M, says its app had 12M+ downloads (Kate Clark/TechCrunch)

Kate Clark / TechCrunch: AllTrails, an app that helps its 9M+ users share their outdoor experiences, sells a majority stake to Spectrum Equity for $75M, says its app had 12M+ downloads  —  The app for hiking enthusiasts just secured a big round of capital that will help it map more trails worldwide. AllTrails, an app

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New Controller For Retro Console

In the world of retro gaming, when using emulators and non-native hardware it’s pretty common to use whatever USB controller happens to be available. This allows us to get a nostalgic look while using a  configurable controller. One thing that isn’t as common is using the original hardware while still finding a way to adapt

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How to find out if you are one of the 30M Facebook users whose account was affected by the security breach, what data was stolen, and what to do next (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: How to find out if you are one of the 30M Facebook users whose account was affected by the security breach, what data was stolen, and what to do next  —  Are you one of the 30 million users hit by Facebook’s access token breach announced two weeks ago?  Here’s how

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Anaplan, provider of cloud-based business planning software, closes up 40%+ on its first day of trading after raising $263.5M in its IPO at ~$2.1B valuation (Alex Wilhelm/Crunchbase News)

Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: Anaplan, provider of cloud-based business planning software, closes up 40%+ on its first day of trading after raising $263.5M in its IPO at ~$2.1B valuation  —  The markets have been a hot mess this week, but that didn’t stop Anaplan’s IPO.  Anaplan, a cloud company that helps other firms …

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Screenshots in Messenger's Android code suggest Facebook is testing an "unsend" feature it promised after getting caught removing Zuckerberg's sent messages (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Screenshots in Messenger’s Android code suggest Facebook is testing an “unsend” feature it promised after getting caught removing Zuckerberg’s sent messages  —  In April, TechCrunch broke the news that some of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook messages were deleted from recipients’ inboxes … Screenshots in Messenger's Android code suggest Facebook is testing an

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