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Analysis of the products announced during Apple's California Streaming event, the carrier and upgrade outlook, and possible responses from competitors (Avi Greengart/Techsponential)
Facebook India appoints former Uber executive Rajiv Aggarwal as head of public policy, a post that has been vacant for nearly a year since Ankhi Das quit (The Economic Times)
The Epic v. Apple ruling shows gaming apps account for ~70% of App Store revenue; in Q3 2017, <0.5% of Apple accounts made up 53.7% of all App Store billings (Eric Benjamin Seufert/Mobile Dev Memo)
As hedge funds ramp up private market investments, a look at Coatue Management, a hedge fund started by ex-Tiger Global employees that manages $50B+ in assets (Akash Bajwa/Standing On The Shoulders ...)
In a live Q&A, Epik's CEO Rob Monster was talked into taking down a site that doxxed journalists and admitted the controversial web host was breached last week (Mikael Thalen/The Daily Dot)
A look at US "finfluencers", creators partnering with fintechs to promote investment products, as App Annie says hours spent on finance apps are up 90% YoY (Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou/Bloomberg)
Experts say current cuffless methods for measuring blood pressure, like the tech found in Samsung Galaxy Watch, can only reliably track relative changes (Nicole Wetsman/The Verge)
NTSB head says Tesla shouldn't roll out its Full Self-Driving update with the city-driving tool before addressing safety deficiencies (Rebecca Elliott/Wall Street Journal)
A possible retail listing of Surface Pro 8 with a 13" 120Hz display, narrow bezels, and two Thunderbolt ports leaks ahead of Microsoft's event on Wednesday (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Profile of Ismail Fahmi, who has become an Indonesian household name for combating misinformation with data from his company's social media-mapping tools (Antonia Timmerman/Rest of World)
Madrid-based Seedtag, a contextual adtech company, raises $40M Series B led by Oakley Capital to expand into the US market (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)
A look at how the withdrawal of Google and others from London's decade-old Silicon Roundabout may be proof the UK's startup scene has expanded and matured (Oscar Williams/New Statesman)
CreatorIQ, which helps brands with influencer marketing by providing e-commerce and campaign measurement tools, raises $40M from investors including TVC Capital (Todd Spangler/Variety)
LA-based Tradesy, an online marketplace for secondhand high-end fashion goods, raises $67M Series D led by Foris Ventures, the family office of John Doerr (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)
Pagaya, whose AI-powered service makes financial transactions like lending more efficient for banks, is going public in a SPAC merger at a valuation of ~$9B (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

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