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- Chinese court grants Qualcomm's preliminary injunction against Apple and blocks the sale and import of iPhone models from 6S to X in China (Ina Fried/Axios)
- Sleep apnea equipment and software maker ResMed to acquire Propeller Health, which helps track medication inhaler usage through sensors and an app, for $225M (Jeff Engel/Xconomy)
- How Chinese entertainment apps for books, podcasts, video, and music diversify their revenue beyond ads and subscriptions via tips, micropayments, coupons, more (Connie Chan/Andreessen Horowitz)
- How smartphone apps are sharing precise location data with 75+ companies, including advertisers, retailers, and hedge funds, up to 14K times a day (New York Times)
- Google acquires popular Indian train tracking app "Where is my Train", which works offline and without GPS, sources say for $30M-$40M (Mugdha Variyar/The Economic Times)
- Enterprise software provider Tibco acquires French data management company Orchestra Networks, sources say valuing it in the low hundreds of millions of dollars (Reuters)
- Beijing-based G7, which runs a fleet management platform for trucks, shippers, and drivers, raises $320M led by private equity firm HOPU Investments (Rita Liao/TechCrunch)
- Toronto-based SnapTravel, which allows users to book hotels through an AI-based assistant over SMS, voice, and messaging platforms, raises $21M Series A (Jessica Galang/BetaKit)
- South Korean payments app Toss, which also provides credit, loans, insurance, and investment products, raises $80M at a $1.2B valuation led by Kleiner Perkins (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)
- Sources: Chinese AI company Megvii, whose Face++ facial recognition tech is popular among developers worldwide, is in talks to raise $500M at a $3.5B valuation (Reuters)
- As Google rolls out Duplex, Alibaba demos a similar conversational AI that, it says, is already handling millions of customer package delivery queries per day (Karen Hao/MIT Technology Review)
- Berlin-based vacation rental price-comparison startup HomeToGo, which has raised $150M to date, acquires assets of failed vacation rental search engine Tripping (Skift)
- Kaspersky: networks of 8 Eastern European banks were hacked by people entering the premises and planting physical hardware like Raspberry Pi and USB devices (Sergey Golovanov/Securelist)
- FortressIQ, which applies a new AI technique called imitation learning to process automation, raises $12M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)
- Sources: Bird plans to raise at its current $2B valuation and Lime at $2B-3B, below their initial asks, amid tougher-than-expected business conditions (Wall Street Journal)
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- Trump's trade war is causing GoPro to move the production of its US-bound cameras out of China
- 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' brings more than 70 characters to the Nintendo Switch ? here they all are (NTDOY)
- Apple may be working on a case that could drastically increase battery life on the iPhone XS and iPhone XR (AAPL)
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- Fortnite gamer charged after he was accused of hitting a woman in the background of his Twitch live stream
- 7 wallet phone cases that keep your most essential cards accessible and safe
- Softbank prices its $23.5 billion IPO ? one of the biggest of all time
- How e-tailers can take advantage of the growing popularity of smart home devices to engage with consumers (AMZN, TGT, GOOGL, WMT, GE)
- The 19 most interesting ad-tech and mar-tech companies of 2018
- A 'secret' patch shows the future of treating the most common food allergy, and two biotechs are competing to own the $3 billion market (AIMT, DBVT)
- British tech startups are increasingly gloomy as Brexit approaches, and it's already hurting their ability to hire talent
- I worked on the trading floor of Goldman Sachs for years. Here's why I became a nerd to survive on Wall Street.
- Amazon is planning to open one of its first international cashierless Amazon Go stores in London's Oxford Circus
- 10 things in tech you need to know today
- Elon Musk on missing Model 3 production deadlines: 'I've never made a mass-produced car. How am I supposed to know with precision when it?s going to get done?' (TSLA)
- Half of the world is now officially online, but several thorny new problems now threaten the digital economy
- Elon Musk: 'I want to be clear ? I do not respect the SEC' (TSLA)
- How the Internet of Things will transform consumerism, enterprises, and governments over the next five years
- This guy followed 'Red Dead Redemption 2' characters for a full day and discovered just how detailed the game really is
- 'Cyberpunk 2077' may finally release in 2019 ? here's why it's one of the most anticipated video games in the world
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- Watch a toy train pull of some pretty slick stunts
- Anki Vector will win you over with its shining personality — Power Up
- The 10 best films of 2018
- This runner's epic finish line fail has become a beautiful meme
- The best UK deals for Monday: Garmin watches, Xbox bundles, Kenwood mixers, and more
- This artist built a stripper robot 10 years ago. Now his creation's gone beyond his control.
- 'Doctor Who' pulls a 'Game of Thrones', makes fans wait for the next season
- Celebrity gives thumbs up after eating bull's penis, becomes instant meme
- J.K. Rowling just made her thoughts about the latest Brexit news very, very clear
- Raspberry Pi kits and courses might be the perfect gift for the tinkerer in your life
- This Instagram artist's mock self-help books are honestly too relatable
- Behold, this gate sounds like the beginning of the 'Jurassic Park' theme
- 'Fortnite' streamer charged after alleged domestic assault on Twitch
- Andy Serkis brings back Gollum to parody Theresa May
- 'Stranger Things' Season 3 teaser reveals episode titles
- Roger, the internet famous bucket crushing kangaroo, has died
- NFL fans are losing it after the Dolphins beat the Patriots with a wild trick play
- Hey 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' fans, here's a Season 6 trailer. Get hype.
- 11 festive holiday light shows you can watch without leaving the house
- Smokey Bear's world is on fire. But the old mascot won't die.
- Metal had an amazing year and these are the albums to prove it
- NASA gives the Avengers some advice for helping Tony Stark
- Dabbing for beginners: Confessions of a cautious concentrate newbie
- Twitter's Jack Dorsey gets roasted for his ignorant tweets about Myanmar
- Camp Fire survivor elated to find dog waiting at their burned down house
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came up with GrinchCon, a perfect SantaCon alternative
- Elf on the Shelf witnesses puberty firsthand in hilarious 'SNL' sketch
- 'Saturday Night Live' created Big Boy appliances for stay-at-home husbands
- Fake 'SNL' TV show from the 'Empire' team asks: What if Donald Trump was black?
- 'SNL' revives your favorite dead 'Game of Thrones' characters in Khal Drogo's Ghost Dojo