Techmeme Unknown Sources say Sandberg asked Facebook staff to research George Soros's finances, though she denied knowledge of hiring Definers, the firm tasked to research Soros (New York Times) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown FBI arrests Jared Rice, Sr., CEO of cryptocurrency platform AriseBank, for defrauding investors out of $4M+ and charges him with securities and wire fraud (Yogita Khatri/CoinDesk) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Local reports say Apple has removed 700+ apps, including apps by Sogou and Pinduoduo, from the Chinese App Store for pushing app updates without Apple's review (James Titcomb/Telegraph) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Intel to start distributing drivers for its graphics chips as Universal Windows Drivers, a single driver package that can run on different device types (Dan Thorp-Lancaster/Windows Central) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown A Nielsen report says US viewers spend nearly 8B hours per month streaming content via connected devices like Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek launches in Singapore, initially available to the customers of DBS bank, and plans a wider rollout by early 2019 (Wall Street Journal) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Alt-right commentator Laura Loomer handcuffed self to Twitter NYC door to protest her ban from the service; NYPD cut cuffs at Loomer's request after a few hours (The Verge) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown SEC settles with Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled on charges of promoting ICOs without disclosing payments; Mayweather to pay $600K+ in fees, Khaled to pay $150K+ (Liz Moyer/CNBC) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Coinbase Pro says it is adding Zcash to its professional trading platform in the US, UK, European Union, Canada, Singapore, and Australia (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Vista Equity Partners takes majority stake in Wrike, a work management platform that says it has nearly a $100M run rate, source says at a valuation of ~$800M (Katie Roof/Wall Street Journal) SORAOFFGet Code
Techmeme Unknown Techmeme now publishing paid and free "Leaderboards" showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic (Gabe Rivera/Techmeme News) SORAOFFGet Code
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