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Hackers used WhatsApp to spy on senior government officials in at least 20 countries

China launches national 5G, promises 50 cities by end of 2019

Amazon’s voice-based Alexa skill personalization is now generally available

Apple AirPods Pro hands-on: Smaller stems, superior sound, same Siri
Mainline Esports Tournament Company Lands $6.8M in Series A Funding to Grow Operations and Expand Technology Platform

Dropbox doubles Extensions support to include WhatsApp, Workplace by Facebook, Microsoft Teams, and more

Defense Innovation Board unveils AI ethics principles for the Pentagon
Soar Adds China Siwei to Its Growing List of Satellite Imagery Partners

You can now unlock WhatsApp for Android with your fingerprint

DotData raises $23 million to automate data science tasks

Crunchbase raises $30 million for personalized experiences using machine learning

Canalys: Global smartphone shipments rose 1% in Q3 2019, first growth in 2 years

Twitter will ban political ads starting November 22

Facebook beats Q3 2019 revenue and profit estimates despite regulator scrutiny

Apple reports record Q4 2019 revenue of $64 billion, aided by services

AliveCor and Xiaomi-backed Huami will co-develop ECG wearables

Samsung and Medtronic use app for Parkinson’s disease patient therapy

Werner Vogels: For IoT, security and privacy are top concerns

Google Cloud launches celebrity recognition service

Google launches TensorBoard.dev and TensorFlow Enterprise

Meet EDSFF: 1PB of flash storage in a single rack

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Apple TV+ looks increasingly desperate to lure viewers ahead of launch

RhythmNet uses AI to estimate your heart rate using your face

Xiaomi opens R&D hub in Finland to develop smartphone camera technologies

Wholesale marketplace Faire raises $150 million at a $1 billion valuation

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Duality Technologies raises $16 million for privacy-preserving data science solutions

MIT CSAIL’s swarm of robotic cubes can shapeshift at will

DJI’s Mavic Mini weighs less than 250 grams and has a 30-minute flight time

Trello reaches 50 million users, introduces new automation and template features

Canalys: Huawei smartphone sales jump 66% in China as rivals plummet

Moovit taps Waze to bring carpooling to its urban transport app

Particle raises $40 million for IoT device management and developer tools

Europe has slight lead over U.S. in emerging blockchain digital securities market

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IBM: AI will change every job and increase demand for creative skills
