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The FCC reveals plans to roll back net neutrality rules; under current rules, the FCC is tasked with ensuring that all internet traffic is treated equally; under the new rules, the FTC would enforce violations; vote scheduled for Dec 14 - Link
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Uber CSO Joe Sullivan and one of his deputies ousted for their roles in concealing a hack in which the personal data of 57M riders and drivers was stolen; the October, 2016 breach netted names, email addresses, phone numbers, and for drivers, driver's license numbers; Uber paid the hackers $100k to delete the data and keep the breach secret - Link
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Beijing-based autonomous trucking tech company TuSimple raises $55M Series C led by Fuhe Capital; TuSimple is integrating computer vision, mapping, and more to create a Level 4 autonomous trucking platform; Nvidia previously backed the company; raised $83M to date - Link
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Women-only co-working and community space company The Wing raises $32M Series B led by WeWork; WeWork will assist The Wing in sourcing new properties and will provide access to vendors; The Wing provides a child-friendly environment, showers, food, more; raised $42.5M to date - Link
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Remote dental services company Candid raises $15M Series A from Greycroft Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, e.ventures, others; Candid sends the customer an impression kit; the user sends dental impressions back and Candid produces invisible braces (like Invisalign) - Link
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Communications management platform Sendwithus raises $5M Series A led by BlueRun Ventures; primarily targets marketers with a cloud system for sending personalized email campaigns; includes templates for customer engagement and retention, more; provides analytics; raised $7.3M to date - Link
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This Week in Startups episode 780: News Roundtable: Jason speaks with Peter Rojas and Iain Thomson about Tesla's coming Roadster and Semi, Apple's focus on AR over VR, the future of autonomous warfare, StitchFix's IPO, more - Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeM8SeLg0tg
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Direct-to-consumer apparel company ADAY raises $2M from H&M's CO:LAB (Nanna Andersen joins board), DG, and SoGal Ventures; all items are wrinkle-free, sweat-wicking, quick-drying, and provide UV protection - Link
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Playment, which provides a platform for tagging images and other data via AI and crowdsourced intelligence, raises $1.6M from Y Combinator, Sparkland Capital, others; can be used for training computer vision systems, tagging a large store of images, more; raised about $2.2M to date - Link
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Cryptocurrency payments startup Confido raises almost $400k via ICO, then apparently disappears; a company representative posted to Confido's subreddit, saying that a previous contract is causing legal problems relating to the ICO; Confido's website is down and there is no apparent method of contacting the founders - Link
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Uber patents a sensory stimulation system for self-driving cars; includes multiple features designed to mitigate motion sickness, including vibrating and moving seats, strategic airflow, light bars, and electronic displays - Link
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YouTube returns to the Echo Show via Voicebot; Google blocked the Echo Show YouTube app in September, saying the implementation violated terms of service; Amazon says support for other video services, including Vimeo and Dailymotion, is coming soon - Link
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Android devices send fuzzy location data to Google when locations services are turned off and no apps are running; a data connection is all that's required; beginning at the start of the year, Android has collected addresses of cell towers when the user connects; Google says this particular program will stop at the end of November - Link
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The FTC is investigating TripAdvisor's business practices after multiple users claim their establishment reviews were censored due to references of sexual harassment, assault, more; TripAdvisor said some posts in question were either never properly published or were removed due to TOS violations - Link
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TX judge grants local authorities a warrant to search the Sutherland Springs shooter’s iPhone SE and LG feature phone; the TX Rangers have formally requested Apple's assistance in accessing the iPhone; the FBI previously stated it was unable to access the iPhone - Link
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The Department of Justice charges an Iranian man in connection with the July HBO hack; the indictment indicates Behzad Mesri has been involved with hacking group the Turk Black Hat Security team, and has worked for the Iranian military in a cyber warfare capacity; Mesri allegedly leaked unreleased HBO shows and sensitive data, demanding a ransom - Link
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