These are the world's biggest tech companies

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AirPods Pro: How Apple's most-expensive headphones compare to rivals from Samsung, Bose and Sony

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Cybrary, a crowdsourced freemium cybersecurity training platform for enterprises that says it has 3M individual users, raises $15M Series B (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

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Cybrary, a crowdsourced freemium cybersecurity training platform for enterprises that says it has 3M individual users, raises $15M Series B  —  Online cybersecurity career development startup Cybrary Inc. today said it has raised $15 million in new funding to accelerate the growth of the company's online workforce development platform.

Ex-Housing CEO in fray for WeWork top job

Housing.com changed its strategy and business plan, hired new management team and reduced operating costs by 70% and raised and additional $20 million from Softbank under Kothari's watch. https://ift.tt/2KocgZ1 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

I&B team to counter fake news

The decision was triggered by a spate of "fake" reports online, the latest being one in a section of Bangladeshi media that claimed PM Modi congratulated CJI Ranjan Gogoi over the Ayodhya verdict. https://ift.tt/2qWw7Id https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Blackstone invests Rs 1,750 cr Future Lifestyle Fashion

Blackstone was reported to infuse $250 million in FLF, in July through a combination of equity and structured debt to fund the capital expansion of Biyani’s deep-discount retail format, Brand Factory. https://ift.tt/32SC8Tr https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

US to extend license allowing its cos to continue business with Huawei

US President Donald Trump is expected to extend it for a period of time, according to the report, which added that the decision could change given the ongoing trade talks between the US and China. https://ift.tt/2q8J69L https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Most tech can be shaped to have more benefits than negatives: Bill Gates

"Technology has helped improve the human condition. Our lifespan is better than 200 years ago — electricity, transport, better seeds, vaccines for things like measles, and other childhood diseases," said Bill Gates in an interview to TOI. https://ift.tt/32QQMdN https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

PillPack adds "Amazon Pharmacy" to its logo and says it has filed paperwork that adds "Amazon Pharmacy" to the licensed name of its pharmacy fulfillment centers (Christina Farr/CNBC)

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PillPack adds “Amazon Pharmacy” to its logo and says it has filed paperwork that adds “Amazon Pharmacy” to the licensed name of its pharmacy fulfillment centers  —  - PillPack, the Internet pharmacy it acquired last year, has updated its logo to “PillPack by Amazon Pharmacy.”

WeWork faces US SEC inquiry over possible rule violations

Neumann and other WeWork officials are also being sued by minority shareholders who accuse the company's board of directors of breaching its fiduciary duties. https://ift.tt/2NV1YC9 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Ecomm faces the bulk of consumer bricks & mortars

An Amazon spokesperson said the company works closely with the government consumer helpline desk to resolve complaints. https://ift.tt/2XnyvDN https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Microsoft hires former AG Eric Holder to determine if AnyVision complies with the ethical principles stipulated during the facial recognition company's Series A (Olivia Solon/NBC News)

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Microsoft hires former AG Eric Holder to determine if AnyVision complies with the ethical principles stipulated during the facial recognition company's Series A  —  According to five sources, AnyVision's technology has powered a secret military surveillance project that has monitored Palestinians in the West Bank.

Filing: Bill.com, which makes payments software, aims to raise $100M in its IPO, says Q3 revenue was ~$35.2M, up 57% YoY, and losses were ~$5.7M, up 544% YoY (Sophia Kunthara/Crunchbase News)

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Filing: Bill.com, which makes payments software, aims to raise $100M in its IPO, says Q3 revenue was ~$35.2M, up 57% YoY, and losses were ~$5.7M, up 544% YoY  —  Payment software company Bill.com is aiming to raise $100 million in an initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mexico's first online-only supermarket Justo raises $10M seed round led by Foundation Capital, with 500 Startups, others participating (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

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Mexico's first online-only supermarket Justo raises $10M seed round led by Foundation Capital, with 500 Startups, others participating  —  Jüsto, an online supermarket based in Mexico City, has raised a $10 million seed round led by Foundation Capital.  —  Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily

Vivo S5 with punch-hole display, quad rear cameras launched in China

After teasing it for some time now, Vivo has announced the Vivo S5 at an event in Beijing, China. As revealed in the renders, the successor of the Vivo S1 sports a new design. The Vivo S5 has a punch-hole display upfront with the cut-out placed on the top-right edge and quad rear camera setup in a diamond-shaped module at the back. The phone features a gradient finish.

The Vivo S5 comes equipped with a 6.44-inch OLED display with FullHD+ resolution. The company claims that the Vivo S5 sports a screen-to-body ratio of 91.38 percent. The display is claimed to be certified by the German company TUV Rheinland which specializes in ocular safety. The Vivo S5 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 chipset. It comes in two variants: 8GB RAM + 128GB storage and 8GB RAM + 256GB storage.

On the optics front, the Vivo S5 sports a quad rear camera setup in a diamond-shaped module. The three camera sensors, along with a LED flash, are bundled together in the module, while the fourth sensor sits below the module. The camera setup includes a 48MP primary sensor + an 8MP ultra-wide lens + a 5MP depth sensor + a 2MP macro lens. On the front lies a 32MP selfie shooter. 

The Vivo S5 comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor on the front. It runs Funtouch OS 9.2 based on Android 9 Pie. The smartphone packs a 4,010mAh battery that supports 22.5W fast charging. Connectivity options on the Vivo S5 include VoLTE, WiFi, GLONASS, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, and USB Type-C port support.

Vivo S5 is priced at 2698 Yuan (roughly Rs 27,650) for the base 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant, whereas the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant will cost 2998 Yuan that roughly translates to Rs 30,700.

To sum it all up, the Vivo S1 was launched in India and is now available to purchase for Rs 16,990. Hence, the Vivo S5 is expected to arrive in India as well.

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