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Open source end-to-end e-commerce platform Reaction Commerce raises $8.5M Series A led by GV (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Senators raise issue to Facebook, Twitter, Google of shell firms obscuring identities of advertisers, a fundamental obstacle to efforts to increase transparency (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Senate hearing: Google explains delay in removing RT from ad program; Twitter says ~5% accounts are spam; Facebook says it's disclosed all known Russian ads (Kurt Wagner/Recode) אסף מגידש

Apple changed its standard iPhone review PR strategy for the iPhone X, prioritizing YouTubers and celebrities over established names in tech journalism (Tripp Mickle/Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Sources say Google is actively promoting TensorFlow in China to forge business ties and hiring staff to scour Chinese companies for potential AI investments (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Microsoft rolls out LinkedIn integrations in Outlook.com, for richer contact info in inboxes (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Microsoft executive Julie Larson-Green leaves Microsoft after 25 years, having played key roles in development of Office and Windows (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Apple releases watchOS 4.1 with LTE Apple Music streaming, new Radio app, GymKit support, security fixes, and new WiFi toggle in Control Center (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) אסף מגידש

Apple releases iOS 11.1 with new emoji, 3D Touch app switcher, UI and security bug fixes (Juli Clover/MacRumors) אסף מגידש

Sources detail Facebook's fact checking efforts: little room for nuance, slow pace of checks; source says some fact check publisher deals are worth ~$100K/year (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

G Suite debuts $1,999 Hangouts Meet hardware kit with touchscreen controller, speaker and microphone, 4K camera, and ASUS Chromebox (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Shopify Q3 earnings top estimates with revenue of $171.5M, overall loss of $9.4M, and gross merchandise volume growing 69% YoY to $6.4B (Josh O'Kane/Globe and Mail) אסף מגידש

Coursera has quietly ousted several top-level executives including COO, CFO, and CMO; sources say about 30 to 40 employees have left the company in recent weeks (Theodore Schleifer/Recode) אסף מגידש

Waymo gives journalists showcase of its autonomous Chrysler vans at its Castle test ground, highlighting progress and hurdles (Troy Wolverton/Business Insider) אסף מגידש

Wonder Workshop, which makes robots that kids can program to learn how to code, closes $41M Series C from Tencent and others, bringing total raised to $78M (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Amazon Kindle Oasis (2017) review: beautiful design, excellent e-ink display, but can't use Audible narration while reading and is expensive (Casey Newton/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Remitly is raising up to $115M Series D led by Naspers' PayU to double down on remittances to developing countries across Africa, South America, and Asia (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

iPhone X one week review: great all-screen experience, decent battery life, Face ID is fast, new gestures easy to learn, but software has some weird UX choices (Nicole Nguyen/BuzzFeed) אסף מגידש

iPhone X review after one week: fast and powerful, both front and back cameras are great, Face ID works effectively but can't distinguish between some twins (Lance Ulanoff/Mashable) אסף מגידש

Berlin-based Ada Health, an Alexa-like AI-driven medical app, raises $47M led by Access Industries, Len Blavatnik's global investment group (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

iPhone X review after 24 hours: best iPhone ever made, with gorgeous design and display, but it's expensive and Face ID can be spotty in some lighting (Nilay Patel/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Microsoft says it will launch business-focused Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced in December for $1,149+ (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

SoftBank, Facebook, Amazon, and others partner to lay 60Tbps Jupiter undersea cable, to open in 2020, from Los Angeles to Japan and the Philippines (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Sony's Q2 beats estimates with profits of $1.8B, up 346%, and revenues of $18.2B, up 22%, boosted by strong PlayStation sales (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC) אסף מגידש

Samsung names three new CEOs: Kim Kinam for device solutions, Hyunsuk Kim for consumer electronics, and Dongjin Koh for the IT & mobile communications division (Sam Byford/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Samsung Electronics' Q3 profits, driven by strong demand for memory chips, nearly tripled year-over-year to $12.92B on $55.18B revenue, up 30% year-over-year (Shara Tibken/CNET) אסף מגידש

Major e-commerce platforms in China, JD.com and Suning.com, discount iPhone 8 by up to 15% to encourage orders (Li Tao/South China Morning Post) אסף מגידש

New Skype for desktop, which takes design cues from Skype for Mobile, comes out of preview with customizable themes, Reactions, cloud-based file sharing, more (Skype Blogs) אסף מגידש

Sources: Apple designing iPhones and iPads that would exclude Qualcomm modem chips and include Intel or possibly MediaTek chips instead (Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Support for third-party developers on Apple's HomePod is limited to messaging, lists, and notes via Siri, shutting out services like Spotify and Uber (Kif Leswing/Business Insider) אסף מגידש

Facebook provided political advertisers 14 targeted categories from very liberal "youthful urbanites" to very conservative "great outdoors" during 2016 election (Alex Kantrowitz/BuzzFeed) אסף מגידש

Source: Google, Facebook, and other tech companies met to discuss congressional concerns ahead of this week's hearings amid populist turn against Silicon Valley (Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Sources: Facebook, Google, Twitter to tell Congress that Russian election meddling wider than reported; source says 126M Facebook users may have seen content (Tony Romm/Recode) אסף מגידש

Netflix to cancel House of Cards after season 6, amid allegations against Kevin Spacey (Daniel Holloway/Variety) אסף מגידש

Profile of Senator Mark Warner, who became a millionaire with an early Nextel investment and is now a leading critic of big US internet companies in Congress (Cecilia Kang/New York Times) אסף מגידש

Microsoft closes Outlook.com Premium to new subscribers, eight months after its launch from public preview, and adds some of its features to Office 365 (Paul Thurrott/Thurrott.com) אסף מגידש

Square announces the Register, a $999 point-of-sale device for larger businesses (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Analysis of eight Russian-backed Facebook accounts shows they backed 60+ protest events in US via publicity or financing, before and after 2016 election (Deepa Seetharaman/Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Source: SoftBank calling off talks to merge Sprint and T-Mobile; Sprint stock drops 8%+ (Nikkei) אסף מגידש

YouTube TV debuts standalone app for Android TV and Xbox One devices today, coming to Apple TV, Roku, smart TVs in coming weeks; no plans shared for Amazon app (Ben Popper/The Verge) אסף מגידש

How streaming boxes running open source Kodi media player software have made video piracy easy with third-party add-ons (Brian Barrett/Wired) אסף מגידש

Samsung Gear Sport review: sharp, vibrant display with a fun and intuitive interface, but has few third-party apps, and S Voice digital assistant is useless (Dan Seifert/The Verge) אסף מגידש

iPhone X first look: nice big screen in compact form factor and improved battery life, but Face ID didn't always work (Steven Levy/Wired) אסף מגידש

Canalys report: Apple's phone sales in China grew 40% YoY to 11M in Q3 after six consecutive quarters of decline, amid a 5% YoY decline in overall China market (Canalys) אסף מגידש

How European regulators are weighing control of misinformation and free speech, hampered by a lack of consensus, research, public data from Facebook and Google (Anya Schiffrin/Columbia Journalism Review) אסף מגידש

Convargo, a French marketplace connecting shippers and truckers, raises $19M Series A (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Nintendo's Q2 earnings beat estimates with revenue of $1.19B, Switch sales of 2.9M units; company raised annual forecast for Switch sales from 10M to 14M units (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC) אסף מגידש

India's startups have raised almost $10B in 2017 compared to $4.4B in 2016 and $7.9B in 2015 (Simon Mundy/Financial Times) אסף מגידש

US drug giant Merck says NotPetya cyberattack cost ~$310M in Q3, affecting its global manufacturing, research, and sales operations, may cost ~$300M more in Q4 (Patrick Howell O'Neill/Cyberscoop) אסף מגידש

Sogou, a Chinese search engine backed by Tencent, sets its US IPO price range to $11 to $13 per share, plans to raise up to $585M (Alex Barinka/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש