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UN rights chief calls for a moratorium on sale and use of AI tech that threatens human rights, including facial recognition, until safeguards are put in place (Catherine Thorbecke/ABC News)

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Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News:UN rights chief calls for a moratorium on sale and...

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Rebellion Defense, the Eric Schmidt-backed developer of AI defense tech, raises $150M led by Insight and Venrock at a $1B pre-money valuation (Dan Primack/Axios)

Rebellion Defense, the Eric Schmidt-backed developer of...

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Dan Primack / Axios:Rebellion Defense, the Eric Schmidt-backed developer of AI defense...

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Discord says it has raised $500M led by Dragoneer, Fidelity, and others, source says at a ~$15B post-money valuation (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Discord says it has raised $500M led by Dragoneer, Fidelity,...

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Katie Roof / Bloomberg:Discord says it has raised $500M led by Dragoneer, Fidelity,...

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FTC says Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft made 819 unreported acquisition deals of $1M+, including for patents and acquihires, from 2010 to 2019 (David McLaughlin/Bloomberg)

FTC says Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft...

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David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:FTC says Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft...

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Sources: US firm Accuvant, now part of Optiv, sold iPhone hacking tool Karma to the UAE for $1.3M in 2016; the tool has been used against hundreds of targets (Patrick Howell O'Neill/MIT Technology ...)

Sources: US firm Accuvant, now part of Optiv, sold iPhone...

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Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review:Sources: US firm Accuvant, now part...

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Melio, a B2B payments startup for small businesses, raises $250M Series D led by Thrive Capital and General Catalyst at a $4B valuation, up 3x from January (Reuters)

Melio, a B2B payments startup for small businesses, raises...

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Reuters:Melio, a B2B payments startup for small businesses, raises $250M Series...

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Goldman Sachs is acquiring buy now, pay later fintech GreenSky for about $2.24B, in an all-stock deal (Hugh Son/CNBC)

Goldman Sachs is acquiring buy now, pay later fintech GreenSky...

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Hugh Son / CNBC:Goldman Sachs is acquiring buy now, pay later fintech GreenSky for...

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Oppo is cutting around 20% of its staff in key software and device teams after it merged operations with affiliate OnePlus (Bloomberg)

Oppo is cutting around 20% of its staff in key software...

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Bloomberg:Oppo is cutting around 20% of its staff in key software and device teams...

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Joe Biden announces a new Indo-Pacific security partnership with Australia and the UK to share tech in areas like AI, cybersecurity, and quantum technologies (Politico)

Joe Biden announces a new Indo-Pacific security partnership...

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Politico:Joe Biden announces a new Indo-Pacific security partnership with Australia...

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Brooklyn-based Genius, a music-annotating startup that provides context for rap lyrics, has sold its assets for $80M, less than the total funding it raised (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

Brooklyn-based Genius, a music-annotating startup that...

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Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:Brooklyn-based Genius, a music-annotating startup that...

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French startup Skello, which develops a SaaS tool that lets companies manage their work schedules, raises €40M led by Partech (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

French startup Skello, which develops a SaaS tool that...

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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:French startup Skello, which develops a SaaS tool that...

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Research: Didi's average daily user count for August fell to 10.9M, from 15.6M in June after its NY IPO triggered a fierce backlash by Chinese regulators (Ryan McMorrow/Financial Times)

Research: Didi's average daily user count for August fell...

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Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times:Research: Didi's average daily user count for August...

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Trump's Big Lie is changing the face of American politics

Trump's Big Lie is changing the face of American politics

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The Big Lie is already tainting the 2022 and 2024 elections.

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Pentagon, White House mobilize defense of Milley amid criticism over China calls

Pentagon, White House mobilize defense of Milley amid criticism...

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The defense of the top US military official kicked into gear across Washington Wednesday...

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Japan's defense minister draws red line in island dispute with China

Japan's defense minister draws red line in island dispute...

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Japan is drawing a red line around an island chain also claimed by China, pushing...

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Japan's defense minister on threat that keeps him up at night

Japan's defense minister on threat that keeps him up at...

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In an exclusive interview, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi speaks to CNN's...