Saturday, September 9, 2017

Weibo orders users to verify their real names by September 15 following China's new restrictions on anonymous online conversation (Nectar Gan/South China Morning Post)

Weibo orders users to verify their real names by September 15 following China's new restrictions on anonymous online conversation (Nectar Gan/South China Morning Post)

Nectar Gan / South China Morning Post:
Weibo orders users to verify their real names by September 15 following China's new restrictions on anonymous online conversation  —  Deadline comes as government seeks to tighten its grip on online speech ahead of next month's Communist Party congress  —  China's Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo …



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iOS 11 GM leak shows LTE Apple Watch may use same phone number as iPhone and reveals an image of a Watch with red Digital Crown and a face showing signal meter (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

iOS 11 GM leak shows LTE Apple Watch may use same phone number as iPhone and reveals an image of a Watch with red Digital Crown and a face showing signal meter (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
iOS 11 GM leak shows LTE Apple Watch may use same phone number as iPhone and reveals an image of a Watch with red Digital Crown and a face showing signal meter  —  In continuing news from the Apple Watch GM firmware, we've found several strings references to how cellular plans on Apple Watch work and how users set them up.



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Virginia State Board of Elections votes to remove touchscreen voting machines before November elections, saying they pose unacceptable digital risks (Eric Geller/Politico)

Virginia State Board of Elections votes to remove touchscreen voting machines before November elections, saying they pose unacceptable digital risks (Eric Geller/Politico)

Eric Geller / Politico:
Virginia State Board of Elections votes to remove touchscreen voting machines before November elections, saying they pose unacceptable digital risks  —  Virginia's election supervisors on Friday directed counties to ditch touchscreen voting machines before November's elections, saying the devices posed unacceptable digital risks.



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Blockchain Firms Ripple, R3 File Dueling Lawsuits Over Crypto Contract Dispute (Stan Higgins/CoinDesk)

Blockchain Firms Ripple, R3 File Dueling Lawsuits Over Crypto Contract Dispute (Stan Higgins/CoinDesk)

Stan Higgins / CoinDesk:
Blockchain Firms Ripple, R3 File Dueling Lawsuits Over Crypto Contract Dispute  —  Distributed ledger startups Ripple and R3 have become embroiled in a new legal battle, with both startups filing lawsuits related to a contract dispute between the two firms.  —  Ripple alleged in a complaint …



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Friday, September 8, 2017

Indian budget hotel aggregator OYO raises $250M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund, with Sequoia, Lightspeed, Greenoaks, and Hero Enterprise participating (Sumit Chakraberty/Tech in Asia)

Indian budget hotel aggregator OYO raises $250M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund, with Sequoia, Lightspeed, Greenoaks, and Hero Enterprise participating (Sumit Chakraberty/Tech in Asia)

Sumit Chakraberty / Tech in Asia:
Indian budget hotel aggregator OYO raises $250M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund, with Sequoia, Lightspeed, Greenoaks, and Hero Enterprise participating  —  Japanese giant SoftBank is keeping its faith in India's budget accommodation provider Oyo, despite its mounting losses and growing competition.



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