7-Year-Old Girl Is Shot in Chicago While Trick-or-Treating, Police Say

The girl, who the authorities believe was an unintended victim, was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The shooting, which happened around 5:30 p.m.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/chicago-shooting-halloween.html
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Altria writes down $4.5 billion from its investment in Juul

Facing increasing scrutiny from international and domestic regulators, the Altria Group has decided to write down its investment into the e-cigarette company JUUL by $4.5 billion. That’s roughly one-third of the $12.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/31/altria-writes-down-4-5-billion-from-its-investment-in-juul/
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Japanese instant-credit provider Paidy raises $143 million from investors including PayPal Ventures

Paidy, a Japanese financial tech startup that provides instant credit to consumers in Japan, announced today that it has raised a total of $143 million in new financing. This includes a $83 million Series C extension from investors including PayPal Ventures and debt financing of $60 million.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/31/japanese-instant-credit-provider-paidy-raises-143-million-from-investors-including-paypal-ventures/
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Trump, Lifelong New Yorker, Declares Himself a Resident of Florida

The president filed a “declaration of domicile” last month saying that his property in Palm Beach will be his permanent residence.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/us/politics/trump-new-york-florida-primary-residence.html
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Uber and Lyft Fight a Law They Say Doesn't Apply to Them

The ride-hail companies are backing a ballot measure to overturn a California law intended to transform gig-economy workers from contractors to employees.

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Hong Kong’s Jarring Protests: Clashes Fade, Then Flare Up Again

A photographer returned to streets where he documented rallies and confrontations over the past five months. His diptychs highlight life in the restive city as the antigovernment movement continues.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/world/asia/hong-kong-protests.html
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Should Facebook Be Fact-Checked?

Should Facebook be more strict when it comes to fact-checking political ads? This week on “The Argument,” the columnists debate growing concern over the social media giant’s role in American politics.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/opinion/the-argument-facebook-mark-zuckerberg.html
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Here’s a Way Forward on Facial Recognition

The police should be able to use it, but in a very limited way. The authors are law professors.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/opinion/facial-recognition-regulation.html
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Is Angela Merkel Still in Charge?

The chancellor of Germany no longer shows the vision and courage to lead her country. Mr. Bittner is a co-head of the debate section for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit and a contributing opinion writer.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/opinion/angela-merkel-germany.html
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36 Hours in Berlin

November marks the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall. You can still get a sense of what it was like during the Cold War, via fascinating museums, architecture, restaurants and shops. On Nov.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/travel/what-to-do-36-Hours-in-Berlin.html
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What Greta Gerwig Saw in ‘Little Women’: ‘Those Are My Girls’

Greta Gerwig was deep in the American Wing of the Met, searching for signs of modern life. She wound her way instinctively through the halls, bobbed between throngs of tourists, waved an arm and leapt impulsively into a closing elevator: “Maybe we’ll go in here! Sorry. Hi!”

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/movies/greta-gerwig-little-women.html
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There’s No Halloween Like a New York City Halloween

First, we needed a plan: Start at the top floor and work down. We lived on four and the building had 23 stories, but getting to the penthouse was a whole thing. So we started on 22. If the elevator was slow to arrive, you could always walk down a flight.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/nyregion/new-york-city-halloween.html
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Your Thursday Briefing

Good morning. We’re covering a planned House vote on the impeachment process, the California wildfires and the first World Series title for the Washington Nationals.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/briefing/fiat-chrysler-world-series-golden-state-warriors.html
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Aaron Sorkin

Facebook isn’t defending free speech, it’s assaulting truth. Mr. Sorkin is a playwright and screenwriter.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/opinion/aaron-sorkin-mark-zuckerberg-facebook.html
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Jeffrey Epstein, a Disputed Autopsy and a Claim of Homicide

It’s Thursday. Weather: Grab those rain boots. Expect a day of showers, with a high near 70 and gusty winds in the evening.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-autopsy-homicide.html
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North Korea Fires 2 Projectiles in First Test Since Talks Stalled

It was the 12th time since early May that the North has launched ballistic missiles or other projectiles, tests that President Trump has dismissed as “small ones.

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Namogoo raises $40M to stop unauthorized ad injections and ‘customer journey hijacking’

Namogoo, the Herzliya, Israel-based company that has developed a solution for e-commerce and other online enterprises to prevent “customer journey hijacking,” has raised $40 million in Series C funding.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/31/namogoo/
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Turkey-Syria: 'The heart of my family has died' - BBC News

Turkey’s government has given Syrian refugees a deadline to move back to the areas they were registered in or risk deportation back to their war-torn home country.About 3.7 million Syrian refugees now live in Turkey after fleeing the civil war.The BBC has been told about refugees forced to leave t

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The artist cutting off the head of a British colonialist - BBC News

It's been 200 years since Singapore was founded as a British port by Sir Stamford Raffles, and the country is marking the anniversary of his arrival with the Singapore Bicentennial, a series of events looking back on its history.Many Singaporeans view Raffles with respect, and his name adorns some o

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Fiat Chrysler and PSA, Maker of Peugeot, to Merge

The two car companies announced a deal as the automotive industry faces increasing challenges. Fiat Chrysler and PSA of France announced on Thursday that they plan to merge, a combination that would create one of the world’s largest carmakers.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/business/fiat-chrysler-psa-peugeot-merger.html
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Freetrade, the UK challenger stockbroker, completes $15M Series A

Freetrade, the U.K. challenger stockbroker that offers commission-free investing, has closed $15 million in Series A funding. The round includes a $7.5 million investment from Draper Esprit, the U.K.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/31/freetrade-series-a/
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Femtech startup Inne takes the wraps off a hormone tracker and $8.8M in funding

Berlin-based femtech startup Inne is coming out of stealth to announce an €8 million (~$8.8M) Series A and give the first glimpse of a hormone-tracking subscription product for fertility-tracking and natural contraception that’s slated for launch in Q1 next year.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/31/femtech-startup-inne-takes-the-wraps-off-a-hormone-tracker-and-8-8m-in-funding/
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Bosun Tijani talks strategy as CEO of Africa’s new largest tech hub

With CcHub‘s acquisition of iHub in September, Nigerian Bosun Tijani is at the helm of (arguably) the largest tech network in Africa. One could conclude Tijani has become one of the most powerful figures in African tech with the CcHub iHub merger. But that would be a little shortsighted.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/bosun-tijani-talks-strategy-as-ceo-of-africas-new-largest-tech-hub/
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The Nationals Stayed in the Fight, Then Delivered a Knockout

For a team that overcame a terrible start to the year and fought through a trying postseason, it was fitting that the Washington Nationals’ first World Series title required all seven games.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/sports/baseball/world-series-game-7.html
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Philippines Struck by Second Big Earthquake in Three Days

The magnitude-6.5 earthquake hit about 25 miles southwest of Davao City, a regional capital of 1.6 million people.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/world/asia/philippines-earthquake-davao-mindanao.html
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Interior Department Grounds Chinese-Made Drones Amid Review

The grounding is the latest precaution taken against Chinese drones being used in federal government work.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/politics/interior-department-chinese-made-drones.html
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Your Move, Facebook

Twitter will no longer allow political advertising, a move that places Twitter and Jack Dorsey in stark contrast to Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/opinion/political-advertising-facebook-twitter.html
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Deadspin writers quit after being ordered to stick to sports

Writers Laura Wagner, Kelsey McKinney, Tom Ley, Lauren Theisen, Patrick Redford, Albert Burneko and Chris Thompson all tweeted today that they have resigned from Deadspin, the sports-focused site owned by G/O Media.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/deadspin-exodus/
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Prosus Ventures leads $40M investment in Indian logistics startup ElasticRun

Millions of neighborhood stores that dot large and small cities, towns, and villages in India and have proven tough to beat for e-commerce giants and super-chain retailers are at the center of a new play in the country.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/india-elasticrun-prosus-ventures/
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That Peter Luger Review and Other Restaurants That Got Zero Stars

It’s Wednesday. Weather: Be prepared for showers. The high should reach the mid-60s.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/nyregion/peter-luger-review.html
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Your Wednesday Briefing

Good morning. We’re covering the newest testimony in the impeachment investigation, a new order in Syria, and a battle cry for Generation Z.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/briefing/ukraine-armenian-genocide-world-series.html
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Want a free Innovator pass to Disrupt Berlin 2019? Apply to volunteer

If your budget simply can’t manage a line item for a ticket to Disrupt Berlin 2019, we have exciting news for you. Volunteer for our work exchange program, and we’ll give you a free Innovator pass good for both days of the show (11-12 December).

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/want-a-free-innovator-pass-to-disrupt-berlin-2019-apply-to-volunteer/
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NHS pagers are leaking medical data

An amateur radio rig exposed to the internet and discovered by a security researcher was collecting real-time of medical data and health information broadcast by hospitals and ambulances across U.K. towns and cities.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/nhs-pagers-medical-health-data/
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Let’s have a word about what3words with Clare Jones at Disrupt Berlin

Addresses are ambiguous, not precise enough or don’t even exist in some places. what3words wants to map the entire world and overhaul addresses three words at a time.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/lets-have-a-word-about-what3words-with-clare-jones-at-disrupt-berlin/
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Fiat Chrysler in Merger Talks With Peugeot

Fiat Chrysler said Wednesday it is in talks with the French maker of Peugeot and Citroën cars about a possible merger, the latest example of how automakers are joining forces to survive major technological shifts in the industry.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/business/fiat-chrysler-peugeot-merger.html
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ShareGrid acquires UK peer-to-peer film and camera rental community BorrowFox

ShareGrid, the U.S.-based marketplace for sharing, buying and selling film and photography equipment, has acquired the U.K’s BorrowFox as part of its international expansion plans.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/sharegrid-acquires-borrowfox/
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House Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

It is the first time that a chamber of Congress has officially designated the 1915 slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians as a genocide.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/politics/armenian-genocide-resolution.html
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A Dreary World Series Bursts to Life in Game 6

This series had largely been defined by what had happened off the field, but that changed with big performances by Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon on Tuesday. HOUSTON — They call it the Fall Classic, but the name does not always apply.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/sports/world-series-game-6.html
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As Juul announces mass layoffs, a new lawsuit alleges it shipped a million contaminated pods

A lawsuit filed a by former Juul executive alleges that the company knew a batch of contaminated e-liquid had been used in about one million pods shipped to retailers earlier this year, but did not inform customers.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/29/as-juul-announces-mass-layoffs-a-new-lawsuit-alleges-it-shipped-a-million-contaminated-pods/
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Antwon Rose’s Family Reaches $2 Million Settlement With East Pittsburgh

Antwon, an unarmed black teenager, was killed last year by a white police officer during a traffic stop in East Pittsburgh, Pa. The lawyer, S. Lee Merritt, said the amount was the maximum that East Pittsburgh could pay under its insurance policy.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/antwon-rose-wrongful-death-settlement.html
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Australia Proposes Face Scans for Watching Online Pornography

As a government agency seeks approval of a facial recognition system, it says one use for it could be verifying the age of people who want to view pornography online.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/world/australia/pornography-facial-recognition.html
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White House Finds Loophole in Search for Homeland Security Secretary

Officials who lead agencies in the department and echo the president’s language on immigration were initially thought to be ineligible under a federal law.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/politics/white-house-homeland-security.html
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Convicted Rapist Released From Georgia Prison ‘in Error’

The authorities were carrying out a manhunt for the inmate after he walked free, apparently by accident, the state Department of Corrections said. The inmate, Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, who had been incarcerated at Rogers State Prison in Reidsville, Ga.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/georgia-escaped-prisoner.html
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WhatsApp's Case Against NSO Group Hinges on a Tricky Legal Argument

The Facebook-owned messaging company is taking on a notorious malware vendor in what could be an uphill battle.

from Wired https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-nso-group-lawsuit
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White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call

Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, who heard President Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine’s president and was alarmed, testified that he tried and failed to add key details to the rough transcript. WASHINGTON — Lt. Col. Alexander S.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/politics/alexander-vindman-trump-ukraine.html
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Why New York Can’t Pick Up Its Trash

And what the City Council is about to do to change that. The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/opinion/nyc-sanitation.html
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Slack investor Index Ventures backs Slack competitor Quill

Slack created a new solution for workplace communication, one copied by many, even Microsoft. But the product, which is meant to help individuals and businesses collaborate, has been critiqued for sending too many notifications, with some claiming it’s sabotaged workplace productivity.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/29/slack-investor-index-ventures-backs-slack-competitor-quill/
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Despair for Many and Silver Linings for Some in California Wildfires

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — After a wildfire razed his spacious suburban home in the Sonoma hills two years ago, Pete Parkinson set out to rebuild. This time it would be an even better one.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/california-fires-homes.html
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Nationals vs. Astros: World Series Game 6 Live Score and Updates

The Astros sent Justin Verlander to the mound with a chance to claim the title, while Washington has Stephen Strasburg pitching to try to extend the season. Astros 0, Nationals 0 The Houston Astros will host the Washington Nationals for Game 6 of the 2019 World Series.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/sports/nationals-astros.html
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HBO Max will cost $14.99 per month and will launch in May 2020

AT&T and WarnerMedia just announced the pricing of its HBO Max streaming service, along sharing more details about the timing and content lineup. The service will cost $14.99 per month — the same price as HBO Now.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/29/hbo-max-will-cost-14-99-per-month-and-will-launch-in-may-2020/
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Tencent leads $111M investment in India’s video streaming service MX Player

MX Player, a popular video app that offers both local playback and streaming services, said on Wednesday that it has raised $110.8 million in a new financing round led by Chinese internet giant Tencent as the video app looks to expand its business in India and other international markets.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/29/tencent-times-internet-mx-player/
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Grab a seat while you can: Apply to TC Hackathon @ Disrupt Berlin 2019

Think you have what it takes to be a TechCrunch hackathon champion? It’s time to put your creative code and confidence where your mouth is, my friends. Come to Disrupt Berlin 2019 on 11-12 December and pit your skills, tenacity and endurance against some of the best creators from around the world.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/29/grab-a-seat-while-you-can-apply-to-tc-hackathon-disrupt-berlin-2019/
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