100 Thieves' Nadeshot and Scooter Braun are coming to Disrupt - Techcrunch
24 hours with Huawei's Mate 30 Pro: Incredible cameras, gloomy future - Engadget
5 important things happening in South Africa today - BusinessTech
A look at Peloton, which may raise $1.2B in this week's IPO and sells $2.3K iPad-equipped stationary bikes and $40/mo. cycling video subscriptions to 510K+ subs (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
ACADAFEST 2019: Raising 10m Naira for 20 Tertiary Institution Students - TechCity
AllinMD Orthopaedics Hospital, a China-based online platform to match patients with orthopaedics hospitals and doctors, raises $100M Series B (Tracy Qu/South China Morning Post) - Techmeme
Amazon taps 'Undone' co-creator for show about an internet troll - Engadget
Amazon's 'Fleabag' wins four Emmys, including best comedy series - Techcrunch
AMD delays 16-core Ryzen 9 CPU to November - Engadget
Ancient climates are written in stone - The Economist
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Apple Arcade may break the iOS game industry's risk-averse focus on in-app purchases, promoting games with higher quality than free-to-play games (Todd Martens/Los Angeles Times) - Techmeme
Apple Watch May Have Saved A Biker's Life - Slashdot
As Adam Neumann reportedly faces pressure to step down, it's looking like a fight for life between WeWork and SoftBank - Techcrunch
Ask Slashdot: Could Climate Change Be Solved By Manipulating Photons in Space - Slashdot
Bandersnatch,' 'Fleabag,' and 'Ozark' lead streaming Emmy winners - Engadget
Broadbased Communications partners with Dolphin Telecoms - TechCity
Creating Interpersonal Influence every Leader needs - Daily Trust
Der Spiegel: US dollar could make up 50% of the basket of currencies backing Libra, followed by 18% of euro, 14% yen, 11% British pound, and 7% Singapore dollar (Reuters) - Techmeme
Disney+ public pre-orders are open, but without deep bundle discounts - Engadget
Do Coders Crave a Sense of Control - Slashdot
Erica's modular synth helps you make music with preset cards - Engadget
Facebook will sunset its group stories feature, available globally since December of last year, on September 26 (Queenie Wong/CNET) - Techmeme
Facebook's Libra currency will get half its backing from the US dollar - Engadget
First 'Borderlands 3' event is the Halloween-themed Bloody Harvest - Engadget
Google is reducing how much audio it saves for human review - The Verge
Google Loans Cameras To Volunteers To Fill Gaps in 'Street View - Slashdot
Google Tightens Its Voice Assistant Rules Amid Privacy Backlash - Wired
Google vows to never store Assistant recordings without permission - Engadget
Here's what we learned from iFixit's iPhone 11 teardown - The Verge
How Peloton made sweat addictive enough to IPO - Techcrunch
How the Microsoft Store Urges Customers To Trade In Their iPhones - Slashdot
Huawei unveils Mate 30 Pro: Great camera, battery; but no Google Apps - Daily Trust
IKEA will produce more energy than it consumes by 2020 - Engadget
Is 'The Far Side' Comic Strip Coming Back - Slashdot
JD.com launches Jingxi, its online group-buying service focused on China's lower-tier cities and rural areas, to compete with Pinduoduo (Wency Chen/KrASIA) - Techmeme
KEDCO rolls out prepaid meter to address estimated billings in Katsina - Vanguard
Korean exchange Upbit says it is delisting six "privacy coins" including Monero, Dash, and Zcash following June's FATF guidance and a similar delisting by OKEx (William Foxley/CoinDesk) - Techmeme
Legalist, which funds lawsuits for a cut of settlements based on algorithmically calculated chances of winning, raises a $100M legal fund, ~10x its first one (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Oil resumes gains on rising gulf tension and supply doubts - BusinessTech
Old Mutual dispute with fired CEO drags on as Moyo adds evidence - BusinessTech
Original Content podcast: Netflix's 'Terrace House' is still the most soothing reality show around - Techcrunch
PlayStation 5 will waste less energy - The Verge
Profile of Rideshare Drivers United, a group of Uber and Lyft drivers in California who played a key role in getting recent gig economy labor legislation passed (New York Times) - Techmeme
Rental property platform AvantStay, which owns and runs 150 high-end properties and focuses on group travel, raises $20M Series A led by 3L Capital (Samson Amore/Los Angeles Business Journal) - Techmeme
SARS warns banking strike may impact tax refunds - BusinessTech
Skoda Kamiq review: City crossover ticks all the boxes - Pocket Lint
Speakers from leading Institutions Join Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2019 - Itnewsafrica
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 'Nog' Actor Aron Eisenberg Has Died at 50 - Slashdot
Streaming services are gambling big on old shows, like AT&T's $1B for Big Bang Theory and Netflix's $500M for Seinfeld, with no way to know their actual worth (Steven Zeitchik/Washington Post) - Techmeme
10 Best iPhone Accessories for 2019 (iPhone 11, 11 Pro) - Wired
A look at STOP ransomware, which has been one of the most actively distributed ransomware in the past year, according to the ID Ransomware database (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) - Techmeme
After Math: Being better than being best - Engadget
AI Helps Seismologists Predict Earthquakes - Wired
AMD says it is delaying release of its Ryzen 9 3950X until November due to high demand and the time needed to ensure sufficient stock availability (Dr. Ian Cutress/AnandTech) - Techmeme
Apple gets US approval for Mac Pro tariff exemptions - Engadget
As Criticism Grows After Crashes, Boeing Committee May Recommend Organizational Changes - Slashdot
Ask Slashdot: How Will 2019 Look To People 20 Years From Now - Slashdot
Australia will help NASA go to the Moon and Mars - Engadget
Contrary to hype around big data, the explosion of available information amid eroding trust in media makes it harder, not easier, to achieve consensus on truth (William Davies/The Guardian) - Techmeme
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Debian May Need To Re-Evaluate Its Interest In 'Init System Diversity - Slashdot
Did a Prehistoric Asteroid Breakup Shower Earth With Enough Dust To Change the Climate - Slashdot
Does America's First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm Portend a Clean Energy Revolution - Slashdot
Edward Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower - Wired
Ex-Google Engineer Says That Robot Weapons May Cause Accidental Mass Killings - Slashdot
Facebook acquires Servicefriend, a startup that builds customer service AI chatbots for messaging apps; founders now work for Facebook's Calibra, per LinkedIn (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds 'hybrid' chatbots, for Calibra customer service - Techcrunch
Facebook will shut down Group Stories on September 26th - Engadget
Fitbit is reportedly in the early stages of exploring a sale - Engadget
GNU's Former Kernel Maintainer Shares 'A Reflection on the Departure of Richard Stallman - Slashdot
Harman Kardon Citation Bar soundbar review: Smart looks, even smarter features - Pocket Lint
Home Depot and Lowe's Accused of Scanning Millions of Customers Faces - Slashdot
How Neil Young's reluctance to embrace streaming doomed his company PonoMusic, even as the company helped the industry to adapt high-resolution music (Patrick Flanary/Quartz) - Techmeme
Huawei Watch GT 2 initial review: Same two weeks of battery, now always-on - Pocket Lint
In Hong Kong, Protesters and Police Are Now Doxxing Each Other - Slashdot
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates' Premieres on Netflix - Slashdot
iPhone 11 Pro teardown reveals smaller logic board, larger battery - Techcrunch
Is Air Travel Really Bad For the Climate - Slashdot
Knives Made of Frozen Feces Are Kinda Crappy - Wired
Kodak Smile Classic Review: The Best Zink Instant Camera - Wired
Microsoft invites more people to test very rough Xbox features - Engadget
New data from Kruze Consulting finds 60% of funded startups paid for Slack, while only 12% paid for the Office software bundle that includes Teams (Rani Molla/Vox) - Techmeme
Our motto: Dronepocalypse Now - Techcrunch
Researchers Determine the 120 Most Surveilled (CCTV) Cities In the World - Slashdot
Richard Stallman's Exit Heralds a New Era in Tech - Wired
SAA is getting new Airbus planes ' but there are concerns over who will be inspecting them - BusinessTech
Samsung asks users to be extra careful with the Galaxy Fold - Engadget
Singapore-based AI startup Advance.ai, which helps banks and other clients with fraud detection and credit scoring, raises $80M Series C to fuel Asia expansion (Sharanya Pillai/The Business Times) - Techmeme
Sources: anti-Amazon "grass roots" non-profit FFMI, which actively lobbies and influences media op-eds, is funded by Walmart, Oracle, other Amazon competitors (James V. Grimaldi/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Sources: several WeWork directors, including SoftBank members, plan to push for Adam Neumann to step down as CEO (Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
South Africa is getting a new R2 coin ' and its being designed by the public - BusinessTech
South Africans are ditching business class for economy ' here is the price difference - BusinessTech
TechCrunch Disrupt offers plenty of options for attendees with an eye on the enterprise - Techcrunch
The 'Smart Kitchen' Is Very Stupid - Wired
The best Alexa-compatible smart-home devices for Amazon Echo - Engadget
The iOS 13 Privacy and Security Features You Should Know - Wired
The Ozone Layer Is On Track To Completely Repair Itself by the 2060s - Slashdot
The simple strategy that is fueling Bill Gates's fortune - BusinessTech