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| A new budget Pixel phone: Google on Wednesday unveiled a new budget phone, the $499 Pixel 9a. The announcement comes weeks after Apple's entry-level iPhone 16e went on sale starting at $599. Shoppers in that price band are likely to compare the two, with the Pixel 9a having a leg up on camera capabilities in particular. A new premium Huawei phone: Huawei's new Pura X flip phone starts at more than $1,000 and delivers an unconventional form factor plus Huawei's in-house operating system called HarmonyOS. It's the most substantial attempt at building a third mobile ecosystem outside of Apple's iPhone and Google's Android realms. Upcoming Ukrainian IPO: Veon subsidiary Kyivstar has agreed to buy Ukrainian ride-hailing and delivery platform Uklon, expanding the offering of the country's largest mobile operator ahead of its New York listing. | |
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| Long Journey Ventures, a VC firm co-led by Cyan Banister, Lee Jacobs and Arielle Zuckerberg (Mark's sister), raised $181.8 million for its latest fund. The firm is only now making its public debut after operating quietly for five years. "Our thesis is to look for those magically weird people and to find them before it becomes consensus," Banister said in an interview from Long Journey's whimsically designed office. | |
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| In today's Tech In Depth, Saritha Rai reports on an unusual half-marathon being planned for next month in China — humans will race alongside humanoid robots. While robotics companies are entering the race to test their machines, some see this futuristic spectacle as part of Beijing's strategy to tout China's tech capabilities and spark global interest in its advances. For more Bloomberg coverage of the technology industry, subscribe here. | |
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| This week in Cyber Bulletin, Jordan Robertson culls through his past interviews with executives at cybersecurity firm Wiz to discover what made their technology — and company — so different that Alphabet was willing to pay $32 billion in cash for them. Robertson writes the Wiz founders and executives had a simple strategy: Do something very basic very well. For more coverage from Bloomberg of the cybersecurity industry, subscribe here. | |
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