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10 things in tech you need to know today

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1. Ant Financial is going public. Ant Group, led by Chinese

billionaire Jack Ma, will raise $34.5 billion in a dual public offering in
Shanghai and Hong Kong, per CNBC.

2. Facebook is getting into cloud gaming. The social network

unveiled five free-to-play titles across its apps, though the games
won't be available on iOS thanks to an ongoing feud with Apple.

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3. Facebook is tired of warring with Apple. The company said

Apple's refusal to permit in-app games was "frustrating."

4. A surveillance startup is under fire over internal harassment.

Employees at Verkada accessed the company's facial recognition
system to take photos of women colleagues and make sexually
explicit jokes, per Motherboard.

5. SAP cut its profit outlook. It triggered a stock selloff that also
turned the spotlight on demand in the enterprise software market.

6. A former Facebook moderator warned of election violence.

Viana Ferguson, a former Facebook content moderator, said there
would "definitely" be calls for violence after the election, regardless
of the winner.

7. Twitter is planning to stop election misinformation. The social

media giant said it would begin placing messages at the top of
users' feeds to pre-emptively debunk false information about voting
by mail and election results, per NBC.

8. Tech giants avoid tax. ActionAid estimates that poorer countries

are missing out on up to $2.8 billion in tax revenue that could be
used to tackle the pandemic from companies like Google, Facebook
and Microsoft.

9. Vinted acquired United Wardrobe. European secondhand fashion

unicorn Vinted exclusively confirmed its acquisition of smaller Dutch
challenger United Wardrobe for an undisclosed amount.

10. Buzzy fintech PrimaryBid raises funding. The startup raised a

$50 million Series B in a round led by OMERS Ventures to
democratize stock market access for retail investors.

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