Tue. 11/05 - Is All Well With Softbank?

How are things in Masa Son’s world post-WeWork? How long until Uber will be profitable? How is the new Surface Pro X to use? Why is iOS aggressively quitting background apps? And why data scoring companies are maybe worse than credit score companies.

Sponsors:

• SVB.com/next
• Metalab.co

Links:

• SoftBank imposes new standards to rein in start-up founders (Financial Times)
• WeWork Isn’t the Only Stumble for SoftBank’s Vision Fund (WSJ)
• Uber Books Another Quarterly Loss as Revenue Climbs (WSJ)
• MICROSOFT SURFACE PRO X REVIEW: HEARTBREAKER (The Verge)
• Xiaomi unveils its 108-megapixel smartphone (Engadget)
• Actively exploited bug in fully updated Firefox is sending users into a tizzy (ArsTechnica)
• IOS 13.2 IS OVERZEALOUSLY KILLING APPS IN THE BACKGROUND (Daring Fireball)
• I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too. (NYTimes)

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