Here s what s on the Thursday menu.
Tech and politics:
- Nearly 150 leaders in the tech industry sign an open letter saying Donald Trump would be a disaster for innovation.
- Lawmakers send letter to Niantic urging the company to remove the Holocaust Museum as a PokeStop in the hit mobile game Pokemon Go.
- Ed Markey asks Facebook and Instagram about continued postings for gun sales on those platforms despite an official ban.
Venture funding: U.S. startups pull in more money in second quarter, but the pace of deals dropped for the fourth quarter in a row. (WSJ)
Microsoft wins U.S. appeal over warrant for emails held abroad.
Nest s first product release post-Tony Fadell is called the Nest Cam Outdoor.
Shares of Japanese messaging company Line soar on their first day of trading on the NYSE.
Pokemon Go apparently set to become the next big thing for marketers.
Congressional report accuses the FDIC of covering up hack attacks in 2010, 2011 and 2013. China is suspected as the perpetrator.
Brexit aftermath: HP will also be raising its prices in Europe, with others such as Cisco rumored to follow.
Photo: People walk past a Microsoft office in New York on Oct. 6, 2015. Microsoft has won an email privacy case. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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