10 things in tech you need to know today, September 21

Uber
is reportedly in talks to buy British startup
Deliveroo.
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Reuters

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.

1. Exclusive: Instagram’s new TV service recommended
   videos of potential child abuse. Instagram’s
   new TV service, IGTV, recommended videos of what appeared to be
   child exploitation and genital mutilation, a Business Insider
   investigation has found.
2. 
   Here’s everything Amazon announced at its huge September
   event. Amazon held a special event on
   Thursday to unveil a slew of new gadgets and services,
   including the new Echo Dot, the AmazonBasics microwave and the
   Alexa Guard.
3. Adobe is acquiring software company Marketo for $4.75
   billion. Marketo is owned by private equity
   firm Vista Equity Partners who bought the company for $1.8
   billion in 2016. 
4. 
   Google employees considered manipulating search results to help
   protest Trump’s travel ban. In early 2017, an
   undisclosed number of Google employees discussed via internal
   messages ways that they could manipulate search results in
   protest of President Trump’s travel ban, reports the Wall
   Street Journal.
5. Uber could be getting ready to buy Deliveroo, a food
   delivery startup valued at over $2 billion and one of its
   biggest international rivals. Uber is
   reportedly in early talks to buy Deliveroo, London based
   startup most recently valued at $2 billion, and one of the
   biggest international rivals to Uber Eats. 
6. Facebook is taking on Tinder with the official launch
   of its dating service — but it’s only in Colombia for
   now. The service is built into Facebook’s
   core mobile app, and will compete against the likes of
   Tinder, Bumble, and OkCupid.
7. 
   Prosecutors in Minneapolis say they are weighing whether to
   bring charges against the JD.com
   founder. Prosecutors are weighing whether to
   bring charges against Richard Liu after the Minneapolis Police
   Department turned over the findings of its initial
   investigation into accusations of rape against the JD.com
   founder.
8. Amazon-owned audiobook service Audible is coming to
   Apple watch. You’ll now be able to listen to
   audiobooks directly from the watch.
9. 
   Instagram is reportedly testing a way to let you easily
   re-share someone else’s photo — a feature users have been
   begging for. The experimental feature would work
   similarly to Twitter’s retweet button, or shares on Facebook,
   and the could transform the photo-sharing app.
10. Google told US Senators in a letter that it  uses
    automated scans to protect user data and that it catches the
    “majority” of bad actors. Google’s letter, made
    public on Thursday, did not directly answer questions about
    instances in which apps may have improperly shared user data.

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