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July 20, 2014, 3:15 PM

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Rohin Dhar / Priceonomics Blog:
Sequoia Capital will likely earn more from investing in YC companies than YC  —  The Big Winner from Y Combinator's Success?  Sequoia Capital  —  Yesterday, Y Combinator's president, Sam Altman, that the seed investment firm had funded 716 companies that were currently valued collectively at around $30 billion.
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Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:
Edward Snowden Plans to Work on Privacy Tech  —  NSA leaker Edward Snowden says he plans to work on technology to preserve personal data privacy and called on programmers to join his efforts.  —  Speaking via a Google Hangout at the Hackers on Planet Earth Conference in New York …
WhyCry / VideoCardz.com:
Report: Nvidia Shield Tablet ships July 29 in the US; $299 for 16GB Wi-Fi-only, $399 for 32GB with LTE, $59 for separate controller  —  NVIDIA extends SHIELD family with SHIELD tablet and wireless controller  —  Let's talk about SHIELD.  —  I'm a huge fan of SHIELD, it's such an amazing tv show.
Chance Miller / 9to5Google:
Google and Samsung's relationship continues to worsen, this time over wearables  —  According to a new report out of The Information, the already tense relationship between Samsung and Google has begun to worsen thanks to both of their own lines of wearables.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay says unique visitors doubled since 2011 despite blockades in several countries  —  Pirate Bay Traffic Doubles Despite ISP Blockades  —  The Pirate Bay is without doubt one of the most censored websites on the Internet.  —  Courts all around the world have ordered Internet providers …
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Kindle Unlimited: worth it if you buy 12+ books/year and find the limited catalogue appealing  —  Is Kindle Unlimited worth it?  —  Some things to think about before you sign up for Amazon's latest service.  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)  —  Amazon.com introduced a new subscription service, Kindle Unlimited, on Friday.

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