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February 1, 2015, 8:10 PM

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

The Pirate Bay is now back online after December 9th raid by Swedish police — The Pirate Bay Is Back Online! — Early December The Pirate Bay was raided at the Nacka station, a nuclear-proof data center built into a mountain complex near Stockholm. — After being down for two weeks …

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Andy Baio / Medium:

As Google leaves archival projects in limbo, the Internet Archive steps in to preserve digital history — As Google abandons its past, Internet archivists step in to save our collective memory — Google wrote its mission statement in 1999, a year after launch, setting the course for the company's next decade:

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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Newsweek's cover sexualizes and degrades women in tech, perpetuating the problems its article denounces — What (Some) Silicon Valley Women Think Of Newsweek — I have thoughts on this Newsweek article. — Tech has some issues. You read trade pub stories about sexual harassment and assault allegations so often its absurd.

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Sundance hit Tangerine was shot with an iPhone 5s, an $8 app, special lenses, and a Steadicam — How one of the best films at Sundance was shot using an iPhone 5S — Tangerine, a breakout hit from this year's Sundance Film Festival, is full of surprises.

More: Cult of Mac, Apple Gazette and Business Insider. Tweets: @jenbrea

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Super Bowl Halftime: Katy Perry to Pitch Merch on YouTube, Twitter, Roku and Connected TVs — Katy Perry will use her time in the spotlight of the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show as a launchpad to flog limited-edition products to her fans. — The songstress, in partnership with Universal Music Group …

More: CNET, The Verge and Digiday

Harry McCracken / Fast Company:

AOL officially plans to shut down TUAW and Joystiq, both among the earliest tech blogs — Farewell To TUAW—And To A Whole Era Of Tech Blogging — I was hoping that the ugly rumors were false. But TUAW—The Unofficial Apple Weblog, which has long been one of the most dependable sources of Apple news …

More: The Verge, TUAW, Electronista, iMore, MacNN, The Mac Observer and Boing Boing. Tweets: @harrymccracken

Mic Wright / The Next Web:

Luna's smart mattress cover monitors your sleep and adjusts your Nest thermostat — If you're not satisfied with a standard sleep tracking app, Luna's smart mattress cover could be just what you've been waiting for. The smart cover monitors your sleep, controls your bed's temperature …

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Dan Primack / Fortune:

Just 5.6% of senior partners and 10% of investment professionals at 191 US VC firms are women — Women are not making progress in male-dominated VC world, data shows — One year ago, Fortune published research showing that just 4.2% of decision-makers at venture capital firms were female.

More: TechCrunch, bizjournals and Gawker. Tweets: @danprimack

Natasha Singer / New York Times:

Researchers were able to identify 90% of shoppers with “anonymized” credit card data and four pieces of publicly available info — With a Few Bits of Data, Researchers Identify ‘Anonymous’ People — Even when real names and other personal information are stripped from big data sets …

More: FiveThirtyEight, Science, Phys.org, PBS NewsHour, Popular Mechanics, ZDNet and NBC News

Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:

China backpedals, calls Alibaba's efforts to curb the sale of fake goods on its sites “steadfast and resolute” — Chinese Agency Softens Criticism of Alibaba on Sales of Fake Goods — It was only two days ago that a Chinese government regulator chastised the Alibaba Group …

More: Quartz, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business, Forbes and Forbes

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams unite to defend CEO Dick Costolo from activist shareholders — Could Activist Investors Take Aim at Twitter's Costolo? — Two weeks ago at a “tea time” at Twitter, co-founders and directors Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams …

More: Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Next Web, bizjournals, Mercury News and Seeking Alpha

Tweets: @sarahfrier, @johnpaczkowski, @jack, @jack, @anildash and @danprimack

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Airbnb To Begin Collecting Taxes In Amsterdam, San Jose, Chicago, And Washington, D.C. — Over the past few years, Airbnb has been working with local lawmakers and regulators on ways that it can comply with local hotel tax and housing laws. Those efforts have been slow-going …

More: The Airbnb Public Policy Blog, Engadget, Skift, SlashGear and Washington Post. Tweets: @candiceosborne

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