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July 13, 2015, 9:50 AM

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Luke Plunkett / Kotaku:
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Dies At 55  —  Nintendo has just issued a short statement announcing that president Satoru Iwata has passed away at the age of 55.  —  The statement reads: … Iwata was forced to skip last year's E3 due to his poor health, and shortly afterwards underwent surgery to remove the bile duct growth.
Chuq Von Rospach / Writing & Commentary:
Reddit is fatally broken, should rebuild by hiring or contracting top 100+ moderators to align mod motivations with the company, kill controversial subreddits  —  The Death of Reddit  —  [edit July 12: when you're done here, I wrote a followup for you: Fixing or Replacing Reddit, some quick thoughts — take a look! chuq]
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Comcast announces Stream, a $15/month web TV add-on for its internet subscribers with broadcast networks and HBO, available in select markets later this year  —  Comcast Offers Its Alternative to Cable TV, Using the Web  —  Comcast, the country's largest cable operator …
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft plans a fan-focused Windows 10 launch kick-off  —  Microsoft's multi-million-dollar Windows 10 ad and marketing campaign will be focused on ‘upgrading the world’ to the coming operating system release.  —  When Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 10 on July 29 …
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike raises $100M round led by Google Capital  —  CrowdStrike, Cybersecurity Services Provider, Raises $100 Million  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In the wake of computer attacks on the government and other prominent targets, investor interest in cybersecurity is unsurprisingly high.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Many Obama campaign and administration alumni are moving to Silicon Valley to join tech firms  —  The city on the hill(s) for Obama alums  —  San Francisco and its tech firms are a prime destination for aides leaving the administration.  —  Getty  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Sipping a cup of cold-pressed coffee.
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
New study finds 90% of tech patent lawsuits in first half of 2015 were filed by patent trolls  —  Patent troll lawsuits head toward all-time high  —  Of high-tech patent suits, 90 percent are filed by “non-practicing entities.”  —  New patent statistics show that patent litigation …
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Reuters:
Sources: FTC looking into claims Apple treats rival music streaming services in its app store illegally under antitrust law  —  FTC exploring Apple rules for streaming music rivals in App Store  —  U.S. government antitrust regulators are looking into claims about whether Apple's treatment …
Federico Viticci / MacStories:
Negative App Store reviews involving iOS and OS X betas aren't fair to developers; Apple should filter or prevent them, and users should send feedback privately  —  On Negative App Store Reviews During Betas of iOS and OS X  —  Earlier this week, Apple released the first public betas …
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:
Exploits for two more Flash vulnerabilities found in Hacking Team leak; Adobe expected to patch the flaws this week  —  Adobe promises patch for latest wave of critical Hacking Team zero-day exploits  —  Adobe devs must be working overtime to fix the latest vulnerabilities revealed through the Hacking Team cyberattack.

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