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October 12, 2015, 12:55 AM

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Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:
Teardown confirms improved heat dissipation system in new Chromecasts  —  iFixit's teardown of the 2015 Chromecast (above) and the new Chromecast Audio (below).  Hello, thermal paste! (credit: iFixit)  —  Exactly how much stuff can Google cram into the tiny hockey puck that is this year's line of Chromecast dongles?
New York Times:
Source: Apple disables Apple News in China, likely to avoid requirement to censor content  —  Apple Is Said to Deactivate Its News App in China  —  HONG KONG — Apple has disabled its news app in China, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, the most recent sign …
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
An extensive profile of Reid Hoffman, who believes Internet-enabled networks will change how the economic world works  —  The Network Man  —  Early on a Monday evening in June, Reid Hoffman, the founder and executive chairman of the business-oriented networking site LinkedIn, met Mark Pincus …
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:
Google OnHub Rooted, Turns Out To Be A Chromebook In Router's Clothing  —  Google hasn't said much about how its new OnHub router works—it's a mysterious black box (blue cylinder, technically) with inactive radios and updatable firmware.  The modders from Exploitee.rs have gotten their hands on an OnHub …
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
EMC allowed to solicit bids from other parties as part of merger agreement with Dell, which may be announced as early as Monday  —  Exclusive: EMC to shop itself after deal with Dell - sources  —  EMC Corp, the data storage company that is preparing to unveil an agreement to be acquired …
Adam Pasick / Quartz:
Sources: Eric Schmidt-backed startup, The Groundwork, has become a major tech vendor to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign  —  The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that's working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House  —  An under-the-radar startup funded by billionaire Eric Schmidt …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The history of audio interface design, and how Microsoft is reworking Skype's iconic sounds  —  Inside the world of audio branding with Skype's new pings, bounces, and pops  —  The year that Skype launched its calling service, the world was in the midst of a sonic crisis: the ringtone.
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
With Moments, Twitter reinvented the newspaper and has the potential to be the best newspaper in the world  —  Twitter's Moment  —  I try to save the most over-used of clichés for special moments, and that's exactly what this week feels like for Twitter.
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
AngelList to announce $400M early-stage fund raised from Chinese private equity firm CSC Group  —  Coming Soon From China: A $400 Million Bonanza for U.S. Startups  —  Naval Ravikant is attempting to do to early-stage venture capital what technology firms have done to every other industry: disrupt it.
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with the creative team on the making of the new Steve Jobs movie, the lack of support from Apple, pressure from Laurene Powell Jobs, Sony hack, more  —  A Widow's Threats, High-Powered Spats and the Sony Hack: The Strange Saga of ‘Steve Jobs’  —  Laurene Powell Jobs pressured …
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