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| Economist: |
Craig Wright could well be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, but nagging questions remain — Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Is he? — Evaluating his claim will involve a multi-step paternity test — IMAGINE that the paternity of a particularly brilliant child is in doubt …
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Tweets: @petertoddbtc, @harrymccracken, @patio11, @panzer, @dakami, @penenberg, @binarybits, @jerrybrito, @swiftonsecurity, @binarybits and @blakehounshell
| Dan Kaminsky / Dan Kaminsky's Blog: |
Craig Wright recycled a Satoshi-signed transaction from 2009, tried to pass it off as new — Validating Satoshi (Or Not) — SUMMARY: — Yes, this is a scam. Not maybe. Not possibly. — Wright is pretending he has Satoshi's signature on Sartre's writing.
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Dr. Craig Wright Blog, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, GitHub, BleepingComputer.com and New York Magazine
Tweets: @kashhill, @dakami, @internetofs**t, @johnpaczkowski, @dakami, @drew and @benthompson
| BBC: |
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, named last December by Wired and Gizmodo, now claims he's Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto — Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity — Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Gavin Anderson, Motherboard, Economist, British GQ, BuzzFeed, The Verge, ABC News, New York Times, The Monetary Future, InfoWorld, Gizmodo, Guardian, TechCrunch, Fortune, SiliconBeat, Reuters, Engadget, POPSUGAR, Forbes, Bitcoin Magazine, CNET, Mashable, Vox, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, Silicon Valley Business …, TIME, Boing Boing, Ars Technica UK, The Next Web, Re/code, GeekTime, TechSpot, BetaNews, Security Affairs, USA Today, NEWSBTC, PYMNTS.com, The Hacker News, Daily Mail, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Guardian, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Gizmodo, International Business Times and FinSMEs
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Hulu hopes to launch an online TV service that streams popular broadcast and cable TV channels in Q1 2017 — Hulu Is Developing a Cable-Style Online TV Service — New subscription service would stream feeds of popular broadcast and cable TV channels
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TechCrunch, SiliconBeat, eWeek, USA Today, New York Times, VideoNuze Analysis, Washington Post, Guardian, iMore, AppleInsider, BGR, Politico, MacRumors, PhonesReviews UK, LostRemote, TechHive, TIME, Phandroid, Light Reading, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, Investor's Business Daily, Ubergizmo, Patently Apple, Engadget, TechSpot, ZDNet and Re/code
Tweets: @poniewozik, @shaliniwsj, @stevewoolf and @ajitpaifcc
See also Mediagazer| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Oculus Rift to retail at select Best Buys on May 7, Amazon and Microsoft Store on May 6; Oculus says supply to be extremely limited as they fulfill preorders — The Oculus Rift goes on sale at Best Buy later this week — The Oculus Rift is coming to retail stores this weekend …
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Oculus, Digital Trends, USA Today, Forbes, Computerworld, VentureBeat, Fortune, PCWorld, TIME, The Next Web, Engadget and Polygon
Tweets: @palmerluckey, @gbfuturetech and @thedextriarchy
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
WhatsApp faces a 72-hour blackout in Brazil starting today, following a court order that threatens a $140K fine for any carrier that transmits WhatsApp data — WhatsApp is headed for a 72-hour blackout in Brazil — A court order is about to cut off WhatsApp service in Brazil for three days, according to a report from O Globo.| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Vimeo acquires VHX as it looks to build out business models for indie creators — One of the biggest trends in media over the past year has been the move from free, ad-supported models to premium options like Netflix, Hulu, and commercial-free deals like YouTube Red.
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VHX, VatorNews, TechCrunch, Tubefilter, The Next Web, Re/code, VentureBeat and The Verge. Tweets: @comcastventures. See also Mediagazer
| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
On-demand gas delivery startups operating in several US cities, even as some officials say they're illegal, including the San Francisco Fire Department — Gas Delivery Startups Want to Fill Up Your Car Anywhere. Is That Allowed? — A new class of companies aims to be the “Uber for gasoline.”| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia settles patent dispute with Samsung hours before ITC ruling, avoiding possible ban on imports — Nvidia Settles With Samsung Over Graphics-Processing Chips — Nvidia Corp. ducked a possible ban on imports of some of its graphics chips after settling a patent dispute with Samsung Electronics Co.
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Marketwire and Android Central
| Noah Kulwin / Re/code: |
Online lender Affirm acquires Sweep in a play for financial planning services — Affirm, the online lender started by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, works by extending loans to customers of partnered retailers. The thinking is that by working with people buying pricey stuff like, say …
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PYMNTS.com, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Business Wire, silicontap.com, FinSMEs and Fortune
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires Synergyse, will integrate the Google Apps training service ‘later this year’ — Google today announced it has acquired Synergyse, a Toronto-based startup that offers a training service specifically for Google Apps. The company plans to integrate Synergize Training …
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The Next Web and PCWorld
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Oracle buys cloud-based SaaS vendor Opower for $532 million — With this deal, the enterprise software giant has now spent roughly $1.2 billion in three business days on cloud acquisitions. — Oracle said Monday it plans to acquire software-as-a-service company Opower for approximately $532 million.
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eWeek, TechCrunch, Reuters, USA Today, Fortune, Silicon Valley Business … and silicontap.com
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