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May 2, 2016, 2:00 PM
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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 …
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)  —  UPDATE: This signature does actually validate, you just have to use a different version of OpenSSL than I did originally.  —  Of course, if this is the signature …
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.
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
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.
More: Windows Central and TechCrunch.  Tweets: @zeynep
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.
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.
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 …
Will Freeman / Guardian:
Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell plans to revive “fundamental game design” of arcades in mobile games  —  Atari co-founder: mobile games make me want to throw my phone  —  Video games pioneer Nolan Bushnell is planning to revive the ‘hardcore fundamental game design’ of arcades to make mobile titles worth playing

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Tariq Panja / New York Times:
Sources: FIFA is close to giving Apple the global rights for its 2025 World Cup-style soccer competition in the US, likely for ~25% of FIFA's first $4B estimate

Kristen Hare / Poynter:
In its first open call for funding, Press Forward announces support, over two years, of $100,000 each for 100+ newsrooms focused on underserved audiences

Ian Youngs / BBC:
Huw Edwards, the BBC news anchor who has been off air since July 2023 after reports that he paid a young person for explicit images, resigns on “medical advice”

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