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Sources: Binary Capital delayed its plans to close on upwards of $75M in new capital in wake of Justin Caldbeck situation — Binary Capital yesterday delayed its plans to close on upwards of $75 million in new capital for its second fund. This comes after co-founding partner Justin Caldbeck took …
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The tech industry should treat sexual harrassment of founders by VCs much like HR departments treat workplace abuses — Entrepreneur. Product Strategist. Investor. — I don't often write immediate reactions to recent news. However, after reading an article published …
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
After reports of sexual harassment, Justin Caldbeck takes indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital, apologizes for behavior, says he'll seek counseling — Venture capitalist Justin Caldbeck is taking an indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital, the Silicon Valley firm he co-founded …
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| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
Coinbase is reimbursing losses caused by Wednesday's Ethereum flash crash, when prices briefly dropped from $320 to as low as $0.10 on the GDAX exchange — Earlier this week, GDAX, the digital currency exchange run by Coinbase, experienced a flash crash in its USD - Ethereum market.
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Waymo court filing shows former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick knew Anthony Levandowski had taken Alphabet files in March 2016 — Uber has also been ordered to produce a key document in the case. — Alphabet is asking a judge to find Uber in contempt for failing to notify the court …
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Cyberattack on UK parliament email accounts forces security team to disable remote access; investigation is ongoing — House of Commons spokesperson says it is investigating after unauthorised attempts were made to access user accounts — Parliament has been hit by a “sustained and determined” … | Chris Williams / The Register: |
Heaps of Windows 10 internal builds, private source code leak online — Unreleased 64-bit ARM versions, Server editions among dumped data — Exclusive A massive trove of Microsoft's internal Windows operating system builds and chunks of its core source code have leaked online.| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Snapchat's new Snap Map broadcasts your exact location to your friends every time you open the app, unless you turn on “Ghost Mode” — This detail about Snap Map is frightening — Earlier this week, Snapchat introduced Snap Map, an opt-in function that allows you to share your location with your friends on a map.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
eBay will now match Amazon's, Walmart's and others' prices on over 50,000 items — As Amazon and Walmart continue their battle to become the world's largest retailer, another longtime rival in the e-commerce business, eBay, is now stepping up its game as well.
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| Yvette Tan / Mashable: |
The Chinese government orders Weibo, iFeng, and ACFUN to cease all video and audio streaming services, says they don't meet national audiovisual regulations — Chinese authorities have sent shockwaves through the social media sphere, with a blanket ban on livestreaming across three major online platforms.
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Researcher gains full system-wide access on Windows 10 S, despite the operating system's strict security measures, by exploiting Microsoft Word macros — We enlisted a leading security researcher to test if Microsoft's newest, locked down version of Windows 10 is protected against all …
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Digital Trends, BetaNews, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, MSPoweruser, Neowin, Liliputing, ExtremeTech, On MSFT, and Windows Central. Tweets: @howelloneill. Thanks:@zackwhittaker
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Google to stop scanning Gmail email content to target ads, will use other user info it has for ad targeting — The move is designed to ease concerns of enterprise customers — Diane Greene pushes ad change to chase Microsoft in enterprise — Google is stopping one of the most controversial …
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