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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
iMac Pro to feature A10 Fusion coprocessor, which could be used for always-on “Hey Siri”, BridgeOS 2.0 code from Apple shows — Update: Leaked screens from BridgeOS confirm ‘Hey Siri’ for Mac … The HomePod may be delayed, but we have still have the launch of the iMac Pro to look forward to before the end of the year.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
How The Washington Post built Arc, its suite of digital publishing tools, and started offering the software to other newsrooms as a paid service — The newspaper created a platform to tackle its own challenges. Then, with Amazon-like spirit, it realized there was a business in helping other publishers do the same.| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Though Steve Jurvetson hasn't faced public harassment allegations, he was asked to leave DFJ after firm caught him lying about personal misconduct, says source — Jurvetson was asked to leave because DFJ caught him lying about what it considered serious allegations, a source said.| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake is the first woman to lead a US tech IPO this year; she built a profitable business with nearly $1B revenue in under 6 years — Founder and CEO Katrina Lake is the first woman to take an internet company public this year. — On the day Stitch Fix publicly filed paperwork …
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| Daniel Mützel / Motherboard: |
Norwegian hacker Einar Otto Stangvik on how he exposed Childs Play, a dark web pedophile forum that was hosted by Australian Police as part of a sting operation — ByDaniel Mützeltranslated byDaniel Stächelin — Einar Otto Stangvik talks with us about online child pornography … | Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
Sources: Marvell Technology has agreed to acquire Cavium for about $6B, as it seeks to expand in the networking equipment sector — (Reuters) - Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL.O) has agreed to acquire smaller peer Cavium Inc (CAVM.O) for around $6 billion …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
DoD's CENTCOM found hosting at least 1.8B posts of scraped internet content from last 8 years on open AWS server — There are two big WTFs in this story. First, the Defense Departments Central Command (Centcom) was collecting tons of data on social media posts... and then the bigger one …
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| Reuters: |
3+ years after the demise of Mt. Gox, its customers still haven't received a cent, as the failed Bitcoin exchange remains stuck in a morass of litigation — More than three years after the demise of the Mt. Gox exchange, its customers still haven't received a crypto cent. Here's why.
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MagicalTux's Blog, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, Cointelegraph.com News, CoinDesk, and PYMNTS.com
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| Kaleigh Rogers / Motherboard: |
How local Detroit non-profits are building infrastructure, mixing fiber and wireless, to deliver the Internet to underserved communities — 40 percent of Detroit residents don't have any access to internet at all. — Being stuck without access to the internet is often thought of as a problem only for rural America.| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Source: Alibaba to invest about $2.9B for ~36% stake in Sun Art, one of the largest retail megastore operators in China — Alibaba Group has agreed to invest about $2.9 billion in one of China's largest operators of retail megastores, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
How Apple is redesigning the Genius Bar as “Genius Grove” to ease strain on Geniuses, serve customers faster, and alleviate overcrowding in its stores — - Apple stores have become overcrowded in recent years as the company has become more popular and successful.Thanks:@lexnfx
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
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