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Uber settles Waymo suit, pledges not to use Waymo's trade secrets; Waymo to get 0.34% stake in Uber which sources say would be worth ~$245M at $72B valuation — Under settlement, Uber also will give Waymo equity worth about $245 million — Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to settle a lawsuit …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Waymo asked for $500M and outside monitor review of Uber's self-driving software to settle, Uber initially rejected the deal, agreed to reduced amount — Waymo won main goal to get outside review of Uber's software — New Uber leaders decided not to fight someone else's battle
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
The way Khosrowshahi led Waymo settlement efforts reveals his tactics to fix Uber's reputation: expressions of regret accompanied by conciliation and compromise — SAN FRANCISCO — For weeks, Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber's chief executive, and some of his lieutenants had worked behind the scenes …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Sources in iPhone jailbreaking community describe how iBoot source code was leaked by low level Apple employee and say that more code has been stolen — On Wednesday, an anonymous person published the proprietary source code of a core and fundamental component of the iPhone's operating system.
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Inside the prerecorded drone light show at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, which used 1,218 Intel drones; medal ceremonies to feature live 300-drone acts — THE OPENING CEREMONY of any Olympics provides pageantry at a global scale, a celebration that, at its best … | BBC: |
Russia arrests scientists who tried to mine Bitcoin on a supercomputer at a top-secret nuclear research facility where USSR's first atomic bomb was produced — Russian security officers have arrested several scientists working at a top-secret Russian nuclear warhead facility for allegedly mining crypto-currencies.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
YouTube says creators posting videos harmful to users may lose their monetization options and eligibility to be recommended on the platform — After barring Logan Paul earlier today from serving ads on his video channel, YouTube has now announced a more formal and wider set of sanctions it's prepared …
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| Pavan Rajam / the rajam report: |
The rise of subscription streaming services shows Apple's video strategy should focus more on developing original content than building premium TV products — It's been over 2 years since Apple and the TV Market was published, before Apple TV 4's launch. With Apple TV 4K's release in 2017 …
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Co-founder forks MyEtherWallet ERC20 token wallet generation tool, changes @myetherwallet Twitter account to @mycrypto, and announces rival MyCrypto service — There's controversy in the crypto community after one of the founders of a prominent wallet service for storing and sending cryptocurrencies abruptly announced a rival venture.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Profile of Chinese wearable device maker Huami, which is now valued at $600M+ after Thursday's NYSE IPO — Chinese tech companies are still struggling to get the international recognition they deserve. The latest example is Huami, a Beijing-based company of which you are unlikely to have heard …
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| Kerry Flynn / Mashable: |
Periscope's users dwindle and future seems uncertain as Twitter fails to invest in the app, communicate clearly, or handle the ongoing child pornography issue — When Twitter announced it had acquired Periscope in March 2015, the app was full of promise. It was one of the first to let … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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