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Ethereum's blockchain made publicly available on Google BigQuery, after Bitcoin's was added in February; it includes ETH transfers, transaction costs by day — Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies have captured the imagination of technologists, financiers, and economists.| David Canellis / The Next Web: |
Seattle-based exchange Bittrex delists Bitcoin Gold, as the fallout continues from a 51% attack on the cryptocurrency in May that netted attackers millions — The threat of attack is very real for upstart cryptocurrency projects. Bitcoin Gold, a popular hard fork of Bitcoin …
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Samsung's head of mobile says company will bring new features and tech to its mid-end smartphones first as company changes strategy to attract millennial users — - Samsung plans to overhaul its smartphone strategy at the mid-range price point in order to appeal more to millennials, the company's mobile CEO told CNBC.
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Buffer co-founder Joel Gascoigne explains why the company spent $3.3M, about half of all its cash, to buy out seven of its sixteen Series A investors — Last month, Buffer spent $3.3 million - about half of all the cash we had in the bank - to buy out our main venture capital (VC) investors.| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Jack Dorsey weighed in on Twitter content decisions, overruling staff to keep Alex Jones and reinstate Richard Spencer's account; Twitter refutes story — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on high-profile decisions, frustrating some employees
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Experts say Facebook's public cleanup is pushing toxic content into private Facebook groups, WhatsApp, and Messenger, making it harder to monitor and moderate — Much of the empire built by Alex Jones, the Infowars founder and social media shock jock, vanished this summer when Facebook suspended … | Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
How Amazon has set its sights on the $88B online ad market, as companies like Verizon, AT&T, and Geico ramp up ad buys, despite not selling directly on Amazon — Verizon doesn't sell its mobile phones or wireless plans over Amazon. Nor does it offer Fios, its high-speed internet service.
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| Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: |
Review of Apple-sanctioned Blackmagic eGPU for the Mac: easy set up and use, but it only ships with Radeon Pro 580, a mid-range GPU, with no option to upgrade — It's quiet, it's cool, and it's not upgradeable. — Is the eGPU the future of Mac graphics?| Reuters: |
Source: Facebook is likely to generate ~$980M in ad revenue in India in 2018; Google, which has been in the country longer, reached $1B revenues only last year — ) - Google retains only a slight lead over Facebook in the competition for digital ad dollars in the crucial India market … | Benjamin Plackett / Engadget: |
Ten Reddit moderators talk about the abuse they receive, including death and rape threats, burnout under pressure, and how Reddit fails to tackle the issues — This article was produced in partnership with Point, a YouTube channel for investigative journalism.
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
On-demand services provider Meituan-Dianping outlines its financials in a filing ahead of Hong Kong IPO, shows revenues increased by 161% in 2017 — Meituan-Dianping is reportedly aiming for a $55 billion valuation in its upcoming initial public offering in Hong Kong, but the company's net losses …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
British P2P lending startup Funding Circle announces plans to IPO on the London Stock Exchange and raise about $387.4M — - The peer-to-peer lender is looking to raise about £300 million ($387.4 million) from the initial public offering (IPO). — Heartland A/S, the private holding company …
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