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| Natfriedman / The GitHub Blog: |
Github's new CEO Nat Friedman says Microsoft's $7.5B acquisition of Github is now complete — I'm thrilled to share that the Microsoft acquisition of GitHub is complete. Monday is my first day as CEO. Millions of people rely on GitHub every day, and I am honored by the opportunity to lead this company.
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| Kyle Wiens / iFixit: |
New DRM rules allow jailbreaking of voice-assistant devices and unlocking of new phones, but don't allow game consoles to be fixed or HDCP to be bypassed — Six months ago, on a sunny spring day in LA, I donned a suit—a rare event—and walked into a courtroom at UCLA.
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| Andy Rubin / @arubin: |
Andy Rubin says NYT story is part of a smear campaign, calls allegations false, is troubled that Google execs are commenting and misrepresenting facts about him — 1/2 The New York Times story contains numerous inaccuracies about my employment at Google and wild exaggerations about my compensation. Specifically, I never coerced a woman to have sex in a hotel room. These false allegations are part of a smear campaign
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| Corin Faife / BREAKER: |
Investigation: 12 of 22 contacted crypto news sites agreed, upon request, to publish paid content without marking it as sponsored; prices were $240 to $4,500 — This article started out with an email, one that arrived in my inbox years ago. I can't remember when the first of them came exactly …
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| Amazon: |
Amazon Q3: revenue of $56.6B, up 29% YoY, operating income of $3.7B, up from $347M YoY, net income of $2.9B, up from $256M YoY; stock down 7%+ — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE) October 25, 2018—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2018.
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| David Floyd / CoinDesk: |
Tether says it has destroyed over half of its total supply, or 500M USDT, from the Tether treasury wallet — UPDATE (24 October 19:25 UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from a Bitfinex spokesman. — Shortly before 1:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, Tether … | Naomi Nix / Bloomberg: |
Following Trump's complaint about Twitter removing many people from his account, Twitter explains how its fake account removal policies make the service better — - Platform has been eliminating fake and abusive accounts — Conservatives have argued social media platformed biased
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| Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk: |
Blockchain partners with Ledger to unveil $99.99 Lockbox hardware wallet, which will enable crypto-to-crypto trades through the company's native brokerage — One of the oldest software wallet providers in the cryptocurrency industry is launching its first hardware product.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese media giant Bytedance, owner of Toutiao and Tik Tok, has raised $3B from SoftBank and others, at a $75B valuation — - A deal will crown the Chinese startup the world's largest — Funding from SoftBank and others will fuel global expansion| Gabe Cohn / New York Times: |
Christie's sells a portrait by the French art collective Obvious generated using AI for $432,500, over 40x its estimated price, a first for the auction house — Last Friday, a portrait produced by artificial intelligence was hanging at Christie's New York opposite an Andy Warhol print and beside a bronze work by Roy Lichtenstein.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Interviews with 70+ current and former Netflix employees tell of a culture of candor and transparency that some find ruthless, demoralizing, and dysfunctional — Buzzwords and anxiety fill the hallways as Hollywood giant tries to maintain a winning culture amid breakneck growth; ‘sunshining’ the ‘N-word’ scandal
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, raises $1.25B from KKR, Iconiq Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Vulcan Capital, and others — Jonathan Shieber , Jordan Crook 7 hours — It pays to have the most popular game in the world. — Epic Games, the creators …
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Source: Samsung is working with Google on developing a special version of Android OS for a foldable-screen device codenamed “Winner” — - Company in talks with Verizon for 5G network-ready phone — New flagship to include fingerprint scanner under screenSponsor Posts
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