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Chris Wanstrath / GitHub:

GitHub begins full investigation, puts founder on leave after Julie Horvath's departure — Update on Julie Horvath's Departure — This weekend, GitHub employee Julie Horvath spoke publicly about negative experiences she had at GitHub that contributed to her resignation.

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TechCrunch:

Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism And Intimidation Behind Her GitHub Exit — The exit of engineer Julie Ann Horvath from programming network GitHub has sparked yet another conversation concerning women in technology and startups. Her claims that she faced a sexist internal culture …

More: Re/code, The Verge, ReadWrite and Business Insider

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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Before He Died, Steve Jobs Told Top Executives Apple Would Not Be Making A TV — Ever since Apple released the iPad, people have been speculating about what Apple would do next. — After revolutionizing the mobile phone with the iPhone, and the PC with the iPad, many expect Apple to revolutionize the TV.

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Yahoo to Release New Flickr App and Web Design, Replacing Previous New One — In December of 2012, just six months after Marissa Mayer was hired as CEO of Yahoo, the company released version 2.0 of its Apple iPhone and iPad app for its photo-sharing Flickr with bigger, crisper photos, a cleaner design, filters and easier sharing.

Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:

Alibaba Confirms It Will Begin I.P.O. Process in U.S. — The Alibaba Group, China's online commerce giant, confirmed early on Sunday that it planned to begin the process of becoming a public company in the United States. — In a post on its corporate blog, the company said it planned …

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Enda Curran / Wall Street Journal:

How Hong Kong Lost the Alibaba IPO

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Popcorn Time service for pirated movies refuses to stay shut down — Last week, a movie-watching service called Popcorn Time hit the internet — it promised a Netflix-like experience for any movie you might want to watch, but used the expansive network of pirated BitTorrent movies to deliver content to users.

More: TorrentFreak, GitHub, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, Engadget and Daily Dot. Tweets: @zseward

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Ukrainian hackers claim they took down NATO websites ahead of secession vote — Ukrainian hackers are claiming responsibility for a cyberattack that brought down a pair of NATO websites today, in an act of protest against Western powers on the eve of a major vote that could see a portion of Ukraine handed over to Russia.

More: ZDNet, Motherboard, Reuters, CNN, Reuters, RT, SecurityWeek, NPR and SlashGear

Jesse Lichtenstein / Atlanta Magazine:

A profile of Glass tech lead Thad Starner, who built his first head-mounted computer in 1993 — Magnifying glass — Thad Starner has been wearing some kind of computer on his head for twenty years. Now the Georgia Tech professor and Google Glass pioneer wants the world to join him.

More: Quartz and Glass Almanac. Tweets: @tdechant and @tsimonite

Richard Padilla / MacRumors:

Jony Ive Discusses Design Philosophy, Relationship with Steve Jobs, and Future of Apple in New Interview — In a lengthy interview with The Sunday Times (via 9To5Mac), Apple's Senior Vice President of Design Jonathan Ive discussed a number of topics including his philosophy on design and collaboration …

More: The Sunday Times, Engadget, 9to5Mac, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog and Cult of Mac

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Inside The IPO Of Candy Crush Maker King Digital — The company behind the wildly popular mobile game Candy Crush, King Digital Entertainment, is going public. An updated F-1 filing indicates that it wants to raise up to $532.8 million at a valuation of $7.6 billion. The flotation is no small event.

More: Forbes, Fox Business and Wall Street Journal

Kevin Rose / TechCrunch:

Foundation: Secret's David Byttow Talks Privacy, Security, and Company Origins — Today is an exciting day for Secret, one of the most talked about new startups in Silicon Valley which just raised another round of funding. — I sat down with Secret's co-founder David Byttow this week …

Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:

Investors Debate The Ethics Of Anonymity Apps — VCs are publicly and privately debating the morality of investing in the burgeoning “anonymish” app space, after a series of negative posts, mainstream gossip, a high profile resignation and even bomb and violence threats have pushed the volume of the debate to eleven.

More: Both Sides of the Table, Chris Saad, TechCrunch, Medium, Hunter Walk, Re/code and Medium

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Secret Now Warning Users Not To “Defame” Others

More: PC Magazine. Tweets: @davidbyttow

New York Times:

Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen: “it's possible to end repressive Internet censorship within a decade” — The Future of Internet Freedom — OVER the next decade, approximately five billion people will become connected to the Internet. The biggest increases will be in societies that …

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Warner Brothers to “Veronica Mars” Backers: Okay, Okay — Use iTunes or Amazon if You Want — “Veronica Mars” was supposed to be a triumphant mix of Hollywood and crowd-sourcing: Fans of Kristen Bell's old TV show, aided by Kickstarter, helped fund a movie version, in conjunction with Warner Bros.

More: Boing Boing, PC Magazine, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, VentureBeat and Flavorwire. See also Mediagazer

Moisés Chiullan / TechHive:

Why Veronica Mars embraced UltraViolet and angered fans

More: Kickstarter, Gigaom, ZDNet, The Kickstarter Blog, The Wrap, Engadget, IGN, Hollywood Reporter, Boston Herald, iMore, The Wrap, Deadline.com and The Next Web. Thanks:@jsnell. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:

Compare the NSA's Facebook Malware Denial to its Own Secret Documents — A top-secret NSA presentation reveals how the agency used Facebook to hack into targeted computers for surveillance. — On Wednesday, Glenn Greenwald and I revealed new details about the National Security Agency's efforts …

Nicholas Weaver / Wired:

How the NSA's QUANTUM internet attack system works

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