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Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto — Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity — Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. — His admission ends years of speculation …
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| Los Angeles Times: |
LA judge compels woman to unlock iPhone with fingerprint, sparking 5th amendment debate — The government wants your fingerprint to unlock your phone. Should that be allowed? — In a Glendale case, the FBI wants the fingerprint of Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan so her iPhone can be unlocked.
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Sources: Hulu hopes to launch an online TV service that streams popular broadcast and cable TV channels in Q1 2017 — Hulu Is Developing a Cable-Style Online TV Service — New subscription service would stream feeds of popular broadcast and cable TV channels
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Profile of David Vincenzetti, founder of the Hacking Team whose spyware was used by over 40 governments worldwide — Fear This Man … As the sun rose over the banks of the Seine and the medieval, half-timbered houses of Rouen, France, on July 13, 2012, Hisham Almiraat opened his inbox to find … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Samsung Is Working On a Standalone Virtual Reality Headset … Samsung's plans for virtual reality go beyond the company's current Gear VR headset: The company is working on a standalone virtual reality (VR) headset that will incorporate positional tracking similar to the technologies …
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SiliconANGLE, Road to VR, Engadget, The Verge, UploadVR, ZDNet, Quartz, Phandroid, Pocketnow, Fone Arena, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, PhoneDog.com, Android Authority, SlashGear, VG247, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo and GamesIndustry.biz. Tweets: @benbajarin. Thanks:@jank0
| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
Uber settles with National Federation of the Blind, will pay $225K over 3 years, notify drivers they must provide transport to customers with service animals — Uber agrees to $225,000 settlement in lawsuit alleging discrimination against the blind — Uber has agreed to pay the National Federation …
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| The Intercept: |
US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper complains that Edward Snowden sped up spread of encryption by seven years — Spy Chief Complains That Edward Snowden Sped Up Spread of Encryption By 7 Years — THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE on Monday blamed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden …
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| Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: |
French P2P car rental startup Drivy raises €31M round from Cathay Innovation, Nokia Growth Partners, Index Ventures, others — ‘Airbnb for Cars’ Startup Drivy Gets $35 Million to Expand — Paris-based startup will enter new markets, including London — Nokia venture arm, Cathay private equity, lead investment
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| Anna Wiener / n+1: |
A first-person narrative on the allure and anxiety of working at a Silicon Valley startup — Uncanny Valley — I would say more, but I signed an NDA. — MORALE IS DOWN. We are making plenty of money, but the office is teeming with salespeople: well-groomed social animals with good posture …
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| Julian Sanchez / Just Security: |
Feinstein-Burr anti-encryption bill is so broad that it could ban modern web browsers — Feinstein-Burr: The Bill That Bans Your Browser — Last week, I criticized the confused rhetorical framework that the Feinstein-Burr encryption backdoor proposal tries to impose on the ongoing Crypto Wars 2.0 debate.| Polly Mosendz / Bloomberg: |
Study finds Silicon Valley engineering interns earn $81,600 per year compared with national wage index of $46,481.52 — Do You Earn Less Than a Silicon Valley Intern? — The vast majority of interns in a recent survey said they did not attempt to negotiate their salary.| Sam Knight / Guardian: |
How Uber built its business in London from 5,000 to 1.7M active riders in three years — How Uber conquered London — To understand how the $60bn company is taking over the world, you need to stop thinking about cars — very week in London, 30,000 people download Uber to their phones and order a car for the first time.
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