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Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, named last December by Wired and Gizmodo, now claims he's Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto — Creator of Bitcoin digital cash reveals identity — Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Tweets: @bbcrorycj, @adrianchen, @octal, @bitcoincoreorg, @theeconomist, @charlesarthur and @bbcrorycj
| Economist: |
Craig Wright could well be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, but nagging questions remain — Craig Steven Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Is he? — Evaluating his claim will involve a multi-step paternity test — IMAGINE that the paternity of a particularly brilliant child is in doubt …
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Dr. Craig Wright Blog, GitHub, CNET, NPR, BGR, PCWorld, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Geek.com, Newser, CCN, London Review of Books and CoinDesk
Tweets: @patio11, @binarybits, @jerrybrito and @blakehounshell
| 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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9to5Mac, Computerworld, The Verge, Engadget and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @csoghoian, @greg_doucette, @csoghoian, @orinkerr, @btaylor and @dangillmor
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Vimeo acquires VHX as it looks to build out business models for indie creators — One of the biggest trends in media over the past year has been the move from free, ad-supported models to premium options like Netflix, Hulu, and commercial-free deals like YouTube Red.| Wall Street Journal: |
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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New York Times, ZDNet, Re/code, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Mashable and The Verge
Tweets: @stevewoolf and @ajitpaifcc
See also Mediagazer| David Kushner / Foreign Policy: |
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 … | 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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Uber Global, VentureBeat, Engadget, CNET, Geek News Central and Digital Trends. Tweets: @verge
| 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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International Business Times, SiliconANGLE, Road to VR, Engadget, The Verge, UploadVR, Quartz, Phandroid, ZDNet, Pocketnow, Fone Arena, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, PhoneDog.com, Android Authority, SlashGear, VG247, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo and GamesIndustry.biz. Tweets: @benbajarin. Thanks:@jank0
| 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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TechCrunch, Nokia Growth Partners, VentureBeat, CNBC, Reuters, Red Herring, VatorNews, FinSMEs, Tnooz, Tech.eu and Rude Baguette
| Will Freeman / Guardian: |
Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell plans to revive “fundamental game design” of arcades in mobile games — Atari co-founder: mobile games make me want to throw my phone — Video games pioneer Nolan Bushnell is planning to revive the ‘hardcore fundamental game design’ of arcades to make mobile titles worth playing
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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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NBC News, Techdirt, Fortune, Hit & Run, Slate and Digital Trends
Tweets: @dnvolz, @guan, @ggreenwald, @theintercept, @snowden, @ggreenwald and @dangillmor
| 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.Sponsor Posts
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