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| 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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| Dan Kaminsky / Dan Kaminsky's Blog: |
Craig Wright recycled a Satoshi-signed transaction from 2009, tried to pass it off as new — Validating Satoshi (Or Not) — UPDATE: This signature does actually validate, you just have to use a different version of OpenSSL than I did originally. — Of course, if this is the signature …
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| BBC: |
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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Gavin Anderson, Economist, British GQ, New York Times, The Monetary Future, Guardian, InfoWorld, Gizmodo, The Verge, Forbes, CNET, Fortune, Engadget, TechCrunch, TIME, Reuters, Re/code, The Next Web, Mashable, Vox, Digital Trends, Silicon Valley Business …, GeekTime, BetaNews, VentureBeat, Daily Mail, Associated Press, Ubergizmo, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, Boing Boing, Guardian, The Hacker News, ZDNet, Security Affairs, NEWSBTC, SlashGear, USA Today, PYMNTS.com, International Business Times and FinSMEs
| 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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Guardian, Washington Post, iMore, AppleInsider, BGR, MacRumors, TIME, TechCrunch, New York Times, The Verge, TechHive, Engadget, Business Insider, Light Reading, Phandroid, Re/code, iDownloadBlog.com, Patently Apple, Ubergizmo, Fortune, TechSpot, ZDNet, iPhone Hacks, Investor's Business Daily and DSLreports
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See also Mediagazer| 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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MacRumors, The Verge, Digital Trends, iMore, AppleInsider, Politico, MacNN, Engadget, The Mac Observer, iLounge, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Patently Apple, Liliputing, AppAdvice.com Latest, TechSpot and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @btaylor, @greg_doucette, @orinkerr, @csoghoian, @csoghoian 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.
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VHX, VatorNews, TechCrunch, Re/code, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Tubefilter and The Verge. See also Mediagazer
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Oracle buys cloud-based SaaS vendor Opower for $532 million — With this deal, the enterprise software giant has now spent roughly $1.2 billion in three business days on cloud acquisitions. — Oracle said Monday it plans to acquire software-as-a-service company Opower for approximately $532 million.
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eWeek, TechCrunch, Reuters, USA Today, Fortune, Silicon Valley Business … and silicontap.com
| 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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9to5Mac and socalTECH.com
| 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 … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Global Fashion Group raises €300M+ from Rocket Internet, Kinnevik, others at €1B valuation, down from €3.1B a year ago — Rocket Internet's GFG pockets $340M+ at $1.1B valuation, down from $3.5B a year ago
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Tech.eu, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia, Reuters, Reuters, livemint.com, Post & Parcel, Business Standard and Wall Street Journal. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| 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.| Noah Kulwin / Re/code: |
Online lender Affirm acquires Sweep in a play for financial planning services — Affirm, the online lender started by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, works by extending loans to customers of partnered retailers. The thinking is that by working with people buying pricey stuff like, say …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Business Wire, silicontap.com, FinSMEs, Fortune and VatorNews
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