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Tony Fadell is leaving Nest, will be replaced by Marwan Fawaz, a former Motorola Mobility executive; Fadell will remain involved as an advisor to Alphabet — Since the launch of Nest in October 2011, this blog has been a place for me to share my thoughts on all things Nest … | Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
Tony Fadell talks about his six years at Nest, his departure, startups he's advising and investing in, more — IPod creator says Nest has many new products, services coming — Fadell says leadership style carries torch for Apple's Jobs — Tony Fadell brought the iPod to life at Apple Inc. … | Antonio García Martínez / Vanity Fair: |
Ex-Facebook employee reflects on company's culture and how Mark Zuckerberg responded to the launch of Google+ by enforcing a company “lockdown” — In Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg built not just a business, but a company culture with the fervor of a messianic sect.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger — Facebook is removing the messaging capability from its mobile web application, according to a notice being served to users: “Your conversations are moving to Messenger,” it reads.| Jack Smith IV / Mic: |
Jacob Appelbaum, Digital Rights Activist, Leaves Tor Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations — On Thursday, the Tor Project quietly announced the departure of leading digital rights activist Jacob Appelbaum from its board. At first, they didn't say why — now, we know.| Kristen V. Brown / Fusion: |
Airbnb struggles against racial discrimination on its user-to-user marketplace — In 2014, when Airbnb unveiled a new logo and branding, CEO Brian Chesky penned a gushing manifesto about how the home-sharing company was remaking the world. Airbnb, Chesky wrote, wasn't just about renting … | Kris Naudus / Engadget: |
Athletes will test Visa's prototype NFC payment ring at the Olympics in Rio — For those making their way to this year's Olympic games in Rio, Visa will be the only card accepted at official venues — a pretty sweet deal for the credit provider. But, rather than be satisfied with exclusive access … | Reuters: |
After report about 50+ breaches at the Federal Reserve from 2011 to 2015, Congressional committee asks for all breach-related documents since 2009 — A U.S. congressional committee has launched an investigation into the Federal Reserve's cyber security practices after a Reuters report revealed … | Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
GoPro hangs turnaround hopes on its software division, which this year will launch an iMovie competitor and a cloud backend to tie the GoPro ecosystem together — The next time you shoot video with your phone, Nick Woodman wants you to edit it with GoPro software. Then he wants you to do that again and again and again.| Instagram Blog: |
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WeWork plans to cut about 7% of its staff, according to leaked emails, has instituted hiring pause which the firm says it expects to lift as soon as next week — The $16 billion startup has also instituted a pause on hiring. — WeWork Cos., the world's largest shared-workspace startup … | Jeremi M. Gosney / Ars Technica: |
How the full dump of LinkedIn passwords from 2012 hack will speed cracking of hashed passwords from any future breaches — Second data dump lets hackers be 6 times better cracking future dumps. … Me: “The full dump from the 2012 LinkedIn breach just dropped, so you're probably not going to see much of me over the next week.”
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