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145 tech leaders, including Vinod Khosla, Ev Williams, and Stewart Butterfield sign letter saying a Trump presidency “would be a disaster for innovation” — We are inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector.
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Peter Thiel Confirmed As A Speaker At Donald Trump's Republican National Convention — Peter Thiel will appear at the Republican National Convention, FORBES has confirmed, and will speak openly of his endorsement of Donald Trump next week. — A spokesperson for Thiel told FORBES …
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Eddy Cue on Apple's TV Plans and Why Netflix Isn't a Competitor — EMAIL ME — The senior vp also dishes on what he learned from Steve Jobs, why the company won't be buying a Hollywood studio anytime soon and why agents should be “very, very excited.” — The morning after the Golden …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
EU files new round of antitrust charges against Google related to AdSense and AdWords — European officials are expected on Thursday to announce a new round of antitrust charges against Google, according to two people briefed on the matter. — The charges relate to some of the technology …
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Microsoft wins US appeal over warrant for emails held on server in Ireland — A federal appeals court on Thursday said Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and other companies cannot be forced to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States. — The 3- decision by a panel …
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Valve promises to crack down on third-party sites that use Steam to facilitate gambling, denies having any business relationships with such sites — COUNTER-STRIKE GO GAMBLING SITES ASKED TO CEASE OPERATIONS — Valve is cracking down on third-party websites that use Steam to facilitate gambling … | Brittany Vincent / Engadget: |
Nintendo's Classic Mini is a tiny NES with 30 pre-loaded games launching November 11 for $59.99 — That dusty old NES in your attic might be rife with nostalgic memories, but it's a pain to drag out of its box whenever you get the hankering for a rousing game of Super Mario Bros. Nintendo totally gets it … | Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Microsoft Edge is the only browser of the big four to play Netflix content at 1080p on Windows 10 — Microsoft's bold claims about Edge turn out to be true. — If you want to watch true 1080p content on Netflix over your PC, you need to use Microsoft's Edge browser.| Aaron Pressman / Fortune: |
T-Mobile Is Giving Customers a Year of Free Data to Play Pokemon Go — There are few executives in telecommunications—or most other industries for that matter—who are better masters of free publicity than T-Mobile CEO John Legere. — And so, with the popularity of the Nintendo smartphone game Pokemon …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's AWS buys Cloud9 to add more development tools to its web services stack — Amazon Web Services has made an acquisition to continue building out the services that it offers around and on its cloud storage platform. It has bought Cloud9, a San Francisco-based startup that has built …
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Pinterest acquires team behind Math Camp, creator of location-based app Highlight and photo-sharing app Shorts — Pinterest today said it was acquiring the team behind Math Camp, the creators of Highlight, and will be sunsetting its applications Roll and Shorts in the next few weeks.| Dawn Chmielewski / Recode: |
Senators Schatz, Warren, Feinstein call on FTC to investigate how companies like Airbnb are impacting the housing market — The Senators raise questions about whether Airbnb and other services are causing housing shortages and driving up costs. — Airbnb is once again under the microscope.
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