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Amazon to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7B in all-cash deal; John Mackey will remain CEO of Whole Foods Market, which will continue to operate stores — Whole Foods Market ranked #28 and Amazon ranked #2 on Fortune's 2017 list of World's Most Admired Companies
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon wants to become Walmart before Walmart can become Amazon — The future of retail will be a combination of both online e-commerce and a brick-and-mortar retail presence - as recent moves from both Walmart and Amazon have shown, including today's back-to-back announcements from the two rivals …
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| Brad Stone / Bloomberg: |
Amazon has been laying groundwork to acquire a grocery chain, and Whole Foods has a strong brand and high-income demographic that lines up with its own — Amazon has been laying groundwork to take over a grocery chain — Whole Foods has a strong brand and high-income demographic
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| Robert Frank / New York Times: |
A look at Jeff Bezos' charitable donations, after he asks for ideas on philanthropy focused on “the right now”, for causes with “urgent need and lasting impact” — Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, is well on his way to becoming the richest person in the world …
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| Olivia Solon / The Guardian: |
Last year a Facebook bug exposed the personal profiles of 1,000+ content moderators to administrators of the groups with removed terrorist content — A security lapse that affected more than 1,000 workers forced one moderator into hiding - and he still lives in constant fear for his safety
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
North Korea's cyberattack strategy may seem erratic, but experts warn it can be effective at raising funds, creating chaos, and extending military aggression — NORTH KOREA IS arguably the least-understood nation on the planet. And that also applies to its state-sponsored hackers whose global cyberattacks …
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| Reuters: |
After The Information reported Tencent is exploring a $3B bid for Rovio, the Angry Birds maker says an IPO is possible in the future — Finnish mobile game and animation studio Rovio, maker of the Angry Birds game, said it could list on the stock exchange in the future … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
After teasing Ataribox, Atari CEO confirms company is working on a game console — EXCLUSIVE: — Atari CEO Fred Chesnais told GamesBeat in an exclusive interview that his fabled video game company is working on a new game console. — In doing so, the New York company might be cashing …
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Walmart to buy menswear company Bonobos for $310M; Bonobos' CEO Andy Dunn will oversee Walmart's digital brands — Walmart has agreed to acquire the men's clothing company Bonobos for $310 million. — The purchase is part of a sweeping effort by the world's largest retailer to revamp … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Reddit is raising funding at a valuation of around $1.7B — The link-sharing website bulks up with venture capital — Snoop Dogg, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel among earlier backers — Reddit is one of the few relics of the mid-2000s internet that has not only survived but thrived in recent years.| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Microsoft unveils Modern Keyboard with a fingerprint sensor, which works either wired or via Bluetooth 4.0, compatible with Windows 8-10, Android, and macOS — Microsoft has quietly unveiled the Modern Mouse and Modern Keyboard, its next generation of Windows 10 input devices that match the latest Surface models in design and finish.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple hires Sony TV execs Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg as heads of video programming worldwide reporting to Eddy Cue, to lead push into original content — Jamie Ehrlicht and Zack Van Amburg will join Apple as co-heads of video programming world-wide — Apple Inc. has poached …
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