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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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| 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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| David Lumb / Engadget: |
YouTube intros heatmaps for VR, letting creators see where viewers look during 360° videos, says viewers spend 75% of their time looking at front 90 degrees — YouTube's growing library of VR content is a definite asset in Google's struggle to dominate the virtual reality sphere.
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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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| Ben Schreckinger / Politico: |
Experts detail how Russia is targeting US military personnel and veterans via a multi-pronged cyber espionage campaign involving phishing, catfishing, and more — With hacks, pro-Putin trolls and fake news, the Kremlin is ratcheting up its efforts to turn American servicemembers and veterans into a fifth column.
Tweets: @kenvogel and @natashabertrand
| 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 …
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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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| Ars Technica: |
Profile of Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims he invented email and is running as a Republican in a 2018 senatorial election, amid his libel lawsuit against Techdirt — “I defined e-mail! And you guys have got to give me that credit.” — History is not fixed; like memory itself, it is an act of reconstruction.
Tweets: @rmac18 and @shanselman
| 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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| 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.
Tweets: @paulgreenberg, @mattbors, and @hkanji
| Pan Yue / China Money Network: |
Chinese online used car trading platform Guazi.com raises $400M Series B led by Sequoia China; Guazi was valued at $1B during $250M Series A in September 2016 — Sequoia Capital China has led a US$400 million series B round in Guazi.com Inc., a Chinese online used car trading platform headed …
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