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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
In 2017, big tech platforms began accepting some responsibility for negatively affecting the real world, but questions remain about companies' next steps — This was a terrible year for the tech industry. — That's an odd thing to say at a time of record growth and profits.| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
After slipping an unexplained promotional plugin for the TV show Mr. Robot into Firefox and angering users, Mozilla will move the extension to its add-on store — This week, Mozilla slipped a browser extension that promoted Mr. Robot into Firefox. The goal was to give Firefox users access …
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| Brian Merchant / Wired: |
Email intelligence firm OMC says 19% of “conversational” email, sent by people like friends, spouses, and business partners, is subject to email open tracking — “I JUST CAME across this email," began the message, a long overdue reply. But I knew the sender was lying.
Tweets: @marklittlenews, @kenanmalik, @tuxtina, @jackdamn, and @pardesoteric
| Rachel Abrams / New York Times: |
Journalist documents her frustrating quest to fix an error in the Knowledge Graph panel appearing on Google searches for her name, which claimed she was dead — I'm not dead yet. — But try telling that to Google. — For much of the last week, I have been trying to persuade the world's … | Axios: |
Amazon in advanced talks to acquire Sqrrl, a startup that analyzes big data to detect cybersecurity threats; Sqrrl has raised nearly $30M in VC funding — Amazon is in advanced talks to acquire Sqrrl, a Massachusetts-based cybersecurity software company whose founders used to work for the NSA, Axios has learned.| Reuters: |
Oracle agrees to buy Aconex, an Australian project management cloud software provider for construction projects, for $1.2B — (Reuters) - Aconex Ltd (ACX.AX) said on Monday it had received a A$1.56 billion ($1.19 billion), A$7.80 in cash per share, buyout offer from U.S. software major Oracle Corp (ORCL.N).
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| Benedict Evans: |
How Amazon's decentralized operating structure and small, independent teams that use common internal systems, are integral to the company's unending scalability — When you look at large manufacturing companies, it becomes very clear that the machine that makes the machine is just as important as the machine itself.
Tweets: @grady_booch, @bwertz, @jamescham, @grady_booch, and @roundtrip
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Profile of Bill Gurley, whose VC firm Benchmark scored huge wins in 2017 from Snap and Stitch Fix IPOs amid scandals at Uber, where Benchmark holds ~$8B stock — - Gurley's firm is sitting on about $8 billion worth of Uber stock and has been at the center of the boardroom drama.
Tweets: @levynews
| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Eve V review: a more affordable, surprisingly worthy Surface Pro competitor designed by its forum community — If you've never heard of Eve, I like to think of it as the OnePlus of computers: By ditching middlemen, this 11-person startup found a way to build and sell premium computers at a significant discount.
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Digital Trends, Mashable, and Business Insider
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Gemalto, which makes SIM and smart cards and provides IT security, agrees to ~$5.4B buyout by French conglomerate Thales, a 57% premium over 12/8 closing price — Digital security solutions provider Gemalto has agreed to a €51 per share acquisition offer from French aerospace … | Felix Salmon / Nieman Lab: |
The meteoric rise of bitcoin and difficulty in tracing ownership make disclosures from journalists and the experts they quote even more important — 2018 will be the year of inadequate bitcoin disclosures. — In April 2013, Farhad Manjoo (then at Slate, now at The New York Times) …
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @matt_levine, @chloencornish, @matt_levine, @matt_levine, @econoscribe, and @brianchoffman
| Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of US investment firm Voleon, which has $1.8B under management and has been using machine learning to pick stocks since 2007 with mixed success — Voleon is among investors deploying machine learning, a technology in which computers develop trading strategies. It's harder than it sounds.
Tweets: @wsjmarkets, @wsj, @charlesforelle, @bradleyhope, @aaronlucchetti, and @georgikantchev
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