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| Yuji Nakamura / Bloomberg: |
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck says that 500M NEM cryptocurrency tokens, worth ~$400M, have been “illicitly” transferred out of the exchange — Coincheck Inc., one of Japan's biggest digital exchanges, said that about $400 million of the NEM cryptocurrency was lost after it was sent …
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Tweets: @haydentiff, @coincheck_en, @charlesarthur, @coincheck_en, @coindesk, @coindesk, @ynakamura56, @ofnumbers, @whalepool, and @ynakamura56
| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Diversity advocates inside Google, including queer and transgender staff, say they are being targeted by a small group of coworkers with doxxing and harassment — FIRED GOOGLE ENGINEER James Damore says he was vilified and harassed for questioning what he calls the company's liberal political orthodoxy …
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| Evan Blass / VentureBeat: |
Renders of upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ leak, both look similar to their S8 predecessors — EXCLUSIVE: — Having opted against what would have been an uncharacteristic debut at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas — in teaser capacity or otherwise …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
YouTube served ads containing Coinhive's cryptocurrency-mining, CPU-draining JavaScript, likely via Google's DoubleClick ad server; Google says ads now blocked — Ad campaign lets attackers profit while unwitting users watch videos. — YouTube was recently caught displaying ads … | Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: VCs with long Bitcoin experience like a16z, USV, are passing on Telegram's ICO; VCs newer to cryptocurrencies like KPCB, Sequoia, Benchmark, investing — The investors are not who you'd expect. — Some of the most prominent investors in cryptocurrency are passing …
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Tweets: @staska, @malloc8, @rmac18, and @kylesamani
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter now lets advertisers sponsor Moments from select publishers — Twitter has added a new advertising product to its lineup. The company announced today it's offering brands the ability to sponsor Moments - the “Stories"-like feature that includes a series of tweets, often including images …
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| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Google is testing Bulletin, an app letting users report and publish local news stories about their communities, as a limited pilot in Nashville, TN, Oakland, CA — Google appears to be testing a new tool for people to report and publish local news stories, called Bulletin.
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Tweets: @ruralj, @byajperez, @mattfdoyle, @_danielsinclair, @willoremus, and @willoremus
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook will allow fans of game streamers to tip creators a minimum of $3 as part of its new gaming creator pilot program — Facebook Live is launching monetization for video gameplay streamers, allowing users to tip creators a minimum of $3 via the desktop site.
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Facebook for Developers, Social Media Today, Gizmodo, Engadget, Variety, VentureBeat, Recode, and The Verge
Tweets: @kantrowitz and @joshconstine
| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
CIRP: Amazon has 69% of smart speaker market in US with 31M units, Google has 31% with 14M; Google gained share this holiday season with 40% of units sold — According to new survey-based data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), Google Home has gained some ground on Amazon's Alexa device universe.| Sean Lyngaas / The Verge: |
How governments and the nuclear energy industry are preparing for future cybersecurity threats using hands-on exercises and training laboratories — Nightmare scenario — Illustrations by Alex Castro and William Joel — The nuclear plant employees stood in rain boots in a pool of water, sizing up the damage.
Tweets: @snlyngaas
| Carlton Reid / BikeBiz: |
Research: 16M dockless bikes are used 3X/day on average in China; 500K bike-share bikes replaced ~10% private car travel, 13% of petrol consumption in Shenzhen — Before the advent of dockless bike-sharing in Chinese cities cycling accounted for 5.5 percent of transport miles.
Tweets: @bikeakl and @martinmignot
| Jonathan Keane / Tech.eu: |
Mail.ru acquires Russian e-sports firm ESforce, which had 116M users in 2017, for $100M — Russian tech giant Mail.ru has acquired e-sports company ESforce for $100 million. — The all-cash deal will see Mail.ru purchase 100% of the Moscow-based company and has been approved by company directors.Sponsor Posts
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