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February 8, 2018, 1:45 PM
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Selina Wang / Bloomberg:
Twitter Q4: profit of $91.1M, its first ever, revenue of $731.6M, up 2% YoY, vs. $686.4M est.; MAUs up 4% YoY but flat QoQ at 330M vs. 333M est.; stock up 10%+  —  Revenue rises to $732 million, topping analysts' estimates  —  Efforts to fight spam, bots limited gains in user numbers
Motherboard:
Apple files DMCA notice to remove apparent iOS 9 “iBoot” source code, parts of which are likely used in iOS 11, from GitHub; experts say the code is authentic  —  Update, February 8, 08:27 a.m.: Apple filed a copyright takedown request with GitHub and forced the company to remove the code.
Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon starts delivering Whole Foods groceries to Prime members in Dallas, Virginia Beach, Cincinnati, and Austin with free two-hour delivery for $35+ orders  —  Groceries offered via one- and two-hour Prime Now service in four markets to start  —  Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -1.81% …
Brad Sams / Petri:
Microsoft says Build 2018 will take place on May 7-9 in Seattle, with registration opening February 15  —  If you are a Windows Developer, the best event of the year for learning more about the future of the platform is Microsoft's Build conference.  If you are planning to attend, it's time to clear your calendar in early May.
Gizmodo:
An in-depth look at the scary experience of living in a smart home and how it creates new streams of personal information that can be used to profile us  —  In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a “smart home.”  I connected as many of my appliances …
Cindy Cohn / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow has died at 70  —  With a broken heart I have to announce that EFF's founder, visionary, and our ongoing inspiration, John Perry Barlow, passed away quietly in his sleep this morning.  We will miss Barlow and his wisdom for decades to come, and he will always be an integral part of EFF.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snapchat expands its geofilter program with launch of $10+ Custom Lenses that let users make temporary AR effects for Snaps based on 150 templates  —  By combining augmented reality with your customizable captions, Snapchat hopes you'll share more from birthdays and weddings while earning it a little money.
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
SEC filing: T-Mobile paid about $325M for Denver-based Layer3 TV, to help launch T-Mobile's new TV service later this year  —  Will use acquisition to launch ‘disruptive’ OTT TV service later this year  —  T-Mobile paid about $325 million to acquire Layer3 TV, the Denver-based MVPD …
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Mark Hachman / PCWorld:
Intel releases stable Spectre patches for Skylake U-, Y-, H-, and S-series chips, says it will patch more platforms in the coming days  —  If you own a Skylake-based PC and receive a patch to address the Spectre vulnerabilities, install it—Intel has greenlit the code.
David George-Cosh / Wall Street Journal:
Overview of Canada's tech sector as US tech firms, like Amazon and Google, take an interest and PM Trudeau laments “brain drain” and travels to Silicon Valley  —  Government seek to attract investment from big foreign players while stopping the brain drain

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Paramount's Makan Delrahim says everything is on the table to end the suit against Paramount's WBD deal and chatter about leaving California is not “blackmail”

Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Suno adds music rights company BMG as its latest licensing partner as it prepares new models powered by licensed work, following a similar deal with WMG

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Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
Otto co-founder Lior Ron testified in Waymo v. Uber that Lyft made acquisition offer for Otto, but discussions stalled because Lyft wasn't interested in trucks
Motherboard:
Sources detail Azimuth Security, a boutique hacking shop finding 0-days for Tor, iOS, Android, more, which counts agencies from Five Eyes countries as clients
Wall Street Journal:
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian steps down from daily duties at the company to focus on personal life and the VC firm he co-founded; he will remain on board
Richard Nieva / CNET:
Alphabet says Nest will be brought back under Google with Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz reporting to Google's hardware chief Rick Osterloh
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Reddit bans r/deepfakes, which was devoted to making AI-powered porn using celebrities' faces, and updates site-wide rules regarding “involuntary pornography”
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