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| Paul Roberts / Politico: |
A look at Mid-Columbia Basin, WA, where 15-30% of all bitcoins may be mined in 2018 due to cheap power there, as utilities deal with a crazy power demand spike — Eastern Washington had cheap power and tons of space. Then the suitcases of cash started arriving.
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| Aliya Ram / Financial Times: |
Uber to expand UberEats food delivery to 100 new cities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including 40 in the UK and 35 in France — Uber is increasing investment in food delivery this year with plans to launch its UberEats takeaway app in 100 new cities across Europe …
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Dropbox seeks to raise $648M in IPO, plans to sell 36M shares between $16-$18 a share, which would give an average valuation of ~$7.5B — Dropbox, the online file storage company, said on Monday that it hoped to raise as much as $648 million in its forthcoming stock market debut …
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
A look at blockchain-based apps like Graphite Docs, Blockstack, OpenBazaar, Storj, and DTube that are part of the movement to build a decentralized internet — I USUALLY WRITE in Google's online word processor Google Docs, even when noting the company's shortcomings.
Tweets: @wired
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Alleged NSA EternalBlue exploit, which leaked a year ago, has become a go-to tool for hackers because of its versatility and the many machines still unpatched — AN ELITE RUSSIAN hacking team, a historic ransomware attack, an espionage group in the Middle East, and countless small time cryptojackers all have one thing in common.
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| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
Intel's rumored bid for Broadcom seems suicidal and is likely motivated by fear that a combined Broadcom-Qualcomm will again become Apple's sole modem supplier — The Smartphone 2.0 era has destroyed many companies: Nokia, Blackberry, Palm... Will Intel be another victim …
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9to5Mac, Inquirer, Wall Street Journal, bit-tech.net, EE Times, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, AppleInsider, and Android Police. Tweets: @stevesi
| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
The term blockchain needs a universal definition as its general usage has become diluted and has led to many misconceptions about its capabilities — 'You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means' — Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies have entered …
Tweets: @aparanjape, @jesselund, @random_walker, @aruna__b, @emollick, @random_walker, @sarahjeong, @sarahjeong, @play_crypto, and @charlesarthur
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
FBI arrests CEO of Phantom Secure, which allegedly customized smartphones for criminals by removing mic and camera, routing encrypted comms via overseas servers — Phantom Secure is one of the most infamous companies in the secure phone industry. Sources and court documents detail …
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Engadget, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Vancouver Sun, PhoneArena, and TechSpot
Tweets: @tinkersec, @evacide, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox
| Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter has suspended several accounts, some with millions of followers, that allegedly engaged in tweet stealing and “tweetdecking”, mass-retweeting each other — Continuing their battle against the “tweetdeckers,” Twitter suspended on Friday several popular accounts known …
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Engadget, Silicon Republic, MediaNama, The Verge, BetaNews, and Mashable
Tweets: @panmidwest, @jbillinson, @ws, @jeffkillinger, @harshilshah1910, @cpfchq, @yashar, @kristina_nauman, @hautepop, @viviornitler, and @buzzfeednews
| Bloomberg: |
Source: online bulk-order wholesaler Boxed has rejected a $400M acquisition offer from Kroger and will instead pursue a new funding round — E-commerce startup said to pursue new round of funding — Amazon, Costco, Target all said to have expressed interest
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| Stef W. Kight / Axios: |
Gallup poll: 58% of Americans see AI, robotics, and automation as bigger threats to jobs than immigration and offshoring over the next ten years — More than half of Americans (58%) believe that artificial intelligence poses a greater threat to U.S. jobs over the next 10 years than immigration …
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TechCrunch, New York Times, Gallup, Newsmax, Gallup, The Daily Caller, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @verge and @daniadaye
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI, and Accenture are testing an AI-based taxi dispatch support system that can predict demand for taxi services in Tokyo — AI applied to taxi services in trials have predicted demand with a 94.1 percent accuracy rate. — Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI … Sponsor Posts
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