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October 26, 2018, 3:10 PM

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Natfriedman / The GitHub Blog:
GitHub's new CEO Nat Friedman says Microsoft's $7.5B acquisition of GitHub is now complete  —  I'm thrilled to share that the Microsoft acquisition of GitHub is complete.  Monday is my first day as CEO.  Millions of people rely on GitHub every day, and I am honored by the opportunity to lead this company.
Facebook:
Facebook says it has removed 82 Pages, groups, and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK  —  Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that originated in Iran for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
Source: Samsung is working with Google on developing a special version of Android OS for a foldable-screen device codenamed “Winner”  —  - Company in talks with Verizon for 5G network-ready phone  — New flagship to include fingerprint scanner under screen
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, raises $1.25B from KKR, Iconiq Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Vulcan Capital, and others  —  Jonathan Shieber , Jordan Crook 7 hours  —  It pays to have the most popular game in the world.  —  Epic Games, the creators …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T to shut down WarnerMedia's FilmStruck, its two-year-old streaming video service for indie, arthouse, and classic films, on November 29  —  In AT&T's latest move to streamline WarnerMedia, Turner and Warner Bros. Digital Networks announced Friday that the FilmStruck indie …
Kyle Wiens / iFixit:
New DRM rules allow jailbreaking of voice-assistant devices and unlocking of new phones, but don't allow game consoles to be fixed or HDCP to be bypassed  —  Six months ago, on a sunny spring day in LA, I donned a suit—a rare event—and walked into a courtroom at UCLA.
David Floyd / CoinDesk:
Tether says it has destroyed over half of its total supply, or 500M USDT, from the Tether treasury wallet  —  UPDATE (24 October 19:25 UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from a Bitfinex spokesman.  —  Shortly before 1:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, Tether …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Snap launches Snap Camera for Mac and Windows, brings Snapchat filters to apps including Twitch, YouTube, and Skype on the desktop  —  The conference call is going to be lit, fam  —  Snap, which likes to call itself a camera company, is bringing that camera to the desktop.
Andy Rubin / @arubin:
Andy Rubin says NYT story is part of a smear campaign, calls allegations false, is troubled that Google execs are commenting and misrepresenting facts about him  —  1/2 The New York Times story contains numerous inaccuracies about my employment at Google and wild exaggerations about my compensation. Specifically, I never coerced a woman to have sex in a hotel room. These false allegations are part of a smear campaign
New York Times:
Amazon:
Amazon Q3: revenue of $56.6B, up 29% YoY, operating income of $3.7B, up from $347M YoY, net income of $2.9B, up from $256M YoY; stock down 7%+  —  SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE) October 25, 2018—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2018.
Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC:
Alphabet reports Q3 Google ad business revenue of $28.95B, “other” revenues, like cloud and hardware, of $4.64B, and traffic acquisition costs of $6.58B  —  Google-parent company Alphabet just reported its third quarter earnings.  The company beat earnings expectations but missed revenue expectations.

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