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October 26, 2018, 12:50 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.
Naomi Nix / Bloomberg:
Following Trump's complaint about Twitter removing many people from his account, Twitter explains how its fake account removal policies make the service better  —  - Platform has been eliminating fake and abusive accounts  — Conservatives have argued social media platformed biased
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
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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 …
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.
Corin Faife / BREAKER:
Investigation: 12 of 22 contacted crypto news sites agreed, upon request, to publish paid content without marking it as sponsored; prices were $240 to $4,500  —  This article started out with an email, one that arrived in my inbox years ago.  I can't remember when the first of them came exactly …
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.
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 …
Gabe Cohn / New York Times:
Christie's sells a portrait by the French art collective Obvious generated using AI for $432,500, over 40x its estimated price, a first for the auction house  —  Last Friday, a portrait produced by artificial intelligence was hanging at Christie's New York opposite an Andy Warhol print and beside a bronze work by Roy Lichtenstein.
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