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| Cristiano Lima / Politico: |
Facebook pulled ads from Sen. Warren's campaign calling for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants, citing policy violations, but is now restoring them — Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants.
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu's ad-supported plan; offer available to new and existing users in the US until June 10 — This is the best deal in music streaming — Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu's ad-supported plan.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces a special event on March 25 at the Steve Jobs Theater where it is expected to announce a streaming video service and a news subscription service — The rumors were true: Apple will hold its next special event on March 25th at Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California.
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| David McCabe / Axios: |
Source: Amazon will no longer tell third-party sellers that they can't sell the same goods for a lower price on another site — Amazon will no longer tell third-party merchants that sell products on its platform that they cannot offer the same goods for a lower price on another website …
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| Bloomberg: |
Lawsuit claims Larry Page didn't get board approval and personally approved a $150M stock grant to Andy Rubin despite sexual harassment allegations — - Company co-founder bypassed board, revised investor suit says — Tech giant accused of covering up executive sexual misconduct
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
twttr, Twitter's beta app to test new ideas, is launching today for some English and Japanese users on iOS, starting with a new design that color-codes replies — Twitter's new prototype application is rolling out to the first group of testers starting today, the company announced this afternoon by way of a tweet.
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| Byrne Hobart: |
The Bay Area is no longer the best place to start tech companies, as rising housing costs push workers to join established companies with market salaries — California is hard to beat. There are richer places with worse weather, there are (a few) nicer climates with worse economies …
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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
F5 Networks, which offers cloud and security application services, to acquire rival NGINX, which powers some of the busiest websites in the world, for $670M — F5 Networks says it is acquiring NGINX, one of the most popular web servers on the internet today, for $670 million.
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NGINX, Business Wire, DEVCLASS, F5 Networks, The Hacker News, ServeTheHome, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, The New Stack, TechCrunch, and ZDNet
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Facebook's VP of public policy and France's technology minister talk about Facebook's ongoing cooperation with the French government in fighting hate speech — PARIS — When French President Emmanuel Macron decided to combat hate speech online he turned to the very person many blame for its rapid spread …
Tweets: @katherinemiller, @standwithus, and @zorromaplestone
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon's Alexa platform, which has 80,000 skills, has yet to have a breakout hit; interviews with developers show Amazon pays up to $5,000/month for a skill — The advent of the smartphone triggered an app gold rush. So far that hasn't happened with Alexa.
Tweets: @mattmday
| USA Today: |
A look at the emergence of Atlanta as the nation's black tech capital, where about 25% of tech workers were reported to be African American in 2016 — ATLANTA — Over an iPad and a cup of tea, Marcus Blackwell Jr. is talking up his mobile app that uses music to help kids learn math.
Tweets: @jguynn, @nmsanchez, @usatoday, @geoffduncanga, @cnoanalysis, @mekkaokereke, @brandonstirrup, and @kariwrites
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Web performance and security company Cloudflare raises $150M round led by Franklin Templeton ahead of a rumored IPO — Cloudflare, a web performance and security platform, has raised $150 million in a round of funding led by Franklin Templeton. — Founded in 2009, Cloudflare offers a range …
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