Techmeme River
Techmeme River
Saturday, April 20, 2019
3:45 PM
Report: CIA shared intelligence with US allies showing Huawei received funding from Chinese security and intelligence agencies and the People's Liberation Army
Forbes
2:40 PM
GM's Cruise execs talk about the autonomous driving unit's history, its progress and plans, internal development tools they use, and more
VentureBeat
1:25 PM
Researchers: 33 of 36 apps for depression or smoking cessation shared data with third-parties and 2 apps shared very sensitive info, like health diary entries
The Verge
12:20 PM
China releases new rules for game approvals and will start taking submissions under the new application process from April 22
Niko
11:25 AM
Research: some WhatsApp group users are spreading Nazi propaganda through stickers and chain letters in Germany, where local laws forbid the use of Nazi imagery
BuzzFeed News
7:05 AM
Ethics can provide blueprints for good tech, but it can't implement them; ethics boards should raise awareness and drive self-criticism, not just be moral cover
Slate
2:00 AM
A profile of Zoom and its founder Eric Yuan, who led Webex's engineering group at Cisco before leaving to build the video conferencing company
Forbes
1:35 AM
As some militant groups find ways to maintain a social media presence despite bans, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter struggle to enforce rules toward the groups
New York Times
Friday, April 19, 2019
10:55 PM
Amazon says it now requires Amazon Flex delivery drivers to snap selfies on the road to verify their identities
Business Insider
10:05 PM
Report finds that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks, up from 20 in 2018
Motherboard
9:15 PM
Profile of autonomous trucking company TuSimple, which is valued at $1.1B and claims it has developed a proprietary vision system that can see a kilometer ahead
Forbes
8:10 PM
A look at a heated discussion about diversity, reminiscent of Google's Damore incident, on an internal Microsoft board for communications with CEO Satya Nadella
Quartz
7:50 PM
In an Apple memo shown in Apple v. Qualcomm, Apple execs described Qualcomm tech as “the best”, raising questions about Apple's belief in its legal arguments
Washington Post
7:05 PM
Google says it will block any user login attempts from embedded browser frameworks starting in June to better prevent man-in-the-middle attacks
ZDNet
6:35 PM
Eyal Gutentag, CMO of ZipRecruiter, has resigned after a report detailed an alleged sexual battery incident involving Gutentag when he worked for Uber in 2015
BuzzFeed News
6:20 PM
Supply chain and logistics cloud software startup STORD raises $12.3M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins, says it has more than five Fortune 500 clients
Hypepotamus
4:43 PM
Scribd reinstates 32 copies of Mueller's report, which is in the public domain, says they were removed after algorithms identified them as copyrighted work
Quartz
4:35 PM
Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins pleads guilty to entering a conspiracy to distribute the Kronos malware, aiding and abetting its distribution
ZDNet
2:55 PM
Report: the FBI is investigating a ransomware attack that took The Weather Channel off the air for 90 minutes amid severe weather in the southeastern US
The Verge
2:10 PM
CDN provider Fastly files for an IPO, says it had $144M in revenue, up 38% YoY, and a net loss of $31M in 2018; Fastly raised a total of $219M in VC funding
Crunchbase News
1:30 PM
Tencent wins approval from its regional regulator to sell Nintendo Switch in China, the first key step for the console to enter the world's largest games market
Reuters
12:46 PM
36 days after Christchurch, variations of raw attack footage like short modified clips and screen recordings of the video playing can still be found on Facebook
Motherboard
11:55 AM
Uproar among some fans of Steam over Epic Store's exclusive game deals is the latest battle in a long war over DRM and copy protection in PC gaming
The Verge
11:15 AM
Sources: macOS 10.15 to get Siri Shortcuts support for Marzipan apps, Screen Time, and a new Apple ID management panel
9to5Mac
10:40 AM
Head of Memento Labs, the new company that acquired spyware vendor Hacking Team, says they're “starting from scratch”, but will keep their existing customers
Motherboard
9:37 AM
Samsung Galaxy Fold review: awkward as a phone and has many issues, in addition to screen breaking, like “jelly scroll” where one side scrolls faster than other
The Verge
9:20 AM
Sources: FTC probe into Facebook's privacy practices is also looking at past statements by Zuckerberg and weighing whether to seek oversight of his leadership
Washington Post
8:50 AM
Report: 3.2M+ Indian card records posted for sale online in 2018; India expected to surpass the UK in 2019, taking second place for stolen cards, behind the US
ZDNet
7:55 AM
Facebook's subtle disclosure about storing millions of Instagram passwords in plain text before a holiday weekend shows it has mastered the art of the news dump
CNN
3:01 AM
Mozilla's open source IoT platform for monitoring and controlling connected devices graduates from its experimental phase, launching as Mozilla WebThings
VentureBeat
12:05 AM
Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan, an immigrant from China who was denied a US visa eight times, is now a billionaire after his company debuted on Nasdaq
CNBC
Thursday, April 18, 2019
11:30 PM
Netflix is opening an NYC production hub, will lease about 161,000 square feet for six sound stages in Brooklyn and also will expand its Manhattan office
Hollywood Reporter
10:00 PM
Apple's butterfly keyboard has failed and the company owes customers an apology, but it still claims that only a small percentage of users experience trouble
The Outline
9:15 PM
Emtek announces it will shut down BBM for consumers on May 31, but BlackBerry's enterprise-grade service, BBM Enterprise, will become available to individuals
CrackBerry.com
9:05 PM
Uber confirms it has raised $1B for its autonomous driving unit from SoftBank Vision Fund, Toyota, and Denso, at a valuation of $7.25B
Axios
8:30 PM
A look at Apple's Material Recovery Lab, which houses Daisy, a robot that can disassemble 15 different iPhone models at a rate of 200/hour for parts recycling
CNET
7:55 PM
Winklevoss Capital settles with ex-BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem; Winklevoss Capital had alleged Shrem stole 5K bitcoin in 2012, worth ~$26M at today's prices
CoinDesk
7:30 PM
Super, a startup providing an online subscription service for home maintenance and repairs, raises $20M Series B led by Aquiline Technology Growth
TechCrunch
7:00 PM
Paris-based Bankin', whose money management app uses algorithms to detect savings opportunities, raises €20M Series B, bringing its total raised to €28M
EU-Startups
6:05 PM
Life360, an SF-based startup that makes a family tracking app, announces IPO in Australia, plans to raise A$145M, valuing the company at ~A$689M
Reuters
4:55 PM
Returnly, which offers users instant store credit when they decide to return items bought online, raises $19M Series B from Craft Ventures and Max Levchin
Forbes
4:05 PM
Amazon Music launches an ad-supported tier for Alexa-enabled devices in the US, allowing users to listen to Amazon Music's top playlists and stations for free
Variety
3:35 PM
Binance says it has launched its Binance Chain blockchain and will activate its BNB cryptocurrency on it on April 23; BNB runs on Ethereum now
CoinDesk
2:57 PM
Facebook updates a March blog post to say it stored passwords of millions of Instagram users in plain text, not tens of thousands as first announced
Recode
2:25 PM
Mueller report provides more details, not available in previous indictments, about how DNC and DCCC were hacked and the stolen information disseminated
TechCrunch
2:15 PM
Microsoft acquires Express Logic, which claims its real-time operating system for IoT and edge devices called ThreadX RTOS has over 6.2B deployments worldwide
VentureBeat
2:10 PM
Reserve Bank of India publishes its draft framework for a regulatory sandbox for blockchain startups and tools, but excludes any cryptocurrency-related projects
CoinDesk
1:45 PM
USDA launches a two-year pilot program in New York state that lets SNAP food stamp recipients shop for groceries at online retailers like Walmart and Amazon
TechCrunch
1:20 PM
Google Home and Assistant-powered speakers get a free ad-supported version of YouTube Music with limited functionality, in 16 countries including the US and UK
YouTube Blog
1:17 PM
Google to show 5 browser and search app choices when EU users first open Google Play, will offer to set newly downloaded non-Google search as default in Chrome
Search Engine Land
12:45 PM
Uber is testing new push alerts and Lyft rolls out continuous driver background checks after a woman was murdered allegedly by a man posing as her Uber driver
The Verge
12:02 PM
Zoom closes up 72% on its first day of public trading, valuing the company at $15.9B after it raised $356.8M in its IPO
CNBC
11:55 AM
Pinterest closes up 28% on its first day of trading after raising $1.43B in its IPO and is now valued at nearly $13B, above the $12B valuation at its last raise
CNBC
11:30 AM
Phantom Auto raises $13M Series A to expand its teleoperation business, which lets remote drivers control autonomous vehicles
TechCrunch
10:40 AM
Kuo: 2019 iPhones will feature a 12MP front camera; the 6.5" and 5.8" OLED iPhones will have a rear-facing triple-camera system with a new super-wide 12MP lens
9to5Mac
10:15 AM
Report: VCs invested ~$850M in blockchain startups in Q1 2019; Coinbase UK had $173M in revenue in 2018, accounted for about a third of Coinbase's total revenue
Reuters
9:50 AM
Apple opens Material Recovery Lab in Austin to study future recycling processes, expands iPhone recycling program to Best Buy stores in US, KPN in Netherlands
Apple
9:35 AM
Google and Amazon end their streaming video spat: YouTube will come to Fire TV and Prime Video will work with Chromecast and Android TV
Engadget
9:25 AM
Facebook permanently bans far-right individuals and groups, like the British National Party, the English Defence League, and Britain First
The Guardian
9:00 AM
Google will display options for five alternative search apps and browsers when Android users in EU open Google Play to comply with European Commission's orders
The Keyword
8:05 AM
T-Mobile's no-fee mobile-first checking account, T-Mobile Money, rolls out nationwide, offers T-Mobile customers 4% interest rate on the first $3,000 deposited
Gizmodo
7:40 AM
The US intelligence community must adapt to rapid technological changes like advances in AI, which are eroding traditional advantages of US intelligence
Foreign Affairs
5:10 AM
Sources: ByteDance is adding thousands of employees to its 40K-person staff, expects net loss of ~$1B for 2018, revenue of $18B in 2019 and $29B in 2020
Bloomberg
2:05 AM
Hacker shares source code of tools from Iranian cyber-espionage unit APT34, alleged personal info of Iranian intelligence officers, and more on Telegram
ZDNet
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
11:25 PM
Samsung promises to thoroughly inspect Galaxy Fold review units with faulty screens, says removing the top protective layer from the display may cause damage
The Verge
10:35 PM
Security researcher takes over a subdomain that Windows 8 and Windows 10 use to deliver RSS-based news and updates to Live Tiles
ZDNet
9:50 PM
A look at Microsoft's hardware design labs and how the company designed the Surface Hub 2S
Digital Trends
9:10 PM
Wisconsin governor says he wants to renegotiate the state's Foxconn contract, which has up to $4B in incentives, thinks goal of 13K Foxconn jobs is unrealistic
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
8:35 PM
Facebook says it unintentionally collected email contacts of 1.5M users who used email password verification, will notify affected users and delete contacts
Business Insider
8:07 PM
Pinterest prices its IPO at $19 per share, above the top end of the expected range, valuing the company at $10B
CNBC
8:00 PM
Airbnb leads $160M Series B in debt and equity financing for Lyric, a hospitality platform offering short-term serviced apartments for business travelers
Skift
7:30 PM
Newzoo data: the top 25 public game companies accounted for nearly 80% of the $134.9B global market in 2018; Tencent, Sony, Microsoft, and Apple topped the list
VentureBeat
6:20 PM
Terry Gou, the founder of Foxconn, has announced he will run for Taiwan's presidency
New York Times
6:05 PM
Salesforce says it's buying MapAnything, which helps companies make location-based workflows on Salesforce's platform; MapAnything has raised more than $84M
TechCrunch
5:40 PM
Twitter says it has acquired highlight sharing app Highly, which will shut down its iOS and Slack app on April 26
TechCrunch
5:25 PM
Zoom prices its IPO at $36 per share, above the expected range, valuing the business at $9.2B
CNBC
5:10 PM
Investigation finds six Android apps from DU Group, a major Chinese developer, that have been committing large-scale ad fraud and abusing user permissions
BuzzFeed News
4:25 PM
Microsoft says it denied a California law enforcement request to use its facial recognition tech over bias concerns, but it has sold the tech to a US prison
The Verge
3:30 PM
Amazon says it will shut down its online store and seller services in China from July 18, will focus on selling imported goods and cloud services
Reuters
3:10 PM
Profile of Playrix, founded by two Russian brothers, which creates smartphone games, played by 30M+ daily users, and has $1.2B in annual sales
Bloomberg
2:50 PM
Sources: Uber is nearing a deal with SoftBank, Toyota, and Denso to invest $1B in its self-driving unit, valuing it at $7.25B, as Uber prepares for its IPO
Wall Street Journal
2:42 PM
AirPods' rapid ubiquity and wireless design, letting users keep them in constantly, has become a source of annoyance for service industry workers and others
BuzzFeed News
2:13 PM
Sources: a team at Facebook Reality Labs has been working on a voice assistant since 2018 and has contacted vendors in the smart speaker supply chain
CNBC
2:03 PM
Several journalists have reported their Samsung Galaxy Fold review unit's screen breaking after a day or two of use
The Verge
2:00 PM
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says he opposes China Mobile's plan to enter the US market and will hold a vote on whether to deny its application in May
Reuters
1:30 PM
Cisco's Talos: state-backed hackers are continuing to brazenly hijack domains, targeting key infrastructure of several countries, in a months-long DNS campaign
Ars Technica
1:10 PM
Apple's conduct amid Qualcomm litigation appears to have been shady and vindictive, its bet on Intel was a bust, and 5G tech ultimately beat it into submission
SemiAccurate
12:40 PM
PathAI, which uses machine learning to aid diagnostic accuracy, raises $60M Series B led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to $75M
VentureBeat
12:30 PM
T-Mobile and Comcast say they're rolling out call verification for calls made between their networks, using STIR/SHAKEN protocol, for some Samsung and LG phones
Engadget
12:10 PM
Inside the world of private Facebook Groups, which can shield communities from trolls and toxic content, and how women use them
BuzzFeed News
11:55 AM
Hulu remains Netflix's strongest competitor, despite stiff competition, as sources say its $6/month streaming service makes $15+/subscriber/month due to ads
New York Times
11:45 AM
Moveworks, which runs a platform that automatically handles mundane IT requests, raises $30M Series A from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Bain Capital
Forbes
11:30 AM
Google quietly rolls out a budgeting feature for Google Play that lets users track expenses and specify a spending limit
VentureBeat
11:20 AM
Hands-on with Microsoft's Surface Hub 2S: a beautiful and powerful piece of hardware that's thinner than the old model, but much depends on forthcoming software
The Verge
11:17 AM
Interviews with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and employees shed light on her stewardship and what has been a difficult year so far, with a myriad of scandals
New York Times
11:11 AM
Microsoft unveils the Surface Hub 2S, an update to the original Hub that's 60% slimmer and 40% lighter with a 50" 3840x2560 display, shipping in June for $9,000
TechCrunch
11:05 AM
Sources: Apple is working on a combined Find My Friends and Find My iPhone app, for iOS and macOS, and a Tile-like tracking device
9to5Mac
10:50 AM
A deep dive into Google Maps and its potential to become an all-encompassing, ubiquitous “super app” in the West, similar to WeChat in China
Skift
10:30 AM
EU Parliament passes regulations to curb unfair trade practices by online platforms, aimed at tech giants; regulations now need EU Council's approval
VentureBeat
10:15 AM
Zapata Computing, which is building an enterprise software platform for quantum computing, raises $21M Series A led by Prelude Ventures and Comcast Ventures
Forbes
9:50 AM
Aidoc, which uses AI to help radiologists analyze medical scans, raises $27M Series B led by Square Peg Capital, bringing its total raised to $40M
TechCrunch
9:35 AM
Pilot, which provides an automated accounting service, raises $40M Series B led by Index Ventures with participation from Stripe
Fortune
9:20 AM
CloudGenix, which provides software-defined wide area networks, raises $65M Series C from Bain Capital, Intel, and others, bringing total raised to ~$100M
VentureBeat
8:00 AM
UK government announces that porn websites will have to introduce age-checks by July 15; sites failing to comply will face being blocked by ISPs
BBC
7:40 AM
Sources: Apple is developing its own lidar sensor and has also held talks with four possible lidar suppliers to evaluate their tech for use in self-driving cars
Reuters
7:20 AM
Indian IT outsourcing giant Wipro is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked and are being used to launch attacks on its customers
Krebs on Security
6:55 AM
As The New York Times launches a 5G Journalism Lab to explore storytelling possibilities, a look at how speedier mobile networks could boost newsrooms
Nieman Lab
2:55 AM
A report by AI Now Institute finds that about 80% of AI professors are men, while just 15% of AI research staff at Facebook and 10% at Google are women
The Verge
12:10 AM
Sources: Apple was concerned about Intel as a sole supplier for its 5G iPhone planned for next year, prompting the settlement with Qualcomm
Nikkei
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
10:55 PM
Kickstarter says game projects on the site have brought $1B+ in donations to creators since 2009, with $236M going to video games and $21M to gaming hardware
VentureBeat
10:25 PM
During his TED 2019 interview, Jack Dorsey evaded questions about the state of Twitter by providing vague answers, frustrating the interviewers and the audience
Wired
9:10 PM
Google announces support for Signed Exchanges in Chrome, which will show the original, correct URL for a page in the address bar for AMP pages
The Verge
8:40 PM
Cytora, a UK-based startup using AI to learn patterns of risks over time to benefit commercial insurance underwriting, raises £25M Series B led by EQT Ventures
TechCrunch
8:10 PM
Report: Sony says it made rules that limit sexual content in its games globally; sources: the effect of sexual material on Sony's brand in the US worried execs
Engadget
7:42 PM
Intel says it is exiting the 5G smartphone modem business as “it has become apparent that there is no clear path to profitability and positive returns”
Intel Newsroom
7:30 PM
Report: blockchain startup incubator ConsenSys' pitch deck forecasts $100M burn rate for 2019, says it had $21M in revenue in 2018, projecting $52.3M in 2019
CoinDesk
7:00 PM
With the release of macOS 10.14.4, the MacBook Air (2018) was updated with a display brightness of up to 400 nits, compared to up to 300 nits previously
MacRumors
6:40 PM
T-Mobile CEO John Legere denies the “premise” of a report that DOJ staff told T-Mobile and Sprint their merger likely wouldn't get approved as structured
CNET
6:25 PM
Uber says it recently modified some of its JUMP electric bikes after finding a braking problem like the one that prompted Lyft to recall its electric bikes
Washington Post
5:30 PM
Microsoft announces Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, a disc-free Xbox One S launching May 7 for $249 with a 1TB HDD and three games; preorders open now
CNET
5:25 PM
Now-patched security flaw in EA's Origin client for Windows, used by tens of millions of gamers to buy and download games, exposed PCs to remote code execution
TechCrunch
5:15 PM
Microsoft unveils Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, combining Xbox Live and Game Pass into a $14.99/mo subscription, available in all Game Pass markets later this year
The Verge
4:55 PM
Sources: DOJ staffers have told T-Mobile and Sprint that their planned merger is unlikely to be approved as currently structured
Wall Street Journal
4:45 PM
IBM Q1: revenue of $18.18B, down 4.7% YoY, the third consecutive quarter of declining YoY revenue, Cloud & Cognitive Software revenue of $5.04B, down 1.5% YoY
CNBC
4:40 PM
Google Pay adds Gmail importing for automatically adding movie tickets, loyalty cards, coupons, airline boarding passes, and more from your inbox
9to5Google
4:18 PM
Netflix reports Q1 revenue surpassed $4.52B, up 22% YoY, vs $4.50B est.; net subscriptions grew 9.6M, up 16% YoY, with 1.74M in the US and 7.86M internationally
CNBC
3:35 PM
Apple iMac (2019) review: both models received a notable performance boost but a comprehensive design refresh is needed, especially for the 21.5-inch version
The Verge
3:02 PM
Qualcomm and Apple settle all litigation between the two companies, as Apple makes a payment to Qualcomm; Qualcomm's stock has risen 30%+ since the deal
CNBC
2:55 PM
HP unveils new commercial laptops and workstations launching in May and June that will include its new AI-based malware protection software called HP Sure Sense
VentureBeat
2:50 PM
Uber launches a tool for female Saudi Arabian drivers, letting them pick up only women, after finding 74% didn't want to pick up men
Business Insider
2:35 PM
Apple and Google remove the popular video app TikTok from their app stores in India to comply with a state court's directive
Reuters
1:45 PM
Intel says it has acquired Omnitek, a UK-based chip designer focused on FPGAs with customized and high-performance vision and AI inferencing capabilities
VentureBeat
1:40 PM
Researchers detail recently patched zero day vulnerability in win32k.sys, the fifth Local Privilege Escalation they have discovered in Windows in recent months
Securelist
1:30 PM
London-based Zencargo, which is using machine learning to improve freight forwarding, raises ~$19M Series A led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
TechCrunch
1:15 PM
Twitter to test option to hide a tweet's replies in June, suspends 3x more abusive accounts reported within 24 hours than last year, relies less on user reports
Twitter
12:40 PM
Samsung says it has developed a 5nm semiconductor process using its Extreme Ultra Violet tech and expects to commercialize it in 2020
ZDNet
12:30 PM
Louisville, KY mayor says Google Fiber will pay the city $3.84M to repair damage to city streets after the company abandoned the Louisville market
WDRB
12:25 PM
About 4,000 pages of leaked Facebook documents from 2011-2015 shed light on its approach to sharing and selling data, giving more access to friendly companies
NBC News
12:18 PM
Overview of high-profile male executives in tech who were accused of sexual misconduct and are now getting second chances
BuzzFeed News
12:10 PM
Zoom raises its IPO list price to $33-$35 ahead of Thursday debut and says it will sell $100M in Class A shares to Salesforce Ventures at IPO price
TechCrunch
12:00 PM
Sales engagement platform Outreach raises $114M at a $1.1B valuation led by Lone Pine Capital with participation from Microsoft Ventures and others
Bloomberg
11:45 AM
Using 9 hours' worth of footage of a park in NYC from public cameras and Amazon Rekognition, NYT detected 2,750 faces, matching many to real identities, for $60
New York Times
11:35 AM
Researcher: Adblock, Adblock Plus, uBlock browser extensions could have let providers of filtering lists run arbitrary code in sites; uBlock Origin not affected
The Register
11:00 AM
Salesforce acquires Salesforce.org, which had been a public benefit corporation, for $300M, will integrate it as part of a new nonprofit and education vertical
TechCrunch
10:30 AM
Sources: Apple is planning a desktop extension feature for macOS 10.15 that allows users to send any window of any app to an external display, including an iPad
9to5Mac
9:50 AM
Sony says its next-gen PlayStation console will be backward-compatible, support 8K graphics with ray tracing, and have an SSD, but won't be released this year
Wired
9:20 AM
Mozilla executives reflect on how Google web products would often break in Firefox but not Chrome and on other issues perceived as anti-competitive tactics
ZDNet
8:50 AM
Leapwork, which develops a process automation platform that can be used by non-technical staff, raises $10M Series A led by DN Capital and e.ventures
TechCrunch
8:30 AM
6sense, which uses big data to predict in real time when people are looking to buy products, raises $27M led by Industry Ventures, bringing total raised to $63M
VentureBeat
8:15 AM
Sources: Indian government has asked Apple and Google to take down TikTok from their app stores, following a Madras High Court order to ban the app
The Economic Times
7:30 AM
Facebook will discontinue P2P payments in Messenger in the UK and France on June 15; the service will remain active in the US
TechCrunch
7:20 AM
Interviews with 65 current and former employees on the meltdown inside Facebook over the last 15 months as the Cambridge Analytica scandal unfolded
Wired
1:30 AM
Google outlines new Android developer relations policies, says it will take more time to review apps by developers that don't yet have a track record
Android Developers Blog
Monday, April 15, 2019
8:45 PM
Canalys forecasts that the global installed base of smart speakers will grow 82.4% YoY from 114M units in 2018 to 207.9M in 2019
TechCrunch
7:35 PM
Source: Twitter left up tweets threatening Rep. Ilhan Omar's life, which would typically be removed once reported, so law enforcement could investigate them
BuzzFeed News
7:05 PM
Some companies attacked in 2017's NotPetya ransomware plague have been denied insurance coverage over “war exclusion” clauses
New York Times
6:10 PM
Hulu has repurchased AT&T's 9.5% stake in the business for $1.43B, giving Hulu a valuation of $15B; Disney said in November that Hulu was worth $9.26B
CNBC
5:55 PM
Despite publicly pausing verification, Twitter has verified 10,000+ accounts in recent months but withheld the privilege from anyone without backchannel access
Mashable