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Sources: Peter Thiel is moving to LA and has considered leaving Facebook board, amid shift away from tech industry, which he sees as intolerant of conservatism — Billionaire investor frustrated with what he sees as intolerance of conservatism in tech industry; has discussed resigning from Facebook board
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| Monica Chin / Mashable: |
Latest Windows 10 Insider build has “Ultimate Performance” power mode, which Microsoft says builds on “High Performance” mode by removing more micro-latencies — Microsoft is adding a new enhanced power mode to Windows 10 Pro for users who need to squeeze every ounce of performance out of there computer.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple says fix is coming for iOS and macOS bug that blocks access to apps like Messages, Messenger, WhatsApp if user gets message with specific Indian character — Here we go again — Apple had a shockingly bad week of software problems just before the end of 2017, and it looks like 2018 isn't starting so well either.
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Tweets: @twitterrific, @tomwarren, and @bhcarpenter
| Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: |
British officials say Russia was “almost certainly responsible” for 2017 NotPetya attack that targeted Ukraine and some large businesses — Ukraine bore the brunt of the June attack, in which the ‘Petya’ worm spread among corporate computer networks
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Tweets: @ddale8, @ncsc, @ridt, @ridt, @johnhultquist, @afp, and @ukinukraine
| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed: |
How Facebook prioritizing friends' content with many comments led to a post reappearing atop people's News Feed over and over, increasing “engagement” even more — Last Saturday — 12 days ago now — I shared a cringeworthy video on Facebook: a 6-minute clip …
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Tweets: @codinghorror, @oliverdarcy, @ezraklein, @mims, @katienotopoulos, @mekosoff, @mattyglesias, @mattzeitlin, @cwarzel, @shaneferro, @andyjayhawk, @michaeldrisc, and @aahaworth
| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
Coinbase says it will issue refunds after an issue with its payment processor led to some users being repeatedly charged for purchases — A growing number of Coinbase customers are complaining that the cryptocurrency exchange withdrew unauthorized money out of their accounts.
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The Hill, The Next Web, reddit, Mashable, CoinDesk, and The Bitcoin Pub
Tweets: @edzitron, @rmac18, @sarahjeong, and @adrjeffries
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Andrew Chen, ex-head of growth at Uber, joins Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner, a week after Lars Dalgaard left a16z to start his own fund — Notable: The firm still doesn't have any female general partners. — Andreessen Horowitz has plucked the head of growth at Uber and turned …
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andrewchen, Andreessen Horowitz, Axios, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @andrewchen, @rrhoover, and @sachinrekhi
| Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast: |
Popular meme pages are skirting Facebook's spam detection by overlaying static videos with watermark-like white arrows and triangles, reaching millions of users — Viral meme pages have developed a new trick to reach millions of users and generate big money from publishers and brand pages.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google releases Gmail Go, a scaled-down version that takes up less storage space, on Android, following YouTube Go, Assistant Go, and others — Google has added a notable addition to its line of “Go” edition apps - the lightweight apps designed primarily for emerging markets - with the launch of Gmail Go.
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The Verge, Android Community, NDTV Gadgets 360, Android Police, The Indian Express, and Android Authority. Tweets: @chrismessina
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Facebook partners with Lyft, Chase, Save the Children, and others to bolster its Community Help efforts by offering more information on food, transport, shelter — Facebook is amping up its Community Help efforts, now enabling companies like Lyft, Chase, International Medical Corps and Save …
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Facebook, Android Police, The Next Web, Engadget, CNET, Lyft Blog, Mashable, Neowin, and CNBC
| Biz Carson / Forbes: |
Dockless bike-sharing startup LimeBike adds $70M to its $50M Series B from October; investors include Fifth Wall Ventures, which is backed by real estate titans — LimeBike wants to help find its random scattering of bikes a perhaps better and more useful home.| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
After signing a licensing deal with Getty, Google Image Search removes View Image button; Search by Image button also removed but still works through search bar — Google has removed the View Image button and the Search by Image feature when viewing an individual image within Google Image Search.
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