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Sources: Andy Rubin left Google with $90M after credible sexual misconduct allegation; one accused executive left with a big exit package while another remained — The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim.
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| 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
| CNBC: |
In email to employees, Sundar Pichai says Google fired 48 people, including 13 senior managers, over last 2 years for sexual harassment; none had exit packages — - Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees Thursday in response to a report in The New York Times about sexual misconduct at the company.
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| 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.
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| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
US Copyright Office files final rule on right to repair that allows consumers to legally break DRM for repairing or maintaining devices beginning Oct. 28 — The new exemptions are a major win for the right to repair movement and give consumers wide latitude to legally repair the devices they own.
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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 …
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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 … | 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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| Wall Street Journal: |
Interviews with 70+ current and former Netflix employees tell of a culture of candor and transparency that some find ruthless, demoralizing, and dysfunctional — Buzzwords and anxiety fill the hallways as Hollywood giant tries to maintain a winning culture amid breakneck growth; ‘sunshining’ the ‘N-word’ scandal
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q3 revenue of $298M, vs. $283M estimated, up 43% YoY, and DAUs of 186M, vs. 186.1M estimated, up 5% YoY but down 1% QoQ; stock down 15 %+ — - Wall Street was keeping a close eye on active user numbers for Snap's namesake photo-sharing app, Snapchat, as global social media use plateaus.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Sources: two hackers, who stole millions of users' data from Uber in 2016, indicted on charges related to 2016 data breach at online learning company Lynda — Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker / 8 hours — Two hackers who stole millions of users' data from ride-hailing firm Uber have been indicted … Sponsor Posts
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