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The Verge:
As the World Wide Web turns 30, a list of some memorable and impactful highlights, from big sites like eBay and Pornhub, to @dril, to one-off games like QWOP  —  It began by asking how future scientists would keep track of their increasingly large projects.  “This proposal provides an answer to such questions,” he wrote.
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Senator Warren's proposal would create massive new problems, have significant unintended consequences, and not address the issues she is concerned about  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren deserves credit: I have been writing about antitrust, particularly in the context of Aggregation Theory …
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.
Saqib Shah / Engadget:
Mozilla's free encrypted file sharing service Firefox Send is now available to all Firefox users and has its own Send Android app in beta  —  Mozilla has made privacy Firefox's calling card, while lambasting companies it believes don't meet the bar on security.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Amazon drops the price of Eero bundles by $100 and pledges to keep Eero's network data private, as its acquisition of the company officially closes  —  Eero will be run independently inside Amazon  —  Amazon's deal to acquire mesh Wi-Fi router company Eero has officially closed …
Kim Zetter / Motherboard:
Researchers find a severe flaw in the new Swiss online voting system, slated to roll out this year, which they say would allow someone to alter votes undetected  —  Researchers have found a severe issue in the new Swiss internet voting system that they say would let someone alter votes undetected.
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 …
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.
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Uber settles two years-old lawsuits over driver classification for $20M, a boon to the company as it prepares to go public  —  The ride-hail company gets to continue not paying for traditional benefits like paid sick time and workers' compensation  —  The fight over the classification …
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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New York Times:
Court docs detail a smear campaign against actor Blake Lively via media articles and social media posts after she accused director Justin Baldoni of misconduct

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify Premium now offers a subscription to Hulu's ad-supported plan for free, in a deal available to new and existing users in the US until June 10
Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo:
Lawsuit claims Amit Singhal, a former Google and Uber exec, was offered a $45M exit package after resigning from Google following a sexual assault accusation

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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
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
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
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
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Researchers find Box enterprise cloud storage accounts leaking sensitive data like prices for donated body parts and backdoor passwords to city waterworks
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