Aug. 16, 2019
Fri. 08/16 - Coinbase says all your bitcoin base are belong to us
Coinbase says all your bitcoin base are belong to us, Apple sues a “virtualization” company, was Amazon offering vendors a pay to play scheme with Amazon Choice, and, as always, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- Exclusive: Coinbase Buys Xapo Custody for $55 Million, Eyes Lending Business (Fortune)
- Apple Files Lawsuit Against Virtualization Company Corellium for Illegally Replicating iOS and Apple Apps (MacRumors)
- Amazon offered vendors ‘Amazon’s Choice’ labels in return for ad spending and lower prices (Digiday)
- YouTube shuts down music companies' use of manual copyright claims to steal creator revenue (TechCrunch)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- Weird gadgets that are actually really useful (ZDNet)
- Trump Tumult Has Gadget Giants Splitting Along U.S.-China Lines (Bloomberg)
- THREE YEARS OF MISERY INSIDE GOOGLE, THE HAPPIEST COMPANY IN TECH (Wired)
- WEWORK ISN’T A TECH COMPANY; IT’S A SOAP OPERA (The Verge)
- WeWTF (ProfGalloway.com)
- Elon Musk’s Neuralink: Both an evolution and a plan for radical change (Ars Technica)
- SpaceX’s First Astronauts Train Up for Space, but Crew Dragon Faces Delays (Inverse.com)
- HOW A 'NULL' LICENSE PLATE LANDED ONE HACKER IN TICKET HELL (Wired)
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