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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Links:

• 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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