Steam ends support for bitcoin payments citing volatility as fees move toward $20 per transaction vs. ~$0.20 when support via Bitpay was enabled April 2016
“It has become untenable to support Bitcoin as a payment option” — Valve is ending support for Steam purchases made with bitcoin …
Instagram is testing Direct, a standalone private messaging app that replaces the current inbox, in six countries; there is no timeline yet for a global launch
Messenger 2.0 — Instagram is testing a standalone app for private messages called Direct, a first step toward possibly toward …
NiceHash, a Slovenia-based marketplace for cryptocurrency mining, says it was hacked and 4,700 bitcoins, worth about $60M+, were stolen from its wallet
(Reuters) - Cryptocurrency marketplace NiceHash said the contents of its bitcoin wallet had been stolen in a security breach and one executive said nearly $64 million had been lost.
Sony says PS4 sales reached 70M units and PlayStation VR sold 2M units worldwide; PS4 now on track to surpass its predecessor which sold 80M+ over its lifespan
Sony announced today that the PlayStation 4 has hit a major new milestone, surpassing 70 million units sold worldwide.
Lyft launches first self-driving car pilot in Boston; select riders will be paired with a nuTonomy autonomous car, human safety drivers will be behind the wheel
Robot taxis by NuTonomy — Lyft's first self-driving car pilot is officially underway. The company is sending autonomous vehicles …
Bitcoin price reaches $16K+ despite bubble warnings, with a total market capitalization of ~$270B
Bitcoin broke through the $15,000 barrier on Thursday morning as it continued what has been a remarkable run even by the cryptocurrency's usual bubblelicious standards.
Google adds video responses from celebrities, including Will Ferrell, Gina Rodriguez, and Mark Wahlberg, for popular questions as a trial in US
Using selfie-style videos — Google today is launching a new search feature that will have celebrities answering commonly searched questions …
ACINQ, Blockstream, and Lightning Labs successfully test live bitcoin transactions over Lightning Network bringing Bitcoin scaling solution closer to reality
Bitcoin's long wait for the Lightning Network is almost over. — Announced today, the startups behind the three …
Patreon says it will reduce pledge fee from 5% to 2.9%, but add a $0.35 charge for each individual pledge, causing concern among some creators
Patreon announced a new service fee policy that it says will help creators keep more money, but many are worried because they believe it will instead discourage their patrons from pledging.
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, joins Everipedia as CIO as the two-year-old encyclopedia moves to the blockchain and becomes a peer-to-peer resource
AT THE TIME of this writing, the opening sentence of Larry Sanger's Everipedia entry is pretty close to his Wikipedia entry.
Real estate tech company Compass raises $450M from SoftBank's Vision Fund at a $2.2B valuation, plans to double its domestic reach in the US
Compass, a New York-based real estate startup, said Thursday that it had raised $450 million in funding from SoftBank Group's Vision Fund.
How Philippine's President Duterte utilized Facebook, used by 97% of Filipino internet users, to spread his message before weaponizing it to target dissent
Rodrigo Duterte walked down the aisle of a packed auditorium at De La Salle University in downtown Manila, shaking hands and waving … Tweets: @bafeldman , @chafkin , @peterwsinger , @carlfranzen , @sa...
Google shuts down the app section of Chrome Web Store and emails developers saying Chrome Apps are deprecated, although they remain on Chrome OS
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica :
Political opposition firm files to dismiss Shervin Pishevar suit, says court will “see through his strategy of filing suits to intimidate women coming forward”
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed :
Global Internet Forum tells EU it will work on removing terrorist content within 1-2 hours of upload; EU says more is needed or will move to legislation in 2018
Qualcomm details Snapdragon 845, the successor to 835: 30% faster graphics, better power efficiency and connectivity, 4K HDR, Secure Processing Unit, more
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 845 today … Abner Li / 9to5Google : Qualcomm announces latest Snapdragon 845 processor Cherlynn Low / Engadget : Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 doubles down on cameras and...
London-based money transfer service WorldRemit raises $40M Series C, sources say at a ~$670M valuation, led by LeapFrog Investments
IPO can't be too far away, potentially in London too http://techcrunch.com/... Thanks: @ingridlunden
Microsoft launches open-source projects Virtual Kublet and Open Service Broker to help connect Kubernetes containers to Microsoft Azure
Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat :
Encrypted email service ProtonMail adds support for desktop email clients, including Outlook and Apple Mail, as it rolls out ProtonMail Bridge
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Survey of 869 founders: 78% of women and 48% of men have faced sexual harassment at work or know someone who faced it; 70% of women say it's underreported
they have every year.) http://stateofstartups.firstround.com/ ... pic.twitter.com/583Rnlq86s
How big tech companies, especially from the US, could be affected by upcoming trade and legal disputes over cross-border data transfers
Popular anxiety about the internet and technology in 2017 has taken a different form from the 1990s and 2000s, as big companies dominate now
John Herrman / New York Times :
How new businesses, including 100K+ with $100K+ sales, are using Amazon to sell electronics and other products, often undercutting established competitors
and global brands are worried. My @nytimes column http://www.nytimes.com/...
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