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What the Fuck Do Venture Capitalists Actually Do All Day?
Being an investor—particularly one in overvalued, bubbly tech startups—is perhaps America's easiest job. Don't believe me? Look at this guy:Read more...
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Google's High-Tech Mapping Backpacks Are Uglier Than Google Glass
If Google Glass gets you thrown out of a bar , how will onlookers respond when someone wearing a Google Cartographer thuds by them in the hall? This week the company revealed its plan to bring Street...
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Nasty Gal Cut Up to 10% of Staff In Third Round of Layoffs This Year
Nasty Gal had its third round of layoffs this year, according to WWD. TechCrunch says the online fashion shop dismissed up to 10 percent of staffers. Just a few months ago, founder Sophia Amoruso was...
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Uber Is Now Sponsoring a Police Militarization Conference
As citizens continue to criticize America's increasingly-militarized civilian police forces, cops across the country are descending upon Oakland for the controversial Urban Shield war games...
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Bitcoin CEO's Guilty Plea: "I Knew That What I Was Doing Was Wrong"
Bitcoin crusader Charlie Shrem pled guilty in court yesterday to charges related to Silk Road, the Deep Web drug market. The 24-year-old sounded much less defiant than he had just earlier this week....
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BitTorrent's Latest Ad Is the Height of Billboard Idiocy
Silicon Valley has already pumped out some of the stupidest billboards in the Western Hemisphere , but BitTorrent's latest might be the most mind-bendingly moronic one yet.Read more...
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I Saved Twitter: Totally Algorithmic Twitter
Yesterday Twitter finally admitted they are getting into the feed filtering business whether you like it or not. Unsurprisingly you seem to like it not. Some of this is probably just typical...
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We Have a Winner: The New Craziest Uber Dashboard
Forget about the driver with five different phones running—this guy's quest for a five-star means providing riders with a dash-mounted Super Nintendo.Read more...
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After the Fappening, Investors Think Reddit's Value Grew to $500M.
This weekend, the CEO of Reddit tried to defend r/TheFappening, a section of his website trafficking in illegally obtained nude photos of young female celebrities. His argument? "Every man is...
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Tech Companies Want to Suppress Settlement Like They Suppressed Salaries
Silicon Valley tried to settle away a $9 billion wage-fixing lawsuit, which alleges that companies including Apple and Google colluded to suppress employee wages. But a federal judge nixed the paltry...
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Tinder's Ugly Harassment Lawsuit Is Already Over
Just two months after allegations of rampant sexism at Tinder—and a month after Tinder denied those allegations—the hookup app is settling out of court with Whitney Wolfe.Read more...
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ISIS-Linked Extremists Vow to Assassinate Twitter Employees
Demonstrating all the alacrity of a scorned online fedora-enthusiast and all the civility of—well, of a murderous jihadi—a social media account connected to allies of the Islamic State has issued...
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Mike Arrington and Peter Thiel Fought Over Uber Like Boys With Toys
It's not easy being Michael Arrington. To kickoff TechCrunch Disrupt SF this morning, the Uber investor directed a fierce and poignant native ad for his CrunchFund investment Uber—right there on...
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Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto's Web Accounts Apparently Compromised
Email and forum accounts used by the pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto have apparently been taken over by hackers or squatters, according to a series of odd posts made from accounts...
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Apple PR Insider: "You have to be able to control the journalist"
Today's portable telephone orgasm is only hours away from beginning, which makes this the perfect time to read this—an interview with someone who knows all about how Apple controls journalists .Read...
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Snapchat CEO Admits He Screwed His Friend, While Nobody Is Listening
It's a big week for legal settlements! With the entire tech and business world paying attention to new iPhones, Snapchat just issued a little press release admitting Reggie Brown did indeed help...
View ArticleAmericans Keep Losing Their Drones
All across America, drones are crashing into trees and rooftops. The $500-plus dollar skytoys are frequently flying away from their owners, landing in lakes and marshes and urban neighborhoods, never...
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The Worst Human at Tinder Just Resigned
Justin Mateen, the CMO of Tinder made famous for allegedly calling his coworker a whore and then getting his awful, abusive text messages publicized, has moved on.Read more...
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Peter Thiel Admits "The PayPal Mafia" Built Bombs In High School
Here's a big shocker: PayPal, the early online payment processing service that made a batch of Silicon Valley legends, was founded by a team of psychopaths. Peter Thiel, a PayPal co-founder and early...
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Clinkle CEO's Statement On Apple Pay Reads Like a Eulogy
One of the many gospels Apple delivered to tech bloggers today was Apple Pay . It's a magical sounding mobile payments system that will use near field communication (NFC) to let users pay for things...
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