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    • Eminem's publisher Eight Mile Style sues Spotify claiming copyright infringement, challenges the constitutionality of the Music Modernization Act passed in 2018 (Eriq Gardner/Hollywood Reporter)

    Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: Eminem’s publisher Eight Mile Style sues Spotify claiming copyright infringement, challenges the constitutionality of the Music Modernization Act passed in 2018  —  Eight Mile Style alleges “Lose Yourself” and many of the rapper’s hits aren’t licensed by the streamer.  Now comes a suit eyeing Spotify’s billions. Eminem's publisher Eight Mile

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    • IAC has acquired short-term nursing jobs marketplace NurseFly, source says for $15M (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

    Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: IAC has acquired short-term nursing jobs marketplace NurseFly, source says for $15M  —  NurseFly, a startup that’s created a job marketplace for short-term nursing positions, is announcing its acquisition by holding company IAC.  —  While the companies aren’t disclosing the deal terms … IAC has acquired short-term nursing jobs marketplace NurseFly,

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    • Used clothing online marketplace ThredUp says it has raised a total of $175M over the past year; ThredUp is valued at ~$670M according to PitchBook (Glenda Toma/Forbes)

    Glenda Toma / Forbes: Used clothing online marketplace ThredUp says it has raised a total of $175M over the past year; ThredUp is valued at ~$670M according to PitchBook  —  Even as the retail industry has slumped, dragged down by disappointing earnings and an unending trade war, resale is exploding. Used clothing online marketplace ThredUp

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    • Eminem’s publisher sues Spotify for copyright infringement over ‘Lose Yourself’ and other tracks

    Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival Eminem’s music publisher, Eight Mile Style, has filed a lawsuit against Spotify, alleging copyright infringement. The suit claims the steaming platform didn’t get proper licenses for the rapper’s music and wants Spotify to compensate the publisher for billions of streams. There are two prongs to

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    • Google, Mozilla, Apple to block root certificate issued by Kazakhstan which could be used to monitor users; Microsoft says cert not in its Trusted Root Program (Joseph Cox/VICE)

    Joseph Cox / VICE: Google, Mozilla, Apple to block root certificate issued by Kazakhstan which could be used to monitor users; Microsoft says cert not in its Trusted Root Program  —  Browser makers announced they would block the Kazakhstan government’s root certificate, which was designed to spy on citizens’ internet usage. Google, Mozilla, Apple to

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    • Source: Google is planning an update to the Home Mini, called the Nest Mini, with a similar form factor, wall mount, improved sound, and 3.5mm jack (Stephen Hall/9to5Google)

    Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: Source: Google is planning an update to the Home Mini, called the Nest Mini, with a similar form factor, wall mount, improved sound, and 3.5mm jack  —  Google plans to launch a followup to 2017’s Google Home Mini with a second-generation ‘Nest Mini,’ a reliable source tells 9to5Google. Source: Google is

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    • Big data analytics service Splunk to acquire cloud monitoring company SignalFx for $1.05B (Natalie Gagliordi/ZDNet)

    Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: Big data analytics service Splunk to acquire cloud monitoring company SignalFx for $1.05B  —  The company announced the deal along with its second quarter financial results, which topped estimates.  —  Splunk delivered better-than-expected second quarter financial results and announced … Big data analytics service Splunk to acquire cloud monitoring company SignalFx

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