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US presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to fix ‘confusing’ cryptocurrency regulations (and give $1,000 to everyone)

Move over John McAfee, there’s a new kid on the block, and they just cemented their position as the cryptocurrency presidential candidate for the 2020 election race. Andrew Yang released a statement on cryptocurrency and digital assets yesterday, making a bid to regulate virtual assets if elected. If Yang wins the 2020 race he wants

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Mozilla's open source IoT platform for monitoring and controlling connected devices graduates from its experimental phase, launching as Mozilla WebThings (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Mozilla’s open source IoT platform for monitoring and controlling connected devices graduates from its experimental phase, launching as Mozilla WebThings  —  For the better part of two years, the folks at Mozilla have been chipping diligently away at Project Things, an open implementation … Mozilla's open source IoT platform for monitoring

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Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan, an immigrant from China who was denied a US visa eight times, is now a billionaire after his company debuted on Nasdaq (Tom Huddleston Jr/CNBC)

Tom Huddleston Jr / CNBC: Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan, an immigrant from China who was denied a US visa eight times, is now a billionaire after his company debuted on Nasdaq  —  When Eric Yuan was in his early 20s, he heard a speech from then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates about the promise of

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Netflix is opening an NYC production hub, will lease about 161,000 square feet for six sound stages in Brooklyn and also will expand its Manhattan office (Bryn Elise Sandberg/Hollywood Reporter)

Bryn Elise Sandberg / Hollywood Reporter: Netflix is opening an NYC production hub, will lease about 161,000 square feet for six sound stages in Brooklyn and also will expand its Manhattan office  —  The streamer also will expand its Manhattan office and create 127 high-paying jobs by 2024.  —  Amazon’s loss is Netflix’s gain. Netflix

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Apple's butterfly keyboard has failed and the company owes customers an apology, but it still claims that only a small percentage of users experience trouble (Casey Johnston/The Outline)

Casey Johnston / The Outline: Apple’s butterfly keyboard has failed and the company owes customers an apology, but it still claims that only a small percentage of users experience trouble  —  Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to substantially admit that it has made a very big mistake. Apple's butterfly keyboard

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Emtek announces it will shut down BBM for consumers on May 31, but BlackBerry's enterprise-grade service, BBM Enterprise, will become available to individuals (Bla1ze/CrackBerry.com)

Bla1ze / CrackBerry.com: Emtek announces it will shut down BBM for consumers on May 31, but BlackBerry’s enterprise-grade service, BBM Enterprise, will become available to individuals  —  Consumer BBM users encouraged to switch to BBM Enterprise  —  Back in 2016, BlackBerry announced a new partnership … Emtek announces it will shut down BBM for consumers

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Uber confirms it has raised $1B for its autonomous driving unit from SoftBank Vision Fund, Toyota, and Denso, at a valuation of $7.25B (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: Uber confirms it has raised $1B for its autonomous driving unit from SoftBank Vision Fund, Toyota, and Denso, at a valuation of $7.25B  —  Uber on Thursday night confirmed that it has raised $1 billion for its autonomous driving unit at a post-money valuation of $7.25 billion. Uber confirms it has

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Federal investigation of Facebook could hold Mark Zuckerberg accountable on privacy, sources say

Federal regulators investigating Facebook for mishandling its users’ personal information have set their sights on the company’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, exploring his past statements on privacy and weighing whether to seek new, heightened oversight of his leadership. Federal investigation of Facebook could hold Mark Zuckerberg accountable on privacy, sources say Source: Washington Post Tech

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A look at Apple's Material Recovery Lab, which houses Daisy, a robot that can disassemble 15 different iPhone models at a rate of 200/hour for parts recycling (Ian Sherr/CNET)

Ian Sherr / CNET: A look at Apple’s Material Recovery Lab, which houses Daisy, a robot that can disassemble 15 different iPhone models at a rate of 200/hour for parts recycling  —  Hidden not far from downtown Austin, Texas, a research lab is working to change the way we recycle electronics.  And it’s being run

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Winklevoss Capital settles with ex-BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem; Winklevoss Capital had alleged Shrem stole 5K bitcoin in 2012, worth ~$26M at today's prices (Marc Hochstein/CoinDesk)

Marc Hochstein / CoinDesk: Winklevoss Capital settles with ex-BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem; Winklevoss Capital had alleged Shrem stole 5K bitcoin in 2012, worth ~$26M at today’s prices  —  Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have settled their lawsuit against fellow early bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem … Winklevoss Capital settles with ex-BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem; Winklevoss Capital had

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