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Q&A with Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto on what excites him about his work, his strengths and weaknesses as a boss, not abusing power, ambitions, and more (Simon Parkin/New Yorker)

Simon Parkin / New Yorker: Q&A with Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto on what excites him about his work, his strengths and weaknesses as a boss, not abusing power, ambitions, and more  —  The legendary designer on rejecting violence in games, trying to be a good boss, and building Nintendo’s Disneyland. Q&A with Nintendo designer Shigeru

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Indian startup InMobi raises $145M led by Google for its divisions Glance, a lock-screen content tool and Roposo, a TikTok-style short video social service (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Indian startup InMobi raises $145M led by Google for its divisions Glance, a lock-screen content tool and Roposo, a TikTok-style short video social service  —  Google led an investment of $145 million in InMobi’s social media startups Glance and Roposo, which are division’s InMobi’s mobile app marketing business. Indian startup InMobi

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Draft lawsuit filed by ten US states last week says Facebook and Google agreed to "cooperate and assist one another" against possible antitrust action (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Draft lawsuit filed by ten US states last week says Facebook and Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” against possible antitrust action  —  Draft lawsuit quotes Facebook’s Sandberg saying Google pact was a ‘big deal strategically’ Draft lawsuit filed by ten US states last week says Facebook and Google agreed

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The US government's proposal for crypto exchanges to collect identity data from users with self-hosted crypto wallets will expand the US' financial surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Electronic Frontier Foundation: The US government’s proposal for crypto exchanges to collect identity data from users with self-hosted crypto wallets will expand the US’ financial surveillance  —  One of the most important aspects of cryptocurrencies from a civil liberties perspective is that they can provide privacy protections for their users. The US government's proposal for

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India-based VerSe Innovation, the company behind news app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, raises $100M+ at $1B+ valuation from Google, Microsoft, and others (Vikas SN/The Economic Times)

Vikas SN / The Economic Times: India-based VerSe Innovation, the company behind news app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, raises $100M+ at $1B+ valuation from Google, Microsoft, and others  —  Dailyhunt parent VerSe Innovation has raised more than $100 million funding from tech giants Google and Microsoft … India-based VerSe Innovation, the company behind

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Sen. Ron Wyden says the US Treasury Department acknowledged that its email system used by senior leadership was breached by SolarWinds hackers beginning in July (New York Times)

New York Times: Sen. Ron Wyden says the US Treasury Department acknowledged that its email system used by senior leadership was breached by SolarWinds hackers beginning in July  —  The disclosure was the first acknowledgment of a specific intrusion in the vast cyberattack. Sen. Ron Wyden says the US Treasury Department acknowledged that its email

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Ripple CEO says the SEC will file a suit against the company over the alleged sale of unlicensed securities, calls it a parting shot by the Trump administration (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: Ripple CEO says the SEC will file a suit against the company over the alleged sale of unlicensed securities, calls it a parting shot by the Trump administration  —  Ripple, one of the most important companies in the cryptocurrency industry, said Monday evening that the Securities … Ripple CEO says

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