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Mark Zuckerberg's updated regarding the Cambridge Analytica situation http://bit.ly/qlearly123 Google Is Working on Its Own Blockchain-Related Technology http://bit.ly/qlearly124

Salesforce is buying MuleSoft at enterprise value of $6.5 billion. http://bit.ly/qlearly120 Google is buying Lytro for about $40M. http://bit.ly/qlearly117 Travis Kalanick is buying a new company that rehabs real estate and will run it as CEO. http://bit.ly/qlearly118 WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook. http://bit.ly/qlearly119 CryptoKitties raises $12M from Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures. http://bit.ly/qlearly121 Snowden Leak Suggests NSA Is Extensively Tracking Bitcoin Users. http://bit.ly/qlearly122

Y Combinator's bi annual demo day is here! The best seed stage ventures pitch for investments. Over 100 founders will take the stage, pitching a room packed with investors and journalists at the computer history museum in mountain view. Some early pitches include a powerful crypto currency portfolio tracker, wild Augmented Reality apps, and an Artificial Intelligent assistant that can see everything. Google and Facebook have banned cryptocurrency ads — but these networks still haven’t. LinkedIn, Twitter and Snapchat. http://bit.ly/qlearly109 Gold color iPhone X rumored to have started production http://bit.ly/qlearly110 GrubHub and Yelp now offer delivery from over 80,000 restaurants http://bit.ly/qlearly111 Google Pay now handles transit tickets. Starting with the Las Vegas Monorail, and more cities are on the way. http://bit.ly/qlearly112 The Facebook exec who helped hunt down Russia’s political ads is leaving the company http://bit.ly/qlearly113

Coca-Cola and US government use blockchain to curb forced labor. http://bit.ly/qlearly100 Secretive High-Tech Wall Street Trading Firm is Now Trading Bitcoin. http://bit.ly/qlearly101 Twitter is reportedly planning to ban cryptocurrency ads. http://bit.ly/qlearly102 Bitmain’s new $12K cryptocurrency miner might be useless by the time it ships. http://bit.ly/qlearly103 Facebook has suspended the account of the whistleblower who exposed Cambridge Analytica. http://bit.ly/qlearly104 Finding an address on Google Maps becomes easier with Plus Codes. http://bit.ly/qlearly105 How Uber ghost rides are linked to online money laundering http://bit.ly/qlearly106 IBM has made the world's smallest computer http://bit.ly/qlearly107 Alibaba will Invest Another $2 Billion in Online Mall Lazada http://bit.ly/qlearly108 Twitter: https://twitter.com/qlearlycom

50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach. http://bit.ly/qlearly93 2nd Source: http://bit.ly/qlearly94 YouTube's Kids app suggested conspiracy theory videos http://bit.ly/qlearly95 Tinder owner sues rival dating app Bumble http://bit.ly/qlearly96 Microsoft Is Working on a Netflix for Video Games http://bit.ly/qlearly97 Uber may offer its self-driving technology to Toyota http://bit.ly/qlearly98 Amazon's Original Shows Are a Hit, Internal Documents Show http://bit.ly/qlearly99 iOS 11 bugs are so common they now appear in Apple ads http://bit.ly/qlearly86 Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/qlearlycom

Facebook Plans to Launch Oculus Go VR Headset at f8 Developer Conference. http://bit.ly/qlearly85 iOS 11 bugs are so common they now appear in Apple ads http://bit.ly/qlearly86 Saudi Crown Prince Plans Meetings With Apple, Google http://bit.ly/qlearly87 Education quiz app Kahoot raises another $17M at a $100M valuation http://bit.ly/qlearly88 Peter Thiel: Bitcoin Will Be the 'One Online Equivalent to Gold' http://bit.ly/qlearly89 Village Global raises $100M seed scout fund from Zuck, Bezos… http://bit.ly/qlearly90 Microsoft wants to force Windows 10 Mail users to use Edge for email links http://bit.ly/qlearly91 Apple announces March 27th event focusing on education http://bit.ly/qlearly92

Stock trade app Robinhood raising at $5B+, up 4X in a year http://bit.ly/qlearly73 Lyft is testing a Netflix-style monthly subscription plan http://bit.ly/qlearly74 CNN is bringing its VR news app to the Oculus Rift http://bit.ly/qlearly75 Google Lens visual search rolls out on iOS http://bit.ly/qlearly76 Invite-only Fortnite is already the top iPhone game in the U.S. http://bit.ly/qlearly77 Air table raises $52M to give non-coders tools to build complex software http://bit.ly/qlearly78 Streetbees CEO Raises $12 Million of Funding http://bit.ly/qlearly79 TheSkimm raises $12 million for its snarky newsletters http://bit.ly/qlearly80 U.S. warns that Russian hackers breached critical infrastructure http://bit.ly/qlearly81 Grab, Uber’s Southeast Asia rival, now offers micro-loans and other financial services http://bit.ly/qlearly82 Cryptocurrencies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) http://bit.ly/qlearly83 Revolut adds direct debits in Europe http://bit.ly/qlearly84

Lyft will build self-driving cars with top auto parts supplier Magna. http://bit.ly/qlearly64 Reddit says it has banned cryptocurrency ads since 2016 http://bit.ly/qlearly65 WhatsApp sharing user data with Facebook would be illegal, rules I C O http://bit.ly/qlearly66 Florida State Citrus Employee Arrested for Mining Cryptocurrencies http://bit.ly/qlearly67 Rocket Lab’s next launch vaults it into full commercial operation http://bit.ly/qlearly68 Pilot raises $15M to bring bookkeeping into the modern era http://bit.ly/qlearly69 Youtube didn’t tell Wikipedia about its plans for Wikipedia http://bit.ly/qlearly70 Circle launches a Coinbase competitor in the U.S. http://bit.ly/qlearly71 Disney announces a strategic reorganization of its business, ahead of the launch of its Netflix rival. http://bit.ly/qlearly72

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Stephen Hawking dies at 76 http://bit.ly/qlearly53 Elon: ‘Rocket tech applied to a car opens up revolutionary possibilities' http://bit.ly/qlearly54 Finland acquires stake in Nokia http://bit.ly/qlearly55 Google's annual “bad ads” reports http://bit.ly/qlearly56 http://bit.ly/qlearly57 Binance Unveils Blockchain for New Crypto Exchange http://bit.ly/qlearly58 Kitty Hawk unveils its electric autonomous flying taxi. http://bit.ly/qlearly59 YouTube will link to wikipedia http://bit.ly/qlearly60 Inside the booming black market for Spotify playlists http://bit.ly/qlearly61 Snoop Dogg's venture firm just closed its debut fund with $45 million. http://bit.ly/qlearly62 Fitbit’s second smartwatch and first wearable for kids, the Versa and Ace, go on sale in Q2 2018 http://bit.ly/qlearly63

Uber Eats will expand to 100 new cities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2018. http://bit.ly/qlearly39 Dropbox IPO valuation set between $7bn and $8bn http://bit.ly/qlearly40 Bezos Says He’ll Spend ‘Amazon Lottery Winnings’ on Space Travel. http://bit.ly/qlearly42 Alexa Calling, Messaging & Drop In now available from your iPad. http://bit.ly/qlearly43 Blast raises $5 million to turn gamers into savers http://bit.ly/qlearly44 Apple to Acquire Digital Magazine Subscription Service Texture and Integrate Into Apple News http://bit.ly/qlearly45 Twilio launches Flex, a fully programmable contact center http://bit.ly/qlearly46 Lyft says its revenue is growing nearly 3x faster than Uber’s http://bit.ly/qlearly47 Evernote will use AI to automate your workflow http://bit.ly/qlearly48 Snapchat to start featuring user-created AR lenses as it looks to boost creativity http://bit.ly/qlearly51

Spotify Plans New York Listing During Week of April 2 http://bit.ly/qlearly28 Twitter purges accounts behind artificially viral tweets http://bit.ly/qlearly29 Twitter will livestream Major League Soccer games http://bit.ly/qlearly30 SpaceX aims to test its Mars rocket system in first half of 2019 http://bit.ly/qlearl31 Tesla Temporarily Suspended Model 3 Production in Late February http://bit.ly/qlearly32 Binance Offers $10 Million Hacker Bounty http://bit.ly/qlearly33 Black Panther has crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide http://bit.ly/qlearly34 Sony’s wild AR hologram tech continues to get better and better http://bit.ly/qlearly35 Uber's brand chief Bozoma Saint John is fixing the brand by driving for Uber Pool herself http://bit.ly/qlearly36 Pixar's 22 rules of storytelling http://bit.ly/qlearly37 Fintech could be bigger than ATMs, PayPal, and Bitcoin combined http://bit.ly/qlearly38 Thank you for tuning in!

Richard Branson Unveils Hyperloop Plans for India. http://bit.ly/qlearly17 Elon Musk Crashes Westworld Panel at SXSW. http://bit.ly/qlearly18 LearnLux wins PerfectPitch competition at SXSW. http://bit.ly/qlearly19 How to sell in 2018 by Gary Vaynerchuk. http://bit.ly/qlearly20 Amazon makes it easier to give Alexa follow-up commands. http://bit.ly/qlearly21 Google and Apple are in a tight race to acquire the most promising AI startups. http://bit.ly/qlearly22 GV partner Lo Toney wants to raise $50 million to fund diverse investors. http://bit.ly/qlearly23 Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Joe Tsai invest $20 million in Rent the Runway. http://bit.ly/qlearly24 Credit Card Aims to Pay Users 1% Crypto Back Rewards. http://bit.ly/qlearly25 Chinese Crypto Mining Giant Bitmain Developing Facilities In US. http://bit.ly/qlearly26 Ethereum Community Conference - Vitalik Buterin. http://bit.ly/qlearly27 Thank you!

Elon Musk shares updated pedestrian-first Boring Co. Hyperloop transit plan. http://bit.ly/qlearly16 Android beats iOS in smartphone loyalty, study finds. http://bit.ly/qlearly4 Facebook is getting exclusive rights to 25 Major League Baseball games. http://bit.ly/qlearly3 Facebook and Warner Music Group Announce Licensing Deal. http://bit.ly/qlearly5 Barclays Says AirPods Continue to Grow, HomePod Sales Have Been Underwhelming. http://bit.ly/qlearly13 MacBook keyboard issue fix detailed by Apple in new patent. http://bit.ly/qlearly9 The day that changed your phone forever. http://bit.ly/qlearly10 Mario invades Google Maps to help you avoid bananas while driving. http://bit.ly/qlearly7 Bose is carving out $50 million for startups using its new audio-focused AR tech. http://bit.ly/qlearly12 Drone crashes in Arizona National Forest, starts a wildfire. http://bit.ly/qlearly11 Snapchat and Instagram remove Giphy feature due to racial slur GIF. http://bit.ly/qlearly14 Update: Bir

Below are the links to every article mentioned in this episode: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/8/17096128/twitter-vitalik-buterin-elon-musk-cryptocurrency-scams https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/8/17098178/twitter-open-verification-all-users-jack-dorsey-livestream https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/08/snapchat-tagging/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-08/boxed-is-said-to-reject-kroger-s-400-million-purchase-offer https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/08/mcafee-acquires-vpn-company-tunnelbear/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/08/snap-lays-off-over-100-employees-from-its-engineering-team/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/03/07/netflix-has-taken-over-first-hollywood-movie-studio/401483002/ https://www.ccn.com/binance-reverses-hacker-trades/ http://www.businessinsider.com/coinbase-snags-nyse-executive-and-only-the-beginning-2018-3 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-08/paypal-ceo-says-cryptocurrencies-are-just-an-experiment-for-now

Apple updates Workflow automation app with new Mask Image action & more. the feature makes it much easier for users to apply a mask to an image and cut it into any shape desired. Workflow’s native Mask Image action applies a mask to an image passed as input, cutting it into any shape you want. By default, the action offers three built-in presets: rounded rectangle (with a customizable Corner Radius value), ellipse, and icon. Baidu announced today that it will launch its own institute for quantum computing dedicated to the application of quantum computing software and information technology. The Baidu Quantum Computing Institute will be headed by Professor Duan Runyao, director of the Centre for Quantum Software and Information at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).