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DraftKings is bringing online gambling to the world of eSports

You could fill a library with all the arguments on Internet forums about whether eSports are actually sports or not, but they're definitely a competition, and that's good enough for...

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Instagram is close to becoming a $5 billion per year business

Facebook is actually fairly open with its own finances, but Instagram is another matter. The company likes to remain tight-lipped regarding how much money its standalone photo-sharing app makes, but analysts...

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Ellen Pao has given up her fight against Kleiner Perkins

A three-year-long legal battle came to a close earlier today, one that had come to symbolize Silicon Valley's numerous issues with sexism. Ellen Pao filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against her former...

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Uber wants to double its expansion rate in China

With hundreds of millions of people, low levels of car ownership, really crowded cities, and underdeveloped public transit, China may be Uber's most important market. CEO Travis Kalanick seems to...

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Uber will reportedly announce its delivery service this fall

Uber has been testing out its own courier service for a few months now, and it looks like the company is finally ready to actually launch it. According to reports,...

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Netflix is about to lose a bunch of big-name movies

Netflix's five year distribution deal with Epix is coming to an end next month, and the company has announced that it won't be renewing it. The deal was first signed back...

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Jet.com’s biggest problem is that people don’t know how cheap it is

It doesn't matter how low your prices are compared to your competitors if customers aren't aware of the price difference. That's one of the biggest problems that Jet.com is facing at the...

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Instagram no longer forces users to crop their photos to a square

Instagram loves squares, that's just its thing. Since day one, the photo-sharing service has forced users to crop their photos to a 1x1 perfect square, and this neat limitation is...

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Apple’s former CEO has a new line of gorgeous Android smartphones

We haven't heard very much about John Sculley ever since he was forced to step down as the CEO of Apple more than a two decades ago, but he's been far...

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There’s no reason to freak out about Spotify’s new privacy policy

People have been up in arms about Spotify's recent privacy policy update after Wired painted it as an "eerie" agreement that "you can't do squat about," which several other publications echoed. However,...

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Google confirms that its modular smartphone is being delayed

I've always hated buying a new smartphone because it occurs to me that I'm having to replace an expensive gadget just because one or two components have become outdated or...

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Speak your symptoms into this app and it’ll diagnose your illness

Having a doctor professional diagnose your illness is ideal, but many people choose to diagnose themselves for a number of reasons, ranging from an inability to see a medical professional...

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