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Private Equity company acquires .Org registry

Fresh off ICANN’s blunder letting Public Interest Registry set whatever price it wants for .org domain names,Internet Society (ISOC) has sold the .org registry Public Interest Registry (PIR) to private equity company Ethos Capital.

(domainnamewire.com/2019/11/13/breaking-private-equity-company-acquires-org-registry/)

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In a first, East Texas judge hits patent troll with attorneys’ fees

In a first, East Texas judge hits patent troll with attorneys’ fees

(http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/in-a-first-east-texas-judge-hits-patent-troll-with-attorneys-fees)

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California’s New Self-Driving Car Rules Are Great for Texas

CA DMV Releases Draft Requirements for Public Deployment of Autonomous Vehicles

(http://www.wired.com/2015/12/californias-new-self-driving-car-rules-are-great-for-texas/).

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Mailbox, Evolution of Email and Spark

I’m over the loss of Mailbox, I just discovered Spark by Readdle and I’m in love. So much customization.

(https://readdle.com/blog/2015/12/mailbox-evolution-of-email-and-spark/)

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MAILBOX

Dropbox is shutting down Mailbox, my favorite iOS email app. Bummer.

(http://www.mailboxapp.com/)

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The One Chart that Tells the True Story of Bitcoin this Year

“Bitcoin is not just another commodity, it is something that has the potential to fundamentally change the way we think about money and could ultimately be a huge force for good in the world.”

As the article mentions, the price of Bitcoins to US Dollars may not be 100% accurate because of gaming of this still-nascent currency, but the growth is undeniable and doesn’t look like it’s going to stop.

There are challenges with the current implementation, a quick search will turn up stories of forking the format to provide greater growth opportunities and the disagreement within the community on how or if to do that, but some version of a digital currency, most likely some version of Bitcoin, has quite a bit of growth potential. And here’s a chart that agrees.

(http://www.nasdaq.com/article/the-one-chart-that-tells-the-true-story-of-bitcoin-this-year-cm549929)

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Lithium-Air battery research shows potential paths to next-gen batteries

(http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/10/lithium-air-battery-research-shows-potential-paths-to-next-gen-batteries/)

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Norton’s Law

“Over time, all data approaches deleted, or public”

(https://medium.com/message/hello-future-pastebin-readers-39d9b4eb935f)

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The man who brought us the lithium-ion battery at the age of 57 has an idea for a new one at 92

(http://qz.com/338767/the-man-who-brought-us-the-lithium-ion-battery-at-57-has-an-idea-for-a-new-one-at-92)

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AT&T fined $100M for slowing data speeds

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/06/17/att-just-got-hit-with-a-100-million-fine-after-slowing-down-its-unlimited-data/)