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  1. Pinned Tweet
    14 Dec 2017

    I don't wear contacts, but Hubble sold me some with a fake prescription from a made-up doctor anyway

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  2. 16 hours ago

    Airbnb 2016: The future is magical trips Airbnb 2017: We must broaden our thinking to bolster growth Airbnb 2018: The future is MAGICAL TRAVEL

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  3. Retweeted
    Feb 20

    Russian troll accounts tweeted quotes from Shakira, Drake, Lil' Wayne, the Bible, Wittgenstein, and more to look like "normal" Americans

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  4. Retweeted
    Feb 16

    Scoop: The beloved beer in California's WeWorks suddenly went missing, and I spent way too much time trying to figure out why. Turns out, it's unclear if the company needs a CA liquor license or not. Here's my latest: via

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  5. Feb 19

    Editor: the piece needs to establish that people think curlers are unathletic Writer: ** CHALLENGE ACCEPTED **

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  6. Retweeted
    Feb 16

    In case you missed it, my 2015 story on the Internet Research Agency, just indicted by Mueller

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  7. Feb 16

    tip

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  8. Feb 16

    Waymo and Uber settled on Feb. 9, with Uber agreeing not to use Waymo's confidential information in its software or hardware, but nothing prevents them from competing in the ride-hailing space

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  9. Feb 16

    Note that Waymo received this regulatory approval BEFORE its trade secrets lawsuit against Uber went to trial in San Francisco on Feb. 5

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  10. Feb 16

    SCOOP: Waymo got approval on Jan. 24 to operate a commercial, driverless ride-hailing service in Arizona that would compete directly with Uber

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  11. Retweeted
    Feb 15

    Today's "Oversharing" from contains even more dry wit than usual.

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  12. Feb 15

    Startups love their unlabeled red-blue line charts

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  13. Feb 14

    Maybe the real reason Silicon Valley is all in on driverless cars is because people here are such terrible drivers

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  14. Retweeted
    Feb 13

    It's strange how willing headline writers can be to accept the White House's comically absurd framing, like their calling a monthly box of packaged cheap food that is nothing like Blue Apron a "Blue Apron-type program."

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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 9

    Gotta say this whole thing was played pretty well by Google. 1) Embarass a potential competitor 2) An unspoken warning to current/former employees about walking out w Google info 3) a small (additional) chunk of Uber -- "keep your friends close and your enemies closer"

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  16. Retweeted
    Feb 8

    Investing in the New York Times a year ago would have been a better bet than investing in Facebook or Google.

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  17. Feb 9

    From Waymo: "We have reached an agreement with Uber that we believe will protect Waymo’s intellectual property now and into the future. We are committed to working with Uber to make sure that each company develops its own technology."

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  18. Feb 9

    From Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, resident grownup in the room: "To our friends at Alphabet: we are partners… while we won’t agree on everything going forward, we agree that Uber’s acquisition of Otto could and should have been handled differently."

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  19. Feb 9

    DETAILS: -Uber has agreed not incorporate Waymo’s confidential information into its hardware/software -Uber will pay Waymo 0.34% of Uber equity, valued at its Series G-1 round of about $72 billion

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  20. Feb 9

    BREAKING: Waymo and Uber have settled their trade secrets lawsuit

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  21. Feb 8

    **to clarify, Gurley was an Uber board member at the time, isn't anymore

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