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Winklevoss-led Gemini announces a self-regulatory group for crypto -  Gemini, run by the Winklevoss twins, is one of the most Wall Street-oriented exchanges on the crypto markets. Originally envisioned as “bitcoin in a suit,” it is now leading the way... ow.ly/oH3i50gQf11

Trump administration’s block in Qualcomm vs. Broadcom merger should shake tech to its core -  This weekend, I published a comprehensive overview of the epic hundred-billion-dollar Qualcomm versus Broadcom merger battle that has taken place over the pa... ow.ly/RCAN50gPjKH

Where experiential virtual reality is heading -  On January 5th, The VOID’s new walk-around VR experience, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, opened to the public at Downtown Disney in California, preceded by a December launch at Disney Springs in Flor... ow.ly/cM6r50gOs9b

Original Content podcast: ‘Everything Sucks!’ overcomes our skepticism -  We were pretty skeptical about Everything Sucks!, a Netflix high school comedy set in the 1990s, which seemed to promise nostalgia, nostalgia and more nostalgia. The opening min... ow.ly/MgKz50gNRUu

FCC accuses stealth space startup of unauthorized satellite deployment -  The FCC has denied a space startup permission to launch a collection of communications satellites after discovering that it had already launched some — after being told not to. ... ow.ly/NEfk50gNeNA

Boxed reportedly rejected $400 million buyout offer from Kroger -  Boxed, the site for buying food and household items in bulk, has turned down a $400 million acquisition offer from Kroger, Bloomberg reports. Earlier this year, word on the street was ... ow.ly/op4r50gMmlu

Travis Kalanick is launching a venture fund -  Travis Kalanick, the controversial co-founder and one-time chief executive of Uber is launching a new investment fund called the 10100 Fund. According to an announcement on his Twitter account, the new fu... ow.ly/MNCA50gLsNF

Condé Nast Traveler revamps its website and unveils 20 new city guides -  Travel websites get redesigned all the time, but you just need to visit the homepage to tell that the team at Condé Nast Traveler has something different in mind. Instead of a s... ow.ly/wdgF50gKyvX

Autonomous cars could peep around corners via bouncing laser -  Autonomous cars gather up tons of data about the world around them, but even the best computer vision systems can’t see through brick and mortar. But by carefully monitoring the reflected... ow.ly/61Gc50gJF0U

Notes from Shenzhen — the next Greater Bay Area -  I just walked into Shenzhen, and boy, is my mind boggled. Let me just get all my knee-jerk chorus-line reactions out of the way, before we get to the weird stuff: yes, this place is amazing. Yes, the ... ow.ly/2YOw50gINYX

Incubating tech in the shadow of the civil rights movement -  When Birmingham led the charge in the civil rights movement in the sixties, the city inadvertently created big shoes for itself to later fill. Just how Birmingham was the birthplace of many... ow.ly/xudL50gIewo

Come to TechCrunch’s party and SXSW panels -  TechCrunch invites you to our annual Crunch By Crunch Fest party in Austin, Texas. RSVP to come meet our writers while enjoying free drinks and musical performances by live electronic pop wizards Autograf,... ow.ly/UiRP50gHBLS

Uber co-founder Garrett Camp is creating a new cryptocurrency -  Garrett Camp, best known for being a co-founder of Uber and founder of the accelerator/venture fund Expa, is launching his own cryptocurrency. The currency is called Eco, and Camp wants ... ow.ly/mfAm50gGLDt

Viber is launching Viber Communities, group chats for up to 1B users -  Messaging apps have seen a surge of popularity in recent years as people seek out ways to communicate more directly than on social networks. But they have also been adding large g... ow.ly/DfB650gFRW4

Warrantless surveillance law proves it’s time to take privacy into our own hands -  The warrantless surveillance law gained attention in 2013 when Edward Snowden leaked that the NSA was using it to spy on Americans’ text messages, phone calls, emails ... ow.ly/MsvU50gEYob

Here’s the latest update on the very spicy beef between two massive chipmakers -  Broadcom and Qualcomm, the former of which is trying to acquire the latter, are continuing to duke it out on their respective investor relations pages by issuing public ... ow.ly/rcZA50gE51n

Congress should close the loophole allowing warrantless digital car searches -  As “connected cars” become increasingly linked to people’s digital identities, there is a risk that police will use this exception to conduct digital searches without warr... ow.ly/Oted50gDfZB

What does it take to be a startup that raises huge sums quickly? -  Some founders toil for years to secure a meager seed round. Others seem to go from launch to a massive fundraise in no time. Why is that, and how does one get into that second group? ... ow.ly/su6V50gCI0S

Nope, Android isn’t getting a system-wide dark mode (at least not yet) -  According to a number of reports today, the next version of Android would include a “dark mode” – something that’s been a long-time feature request from those who prefer the dar... ow.ly/zPhY50gC5cb

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel got a $637 million bonus last year -  Snap’s stock investors haven’t made much money since the company went public last year, but CEO Evan Spiegel still got a hefty payday. According to an SEC filing, he was granted an RSU of 37,... ow.ly/C4Gb50gBdo4