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TechCrunch Daily Crunch

Daily Crunch 8/23/19

TechCrunch Daily Crunch

SpokenLayer

Tech News, Technology, News

3.849 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Welcome to TechCrunch daily news, a round up of the top tech news of the day. -- CEO Patrick Byrne is departing Overstock.com following eyebrow-raising comments -- Sphero acquires littleBits -- and Google accuses China of using YouTube to spread misinformation. Here's your Daily Crunch for August 23, 2019. First up: Overstock CEO has resigned after making ‘deep state’ comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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top tech news of the day.

0:53.2

CEO Patrick Byrne is departing overstock.com following eyebrow raising comments.

0:58.7

Sferro acquires Little Bits and Google accuses China of using YouTube to spread misinformation.

1:05.9

Here's your daily crunch for August 23rd 2019.

1:10.3

First up, Overstock CEO has resigned after making deep state comments.

1:15.0

This comes after CEO Patrick Byrne released a statement declaring that he cooperated with federal investigators back in 2015,

1:22.0

and was, in in fact the notorious missing

1:25.4

chapter one of the Russia investigation. He subsequently gave interviews that

1:30.2

also touched on his relationship with Maria Bhutina, who's been accused of working as a Russian agent.

1:36.0

The ensuing controversy sent Overstock's Share Price tumbling,

1:40.0

and Byrne said yesterday that he would have to

1:42.0

sever ties with Overstock both as CEO and board member.

1:47.0

In education news, Spiro has acquired Little Bits,

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