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10 things in tech you need to know today

PayPal and WordPress refuse service to neo-Nazis, Uber shareholder wants to get rid of Arianna Huffington, and Microsoft buys Cycle Computing.

Tech firms are refusing service to neo-Nazis after the Charlottesville march.

Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday.

2. More tech firms are refusing service to white supremacists, after the violent march at Charlottesville in the US. PayPal has pulled its payment services from neo-Nazi sites, while WordPress banned the site of a fascist group, according to Fast Company.

3. Amazon has launched a better version of the vending machine with a new service called Amazon Pickup. Customers can order essentials like phone chargers, snacks, and drinks, and pick them up from a physical location within minutes.

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6. Microsoft bought a cloud computing firm called Cycle Computing to take on Amazon's AWS. The firm lets companies run large-scale computing jobs across multiple clouds.

7. The man in charge of Netflix's content, Ted Sarandos, has bashed Amazon's efforts in film saying: "I frankly don't understand their strategy."He made the comment based on the fact that Amazon sticks to a traditional "windowing" strategy with film, whereas Netflix releases come out at the same time they're in theatres.

8. Bill Gates gave away his biggest wad of money since 2000, with a $1.46 billion (£1.14 billion) donation. A filing revealed the donation, which equates to 5% of his fortune, but not where it will go.

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9. Ex-Googler and former chief scientist at Baidu Andrew Ng is raising his own AI fund. Ng is raising $150 million (£117 million), according to PEHub.

10. Database startup MongoDB has quietly filed to go public. The firm was last valued at $1.6 billion (£1.2 billion) and has hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as its underwriters.

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