10 things in tech you need to know today, October 23

Oculus cofounder Brendan Iribe announced he will be
leaving Facebook.
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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this
Tuesday.

1. 
   An Amazon exec and CEO of server company Supermicro have joined
   Tim Cook in demanding that Bloomberg retract its report on
   spying microchips. The Apple CEO told Buzzfeed
   last week that Bloomberg needs to “do the right thing” and
   retract the story.
2. 
   A second Oculus cofounder is leaving Facebook after reportedly
   clashing with management. Oculus cofounder and
   former CEO Brendan Iribe announced on Monday that he would be
   stepping down.
3. 
   Uber’s top dealmaker and trusted adviser to the CEO has
   resigned following reports of a sexual misconduct
   investigation. Uber exec Cameron Poetzscher was
   the subject of a 2017 sexual misconduct investigation,
   according to a report in The Wall Street Journal last month.
4. 
   SoftBank’s COO has pulled out of the Saudi Arabia Investment
   conference, Bloomberg reports. Multiple
   high-profile executives have already pulled out of the
   conference after journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance.
5. 
   Richard Branson is stepping down as chairman of one of his most
   ambitious projects and it could be more fallout from Saudi
   Arabia’s killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Sir Richard
   Branson is quitting Virgin Hyperloop One citing the company’s
   need for a more “hands-on” leader.
6. 
   Netflix will raise another $2 billion to help fund original
   shows and acquire more content. The company plans
   to spend more than $8 billion on entertainment programming this
   year.
7. 
   Uber may start delivering burgers by drones as soon as 2021
   because its CEO says we “need” flying burgers.
   Uber is looking to hire an operations executive to make drone
   delivery functional by next year and available for commercial
   use by 2021, according to a jobs listing spotted by The Wall
   Street Journal.
8. 
   Google’s new video game streaming service could mark the
   beginning of the end for gaming consoles. Google’s
   ProjectStream lets you play blockbuster video games with your
   internet browser, if you’ve got a strong enough internet
   connection.
9. 
   Instagram just surpassed Snapchat as the most used app among
   American teens, according to a new Wall Street
   survey. Overall Snapchat and Instagram were the
   two most used apps among the surveyed teens, with Twitter and
   Facebook trailing behind.
10. 
    Huawei won’t be selling its new flagship smartphones, the Mate
    20 and Mate 20 Pro, in the US. The company is
    locked out of the US market because of fears that it spies on
    people for China.

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