Here s what s on the Tuesday menu.
Shopping battle: Google takes aim at Amazon with expansion, new delivery fee of $95 a year for Google Express. And Eric Schmidt calls Amazon its biggest search competitor. (Speaking of Amazon, it s scheduled to open a pop-up store in San Francisco next week.)
Hacker claims to have stolen 7 million Dropbox passwords, has published hundreds so far and is seeking bitcoin donations to publish more. Dropbox says it wasn t hacked, and that the passwords aren t associated with Dropbox accounts.
Speaking of hacking: Hacked website demands bitcoin in exchange for talking about how it was hacked, leading to the leak of Snapchat photos.
Apple and Facebook employee perks: The companies are paying for women to freeze their eggs, according to NBC News.
PayPal in early talks to buy Square? Jack Dorsey tweets no.
Ireland is phasing out the Double Irish tax advantage used by Google and other tech companies.
The next step in virtual reality? Google reportedly set to lead up to $500 million investment in Magic Leap, which is working on cinematic reality tech.
Netflix raises price for higher-resolution 4K streaming.
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi hits back at Jony Ive s remarks about copying the iPhone, offers to give him one of its smartphones.
Alleged bitcoin creator is suing Newsweek for identifying him as such, is seeking bitcoin donations to help fund lawsuit.
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