Here s what s on the Thursday menu.
Gawker.com to shut down next week, outgoing CEO Nick Denton told staffers Thursday. Univision is buying Gawker s blogs for $135 million, not too long after Gawker lost the Peter Thiel-funded Hulk Hogan lawsuit.
A valuation expert says he believes Uber, the famous San Francisco startup, is worth only $28 billion, not $62.5 billion.
More Uber: It s suing London s transport regulator over its tough exam for drivers, which the company claims is harder than the test for British citizenship.
Cisco and Fortinet confirm flaws exposed by hackers who claim to have breached the NSA.
Unlike Apple, Samsung is seeing growing sales of its smartphones. Its shares have climbed to record highs. But Samsung s fortunes may change once Apple rolls out a new iPhone.
ICYMI: Intel factory to make smartphone chips based on rival ARM s designs.
Photo: Models pose with Samsung s Galaxy Note 7 smartphones during a launch event at the company s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)
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