10 Things In Tech You Need To Know Today

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Marissa MayerREUTERS/Ruben SprichMarissa Mayer, Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 25, 2014.

Good morning! It's going to be a cloudy and chilly day in London today. Here's the tech news you need to know going into the weekend.

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1. Marissa Mayer is considering buying a cable network. Yahoo considered acquiring Scripps Networks Interactive.

2. Gurbaksh Chahal has made a nine-figure offer to buy his old company RadiumOne. He was ousted as CEO after domestic violence charges against him were made public last year.

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3. Elon Musk is getting divorced for a second time. He's giving his wife $16 million in cash as part of their financial settlement.

4. Snapchat revealed on New Year's Eve that it raised $486 million in funding. It was revealed in an SEC filing.

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5. It looks like the FBI made an embarrassing mistake in its investigation of the Sony hack. The bureau may have sent out a bulletin based on a prank.

6. Google is planning on building a massive campus in Colorado. Locals are worried about gentrification.

7. Uber is suspending operations in Spain. A Spanish court launched an injunction against the company.

8. A new study says that over 80% of dark web traffic is to child porn sites. The study looked at traffic over a six month period.

9. Hackers have leaked a crucial part of the Xbox One's software. It could be used to release homemade games for free.

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10. India has blocked a load of popular websites because of threats from ISIS. Dailymotion, Vimeo and GitHub are all blocked.