10 things in tech you need to know today

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Palmer Luckey

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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey (right) delivers the first Rift in Alaska.

Happy Monday! Here's the tech news you need to start out your week.

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1. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer downplayed the biggest threat facing the company, and it could end up getting her fired. The fight between Mayer and activist investor Starboard Value took a dramatic turn late last week when Starboard publicly floated a plan to replace Yahoo's entire board of directors.

2. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey hand delivered the first Oculus Rift headset over the weekend. The long-awaited virtual reality headset launches on Monday.

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3. A pregnant startup founder's experience fundraising is exposing a big problem in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley has been grappling with gender equality and diversity for years. And a recent blog post about a pregnant startup founder shows that the issue remains a hot-button topic that the industry has yet to come to terms with.

4. Netflix has revealed an elite category of binge-watcher. In a video describing how Netflix views binge-watching, a Netflix exec said there was a percentage of Netflix users who will finish a Netflix series in the exact amount of time it has been up on the streaming site.

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5. The new iPad Pro is here, and it's a lot different. The smaller iPad Pro feels as if Apple took the already excellent iPad Air 2 and supercharged it with a better screen, more power, and the option to connect it to a keyboard or use it with the well-received Apple Pencil.

6. Uber is forcing some users to reset their passwords after the company saw a spike in account takeovers in February. Uber confirmed to Business Insider that the emails are real, and says that the company did not have a recent security breach.

7. Microsoft has created a "Star Wars"-style holographic communication demo. A new demo of its Hololens headset shows how two people located across the world could still interact as if together in the same room.

8. A single from Kanye West's "The Life of Pablo" is finally available on Apple Music and Spotify. The full album is still a Tidal exclusive, however.

9. Microsoft is now shipping its delayed $8,999 Surface Hub displays to businesses. The massive tablet designed for conference room walls had been delayed twice before.

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10. Netflix's US catalog has shrunk by almost 32% in the last two years. Netflix's selection of movies dropped by 33.2%, and its roster of TV shows dropped by 25.6%.

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