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Reuters:
Apple, Mac computers hit by hackers who targeted Facebook  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc was recently attacked by hackers who infected the Macintosh computers of some employees, the company said on Tuesday in an unprecedented disclosure that described the widest known cyber attacks against Apple-made computers to date.
Bloomberg:
Malware Attack on Apple Said to Come From Eastern Europe  —  At least 40 companies including Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. were targeted in malware attacks linked to an Eastern European gang of hackers that is trying steal company secrets, two people familiar with the matter said.
Steve Wildstrom / Tech.pinions:
HTC One, Android Zero  —  There was a word missing from HTC's unveiling of its impressive new HTC One phone.  HTC executives talked about the BlinkFeed streaming home screen, the redone Sense user interface, the BoomSound audio system, and the Zoe photo-plus-video app.
More: Pocketnow.  Tweets: @reckless and @peterrojas
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
EE, Three, BT, Vodafone, O2 All Win 4G Spectrum In The UK, But £2.3B In Bids Falls Short Of The £3.5B Expected  —  Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has just announced the winners of the UK spectrum auctions for 4G spectrum on the low-frequency 800MHz band, used for LTE and other mobile broadband services.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple fixes Exchange (but not passcode unlock) bug with iOS 6.1.2  —  iOS 6.1.2 brings a microscopic but important list of changes.  —  Apple has released the promised iOS 6.1.2 update today to fix the Exchange bugs that have been plaguing users since the release of iOS 6.1.
Robert McMillan / Wired:
Why Amazon Hired a Car Mechanic to Run Its Cloud Empire  —  On a rainy Monday in August 2011, a 10-million-watt transformer exploded in northern Virginia, sending an enormous voltage spike across the power grid.  The surge hit an Amazon data center in Ashburn, Virginia …
John Biggs / TechCrunch:
3D-Printing Pen, The 3Doodler, Reaches Kickstarter Funding Goal In Hours  —  3D printing can be complex or, if the 3Doodler is any indication, wildly simple.  Built by a team of toy designers, the 3Doodler is a pen with a simple plastic extruder at the tip.
Rip Empson / TechCrunch:
With $1.4M In Tow, Celly Launches On iOS To Let Anyone Create An Instant Mobile Social Network  —  Once upon a time, the pinnacle of social networking was the ability to connect with former classmates and share what your cat had for breakfast.  Today, the requirements for social networking have evolved and are more immediate.
Sam Biddle / Gizmodo:
Exclusive: The Burger King and Jeep Hacker Is Probably This DJ From New England  —  It was just going to be another boring President's Day on the Internet, when along came a spastic, hilarious hacker with a taste for McDonald's, Gucci Mane, and caps lock.  Is a criminal mastermind behind the @BurgerKing (and likely @Jeep) takeover?
David Strom / Ars Technica:
100Gbps and beyond: What lies ahead in the world of networking  —  The corporate data center is undergoing a major transformation the likes of which haven't been seen since Intel-based servers started replacing mainframes decades ago.  It isn't just the server platform …
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
On Its Way to Going Private, Dell Beats Street's Expectations  —  In what may — or may not — turn out to be its final earnings report as a publicly held company, computing giant Dell just reported profits that beat the expectations of analysts.  —  Dell reported earnings of 40 cents per share …
Marissa Mayer / Yodel Anecdotal:
A new welcome to Yahoo!  —  Yahoo! first began as Jerry and Dave's Guide to the World Wide Web, a directory of links created to help organize the Internet during its very early days.  That simple directory evolved through the years into the Yahoo! we know today — a starting point for your daily habits.
More: TechCrunch
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Ubuntu phones won't ship till 2014, might be locked down by carriers  —  Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that smartphones running Ubuntu Linux would ship in October of this year.  Ubuntu boss Mark Shuttleworth says that's a mistake.  Today, the Canonical founder clarified …
Sharif Sakr / Engadget:
Ubuntu for tablets revealed with split screen multi-tasking, preview for Nexus slates coming this week

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Axios:
Sources: Paramount seeks a business-side counterpart to Bari Weiss, implying she would oversee editorial across CBS News and CNN if Paramount's WBD deal closes

Peter Chapman / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA launches a probe into Paramount's $110B acquisition of WBD, and sets an initial ruling deadline on August 7; the EU has already set a July 7 deadline

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
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