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Charles Arthur / Guardian:
European watchdogs order Google to rewrite privacy policy or face legal action  —  European watchdogs threaten tech company with legal action over 2012 policy which ‘violates commitment to transparency’  —  Privacy watchdogs in the UK, Germany and Italy have told Google to rewrite …
Andrew Leonard / Salon:
AdBlock Plus lets some advertisers pay to play  —  The hugely popular browser extension charges a fee from big advertisers such as Google to let some ads go through  —  If you use AdBlock Plus to keep your Web browsing experiencing free of annoying clutter, this is the kind of tweet that might grab your attention:
More: The Verge and Examiner.  Tweets: @labnol
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
FCC officially approves Softbank buyout of Sprint and Sprint buyout of ClearWire  —  As previously rumored, the FCC has officially approved Softbank's purchase of Sprint and, furthermore, Sprint's purchase of the rest of ClearWire.  Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn and commissioner Ajit Pai …
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
BBC to end 3D TV experiment with ‘Doctor Who’ special later this year  —  For the past two years the BBC has been experimenting with 3D television, but the technology hasn't quite caught on the way the corporation would've hoped.  Because of this, 3D programming will be put on hiatus at the end of this year …
Cody Toombs / Android Police:
Falcon Pro Updates To v2.0.4 Outside Of The Play Store, Now Supports A Way To Blatantly Skirt Twitter's Token Limit  —  Falcon Pro users have had a front-row seat to quite a bit of drama over the last few months.  The events started when the app struck its 100,000 user token limit …
Serena Saitto / Bloomberg:
Michael Dell, Silver Lake Said to Rule Out Raising Offer  —  Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management LLC won't sweeten their $24.4 billion offer to take Dell Inc. (DELL) private, people with direct knowledge of the situation said.  —  Dell and Silver Lake are ruling out an increase …
More: ZDNet and DealBook
David Meyer / GigaOM:
European PRISM anger gains momentum with fresh cloud warnings and data threats  —  There's no stopping the slew of PRISM reactions coming out of Europe, and they're getting more serious by the day.  Yesterday we had the first senior European politician suggesting citizens shun U.S. web services …
John Koetsier / VentureBeat:
‘Restore The 4th’ galvanizes over 100 nation-wide protests against NSA, PRISM, and government spying  —  “Stop the surveillance!  Restore the fourth amendment!”  —  It's the largest online protest since SOPA.  And perhaps an even larger offline protest, as protestors galvanized by the Restore …
Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:
Who will get Hulu?  No clear answer at close of latest bidding  —  The Hulu rumor mill churns on.  Friday marked the deadline for would-be buyers to submit bids for the over-the-top TV service but, even with the reported departure of one big contender, it's hard to say who will close the sale — or if a sale will occur at all.

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From Mediagazer

Eli Stokols / Politico:
A look at the tense relationship between Biden and The NYT, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, lack of trust, and his refusal to give the paper an interview

Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Internal memo: G/O Media sells The Onion to a new Chicago-based firm, Global Tetrahedron, which promises to keep The Onion's staff intact and in Chicago

More News

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Newly Published Apple Mapping Patent Details Route Feedback System, Real-Time Accident Reporting
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
Samsung's record $8.3 billion profit isn't enough for worried investors
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Xbox Live Public Beta for new Xbox 360 dashboard and Points replacement opens

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Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:
HTC profit down 83 percent from last year despite flagship launch
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Sony's My Xperia smartphone recovery service launches worldwide
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