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Kia Makarechi / Vanity Fair:

Renowned industrial designer Marc Newson to join Apple's design team, will remain based in UK — Marc Newson to Join Apple's Design Team (Exclusive) — Designer Marc Newson is joining Apple as part of senior vice president of design Jonathan Ive's team, the company told VF Daily on Friday.

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Apparent Working 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Reveals Home Screen Layout, Passbook Icon With Payments — Chinese site cnBeta highlights a series of photos posted by Weibo user zzray showing what is claimed to be an official, functional, and activated iPhone 6. While the authenticity of the device …

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:

FBI says Silk Road's server was located through a login page flaw that revealed its IP address — The FBI Finally Says How It ‘Legally’ Pinpointed Silk Road's Server — As the trial of alleged Silk Road drug market creator Ross Ulbricht approaches, the defense has highlighted the mystery …

More: Krebs on Security. Tweets: @rsnake, @matthew_d_green, @martijn_grooten, @nzkoz, @dannyyadron, @micahflee and @mmasnick. Thanks:@nikcub

Benedict Evans:

A quantitative view of how Amazon reinvests its cash to capture an ever-growing share of commerce — Why Amazon Has No Profits (And Why It Works) — (I also did a podcast with Ben Horowitz discussing these themes: see here) — Amazon has a tendency to polarize people.

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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Apple iPhone's Mobile Payments Expected to Include CVS and Walgreens — Apple's upcoming mobile payment system will get a big head start with the country's two largest pharmacy chains coming on board. — CVS and Walgreens are expected to accept purchases made with the new iPhone payment system …

More: AppleInsider, TechnoBuffalo, The Register, Tech Times, MacDailyNews, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, MacNN, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, App Advice and Business Insider

Adam Satariano / Businessweek:

Behind Apple's program to devise quick fixes in the factory for glitches found in new devices — Apple's iPhone 6 First Responders — As Apple (AAPL) prepares to unveil the iPhone 6 on Sept. 9, engineers are toiling in secrecy to make sure everything works properly. Their task won't end when the phone goes on sale.

More: Geek.com, Gizmodo, DisplayBlog, 9to5Mac, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, iMore, BGR, MacDailyNews, TUAW, AppleInsider, MacRumors and Gizmodo UK

Tweets: @pburrows and @jim_edwards

Thanks:@srikardr

Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:

Samsung spokesperson says Gear VR headset for the Galaxy Note 4 will cost $199 — Samsung says its Oculus-powered Gear VR headset will cost $199 (phablet not included) — Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Gear VR headset will cost $199, a Samsung spokesperson at New York Fashion Week told VentureBeat this evening.

More: Laptop Mag, Gamasutra, TechCrunch, Pocketnow, GSMArena Blog, Softpedia News, Android Central and NEWS.com.au. Thanks:@devindra

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

How ISPs rely on “trusted third-parties” like Neustar to hand over customer records for court orders, including highly secretive FISA warrants — Meet the shadowy tech brokers that deliver your data to the NSA — Summary: These so-called “trusted third-parties” …

More: Softpedia News, Engadget and Ars Technica

Tweets: @zackwhittaker and @zackwhittaker

Thanks:@zackwhittaker

Christopher Williams / Telegraph:

HP alleges Autonomy email warning of falling revenues and ‘imaginary deals’ shows fraud — Chief financial officer wrote to founder Mike Lynch demanding ‘radical action’ prior to disastrous takeover by Silicon Valley giant — Hewlett-Packard has made public an internal email …

More: Re/code, Beyond Search, Bloomberg and Business Insider

Erik Charlton / Nest:

Nest to launch in Belgium, France, Ireland and the Netherlands by the end of September — Nest is coming to the EU — For the last two years, there's been a thermostat underground. With Nest available in just the US, Canada and the UK, people have hidden Nest Thermostats and Nest Protect alarms …

More: Android Central, CNET and The Next Web

Rami Grunbaum / The Seattle Times:

T-Mobile USA sues Huawei, claiming theft of trade secrets behind phone testing robot “Tappy” — T-Mobile sues Chinese telecom giant Huawei — T-Mobile USA has sued Huawei Technologies, claiming the Chinese telecommunications giant stole its software, specifications and other secrets …

More: New York Times, GeekWire, Ubergizmo, bizjournals, AndroidHeadlines.com, Android Police and TmoNews

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Acquires, Shuts Down Luminate, An Interactive Image Platform — Another acquisition today from Yahoo to beef up its advertising and media business. It is buying Luminate, a startup founded by LiveOps, Netscape and Yahoo alums that has created a platform for interactive, tagged images …

More: VatorNews, Luminate, The Next Web, VentureBeat and CNET. Tweets: @luminate

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