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May 30, 2015, 6:55 AM

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Brad Stone / Bloomberg Business:
Google partially automates launches of Project Loon balloons, expands their range by passing Internet signals between them  —  Google Details New Project Loon Tech to Keep Its Internet Balloons Afloat  —  Google's Mike Cassidy describes two advancements that could help Project Loon become commercial as soon as next year
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Google's Project Vault Is A Secure Computing Environment On A Micro SD Card, For Any Platform  —  Project Vault is a secure computer contained entirely on a micro SD sized device.  Google's ATAP said the micro SD format made sense because there's already advanced security features on your phone …
David Pierce / Wired:
Business Insider:
Founder of Silk Road drug marketplace Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison, to forfeit $184M  —  The founder of the Silk Road drug marketplace has been sentenced to life in prison without parole  —  The convicted mastermind behind the world's largest online narcotics emporium …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple vans are gathering data for in-house mapping database, collecting street-view imagery and taking stills of business storefronts to replace Yelp photos  —  Mystery solved: Apple vans gathering next-gen Maps data, grabbing Street View storefronts + 3D images
John Brownlee / Co.Design:
Kindle gets a new font and layout engine with better text justification, kerning, drop caps, image positioning, and more  —  The Kindle Finally Gets Typography That Doesn't Suck  —  Amazon's Kindle e-reader is a lovely single-purpose gadget, with an industrial design ethos that …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook Confirms It Will Officially Support GIFs  —  Facebook this afternoon confirmed that it will now support animated GIFs in the Facebook News Feed.  Not everyone will see the added functionality immediately, we understand, as the update is still rolling out.
William Alden / BuzzFeed:
Leaked presentation details plans for $100M hardware startup fund Formation 8 is raising  —  Inside Formation 8's Secret Strategy To Invest In Hardware  —  The venture capital firm Formation 8 wants to raise $100 million to invest in hardware makers.  BuzzFeed News obtained a confidential slide presentation about the new fund.

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