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NSA documents: Justice Department authorized expansion of NSA surveillance to enable search of US Internet traffic for evidence of hacking originating abroad — Hunting for Hackers, N.S.A. Secretly Expands Internet Spying at U.S. Border — WASHINGTON — Without public notice or debate …
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US suspects Chinese hackers have stolen records of about 4M current and former government employees, FBI probe underway — U.S. Suspects Hackers in China Breached About 4 Million People's Records, Officials Say — Described as one of the largest thefts of government data ever seen| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Comcast Has Agreed To Acquire Ad Tech Firm Visible World — Cable giant Comcast Corp. has agreed to acquire the TV ad-targeting firm Visible World, according to a person familiar with the matter. — The deal, if completed, could put the cable giant into a stronger position …
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Yahoo shutting down Maps at end of month, Pipes in September, APIs for GeoPlanet and PlaceSpotter in Q3, and some regional media properties over next few weeks — Yahoo announces plans to kill off Maps, Pipes, GeoPlanet and PlaceSpotter APIs, and some regional sites
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Chrome beta now automatically pauses less important Flash content to boost performance and battery life — Google today detailed a very interesting initiative in partnership with Adobe: The two have been working to make Flash content more power-efficient in Chrome.
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Google Chrome Blog, The Register, AdWords - Google+, PCWorld, iMore, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Next Web and SlashGear
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Uber invites journalists to join cheering employees at a quasi-political rally celebrating its 5th anniversary — Uber's 5th birthday party was pure theater, and here's our review — Travis Kalanick was choking up. On stage at Uber's birthday party, looking out on an audience that included drivers …
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Airbnb launches Price Tips tool that uses machine learning to help hosts choose pricing that will increase rentals — Airbnb is using machine learning to help hosts make as much money as possible — If you go on vacation, regardless of whether you're staying at a hotel or renting …
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| Aloysius Low / CNET: |
Microdia unveils 512GB microSD card, will cost around $1,000, available in July — Microdia crams 512GB into a microSD card, out in July — Meant for professional photographers with an unquenchable desire for storage space, this microSD card will cost upwards of $1,000.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger removes always-on location sharing feature, replaces it with one-time sharing via pin drop; head of product teases future location features — Facebook Messenger Ditches Constant Mapping To Lay Groundwork For More Location Features — Facebook is removing the confusing …
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Facebook, The Daily Dot, Re/code, International Business Times, Mashable, SlashGear, Technology Personalized, Fone Arena, Engadget, Business Insider, The Verge, Lifehacker and ZDNet. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Sean Hollister / Gizmodo: |
Steam Machines from Alienware and Syber, Steam Controller, and Steam Link available for pre-order to be shipped October 16; general release on November 10 — Today's the Day You Can Pay for a Steam Machine — Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will do their damnest to sell you on PlayStation, Xbox, and Wii.
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Former Facebook CFO Ebersman Launches New Health Tech Startup Lyra Health — David Ebersman, who took Facebook public as its CFO, is launching a new startup called Lyra Health, which will focus on helping people with a range of mental health issues. — The new behavioral health technology company …
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SiliconBeat, PandoDaily, bizjournals, Bloomberg Business, MedCity News and CFO. Tweets: @psychtimes
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Lite Is A Stripped Down Android App For The Developing World — Facebook can be painfully slow on weak network connections or prohibitively expensive on stingy data plans that are common in India, Africa, and Southeast Asia. So today, Facebook is launching a bare-bones …
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Facebook, PCWorld, AndroidGuys, Forbes, CNET, Wall Street Journal, BetaNews, SlashGear, Mark Zuckerberg, Ausdroid, The Daily Dot, PC Magazine, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Re/code, Tech Times, Engadget and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Instapaper Launches ‘Notes’ To Let Users Annotate Text — Instapaper, the app that lets you save and share online articles, has just launched a new annotation functionality called Notes. — The feature allows users to select a piece of text from an article or other work, and make comments on that text.
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MacStories and iMore
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Apple Watch arrives in Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan June 26; backorders and some models in retail stores within two weeks — Apple Watch Arrives in Seven More Countries June 26 — Sales in Apple Retail Stores to Begin in Two Weeks
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