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June 14, 2015, 4:40 PM
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Julie Bort / Business Insider:
How Facebook's Open Compute Project became a major force in data center hardware, with hundreds of companies, including HP, Foxconn, and Goldman Sachs on board  —  How Facebook is eating the $140 billion hardware market  —  It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook.
Thanks:@mattrosoff
James Hookway / Wall Street Journal:
Vietnam's Internet penetration, enabled by smartphones, increased to 44% from 12% a decade ago, enabling a rapid growth of digital businesses  —  Vietnam's Mobile Revolution Catapults Millions Into the Digital Age  —  Smartphone use has dramatically increased Internet penetration and growth in online services
David Talbot / MIT Technology Review:
The case of 5 Chinese hackers who earlier breached US steel firms shows the ease of foiling US corporate security systems  —  Cyber-Espionage Nightmare  —  On a wall facing dozens of cubicles at the FBI office in Pittsburgh, five guys from Shanghai stare from “Wanted” posters.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
After recent breaches, IRS promises to add additional security measures to protect against fraud and identity theft by early 2016  —  I.R.S. Adds New Safeguards to Thwart Identity Theft and Fraud  —  Reeling from an online attack that allowed criminals to steal personal information …
Connie Yu / The Intercept:
Government and Anthem data breaches pose indefinite threat of future harm as birthdate, full name, and SSN remain integral to identity in many systems  —  Data Theft Today Poses Indefinite Threat of “Future Harm”  —  Benjamin Nuss was one of the nearly 80 million people whose social security number …
Tweets: @digiphile
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Twitter should focus on live news and events, using human editors to create curated feeds  —  For Twitter, Future Means Here and Now  —  Here, in 140 characters or less, is some free advice for Twitter's next chief executive: Focus on live events. … That may sound a bit simplistic.
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Expands Prime With Goods Shipped Directly From Merchants  —  Amazon.com has quietly begun rolling out a program that could dramatically increase the number of items eligible for two-day shipping through its Prime membership.  —  The e-commerce giant is now listing items in Prime …
More: PC Magazine, Consumerist and SlashGear.  Tweets: @delrey

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From Mediagazer

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

More News

Shawn Knight / TechSpot:
Google is taking additional steps to reduce Chrome's battery draw
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Amazon releases first transparency report, covering January 1-May 31: 813 subpoenas of which 66% were fully complied with, 0-249 national security requests

Earlier Picks

Facebook:
Facebook now takes into account how long you've viewed specific stories in News Feed in determining which posts to surface
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Beats Electronics planned to introduce a WiFi speaker by the holidays in 2014, but effectively killed it post acquisition
Antonio Villas-Boas / Business Insider:
Google's new Android Phone Picker website recommends a phone based on the criteria that matter most to you, such as taking photos, gaming, web browsing
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