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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.
Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business:
Oracle's sales of new licenses decline as more startups embrace open source database software  —  Oracle Sales Erode as Startups Embrace Souped-Up Free Software  —  Dan Wagner, the chief executive officer of U.K.-based mobile payments company Powa Technologies Ltd., poses a challenge for database giant Oracle Corp.
More: Beyond Search.  Tweets: @jeffmgould and @dtunkelang
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
New York Times:
White House confirms hackers breached second computer system at OPM, says President is considering financial sanctions against attackers  —  White House Weighs Sanctions After Second Breach of a Computer System  —  WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday revealed that hackers had breached …
Klint Finley / Wired:
High and hard to predict costs make success unlikely for both SpaceX and OneWeb satellite Internet projects  —  Internet by Satellite Is a Space Race With No Winners  —  Another space race is on.  —  On one side: Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX (and Tesla Motors), backed by Google.
More: Gizmodo and ValueWalk.  Tweets: @mims
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.
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
Facebook:
Facebook now takes into account how long you've viewed specific stories in News Feed in determining which posts to surface  —  News Feed FYI: Taking Into Account Time Spent on Stories  —  The goal of News Feed is to show you the content that matters to you.
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
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Beats Electronics planned to introduce a WiFi speaker by the holidays in 2014, but effectively killed it post acquisition  —  Apple Music's Missing Link: How Beats Electronics Fumbled Its Sonos Killer (Exclusive)  —  Pop stars, live music, superlatives: The launch …

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Alex Woodward / The Independent:
A federal judge in Illinois temporarily blocks federal officers from using riot control weapons or other force against members of the press and others

Kristina Millare / Catholic World Report:
In a meeting with news agencies, Pope Leo XIV urged journalists to stand firm against manipulation of information, conveyed respect for war reporters, and more

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