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June 21, 2015, 6:45 AM

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Zac Bowden / WinBeta:

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Justin Pritchard / Associated Press:

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Liana B. Baker / Reuters:

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Dune Lawrence / Bloomberg Business:

The nine-year-old history of the notorious Zeus malware and the hunt for its creator, the financial industry's most-wanted hacker — The Hunt for the Financial Industry's Most-Wanted Hacker … In any global outbreak, it's important to identify Patient Zero. In the movies, you get a leggy Gwyneth Paltrow.

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Ben Fox Rubin / CNET:

Amazon starts weighting product ratings to favor reviews that are newer, helpful, and verified — Amazon updates customer reviews with new machine-learning platform — The e-commerce giant created a new in-house model to show off more up-to-date and helpful reviews for buyers.

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Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica:

The Raspberry Pi finally has an official case, priced at just $9 (£6) — Three years later, but this Raspberry Pi 2 and Model B+ case is rather nice. — More than three years after launch, there is now an official Raspberry Pi case. In keeping with Raspberry Pi's aspirational remit …

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Daniel Huang / Wall Street Journal:

SEC Regulation A+ now allows non-accredited investors to take part in equity crowdfunding campaigns — New SEC rules to allow small investors to participate in equity crowdfunding — New SEC rules to allow small investors to participate in equity crowdfunding — Jocel Amacio thought he found a winner.

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Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed:

Idea for a new “dependent contractor” class of workers gains momentum as on-demand companies face lawsuits from contract workers — What A New Class Of Worker Could Mean For The Future Of Labor — Faced with lawsuits that could threaten their business models …

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

doubleTwist launches CloudPlayer on Android for streaming music from Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive — DoubleTwist's new Android app turns Dropbox into a music streaming service — If you're not a fan of popular subscription-based apps like Spotify, Rdio, and Google Play Music …

More: The Next Web, doubleTwist blog, Technology Personalized, Android Authority, Android Police, AndroidHeadlines.com, MobileSyrup.com and Engadget

Alice O'Connor / Rock, Paper, Shotgun:

Game developer Starbreeze announced StarVR, its own virtual reality headset with high resolution screens and a wide field of view — StarVR: Starbreeze Get Into Cybergoggles — Folks have been gushing and gasping (and grumbling, in my case) for years about the coming virtual reality revolution, but it's all about to kick off.

More: Giant Bomb, Tested, PC Gamer, Polygon, YouTube, Engadget, Forbes, VG247, Digital Trends and VentureBeat

Jacob Long / Android Police:

Pushbullet Introduces Portal, A New App For Easy File Sharing Between Your Android Device And PC — Jacob is a PhD student of communication and technology writer. He's also an avid sports fan, especially when it comes to the Chicago White Sox. When not working, you can usually find …

More: Pushbullet Blog, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Droid Life, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, FierceMobileIT News, Lifehacker, ZDNet, PC Magazine and Technology Personalized

Charles Clover / Financial Times:

Sources: Alibaba's online payments affiliate Ant Financial, which operates Alipay, valued at $45B-$50B after fundraising — Ant Financial valued at $45bn after fundraising — Ant Financial, Alibaba's online payments affiliate, has completed a fundraising that values the company at $45bn-$50bn …

More: Bloomberg Business, Fortune, Forbes, Tech in Asia, Reuters, Fortune and PYMNTS.com

Joseph Menn / Reuters:

OPM hack employed rare tool also used in last year's Anthem breach, which was tied to Chinese intelligence — U.S. employee data breach tied to Chinese intelligence — The Chinese hacking group suspected of stealing sensitive information about millions of current and former U.S. government employees …

More: Re/code, Washington Post, Engadget, International Business Times and The Daily Caller

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

The OPM breach took place in June or July 2014, giving hackers a year to sift through data

More: Slate

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