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Taylor Swift will withhold her latest album “1989” from Apple Music, says lack of royalties during three month free trial hurts smaller artists — To Apple, Love Taylor — I write this to explain why I'll be holding back my album, 1989, from the new streaming service, Apple Music.
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| Zac Bowden / WinBeta: |
Windows Insiders get Windows 10 for free, Windows 7/8.1 not required — Microsoft published a blog post last night which spoke about a number of things which are changing for Windows Insiders on the heels of the Windows 10 RTM, which is set to launch on July 29th.
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| Justin Pritchard / Associated Press: |
CA DMV releases incident reports for self driving car prototypes: 6 accidents, most in self-driving mode, caused by other drivers, no serious injuries — California reveals details of self-driving car accidents — LOS ANGELES (AP) — California state officials released reports Thursday …
| 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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| 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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| 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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Re/code, GeekWire, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, Tech Times, The Next Web, Engadget and The Verge. Thanks:@benfoxrubin
| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Advanced Micro Devices mulling breakup, spinoff - sources — Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is at the initial stage of reviewing whether to split itself in two or spin off a business, seeking to reverse its fortunes and take on rival Intel Corp, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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ExtremeTech, Fortune, Om Malik, PC Magazine, Ars Technica and Seeking Alpha
| Jennifer Parker / Bloomberg Business: |
Travel industry tests using virtual reality experiences to advertise travel destinations — How Oculus and Cardboard Are Going to Rock the Travel Industry — As advertisers jump on VR, it may just be a matter of time before you can rack up air miles, virtually — Holy cow.
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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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Raspberry Pi, ZDNet, Gizmodo, BGR, BetaNews, The Next Web, Tech Times, PCWorld and Geek.com
| 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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TechCrunch, CNET, Crowdfund Insider and SiliconBeat
| 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 … | 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.
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Giant Bomb, Tested, PC Gamer, Polygon, YouTube, Engadget, Forbes, VG247, Digital Trends and VentureBeat
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