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Steve Ragan / CSO Online:

Hacking Team, which sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments, breached; attackers release 400GB of internal documents, source code, and emails — Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data — Firm made famous for helping governments spy on their citizens left exposed

Steve Ragan / CSO Online:

As more details about Hacking Team's deals with repressive regimes like Sudan emerge from breach, company responds with vague denials and threats on Twitter — Hacking Team responds to data breach, issues public threats and denials — On Sunday evening, someone hijacked the Hacking Team account …

More: Ars Technica, Business Insider, Wired.co.uk and Help Net Security

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Instagram is uploading images at 1080x1080 resolution instead of 640x640 and confirms it's rolling out displaying at that resolution on iOS and Android devices — Instagram photos are now bigger — if you know where to look — Just over a week ago, I wrote plaintively …

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Ellen Pao / Reddit:

Ellen Pao apologizes again, announces new role of Moderator Advocate to be moderators' contact with Reddit, pledges improvements to mod tools — We apologize — We screwed up. Not just on July 2, but also over the past several years. We haven't communicated well …

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Sources: Microsoft will finalize Windows 10 RTM build this week to send to OEMs ahead of July 29 launch — Microsoft to finalize Windows 10 this week — Microsoft is planning to finalize Windows 10 this week, ahead of its official launch later this month.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amazon Debuts Dedicated Mobile Apps For Its Dropbox Competitor, Cloud Drive — Amazon has quietly expanded its Cloud Drive service - a competitor to Dropbox, Google Drive and other online file hosting services - to mobile platforms, with the release of dedicated apps on iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore.

More: ReadWrite, The Next Web, AppleInsider, InfoWorld, Engadget, ZDNet, The Verge, GeekWire, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, FierceMobileIT News, Lifehacker, App Advice, 9to5Mac and iPhone Hacks

Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal:

Google's Waze to test carpooling service in Israel; drivers limited to 2 rides a day, can charge for gas, car wear and tear, but not generate profit — Google Tests Carpooling Service for Commuters in Israel — Google has thrown its hat into the hotly contested ride-sharing ring …

More: Haaretz, Waze, Tech.eu, Engadget, Wired, The Verge, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Reuters, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Phandroid, Marketing Land, USA Today, The Next Web and WebProNews. Tweets: @mikeisaac

Kevin Tofel / ZDNet:

Amazon announces Prime Day, a day of sales with more deals than Black Friday, for Prime members on July 15 — Amazon takes on Black Friday with Prime Day deals — Step aside Black Friday. Amazon is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a day of deals that could boost new Prime memberships and move tons of merchandise.

More: Gizmodo, Business Wire, PC Magazine, BetaNews, CNET, YouTube and Gotta Be Mobile

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

With Tossup for iPhone and Android phones, Microsoft helps you poll friends and gather opinions about meeting up — With Tossup, Microsoft wants to help you poll friends and gather opinions — Microsoft is continuing its recent trend of ignoring its own Windows Phone mobile operating system …

More: Microsoft, PCWorld, Engadget, The Verge, GeekWire, Microsoft News, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, TechCrunch, iMore and The Next Web

Fred Wilson / AVC:

A media platform based on blockchain will arrive soon, which unlike Reddit or Twitter can't be policed — The Decentral Authority — We've been big fans of Reddit since it was part of the first Y Combinator class ten years ago this summer. We've watched closely as it emerged as a community powered mostly by its users.

More: Fortune, Medium, Engadget, Re/code, Business Insider, CoinTelegraph.Com News and bizjournals

Tweets: @danprimack, @rezendi and @libbybrittain

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Microsoft redesigns Bing Maps so you can search, view, and share multiple places at one time — If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest …

More: Search Blog, Engadget, PCWorld, PC Magazine, The Verge, TechCrunch and WinBeta

Wall Street Journal:

SEC investigating improper selling of private tech stocks including employee-owned shares — Regulators Probe Marketing of Hot Private Tech Shares — Trading of such shares has boomed in recent months — Securities regulators have launched a broad investigation into whether hedge funds …

More: bizjournals, The Register, Fortune and USA Today

Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg Business:

Court overturns the second conviction of Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov charged with stealing high-frequency trading code — ‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time … A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. programmer who took the firm's high-frequency trading code …

More: New York Times, Business Insider, New York Post, Reuters and CNBC

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