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TechCrunch:

Facebook starts selling offsite ads targeting non-users too — Facebook's advertising network is already a colossal business — it helped the social network bring in over $5 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter alone — but it is about to take a step towards become …

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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Jury in Oracle suit unanimously finds Google's use of Java APIs in Android was fair use; Oracle vows to appeal — Oracle has spent many millions trying to get a chunk of Android, to no avail. — SAN FRANCISCO—Following a two-week trial, a jury has found that Google's Android operating system does …

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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Big Win For Fair Use: Jury Says Google's Use Of Java API's Was Fair Use... On To The Appeal — This is somewhat surprising, but good: after a few days of deliberation, the jury in the redo of the Oracle v. Google case concerning Google's use of Java's APIs in Android has resulted …

Nick Denton / Gawker:

Nick Denton challenges Peter Thiel to a public debate in open letter, says decade-long campaign by Thiel is out of proportion, asks about ultimate intent — Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag …

Kara Swisher / Recode:

As Facebook courts publishers, the company and some of its directors decline to comment on board member Peter Thiel's funding of lawsuit against Gawker — And there will also likely be no action, either. — Here's a very good question swirling around Silicon Valley and the media universe today …

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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:

Peter Thiel acknowledges he spent around $10M to fund a team of lawyers to help Gawker “victims” like Hulk Hogan sue the company, in act of “deterrence”

Cade Metz / Wired:

Facebook and Microsoft partner to lay highest capacity transatlantic internet cable yet, connecting Virginia and Spain with a bandwidth of 160Tbps — Facebook and Microsoft are laying a massive Internet cable across the middle of the Atlantic. — Dubbed MAREA—Spanish for “tide” …

More: Computerworld, Microsoft, TIME, The Next Web, EnterpriseTech, Tech Times, PR Newswire, Newser, Associated Press, TechCrunch, The Register, Inquirer, International Business Times, Mashable, BBC, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, USA Today, ZDNet, Neowin, InvestorPlace, Gizmodo, Windows Central, Ars Technica, SiliconBeat, Reuters, Daily Mail, TechSpot, WinBeta, Quartz, Fortune, The Verge, BetaNews, New York Magazine, BetaNews, PC Magazine, Engadget, GeekWire and VentureBeat. Tweets: @nancyscola. Thanks:@anectolts

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google app on iOS gets faster load times, AMP articles in search, keyboard shortcuts, more — Faster load and search times are the highlight feature of an update to the Google app on iOS. Like on the mobile web and Android, AMP articles will now show up in search results.

More: Inside Search, The Next Web, VentureBeat, iMore, Cult of Mac and MacStories

Barb Darrow / Fortune:

Intel buys computer vision company Itseez, co-founded by two former Intel researchers, in IoT and autonomous car push — Chip maker Intel, in its bid to expand from its core PC and server business to all manner of devices, is buying Itseez, a machine vision specialist co-founded by two former Intel techies.

More: Intel Newsroom, Business Cloud News, Inquirer, eWeek, VentureBeat, Tech Times, The Register, FierceMobileIT News, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Electronic Design, SlashGear and Reuters

Nick Summers / Engadget:

UK carrier Three to test 24 hour, opt-in, network level mobile ad blocking during the week of June 13 — Three will soon trial network-level ad blocking in the UK. Such a move was telegraphed back in February, when the carrier inked a deal with Shine, a company that specialises in the practice.

More: BBC, threemediacentre.co.uk, WIRED UK, campaignlive.co.uk, Tech Times, SlashGear, Fortune, ExchangeWire.com, Business Insider and The Register

Evan Blass / VentureBeat:

ZTE launches 5.5-inch Google Daydream-ready Axon 7 for $450 alongside its first VR headset — ZTE has launched its second Axon-branded flagship, the Axon 7, alongside a compatible virtual reality headset, known as ZTE VR. The 5.5-inch, Android 6. Marshmallow-powered handset aims to deliver top …

More: The Verge, The Next Web, ZDNet, Android Authority, The Verge, Engadget, AndroidHeadlines.com, SlashGear, CNET, Android Authority, eWeek, Digital Trends, BGR, AndroidHeadlines.com, Liliputing, Phandroid and Mashable. Tweets: @vladsavov

TechCrunch:

Filing: Snapchat raised $1.8B in Series F round; leaked deck reveals $59M revenue in 2015, 110M DAUs in December — Earlier this week, we reported that the messaging app startup Snapchat was raising more money. Now we have more updates for you. An SEC filing has been made today …

Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider:

Report: Snapchat's share price did not increase from last year in latest fundraising round

More: The Information and VatorNews. Tweets: @cityofthetown

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Twitter's audio cards will now support Spotify, offer 30-second clips in timelines and Moments — Whistle while you tweet with the new partnership between Twitter and Spotify. Now you can listen to 30-second previews of songs in your timeline and Moments thanks to Twitter's audio cards that now support Spotify.

More: The Next Web, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Phandroid, Ubergizmo, hypebot and Engadget. Tweets: @joshconstine

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