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Sources: Facebook signs deals with Vox, BuzzFeed, others for video content, paying up to $250K/episode for longer shows it will own, $10-35K for shorter shows — Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN …
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Intel to offer Thunderbolt 3 protocol specification to chipmakers royalty free next year and integrate Thunderbolt into its CPUs — Nearly two years ago, Intel gave a major boost to Thunderbolt, its zippy hardware interface, by embracing USB-C, the do-it-all port that will eventually eat the world.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
DJI debuts Spark, a drone with a palm-sized body for taking pictures and video, controllable via smartphone; preorders open today, shipping next month for $499 — The big news at DJI's “huge Seize the Moment” event in New York City is, as expected, pretty small.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Google, IBM, and Lyft debut Istio, an open source tool for managing microservices from different vendors on cloud platforms — Istio gives developers a vendor-neutral way to connect, secure, manage, and monitor networks of different microservices on cloud platforms.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft now uses Git to develop Windows, along with its open source Git Virtual File System to help manage the ~300GB repository — Microsoft today announced that virtually all of its engineers now use the Git version control system to develop its Windows operating system.
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Facebook redesigns Trending Topics pages to make it easier for users to discover alternate news sources, rolling out first to iPhone users in US — Redesigned Trending Results Page — Starting today, we're introducing a redesigned Trending results page, which is the page you see when you click …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
A Q&A on the process and legality of ICOs, and what they might mean for VCs — Over the last month, it's been hard to miss talk in the media and on social channels about initial coin offerings, or ICOs. What are they? Where did they suddenly come from? Who's investing in them?
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter updates its Apple TV app to include support for Periscope's global map and the ability to watch live 360 degree video — Twitter launched a version of its service on Apple TV and other media player platforms last fall in order to deliver its live video content to the big screen.
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Imzy, a “nicer Reddit” founded in 2016 by former Reddit employees, to shut down on June 23, having raised $11M — Imzy, a Utah-based startup that wanted to create a friendlier online community—a “nice Reddit”—said on Wednesday that it's shutting down just two years after its founding …
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Tweets: @jandawson, @kickme444, @kickme444, @mmasnick, @rrhoover, and @kickme444
| Chris Griffith / The Australian: |
Eugene Kaspersky offers to testify in the US and provide source code to US authorities amid AG and DNI concerns about potential risks of Kaspersky software — Russian cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky has offered to hand over his global company's code to US authorities as he fights … | Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
Draft legislation from the White House, which has circulated among several congressional committees, would allow US to track and destroy domestic drones — The Trump administration is asking Congress to give the federal government sweeping powers to track, hack and destroy any type of drone …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Rackspace appoints Joe Eazor, former EarthLink CEO, as its CEO, replacing interim CEO Jeff Cotten — Rackspace today announced that its board has appointed Joe Eazor as its new CEO, effective June 12. Eazor will replace Rackspace president Jeff Cotten, who stepped in as the company's interim CEO … Sponsor Posts
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