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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Ransomware attack spreads to firms and agencies in Britain, US, and Netherlands, including ad firm WPP, a US hospital and law firm, and shipping giant Maersk — A major ransomware attack has brought businesses to a close throughout Europe, in an infection reminiscent of last month's WannaCry attack.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
German email host closes account of hacker behind today's ransomware outbreak, but because victims can't reach hacker, they can't decrypt files even if they pay — On Tuesday, a new, worldwide ransomware outbreak took off, infecting targets in Ukraine, France, Spain, and elsewhere.
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| Jon Henley / The Guardian: |
Ransomware attack affecting Windows machines hits Russian oil giant Rosneft, many Ukrainian banks, Ukrainian firms and utilities including state power service — Ukraine's government, banks and electricity grid hit hardest by cyber-attack, but companies from Saint-Gobain in France to Rosneft in Russia also affected
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Tweets: @maersk, @craiu, @christopherjm, @marksweney, and @rbrack10
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Experts from Eset and Recorded Future say today's ransomware scans systems for passwords to send to server, uses NSA “EternalBlue” exploit, is “Petya” variant — Like earlier ransomware worm, new attacks use potent exploit stolen from the NSA.
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Tweets: @nicoleperlroth, @swiftonsecurity, @nicoleperlroth, @gossithedog, @hacks4pancakes, @ericgeller, and @e_kaspersky
| EU Press Room: |
European Commission fines Google €2.42B for abusing search engine dominance by promoting own shopping service, gives 90 days to end conduct or face penalties — The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules.
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Tweets: @tonyromm, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @benedictevans, @ow, @rcorbettmep, and @turqmelon
| Kent Walker / Google: |
Google says it “respectfully disagrees” with the EU Commission's decision and will review it in detail as it considers an appeal — When you shop online, you want to find the products you're looking for quickly and easily. And advertisers want to promote those same products.
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Bloomberg, Bloomberg, USA Today, Slate, TechCrunch, Yahoo! Finance, CNBC, Adweek, On MSFT, Fortune, AnandTech, New York Magazine, Search Engine Land, and Recode. Tweets: @googleeurope
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
As Facebook reaches the 2B MAUs milestone, a look at its growth strategy over the years with interview of VPs of growth, growth marketing, social good, others — Facebook's growth team has a methodical approach to understanding what new users want and a surprisingly broad mandate.
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @natisho, @joshconstine, @sarahfrier, and @inafried. Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Marc Schneider / Billboard: |
Pandora winds down operations in Australia and New Zealand, the only territories where it operates outside of the US — Pandora is pulling the plug on Australia and New Zealand, the only international territories where it operates, in an effort to focus solely on the United States.
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The Verge, Engadget, AdNews, and iPhone Hacks
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: refurbished Galaxy Note 7 “Fandom Edition” initially launching in South Korea on July 7 — A refurbished version of the premium smartphone, whose global recall last year garnered unwanted attention for Samsung after some caught fire, is coming to retailers' shelves …
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The Verge, Yonhap News Agency, Android Police, BGR, Engadget, 9to5Google, SiliconBeat, PhoneDog.com, Droid Life, Android Beat, CNET, and SlashGear
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
You can now request an Uber ride for people without a smartphone or Uber account, making it easier to help seniors — Uber is adding a new feature that lets you specify someone else in your phone's contact book as the rider for the trip. It was always possible to hail a ride … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft patches the third critical remote exploit in Windows Defender found by Project Zero in seven weeks, after a “quick stab” at fuzzing by Tavis Ormandy — Is there a fuzzer in the house? — Microsoft recently patched a critical vulnerability in its ubiquitous built-in antivirus engine.
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bugs.chromium.org, CSO, and Help Net Security
| Tess Townsend / Recode: |
In new co-selling partnership with Microsoft, Box will start offering Azure storage alongside Box subscriptions and Microsoft to offer Box alongside Azure sales — The two companies now have a co-selling agreement. — Box and Microsoft are going to start working together in a new area: Sales.
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Microsoft, Fortune, The Box Blog, ZDNet, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, GeekWire, MSPoweruser, and On MSFT
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie report: global app economy to grow to from $1.3T in 2016 to $6.3T in 2021, user base to nearly double from 3.4B to 6.3B — The global app economy will be worth $6.3 trillion by 2021, up from $1.3 trillion last year, according to a new report this morning from app analytics firm App Annie.| Tony Romm / Recode: |
US House committee debates 14 bills regarding self-driving car rules, as 22 states have enacted their own, often conflicting, regulations — It's one of 14 bills that House lawmakers debated Tuesday. — Greg Walden recently was riding comfortably in his Subaru Outback …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
iOS 11 to display blue status bar more prominently and detail which apps are actively using location data — Apple's new mobile operating systemiOS 11, which ships to the public in September, will give users a better understanding over how apps are using their location data.
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Computerworld, BGR, PaymentsSource, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Tech2. Tweets: @chrismessina
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