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July 12, 2017, 7:15 PM
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Thuy Ong / The Verge:
Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, Airbnb, Spotify, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and many others in tech are rallying today in support of net neutrality  —  Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google and Twitter are fighting the FCC's changes  —  Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google …
Bill Ready / PayPal:
PayPal added as a payment option on iTunes, App Store, iBooks, and Apple Music in Canada and Mexico, with roll-out in US and other countries soon  —  Starting today in Canada and Mexico, and rolling out in other countries including the US soon after, PayPal customers will be able to pay for App Store …
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
14M+ records of Verizon users who called customer service, including phone numbers, addresses, PINs, were left exposed for over week after telecom was notified  —  Customer records for at least 14 million subscribers, including phone numbers and account PINs, were exposed.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Microsoft unveils new Outlook for iOS and Android with quick reply, improved sidebar, and improves search to include attachments, travel plans, deliveries, more  —  Microsoft today unveiled a redesigned version of its popular Outlook mobile app for iOS and Android, which most notably includes …
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Amazon Prime Day drove record levels of Prime sign-ups and sales, with sales growing 60% YoY; the Echo Dot was the most popular purchase among Prime members  —  - Prime Day sales this year surpassed Amazon's Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the e-commerce giant says.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Google acquires Indian AI startup Halli Labs, which was building AI tools to address “old problems and domains”  —  Some more M&A news in the world of artificial intelligence.  Today it was made public that Google has acquired Halli Labs, a very young (its first public appearance …
James Vincent / The Verge:
Microsoft releases free Seeing AI app on iOS that uses AI to recognize people, objects, and scenes, and narrates the world to blind people  —  Microsoft has released Seeing AI — a smartphone app that uses computer vision to describe the world for the visually impaired.
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
New tech allows realistic superimposing of people's mouth movements in video, making them appear to say something they didn't, which could be used to deceive  —  The president was seething.  —  His problem was with the press, yes, but also with the technology they used.  Electronic media had changed everything.
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Report: Amazon is considering giving Alexa developers access to transcripts of what people say when their applications are used  —  A substantial shift in Amazon's stance on consumer privacy  —  Amazon is considering granting third-party app developers access to transcripts of audio recordings saved …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft officially ends support for Windows Phone 8.1, more than three years after introducing the update, leaving millions of Windows phones unsupported  —  An end of an era  —  Microsoft is killing off Windows Phone 8.1 support today, more than three years after the company first introduced the update.

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From Mediagazer

Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
California AG cancels a meeting with Paramount, accusing the company of acting in bad faith by leaking and misrepresenting earlier settlement discussions

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
An arbitrator orders the Washington Post to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired for “gross misconduct” last year over posts made after Charlie Kirk's shooting

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Shook Research founder says he paid ex-Forbes editor Randall Lane $6M for “services and guidance” in partnering with Forbes and helping him sell the firm

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Nicole Lee / Engadget:
Facebook adds Facebook Live support to its social VR app Spaces, allowing Oculus Rift users to broadcast their VR hangouts on the social network
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Vizio sues financially troubled LeEco over failed merger, alleges only $40M of $100M termination fee was paid, and seeks $60M in damages

Earlier Picks

Reuters:
Apple to set up first data center in China to comply with new cybersecurity laws, is the first foreign firm to announce amendments to its data storage for China
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Ignition Partners managing partner Frank Artale resigns at firms request after allegations of misconduct
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