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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Sonos debuts Beam, a $399 compact soundbar coming later this year with five-microphone array and Alexa integration; Google Assistant, Airplay 2 support planned  —  A $399 Alexa-enabled soundbar for the streaming era  —  Walk into any of Sonos' downtown Santa Barbara, California, offices …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google releases Android P Developer Preview 3 with final APIs and 157 new emoji including red hair, a llama, and two new gender-neutral designs  —  Google today launched the second Android P beta with final APIs and 157 new emoji.  If you're a developer, this is your third Android P preview …
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Cisco: Russian-tied VPNFilter malware targets far more routers and is more powerful than first reported, can attack connected PCs, downgrade HTTPS connections  —  Malware tied to Russia can attack connected computers and downgrade HTTPS.  —  Two weeks ago, officials in the private …
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Valve to allow all games on Steam unless they are “illegal” or “trolling”, is building tools to give users more control over what content they see on the store  —  After a few weeks of controversy — which included a pulled game about school shootings and confusion …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook testing Marketplace ads in the US that let users promote their listings in the News Feed  —  Twenty months after launching its Craigslist competitor, Marketplace, and relentlessly promoting it with placement in the main navigation bar, Facebook will start earning money off its classifieds section.
Steven Loeb / VatorNews:
Cloud file storage startup Qumulo raises $93M Series D led by BlackRock Private Equity Partners  —  The company has now raised over $230 million as it plans to expand further into Europe  —  Financial trends and news by Steven Loeb  —  There's a ton of data being created in everything we do now.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Microsoft announces Windows Collaboration Displays platform for Surface Hub-like displays and Windows 10 IoT Core Services with promised updates for next decade  —  At Computex 2018 in Taipei, Microsoft announced new Internet of Things (IoT) services and enterprise hardware during a keynote address.
Kate Rooney / CNBC:
SEC chief says agency won't bend securities laws to cater to cryptocurrencies or ICOs and reaffirms that tokens used in ICO fundraising are securities  —  - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman made it clear Wednesday that the agency won't be bending the rules …
More: CoinDesk and Bitsonline
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:
Order-ahead meal app Ritual, which lets others add to a food order for a more social ordering experience, raises $70M Series C led by Georgian Partners  —  While DoorDash, Postmates and other apps are looking to reimagine what the food delivery experience looks like, Ray Reddy says he wants …
More: BetaKit and PE Hub Blog
Bloomberg:
Circle says it's in preliminary talks to obtain a federal banking license and is pursuing registration as a brokerage and trading venue with the SEC  —  - Crypto venue says it met with OCC to explore banking functions  — Venture is still at least months away from seeking a charter
Frank Chaparro / Business Insider:
Sources: Fidelity has been working on a digital asset exchange for about a year; internal job posting also hints at plans for a cryptocurrency custody service  —  - Fidelity Investments, a firm that oversees $2.5 trillion in managed assets, is hiring to build a digital asset exchange …

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