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Microsoft begins next phase of Project Natick by submerging a data center off Scotland's coast, where it is designed to work without maintenance for five years — Microsoft kicked off the second phase of its experimental underwater data center project Wednesday, submerging …
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says US has struck a deal with ZTE, including a $1B penalty and a US-chosen compliance team to be embedded at ZTE — - Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the U.S. has struck a deal with Chinese telecom giant ZTE to end crippling American sanctions.
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Amazon's Fire TV Cube puts an Echo into its set-top box for a full Alexa experience, is available to preorder today, and ships June 21 for $119.99 — It's been almost four years since Amazon first introduced the Echo smart speaker and its virtual assistant Alexa.
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| Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Amazon buys rights to exclusively livestream 20 Premier League football matches per season for three seasons starting from 2019 — US online retailer will exclusively livestream 20 matches per season from 2019 — Amazon has broken Sky and BT's stranglehold on Premier League football …
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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Coinbase says it is acquiring securities dealer Keystone Capital in an effort to expand into the coin offerings market, pending regulatory approval — Cryptocurrency business plans to use Keystone assets to move into fast-growing market for coin offerings — Coinbase, one of the leading …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Instagram to launch Snapchat Discover-style video hub with scripted shows, music videos, and more; announcement tentatively slated for June 20 — Instagram is preparing to unveil a home for longer-form video — a YouTube competitor and its take on Snapchat Discover.
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| 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 …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple rebrands iTunes Connect to App Store Connect and releases a new iOS app to help the process of uploading, submitting, and managing applications — Apple today has officially announced the rebrand of iTunes Connect. As we speculated earlier this week, Apple confirmed on its developer blog …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google releases Android P Beta 2, 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 …
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Talos Blog, The Next Web, BGR, forums.juniper.net, Inquirer, The Register, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Security Affairs, Engadget, BetaNews, Mashable, Silicon Republic, CNET, Cyberscoop, Help Net Security, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, Boing Boing, Tom's Guide, and Axios
Tweets: @security_craig, @securitybeard, @karlbode, @nsweaves, and @ciscosecurity
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Facebook partners with seven news orgs, including ABC News, CNN, and Fox News, to roll out a series of news shows on Facebook Watch this summer — After going through the fake-news wringer, Facebook is shelling out money on original news content. The strategy is partly aimed at driving …
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Facebook Media, Recode, MIT Technology Review, CNNMoney, Ad Age, Social Media Today, AdExchanger, BGR, FierceCable, Reuters, TechCrunch, Axios, and Fortune
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| Mayumi Negishi / Wall Street Journal: |
SoftBank to sell 51% of the China operations of UK chip designer Arm Holdings to a local group of investors for $775M, while retaining the remainder — SoftBank's Arm Holdings will sell a majority stake in its Chinese business for $775 million — TOKYO— SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 1.61% agreed …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft redesigns its app for the first time in three years to emphasize shared rides and public transport, available to everyone by the end of June — ‘This is to put shared rides front and center’ — Lyft's app for riders is getting a fresh new look, with a greater emphasis put on shared rides and public transportation.
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