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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
A look at what happens now that net neutrality rules have been rolled back, including its immediate implications and legal pushback — A field guide to Ajit Pai's internet — As of June 11th, the legal protections against content discrimination on the internet are gone.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Interview with FCC chairman Ajit Pai, who says FTC will weed out anti-competitive conduct moving forward, as US' net neutrality rules officially come to an end — Two pivotal developments this week could dramatically expand the power and footprint of major telecom companies …
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| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Snapchat unveils Clear Chats, a feature that lets users delete Snapchat messages even after sending them, whether in individual or group chat — Snapchat today announced a new feature called “Clear Chats,” which lets you delete any message you've sent to another person on Snapchat, whether in individual or group chat.
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| Heather Somerville / Reuters: |
Data storage startup Cohesity raises $250M Series D led by SoftBank's Vision Fund at a valuation of $1B+, bringing total raised to $410M — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund has made its second-ever investment in an enterprise software company …
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
A profile of Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries, which is pitching its VR-based surveillance tech to DHS as a complement to Trump's border wall with Mexico — WE'RE STANDING ON the edge of a cliff on a remote Texas ranch, a long patch of rocky desert stretching out below to the verdant banks …
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| Doina Chiacu / Reuters: |
US Treasury sanctions three Russian individuals and five firms, saying they helped Russia conduct cyberattacks, including NotPetya, against US and its allies — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on three Russian individuals and five companies on Monday …
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| Sean Lyngaas / Cyberscoop: |
FBI announces arrest of 74 people, who allegedly hijacked bank transfers using email fraud, and recovery of ~$14M; 29 of the suspects were in Nigeria, 42 in US — The FBI on Monday announced the arrest of 74 people across three continents for hijacking bank transfers using email fraud.
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| Stephen Silver / AppleInsider: |
Apple explicitly bans cryptocurrency mining in apps distributed through the iOS and Mac App Stores — New developer guidelines released during WWDC set new rules for cryptocurrency apps distributed through both the iOS and Mac App Stores. — Apple has added new language to its App Store review guidelines related to cryptocurrency.| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Sources: Bozoma Saint John departs Uber after joining a year ago as chief brand officer, to head to entertainment conglomerate Endeavor, where she will be CMO — The high-profile marketing guru will become CMO at the entertainment conglomerate. — The high-profile executive Bozoma Saint John …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cloud HR software firm Workday acquires Adaptive Insights, a provider of cloud-based business planning and financial modeling tools, for $1.55B — Workday, the cloud-based platform that offers HR and other back-office apps for businesses, is making an acquisition to expand its portfolio of services … | TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches a new section called Memories to highlight old content, similar to the On This Day feature but more extensive — Facebook today is introducing a dedicated page called “Memories,” where you can reflect on the moments you've shared with family and friends over the years.
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Engadget, The Verge, Facebook, MacRumors, Android Police, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @caseynewton
| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Big data analytics service Splunk buys VictorOps, an incident management platform, for $120M, following its $350M acquisition of Phantom Cyber earlier this year — Big data-cruncher Splunk is acquiring VictorOps, a Boulder, Colo.-based startup whose tools help software developers collaborate … | Robert Williams / Bloomberg: |
Google enters deal with supermarket Carrefour to sell groceries online in France by early 2019 through Home, Assistant, and Google's shopping destination — Alphabet Inc.'s Google entered a deal with Carrefour SA to sell groceries online in France in what the retailer said was the first time fresh food …
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Spanish data watchdog begins probe into popular football streaming app that accesses users' smartphone mics and GPS to detect unauthorized broadcasts of matches — Spain's data-protection watchdog begun a probe into an app that enables the country's soccer league to access users' personal mobile phones …
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Wish says it hit $1B+ in revenue in 2017, roughly doubling YoY, had 1M+ merchants and 75M MAUs as of April, as it goes after Walmart's value conscious customers — If you log onto the Wish app, you can buy dress shoes for $15, a watch for $3 or a 2-terabyte flash drive for $10.| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Studios creates a new venture, The Initiative, and buys game studios Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion Games — Microsoft kept the gaming announcements coming at its Xbox E3 press conference where it announced a series of four studio acquisitions meant …
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