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June 26, 2018, 2:13 PM
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying products that support WPA3, the successor to the WPA2 security protocol, that provides additional protections against attacks  —  WPA3 certification starts today  —  Wi-Fi devices have been using the same security protocol for over a decade.
New York Times:
Sources: top tech companies met intelligence officials to discuss midterm elections but neither the FBI nor DHS was willing to share specific threat information  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Eight of the tech industry's most influential companies, in anticipation of a repeat of the Russian meddling …
Henny Sender / Financial Times:
Sequoia Capital has raised the first $6B round of its $8B global fund, all of which comes from investors with no previous relationship with Sequoia  —  Sequoia Capital has raised the first $6bn of what will be an $8bn global fund, as the Silicon Valley venture capital firm seeks more firepower …
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases first public beta of macOS Mojave with new system-wide Dark Mode, group FaceTime, desktop Stacks, redesigned Finder and Mac App Store, and more  —  Apple is today releasing its first public beta of macOS 10.14 Mojave, the upcoming version of its Mac operating system …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple releases first public beta of iOS 12 with Group FaceTime, Siri Shortcuts, new Do Not Disturb features, Memoji, multiplayer shared AR experiences, and more
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
UK judge grants Uber a 15 month license to operate in London, provided it meets TfL conditions and pays £425K, after its license was revoked in September 2017  —  After failing to secure a renewal for a license to operate a private hire vehicle service in London last September, Uber …
Troy Hunt:
Have I Been Pwned breach data search now integrated in 1Password via Watchtower, will be trialed in Firefox via a new Firefox Monitor tool starting next week  —  Pretty much every day, I get a reminder from someone about how little people know about their exposure in data breaches.
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Amid growing outcry from civil liberties groups, Orlando has ended its pilot project for police to use Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition software for now  —  Amid a growing outcry about privacy concerns by civil liberties groups, officials in Orlando, Fla., said Monday …
Brian Brackeen / TechCrunch:
Brian Brackeen, CEO of facial recognition firm Kairos, on why the tech, given its abuse potential and bias against people of color, shouldn't be used by police
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
San Francisco-based air quality mapping startup Aclima raises $24M Series A led by Social Capital to expand the reach and depth of its pollution maps  —  Aclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel …
Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu:
German big data analytics startup Celonis raises $50M Series B from existing investors Accel and 83North at a $1B valuation  —  Munich-founded startup Celonis has raised a funding round of $50 million from its existing investors, Accel and 83North.  The deal values Celonis at $1 billion …
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
All tech platforms, big or small, have the responsibility to stop their sites from becoming a battleground in the toxic political and cultural information war  —  Platforms both big and small have both the ability and responsibility to stop their sites from becoming a battleground in the information war.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for CBS News as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast extends Mike Cavanagh's contract through January 1, 2029, and grants a ~$35M performance-based stock package; he's set to become co-CEO in January 2026

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD's board says it will “carefully review and consider” Paramount's revised offer, which includes a full backstop personally guaranteed by Larry Ellison

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Kate Rooney / CNBC:
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Emily McCormick / Bloomberg:
Analysis: Instagram is estimated to be worth more than $100B if it were a stand-alone company and is on track to cross 2B users within the next five years
Sean Keane / CNET:
Amazon's Whole Foods to expand 10% discount on some items for Prime members to all stores across US starting June 27
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