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Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC:
Google says Cloud COO Diane Bryant has left the company, less than a year after joining from Intel, where she had been for 32 years  —  Google Cloud chief operating officer Diane Bryant has left the company after less than a year.  —  “We are grateful for the contributions she made while at Google …
Nat Levy / GeekWire:
Amazon expands its checkout-free Amazon Go retail concept with a second, larger store, also in Seattle, which it says will open in fall 2018  —  Amazon is expanding its checkout-free Amazon Go retail concept with another location in the company's backyard, GeekWire has learned.
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Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo:
Samsung says it's aware of reports from some phone owners that its Messages texting app randomly sent photos to their contacts without permission  —  Sending pictures to others is one of the most basic functions of a smartphone, but when your phone's texting app starts randomly pushing …
Facebook:
Facebook is shutting down Android contacts app Hello, fitness tracking app Moves, and anonymous teen social media app tbh due to “low usage”  —  We wanted to let you know that we are shutting down three apps due to low usage: Moves, tbh and Hello.
Washington Post:
Sources: DOJ's probe into the Cambridge Analytica scandal has broadened to focus on the actions and statements of Facebook; FBI, SEC, and FTC are also involved  —  A federal investigation into Facebook's sharing of data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica has broadened to focus …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
DirecTV Now prices go up by $5/month, but two months ago, AT&T said in a court filing that buying Time Warner would “enable the merged company to reduce prices”  —  Most DirecTV Now prices go up $5 a month, weeks after AT&T bought Time Warner.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp messages continue to sweep India as authorities struggle to combat fake news; five were killed by a rumor-driven mob on Sunday
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Makers of email software like Return Path and Edison Software let their employees read users' email, a practice they say is covered by user agreements
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service now throttles personal hotspot usage on its “unlimited” plan to 600kbps and caps videos at 480p quality unless users pay extra
Neer Varshney / The Next Web:
Coinbase's cryptocurrency custodial service for institutional customers, Coinbase Custody, announced in November 2017, is now open for business
New York Times:
Lyft is buying the core operations of Motivate, parent of CitiBike; the business will be renamed Lyft Bikes and keep contracts with NYC and seven other cities
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