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Dan Mangan / CNBC:

Special counsel Mueller charges 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking DNC, Clinton campaign, others and releasing their emails during 2016 election — Special counsel Robert Mueller has obtained a new indictment charging 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democrats during the 2016 presidential election.

Bloomberg:

Sources: Adobe plans to unveil the full version of Photoshop for iPad at its annual MAX creative conference in October and release it in 2019 — - Users in media, entertainment want to edit work ‘on the fly’ — Long-term effort will spread to other Adobe programs later

Scott Thurm / Wired:

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Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:

Comma.ai demos Openpilot 0.5 software with face-tracking for an advanced driver assist system compatible with most new Toyota and Honda cars, and some from GM — Autonomous vehicle technology is just starting to go mainstream, which means, for the most part, it's still only available …

More: The Verge and Medium

Chloe Aiello / CNBC:

Apple, in partnership with several of its suppliers, announces the China Clean Energy Fund, a $300M fund for investing in renewable energy projects in China — - Apple in partnership with several of its suppliers announced on Thursday a $300 million fund for investing in renewable energy projects in China.

Ashley Carman / The Verge:

Dating app Hinge says its Most Compatible feature uses machine learning to find the perfect matches for users, offering them suggestions every day — Hinge's newest feature — Most Compatible — attempts to use all your cumulative data to find the perfect match for you.

More: Engadget, Mashable, and 9to5Mac

Muyao Shen / CoinDesk:

Chinese police shut down a gambling platform that had 330K users and $1.5B in transaction volume in various cryptocurrencies over the past eight months — Local police officials in China seized more than $1.5 million worth of cryptocurrencies as part of a crackdown on gambling during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:

US Department of Commerce on Friday officially lifted a ban on US companies selling goods to ZTE — (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday lifted a ban on U.S. companies selling goods to ZTE Corp, allowing China's second-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business.

More: South China Morning Post, Engadget, Axios, CNET, The Verge, Pocketnow, Free Malaysia Today, and TechTheLead

Mallory Locklear / Engadget:

Epic Games says Unreal Engine creators will now get 88% of sales instead of the previous 70%, and that this will apply retroactively to sales since 2014 launch — Epic Games announced today that it will be taking a smaller cut of sales made through its Unreal Engine Marketplace …

More: Unreal Engine, PCWorld, Twinfinite, SludgeFeed, TechSpot, Polygon, and PC Gamer

Ashley Carman / The Verge:

The FCC says it will bolster the Emergency Alert System by allowing “live code” tests that use the same alert codes and processes as real emergencies, and more — The FCC announced today that it'll bolster the country's Emergency Alert System to prevent unexpected false alarms …

More: 9to5Google, FCC, and Engadget

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Sources: Amazon Web Services is considering selling its own networking switches to business customers, challenging companies like Cisco, Juniper, and Arista — Amazon Web Services already dominates the market for cloud services. Now, it is eyeing a part of the cloud business it doesn't already control …

More: Reuters and CNBC

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Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:

Uber, in partnership with Checkr and Appriss, will now conduct driver background checks continuously, in real time — As part of a plan to improve safety for its riders, Uber is rolling out ongoing background checks for its drivers, the company tells Axios.

More: VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, The Verge, and Business Wire

Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:

Microsoft debuts free version of Microsoft Teams with team storage capped at 10GB, and Microsoft 365 launches live events with facial recognition and more — Microsoft 365 can now host live events, and the new service comes equipped with AI-powered features such as facial recognition …

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft debuts its collaborative Whiteboard app on Windows 10, says versions for iOS and the web are coming soon, and an Android version is in the works

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