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Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Game Pass subscription service to Windows 10 PCs with a “curated library” of more than 100 titles; details to be revealed at E3 — PC players, rejoice: Microsoft is bringing its previously-Xbox exclusive subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, to Windows 10.
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| Sam Meredith / CNBC: |
An open letter signed by 47 companies including Apple, Google, and WhatsApp condemns UK GCHQ proposal to eavesdrop on encrypted messages — KEY POINTS — In an open letter to GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), 47 signatories including Apple, Google and WhatsApp have jointly urged …
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google to proceed with its plan to limit current ad blocking capabilities for Chrome extensions, leaving the current capabilities available only to enterprises — Back in January, Google announced a proposed change to Chrome's extensions system, called Manifest V3, that would stop current ad blockers from working efficiently.
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| Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost: |
Restaurant chain Checkers says hackers breached its systems to install malware on PoS systems across 102 of its locations between December 2015 and April 2019 — The popular Checkers and Rally's drive-through restaurant chain was attacked by Point of Sale (POS) malware impacting 15 percent of its stores across the U.S.
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| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Salesforce changes its acceptable-use policy to bar gun-selling retailers from using its software if they sell military-style rifles — Business-software giant Salesforce instituted a new policy barring retail customers from using its technology to sell semiautomatic weapons and some other firearms.
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| Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: VR startup Leap Motion, which helped pioneer gesture tracking, to sell itself to UltraHaptics for ~$30M, about a 10th of its valuation a few years ago — San Francisco startup, which develops and licenses gesture-tracking technology, had in the past been eyed by Apple| Bloomberg: |
Source: DOJ is still discussing merger approval with T-Mobile and Sprint, but is demanding concessions to allow a fourth national wireless carrier to emerge — - Antitrust officials seek additional carrier with own network — T-Mobile mulling possible fixes to satisfy Justice Department
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Firefly, which runs targeted, geofenced ads via smart screens on ride-sharing cars in SF and LA, raises $30M Series A as its starts working with taxis in NYC — Firefly, a startup that allows ridehail drivers to make money from advertising, has raised $30 million in Series A funding.| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
The YouTube channel of Indian music production company T-Series becomes the first to cross 100M subscribers — Beating PewDiePie in the process — T-Series is the first YouTube channel to reach more than 100 million subscribers after months of racing to the top.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Nreal unveils a $499 consumer version of its Light AR glasses that are compatible with any phone using the Snapdragon 855 chip, available later this year — Chinese augmented reality upstart Nreal announced a $499 consumer version of its Light AR glasses at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara, Calif. Thursday.| Ryan McMorrow / Agence France-Presse: |
Investigation finds Huawei has received ~$1.6B in Chinese government grants over past ten years, heavily subsidized land, and favorable export financing terms — Huawei has been a major beneficiary of Chinese state subsidies and grants — A replica of the Palace of Versailles …
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| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Big data analytics vendor MapR cuts 122 jobs, may shut down Santa Clara HQ after potential investor pulls out after “extremely poor results” in the last quarter — MapR Technologies Inc., one of the troika of unicorn startups that emerged from the early days of the big-data movement …
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| Steven Melendez / Fast Company: |
The popular password management startup Dashlane raises $110M Series D led by Sequoia Capital — Dashlane, the popular password management service, has closed a $110-million Series D funding round and hired a new chief marketing officer: Joy Howard, who is currently CMO at Lyft and will join Dashlane in August.
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Global wearables shipments reached 49.6M units in Q1 2019, up 55.2% YoY as ear-worn devices grew 135.1%; Huawei grew 282.2%, Samsung 151.6%, and Apple 49.5% — Global shipments of wearable devices reached 49.6 million units during the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), up 55.2% …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba to invest $100M in the Indian short video app and TikTok competitor Vmate, which is owned by its subsidiary UC Web and which has 30M users globally — Chinese tech giant Alibaba is doubling down on India's burgeoning video market, looking to fight back local rival ByteDance, Google …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Hulu says 70% of its 82M viewers are on the $5.99-per-month ad-supported plan, which generated $1.5B in ad revenue in 2018 — Hulu sells an ad-free version of its streaming service, just like Netflix. But the majority of Hulu subscribers are on the $5.99-per-month ad-supported plan … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google now requires Play Store app developers to disclose the odds of receiving items in loot boxes, bringing its policy in line with Apple's App Store — Google now requires Play Store app developers to disclose the odds of receiving items in loot boxes, among several other changes aimed at making its app store more kid-friendly.
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| Brian Dowling / Xconomy: |
Insight Partners buys a majority share in Boston-based threat intelligence company Recorded Future for $780M, the highest ever price for a threat intel firm — Recorded Future is being acquired by tech investor Insight Partners in a $780 million all-cash deal, the cyber-threat intelligence company announced this morning.
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Proposed German law aims to ensure diversity and non-discrimination of content on streaming and social media platforms, will require more algorithm transparency — Tighter regulation of social media and other online services in now under discussion in several European countries … | Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Netflix raises prices in UK by £1 to £8.99 for its standard plan and by £2 to £11.99 for a premium plan; the price for a basic plan remains unchanged at £5.99 — Streaming firm says increases will let it spend more on shows as it looks to see off Disney+| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Weights & Biases, which is building development tools for machine learning for customers like OpenAI, Github, and Stanford, raises $15M Series B — Weights & Biases, a startup building development tools for machine learning, has raised $15 million in its second round of funding.Sponsor Posts
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