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June 13, 2019, 10:15 PM
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Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Telegram says it faced a massive DDoS attack originating from China coinciding with protests in Hong Kong, where organizers used the app to evade surveillance  —  The popular encrypted messaging service Telegram is once again being hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook has signed up 12+ companies, including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Uber, to back the cryptocurrency it plans to unveil next week  —  Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber are among firms that will invest around $10 million each in consortium that will govern digital coin
Christina Farr / CNBC:
Sources: GE Ventures has been shopping itself for several months, looking for a buyer for its portfolio of more than 100 startups  —  KEY POINTS  —  GE Ventures is looking for a buyer for its portfolio of more than 100 start-ups, according to people familiar with the matter …
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
At E3, console makers and game publishers, including Ubisoft, Microsoft, and Google, touted subscription services as they race to become the “Netflix for games”  —  The race to become “Netflix for Games” is on  —  With the first details coming out around the next Xbox and PlayStation …
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Interview with Google's Mark Risher, who leads Google's Identity and Account Security teams, about new single sign-on options, including Apple's, and more  —  Apple shook up the world of logins last week, offering a new single sign-on (or SSO) tool aimed at collecting and sharing as little data as possible.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Google has quietly removed the Google Play Movies & TV app from its Daydream VR platform, instead directing users to its YouTube VR app  —  Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @https://twitter.com/jank0 FOLLOW  —  Google has quietly removed the Google Play Movies & TV app from its Daydream VR platform.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
With iOS 13, iPhones will be able to read NFC-enabled passports and other government IDs as well as write to NFC tags  —  NFC — the technology that helps to power Apple Pay as well other clever features for iOS apps like Launch Center Pro's tappable stickers - is getting a big upgrade with the launch of iOS 13, due out this fall.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Verizon launches $99.99 Smart Locator, a tracking device with Bluetooth, GPS, WPS, and LTE, with one year of free service and $3/month thereafter  —  More powerful than a Tile, but way more expensive  —  Verizon today launched sales of the $99.99 Verizon Smart Locator …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
UK-based digital bank Monzo launches in the US, says it doesn't have its own US banking license and won't be lending US customers money  —  Monzo's mobile-only bank has helped revolutionize British spending  —  British mobile-only bank Monzo is making its way across the pond to the US today.
Emily McCormick / Yahoo Finance:
Freelance services marketplace Fiverr closes up 89% on its first day of trading after raising $111M in its IPO  —  FVRR) stock rose above its initial public offering price after opening for trading Thursday, as investors scooped up shares of the latest gig-economy tech firm to hit the public markets.
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules via an emergency order that political parties are entitled to the same low-cost TV ad rates as candidates, giving an advantage to Republicans

CBS News:
A US federal judge allows the Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists, ruling the government likely did not violate their First Amendment rights

New York Times:
Sources: the Pentagon has subjected roughly 50 military officers and civilian employees on the Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists

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Mathew Katz / Digital Trends:
Instagram was down for some users for just over an hour Thursday afternoon; PlayStation Network also experienced an outage on Thursday

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Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Google says it is raising the maximum filter rules limit to 150K from the current 30K in the new Chrome extensions API, giving ad blocker devs more control
New York Times:
Sources: in a letter to Verizon in March, Huawei accused Verizon of violating 238 of its patents; the claims would exceed $1B in licensing fees
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify launches a new US playlist, Your Daily Drive, updating throughout the day with music and news clips from the WSJ, NPR, and Public Radio International
Chris Welch / The Verge:
After leaked images were published, Google tweets a teaser picture of the Pixel 4, expected in October, confirming at least two rear cameras
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Helium debuts $495 cryptocurrency-mining Helium Hotspots that offer free p2p networking, promising greater coverage than WiFi, as 100 could cover an entire city
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Google says it will now let iPhone and iPad owners use its Android security key tech to verify sign-ins for Google accounts
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Epic Games, maker of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, says it has acquired video chat social network Houseparty for an undisclosed sum
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