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NSA documents: Justice Department authorized expansion of NSA surveillance to enable search of US Internet traffic for evidence of hacking originating abroad — Hunting for Hackers, N.S.A. Secretly Expands Internet Spying at U.S. Border — WASHINGTON — Without public notice or debate …
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US suspects Chinese hackers have stolen records of about 4M current and former government employees, FBI probe underway — U.S. Suspects Hackers in China Breached About 4 Million People's Records, Officials Say — Described as one of the largest thefts of government data ever seen| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo shutting down Maps at end of month, Pipes in September, APIs for GeoPlanet and PlaceSpotter in Q3, and some regional media properties over next few weeks — Yahoo announces plans to kill off Maps, Pipes, GeoPlanet and PlaceSpotter APIs, and some regional sites
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| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Comcast Has Agreed To Acquire Ad Tech Firm Visible World — Cable giant Comcast Corp. has agreed to acquire the TV ad-targeting firm Visible World, according to a person familiar with the matter. — The deal, if completed, could put the cable giant into a stronger position …
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Multichannel News, Beet.TV, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, ECPM BLOG and Seeking Alpha
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Airbnb launches Price Tips tool that uses machine learning to help hosts choose pricing that will increase rentals — Airbnb is using machine learning to help hosts make as much money as possible — If you go on vacation, regardless of whether you're staying at a hotel or renting …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Airbnb Blog, BuzzFeed, CNET, ReadWrite, The Next Web and Engadget
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Uber invites journalists to join cheering employees at a quasi-political rally celebrating its 5th anniversary — Uber's 5th birthday party was pure theater, and here's our review — Travis Kalanick was choking up. On stage at Uber's birthday party, looking out on an audience that included drivers …
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Facebook Messenger removes always-on location sharing feature, replaces it with one-time sharing via pin drop; head of product teases future location features — Facebook Messenger Ditches Constant Mapping To Lay Groundwork For More Location Features — Facebook is removing the confusing …
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Facebook, The Daily Dot, Re/code, International Business Times, Engadget, Mashable, The Verge, iMore, Fone Arena, TIME, Lifehacker, ZDNet and Business Insider. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Jared DiPane / Android Central: |
Touch to Search feature rolling out in Chrome for Android, allows users to highight text and see Google search results without leaving page — New Touch to Search feature appears to be rolling out in Chrome for Android — Chrome for Android appears to be gaining some new functionality, Touch to Search, in a server-side update.
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Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, Lifehacker, ZDNet, Search Engine Land, The Verge, 9to5Google and PCWorld. Tweets: @marshallk. Thanks:@jareddipane
| Apple: |
Apple Watch arrives in Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan June 26; backorders and some models in retail stores within two weeks — Apple Watch Arrives in Seven More Countries June 26 — Sales in Apple Retail Stores to Begin in Two Weeks
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Lite Is A Stripped Down Android App For The Developing World — Facebook can be painfully slow on weak network connections or prohibitively expensive on stingy data plans that are common in India, Africa, and Southeast Asia. So today, Facebook is launching a bare-bones …
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Facebook, PCWorld, Forbes, PC Magazine, BetaNews, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, CNET, SlashGear, Mark Zuckerberg, Ausdroid, The Daily Dot, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Re/code, Tech Times, Engadget and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Former Facebook CFO Ebersman Launches New Health Tech Startup Lyra Health — David Ebersman, who took Facebook public as its CFO, is launching a new startup called Lyra Health, which will focus on helping people with a range of mental health issues. — The new behavioral health technology company …
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SiliconBeat, PandoDaily, Bloomberg Business, MedCity News, CFO and bizjournals. Tweets: @psychtimes
| Aloysius Low / CNET: |
Microdia unveils 512GB microSD card, will cost around $1,000, available in July — Microdia crams 512GB into a microSD card, out in July — Meant for professional photographers with an unquenchable desire for storage space, this microSD card will cost upwards of $1,000.
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BGR, 9to5Google, Ausdroid, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, Android and Me, WCCFtech, BetaNews, TechnoBuffalo, ITProPortal, PhoneDog.com, GSMArena Blog, Android Central, Phandroid, Neowin and SlashGear. Tweets: @staffordmasie
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