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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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
US suspects Chinese hackers have breached 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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Tweets: @fredericl, @k, @pinboard and @mmasnick
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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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Reuters, 9to5Mac, Marketing Land, The Register, International Business Times, Business Insider, WatchAware, MacRumors, ITworld.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, bizjournals, GSMArena Blog, ITProPortal, BetaNews, Digital Trends, The Technology Chronicles, Cult of Mac, ConnectedArena, Pocketnow, Washington Post, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneDog.com, Ubergizmo, InvestorPlace, MacNN, SlashGear, BuzzFeed, CNET, TechCrunch, App Advice, TIME, TechEye, The Next Web, Inquirer, Consumerist, VentureBeat, Tech in Asia, MacStories, iLounge and iPhone in Canada Blog
| 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, Lifehacker, TechnoBuffalo, ZDNet, Search Engine Land, The Verge, 9to5Google and PCWorld. Tweets: @marshallk. Thanks:@jareddipane
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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, Re/code, International Business Times, Engadget, The Verge, iMore, ZDNet, The Next Web, TIME, Mashable, Business Insider, Lifehacker and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @joshconstine
| 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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Tweets: @sarahfrier and @carmeldea
| 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, BetaNews, PC Magazine, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, The Daily Dot, Mark Zuckerberg, Ausdroid, CNET, Re/code, GSMArena Blog, Engadget, The Next Web, Tech Times and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @joshconstine
| 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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| Sean Hollister / Gizmodo: |
Steam Machines from Alienware and Syber, Steam Controller, and Steam Link available for pre-order to be shipped October 16; general release on November 10 — Today's the Day You Can Pay for a Steam Machine — Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will do their damnest to sell you on PlayStation, Xbox, and Wii.
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| Ryan Lawler / Medium: |
TechCrunch writer Ryan Lawler to join 500 Startups as venture partner — Breaking: TechCrunch Writer Becomes An Investor — Let's not bury the lede: I'm leaving TechCrunch next week and, after taking a bit of a vacation, I will be joining 500 Startups as its newest Venture Partner come August.
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PandoDaily. Tweets: @dmac1, @eringriffith, @thestalwart, @samfbiddle, @ashleymayer, @percival and @mikeisaac. See also Mediagazer
| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Periscope for iOS update brings new map view to help you discover interesting streams — Periscope recently released its first Android app, but today it's releasing an update for iPhone users that improves discovery of streams. — The app now features a map view, so you're able to find …
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