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June 13, 2015, 5:05 PM

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Connie Yu / The Intercept:
Government and Anthem data breaches pose indefinite threat of future harm as birthdate, full name, and SSN remain integral to identity in many systems  —  Data Theft Today Poses Indefinite Threat of “Future Harm”  —  Benjamin Nuss was one of the nearly 80 million people whose social security number …
Facebook:
Facebook now takes into account how long you've viewed specific stories in News Feed in determining which posts to surface  —  News Feed FYI: Taking Into Account Time Spent on Stories  —  The goal of News Feed is to show you the content that matters to you.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Beats Electronics planned to introduce a WiFi speaker by the holidays in 2014, but effectively killed it post acquisition  —  Apple Music's Missing Link: How Beats Electronics Fumbled Its Sonos Killer (Exclusive)  —  Pop stars, live music, superlatives: The launch …
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Germany drops inquiry into claims NSA tapped Angela Merkel's phone  —  Prosecutors say they can find no actionable evidence to support claims German chancellor's mobile phone was tapped by US National Security Agency  —  German federal prosecutors have closed their investigation …
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Expands Prime With Goods Shipped Directly From Merchants  —  Amazon.com has quietly begun rolling out a program that could dramatically increase the number of items eligible for two-day shipping through its Prime membership.  —  The e-commerce giant is now listing items in Prime …
Shawn Knight / TechSpot:
Google is taking additional steps to reduce Chrome's battery draw  —  Google recently implemented a new feature in Chrome that detects and shuts down any unnecessary Flash content on a web page.  The intent was to free up some CPU cycles and ultimately, improve battery life on mobile devices and notebooks.
Ross Miller / The Verge:
Google will take on Amazon's Twitch by launching YouTube Gaming, an app and website for live-streamed and on-demand gaming video, this summer in US and UK  —  Google is launching a ‘YouTube built for gamers’ to take on Twitch  —  Google is now officially taking on Twitch.
Bertel King, Jr / Android Police:
Google Play Offers Its First Free App Of The Week—A PBS App Tucked Away In The Family Section  —  Born and raised in the rural South, Bertel knows what it's like to live without 4G LTE - or 3G, for that matter.  The only things he likes sweeter than his tea are his gadgets …

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