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June 20, 2015, 1:15 PM

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Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Google to remove nude or sexually explicit images posted online without consent from its search results when requested  —  Google to remove “revenge porn” from search results  —  SAN FRANCISCO —In a significant step to combat “revenge porn,” Google will honor requests to remove …
Amaryllis Fox / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter tests place and product pages that feature reviews, pricing, and buy buttons, as well as collections to curate products and places  —  Testing new ways to make it easier to discover products and places  —  Every month, millions of people Tweet about what they love: products they buy …
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Exclusive: Advanced Micro Devices mulling breakup, spinoff - sources  —  Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is at the initial stage of reviewing whether to split itself in two or spin off a business, seeking to reverse its fortunes and take on rival Intel Corp, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Jacob Long / Android Police:
Pushbullet Introduces Portal, A New App For Easy File Sharing Between Your Android Device And PC  —  Jacob is a PhD student of communication and technology writer.  He's also an avid sports fan, especially when it comes to the Chicago White Sox.  When not working, you can usually find …
Fahad Al-Riyami / WinBeta:
Microsoft confirms that a Kinect sensor is required to speak to Cortana on Xbox One  —  At E3 2015, one of Microsoft's biggest announcements was the arrival of Cortana on the Xbox One.  The software giant took the wraps of a new Xbox One Dashboard that was designed with intuitive navigation …
Jim Buckmaster / craigslist blog:
eBay sells back 28.4% stake in Craigslist in a confidential agreement in which both companies agree to end all litigation  —  Exit, Stage Left  —  From eBay, press release: … From Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act I, Scene I: … From Pando, journalism
Zac Bowden / WinBeta:
Windows Insiders get Windows 10 for free, Windows 7/8.1 not required  —  Microsoft published a blog post last night which spoke about a number of things which are changing for Windows Insiders on the heels of the Windows 10 RTM, which is set to launch on July 29th.
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
WikiLeaks publishes a cache of 276,394 Sony Pictures documents after releasing 30K in April  —  WikiLeaks Drops More Sony Documents  —  Reverberations from a devastating cyber attack continue to rattle Sony Pictures Entertainment.  —  WikiLeaks has published a second giant cache of documents …
Emily Chang / Bloomberg Business:
Q&A with Kleiner Perkins' general partners John Doerr and Beth Seidenberg: we felt betrayed by Ellen Pao  —  Kleiner Perkins Q&A: We Felt ‘Betrayed’ by Ellen Pao  —  Two general partners at the venture capital firm speak out about the gender-discrimination lawsuit

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