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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Developers can test Android apps on select Chrome OS devices starting in June, wide release planned for September — Google is finally bringing the Google Play store, including its more than 1.5 million Android apps, to Chrome OS. Google Play will first arrive with Chrome OS version 53 …

Tom Warren / The Verge:

IDC analyst says Chromebooks outsold Macs for the first time in the US in the latest quarter — Google's low-cost Chromebooks outsold Apple's range of Macs for the first time in the US recently. While IDC doesn't typically break out Windows vs. Chromebook sales, IDC analyst Linn Huang confirmed the milestone to The Verge.

More: Android Authority, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Computerworld, ZDNet, Geek.com, Fone Arena, PCWorld, Technology Personalized, Ubergizmo and Android Central. Tweets: @alex

Aaron Aupperlee / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Uber officially confirms testing self-driving Ford Fusion cars in Pittsburgh — Uber is testing its fleet of self-driving Ford Fusion cars on the streets, bridges and hills of Pittsburgh, the ride-sharing company confirmed for the first time Wednesday. — The San Francisco-based firm …

Ina Fried / Recode:

Google will compete with its partners and sell its own Daydream virtual reality headsets — Think Nexus, but for VR. — While focusing yesterday on its new virtual reality headset as a design that will be licensed to partners, Google also plans to sell a version of Daydream itself.

More: SiliconANGLE, Google Developers, TechCrunch, Google Developers Blog, Digital Trends, PCWorld, Engadget and PhoneDog.com. Tweets: @googlevr

Lucas Matney / TechCrunch:

Unreal Engine adds full Google Daydream VR support, native Unity support coming this summer — VR developers looking to get started on readying content for Google's new Daydream VR platform can get started today thanks to an Unreal Engine preview version (4.1.2) that adds support for the Google platform.

More: UnrealEngine, The Register, Android Authority, VentureBeat, Marketing Land, The Verge, VRFocus, VentureBeat, The Verge, VRFocus, UploadVR, UploadVR and Android Central

Jacob Long / Android Police:

Google unveils Family Library for Google Play purchases, will allow apps to be shared among six people, likely beginning July 2 — We knew it was coming eventually, but just before the Google I/O keynote began, Google updated its developer documentation with more details about Family Library.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Netflix launches Fast.com, a simple ad-free website to test download speeds — Netflix wants you to know how fast your internet connection is, and has today launched a new website, Fast.com, that will give you that information. Basically, it's a simplified speed test website that only focuses …

More: Netflix Media Center, Mashable, The Daily Dot, USA Today, Tech Times, Laughing Squid, PCWorld, Inquirer and Windows Central

Wall Street Journal:

Google will ban payday-loan ads while Alphabet's venture capital arm GV invests in online payday lender LendUp — Lendup specializes in short-term, small-dollar loans with annual percentage rates generally in the triple digits — Google announced this month it would ban payday-loan ads.

More: LendUp and Guardian. Tweets: @gvteam and @paulg

Apple:

Apple opens office in Hyderabad, India to develop maps for Apple products, will create up to 4,000 jobs — Apple® today announced the opening of a new office in Hyderabad that will focus on development of Maps for Apple products, including iPhone®, iPad®, Mac® and Apple Watch®.

Kate Conger / TechCrunch:

Google Allo's end-to-end encryption, which is not enabled by default, uses Open Whisper Systems' encryption protocol — Google announced its new messaging app Allo at its I/O developers conference today, and it looks pretty cool. It's a feature-rich interface with graphics and doodles …

More: Open Whisper Systems, Android Police, The Verge and MobileSyrup.com

Lawrence Abrams / Bleeping Computer:

TeslaCrypt ransomware shuts down, developers release master decryption key so victims can recover their files for free — In surprising end to TeslaCrypt, the developers shut down their ransomware and released the master decryption key. Over the past few weeks, an analyst for ESET had noticed …

More: The Verge, CSO, ESET, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Geek.com, We Live Security, ZDNet, Engadget, Naked Security, SecurityWeek, Help Net Security, Security Affairs, Softpedia News, Digital Trends, bit-tech.net and BetaNews. Tweets: @bleepincomputer

Dustin Volz / Reuters:

Senators introduce bill to block rule that would allow judges to issue search warrants for remote access to computers in any jurisdiction — A small group of bipartisan senators introduced a bill Thursday that would block a pending judicial rule change allowing U.S. judges to issue search warrants …

More: Associated Press, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Roll Call, Motherboard and Morning Consult. Tweets: @eff

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Zuckerberg meets conservatives, calls to rebuild trust after Trending Topics bias claims — Facebook is courting conservative friends through a Wednesday afternoon meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. — The unusual session with about a dozen prominent conservative commentators and leaders …

More: Breitbart, USA Today, Socialnomics, The Verge, SiliconBeat, Recode, Politico, Digital Trends, TIME, Breitbart and CNET. See also Mediagazer

Meghan McCarthy / Morning Consult:

Poll of 2K voters under age 45: 25% read about Facebook Trending controversy, 47% were comfortable with social media sites picking news

More: The Hill. Tweets: @seanmdav, @mlcalderone and @mathewi. See also Mediagazer

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