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Sources: Facebook signs deals with Vox, BuzzFeed, others for video content, paying up to $250K/episode for longer shows it will own, $10-35K for shorter shows — Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN …
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DJI debuts Spark, a drone with a palm-sized body for taking pictures and video, controllable via smartphone; preorders open today, shipping next month for $499 — The big news at DJI's “huge Seize the Moment” event in New York City is, as expected, pretty small.
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Sony says it will discontinue its “premium standard” smartphones, which include Xperia X and Xperia X Compact, and focus on flagship and mid-range models — Sony Mobile has confirmed plans to drop the ‘Premium Standard’ segment from its future smartphone portfolio.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft now uses Git to develop Windows, along with its open source Git Virtual File System to help manage the ~300GB repository — Microsoft today announced that virtually all of its engineers now use the Git version control system to develop its Windows operating system.
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Twitter updates its Apple TV app to include support for Periscope's global map and the ability to watch live 360 degree video — Twitter launched a version of its service on Apple TV and other media player platforms last fall in order to deliver its live video content to the big screen.
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Eugene Kaspersky offers to testify in the US and provide source code to US authorities amid AG and DNI concerns about potential risks of Kaspersky software — Russian cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky has offered to hand over his global company's code to US authorities as he fights … | Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Intel to offer Thunderbolt 3 protocol specification to chipmakers royalty free next year and integrate Thunderbolt into its CPUs — Nearly two years ago, Intel gave a major boost to Thunderbolt, its zippy hardware interface, by embracing USB-C, the do-it-all port that will eventually eat the world.| Facebook: |
Facebook redesigns Trending Topics pages to make it easier for users to discover alternate news sources, rolling out first to iPhone users in US — Redesigned Trending Results Page — Starting today, we're introducing a redesigned Trending results page, which is the page you see when you click …
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| Tom Brant / PC Magazine: |
Acer unveils 15.6-inch Nitro 5 midrange gaming laptop, and a 11.6-inch Spin 1 convertible laptop with touch display, two Iconia tablets — The Nitro 5 is for casual gamers; the Iconia Tab 10 tablet has four speakers and its own subwoofer. — Gamers in the market for a midrange laptop … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Google, IBM, and Lyft debut Istio, an open source tool for managing microservices from different vendors on cloud platforms — Istio gives developers a vendor-neutral way to connect, secure, manage, and monitor networks of different microservices on cloud platforms.
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| Matt Rosoff / CNBC: |
Cybersecurity company Tanium raises $100M round led by existing investor TPG, to provide liquidity to early investors and employees — Orion Hindawi, the CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity start-up Tanium, wants to bring the company public — but not quite yet.
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Imzy, a “nicer Reddit” founded in 2016 by former Reddit employees, to shut down on June 23, having raised $11M — Imzy, a Utah-based startup that wanted to create a friendlier online community—a “nice Reddit”—said on Wednesday that it's shutting down just two years after its founding …
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