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Sources: dark web market AlphaBay shut down by law enforcement in US, Canada, and Thailand; one alleged operator found hanged in Thailand prison after arrest — Site allegedly sold counterfeit credit cards, illegal drugs — An online marketplace that sold illegal goods on the so-called Dark Web …
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OpenGov, a small startup partly owned by the Kushner family through Thrive Capital, got a seat alongside tech giants at White House roundtable in June — Venture-capital firm run by Kushner's brother partly owns OpenGov, whose CEO last month attended summit with Donald Trump, leaders of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
AT&T announces its streaming service DirecTV Now will get cloud DVR, parental controls, and other features starting this fall — AT&T's streaming TV service for cord cutters, DirecTV Now, is finally getting a cloud DVR, among other features, the company announced today.
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Google Play Music's New Release Radio, previously an exclusive for Samsung users, now available to all; station is based on users' listening history — Google has officially announced New Release Radio, a station on Google Play Music that provides users with a daily selection of new songs … | Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Facebook tests a built-in animated GIF creator in the camera section of its iOS app, which lets you add GIFs to your Facebook story or post them on your profile — No matter if you pronounce it Gif or Jif, I think we call all get behind the addition of a new GIF mode in the Facebook camera.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Mike George, Amazon VP who oversaw Alexa and Echo, is retiring after nearly two decades with the company; he will be replaced by Tom Taylor, SVP Amazon Payments — Mike George, the Amazon vice president who oversaw two of the company's most successful products — the Alexa virtual assistant … | Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
Decentralized blockchain project Tezos raises $232M in its ICO — The Tezos blockchain project has completed its initial coin offering, or ICO, bringing in a record-smashing $232m-worth of bitcoin and ether. — At close, Tezos had netted 65,536 BTC (worth roughly $156m at current prices) and 360,686 ETH (worth about $76m).
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Free legal chatbot service DoNotPay expands to cover 50 US states and the UK, handles 1,000 legal issues covering consumer and workplace rights — Shady businesses, you're on notice. This robot lawyer is coming after you if you play dirty. — Noted legal aid chatbot DoNotPay just announced …
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The Australian government proposes a new cybersecurity law, modeled after UK's Investigatory Powers Act, to force tech companies to decrypt messages — CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Friday proposed a new cybersecurity law to force global technology companies …
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Hotel industry groups, union leaders funding effort to purge suspicious Airbnb rental listings in NYC, Washington DC, and LA via a group called Share Better — A politically connected consultant says he's fighting a “guerrilla campaign.” — Just before Memorial Day, two couples … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Home interior design AR app Hutch raises $10M Series A led by Zillow — Zillow Group is not only a leading online real estate portal, but now the company can call itself an investor, too. — The Seattle-based online real estate powerhouse announced Wednesday that it is the lead investor …
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In letter to Sen. Wyden, border patrol says it lacks authority to search travelers' cloud services at border but can search devices' local data without consent — U.S. border officers aren't allowed to look at any data stored only in the “cloud” — including social media data …
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