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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google partially rolls back autoplay-blocking update in Chrome 66 after it disabled audio for many web-based games, urges developers to update before October — Google is partially and temporarily rolling back a recent Chrome change that blocked autoplaying audio, after web developers complained …
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bugs.chromium.org, Inquirer, The Guardian, BleepingComputer.com, Engadget, The Register, bit-tech.net, Softpedia News, Waypoint, CNET, Android Police, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @mylesborins and @mistydemeo
| Eric Geller / Politico: |
White House eliminates cyber coordinator role, meant to harmonize the government's cybersecurity policies, after Rob Joyce's exit, to “streamline authority” — The Trump administration has eliminated the White House's top cyber policy role, jettisoning a key position created during …
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New York Times, Help Net Security, Cyberscoop, ZDNet, SecurityWeek, TechCrunch, Wired, Axios, CNET, The Hill, Engadget, CNN, Federal Computer Week, and Nextgov
| Shane Harris / Washington Post: |
Sources: US government identified a former CIA employee as a suspect in last year's Vault 7 leak of a large portion of the CIA's computer hacking arsenal — The U.S. government has identified a suspect in the leak last year of a large portion of the CIA's computer hacking arsenal …
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New York Times, Gizmodo, SecurityWeek, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, Silicon Republic, Motherboard, The Register, CNET, Boing Boing, and Cyberscoop
Tweets: @w7voa, @bubbaprog, @shaneharris, and @zackwhittaker
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter says it will use thousands of behavioral signals on accounts, not just content of individual tweets, when filtering search, replies, and recommendations — Act like a jerk, and Twitter will start limiting how often your tweets show up. — On Tuesday, Twitter announced a massive change …
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iMore, Twitter, Ubergizmo, Neowin, MediaNama, Social Media Today, Wired, The Hill, Search Engine Journal, Mashable, Gizmodo, BetaNews, New York Magazine, The Verge, Seeking Alpha, Engadget, TechSpot, Slate, Mercury News, TechCrunch, and CNET
Tweets: @michaelmalice, @willoremus, @jack, @cwarzel, @willoremus, @kt_so_it_goes, @twittersafety, and @delbius
| Tim Peterson / Digiday: |
Apple News now allows all publishers to use Google's DoubleClick to serve ads following tests last year — Apple News has officially begun letting publishers use Google's DoubleClick for Publishers to serve ads into their Apple News articles following tests last year and an expansion earlier this year.
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MacRumors, AdExchanger, iMore, AppleInsider, and iDownloadBlog.com
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google finally adds support for ARCore on Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ — Augmented reality technology has gotten much more popular over the past couple of years, and with the arrival of ARCore, it's gotten a whole lot better on Android. Now, Samsung's latest flagships finally offer support.| New York Times: |
Sources: DOJ and FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica and “associated US persons”, seeking info from former employees and banks that handled its business — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the F.B.I. are investigating Cambridge Analytica, the now-defunct political data firm …
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Tweets: @maddowblog, @wendysiegelman, @safarishane, @nickconfessore, and @nickconfessore
| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Huawei launches Honor 10 with 5.84" 19:9 LCD 2280×1080 display, Kirin 970 and dedicated NPU, and 24MP + 16MP dual-camera, available in Europe from €399 — In a world filled with rectangular blocks with displays, it takes a large effort to differentiate.| Neer Varshney / The Next Web: |
HTC announces plans for Exodus, a “blockchain phone” with secure enclave and universal wallet for easier cryptocurrency trading and better DApp experience — HTC is developing a new Android phone that will be powered by blockchain technology. — The phone, named Exodus …
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The Verge, Inquirer, Mashable, TechCrunch, Gizmochina, CoinSpeaker, CoinDesk, SludgeFeed, Ubergizmo, Android Police, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Google, Pocket-lint, Droid Life, Android Authority, Android Central, Digital Trends, Android and Me, CNET, PCMag, Engadget, CCN, and ZDNet
Tweets: @karissabe, @backlon, and @ow
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Beam Dental raises $22.5M led by KPCB to offer better dental insurance plans for users of its connected toothbrush who share brushing data with the app — Alex Frommeyer comes from a family of dentists. Now, he has a start-up that sells dental insurance, but with a twist.
Tweets: @anindac92
| The Guardian: |
Facebook releases first content moderation report: 583M fake accounts closed in Q1 2018, action taken on almost 1.5B accounts and 2.5M instances of hate speech — Firm's first quarterly moderation report also shows scale of spam, hate speech and violence — Facebook took moderation action … | Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
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Tweets: @adamsinger, @sarahfrier, @wsjbusiness, @wsj, and @dseetharaman
| Dan Frommer / Recode: |
Circle raises another $110M in round led by Bitmain, pushing its valuation up to almost $3B, says it's launching USD Coin, a new product tied to US dollar value — The company is also launching a new “USD Coin” tied to the value of the U.S. dollar. — Circle, a cryptocurrency startup led …
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Circle, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, CoinSpeaker, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, Xconomy, Quartz, Bitsonline, SludgeFeed, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @circlepay and @bitcoindunny
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
AT&T's DirecTV Now launches its cloud DVR, alongside a new tier with 100 hours of recording and 90 days of storage for $10/month more, adds more content, more — AT&T's over-the-top streaming service for cord cutters, DirecTV Now, is finally beginning to roll out its cloud DVR feature - a year and a half after its launch.| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Namely, an HR software startup that has raised ~$170M, fired CEO Matt Straz due to actions “inconsistent with that which is expected of Namely leadership” — Forbes Staff Covering venture capital, software and startups — Namely — Namely founder Matt Straz has been fired by the startup amid an investigation.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon makes Sumerian, its browser-based tool to build AR, VR, and 3D apps with minimal coding, generally available — Last November, AWS announced a new product called Amazon Sumerian, a toolkit and platform for developers to build “mixed reality” apps — that is, using virtual reality …
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Fidelity Labs, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, GeekWire, ZDNet, VRFocus, AWS News Blog, and Gamasutra
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram app code reveals a Usage Insights dashboard that displays “time spent”, an emoji bar, and replies to comments from notifications — Instagram may be jumping into the time well spent movement, following the unveiling of Google's new time management controls last week.
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Business Insider, Digital Trends, Android Authority, Search Engine Journal, PiunikaWeb, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Sources: on-demand scooter startup Lime is raising up to $500M following a $70M raise in February that brought its total funding to $130M+ — Lime, one of the startups filling sidewalks with electric scooters, is raising up to $500 million in new funding, possibly via a combination of equity and debt … | Bloomberg: |
Canaan, the world's second-largest maker of bitcoin mining hardware, files for an IPO in Hong Kong that sources say could raise ~$1B and list as early as July — - China's Canaan aims to start trading as early as July — Firm seeks first Hong Kong IPO from cryptocurrency industry| Reuters: |
Mercari, a Japanese flea market app operator, filed for an IPO, plans to raise up to $1.1B at ~$3.3B valuation, will list on Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 19 — TOKYO (Reuters) - Flea market app operator Mercari Inc has received approval for an initial public offering in Tokyo that will raise …
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Wireless technology company Metawave raises $10M from Hyundai, Toyota, and others for building a “smart automotive radar system” for autonomous cars — Wireless technology company Metawave announced today a $10 million investment from five backers, including Hyundai, Toyota …
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Body Shop Business, Yonhap News Agency, FinSMEs, CNET, and socalTECH.com
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Following Uber, Lyft won't require arbitration for sexual assault and harassment claims from riders, drivers, and employees; class actions still disallowed — After Uber's announcement early Tuesday morning that it will no longer require mandatory arbitration for sexual assault and harassment claims … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
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Tweets: @susanthesquark, @aaschapiro, @sarahljaffe, @noamscheiber, and @nytimesbusiness
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