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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft is planning a line of lower-cost 10-inch Surface tablets priced at about $400 with USB-C connectivity, as soon as the second half of 2018 — - Tablets priced about $400 prepped for second half of 2018 — Surface computers now compete with PCs, Apple's IPad Pro
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Tweets: @patrickmoorhead and @parth2eets
| 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, Cyberscoop, SecurityWeek, Help Net Security, ZDNet, CNET, TechCrunch, Wired, Axios, Engadget, The Hill, Federal Computer Week, CNN, and Nextgov
| 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.| 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, Engadget, Android Authority, The Guardian, Inquirer, TechSpot, BleepingComputer.com, The Register, Softpedia News, bit-tech.net, Android Police, Waypoint, and 9to5Google
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| 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, @nickconfessore, @wendysiegelman, @nickconfessore, and @safarishane
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Critics say many jails in the US are increasingly using video-calling services to cut costs and boost profits by restricting or eliminating in-person visits — We tried one of the awful video services many jails offer instead of visitation. — When Rebecca Parr visited her nephew Justin Harker recently …
Tweets: @schestowitz, @johndyer, @f2fknox, @arilamm, @arstechnica, and @binarybits
| 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.| 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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Tweets: @w7voa, @bubbaprog, @shaneharris, and @zackwhittaker
| 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.| 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.
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| William Wilkes / Wall Street Journal: |
How automation is leading to job growth in certain industries where robots take on repetitive tasks, freeing humans for more creative, problem-solving duties — Automation is leading to job growth in certain industries where machines take on repetitive tasks, freeing humans for more creative duties| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Facebook to let users share voice messages with friends, archive Stories, and save photos and videos from the in-app camera directly to the Facebook cloud — All three features are rolling out to India first — Facebook, the app you used to use before Instagram, is making three updates …
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| 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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MacRumors, The Verge, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends, Android Authority, Search Engine Journal, 9to5Mac, and PiunikaWeb. Tweets: @joshconstine
| 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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Tweets: @mims, @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
| 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
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| 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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TechCrunch, Circle, SiliconANGLE, Bitcoin Magazine, Silicon Republic, Quartz, CNBC, CoinSpeaker, Bitcoinist.com, Xconomy, CoinDesk, Bitsonline, SludgeFeed, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @circlepay and @bitcoindunny
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Tencent Q1 earnings beat expectations with revenues of ~$11.5B, up 48% YoY, net profit of ~$3.65B, up 61% YoY driven by its booming games business — Tencent reported first quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat market expectations, fueled by its booming gaming business.
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| 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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| 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
| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
In a retrial, Apple is demanding $1B in damages from Samsung for infringing on its patents; Samsung argues jury should only award $28M to Apple — - Galaxy-maker argues for limiting damages to $28 million — Trial is last gasp of worldwide patent war dating to 2011
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Android Police, Silicon Valley Business …, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, CNET, and MacRumors
| 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, VRFocus, GeekWire, Gamasutra, ZDNet, and AWS News Blog
| 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 … | 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 …
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