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Sources: Trump personally pushed US Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon and other companies — President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon.com and other firms …
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Alleged owners of Mugshots.com, a site that publishes mugshots and demands payment for removal, arrested on extortion, money laundering, identity theft charges — Mugshots.com is a “business permeated with fraud,” California AG says. — Two alleged owners of Mugshots.com …
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| Lori Grunin / CNET: |
Report: Google is working on a standalone AR headset with camera sensors, microphones, and a customized Qualcomm QSC603 chip based on ARM Cortex-A75 — A project codenamed Google A65 is thought to be a standalone AR headset, and now we may have more details about it.| Music Business Worldwide: |
After reports that Tidal is inflating streaming numbers for big stars and is late paying royalties, company hires cybersecurity firm to investigate breach — Under-fire streaming platform TIDAL has announced that it has enlisted an “independent, third party cyber-security firm” to investigate a potential data breach at the company.
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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Google removed “Don't be evil” from the top of its code of conduct in late April or early May, Wayback Machine archives show, but kept one mention at the bottom — Google's unofficial motto has long been the simple phrase “don't be evil.” But that's over, according to the code … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Leaked screenshots show Facebook's influencer search engine for connecting marketers and creators to make branded content; Facebook confirms it is testing it — Facebook's next money-maker could be this tool for connecting marketers to social media creators so they can team up on sponsored-content Facebook ad campaigns.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Epic Games says it will release Fortnite on Android this summer — Epic Games' battle royale hit is getting a bunch of new mobile features and an Android release later this year — Epic Games' massively popular battle royale game Fortnite is coming to Android phones this summer …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Sources: Walmart has quietly launched Jetblack, members-only personal shopping and concierge service, now in beta in Manhattan — The initiative, led by Rent the Runway's co-founder Jenny Fleiss, is being tested in Manhattan. — Code Eight, a stealthy personal-shopping startup incubated inside … | Graham Fahy / Reuters: |
Apple transferred €1.5B into an escrow account set up by Irish government, the first tranche of the €13B in back taxes Apple may be liable for after EU ruling — DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has paid 1.5 billion euros ($1.18 billion) into an escrow account set up by the Irish government …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Operator of malware-testing service Scan4You, which helped hackers evade antivirus software, convicted by US jury after Trend Micro gave data to the FBI — MOST ANTIVIRUS SCANNERS play a classic cat and mouse game: They work by checking software against a frequently updated list of potential threats.| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
ASUS debuts ultra-thin Zenbook Pro 15 Windows laptops with 15.6-inch 1080p or 4K display, up to six-core Intel CPUs, and optional standalone GPU — ASUS has introduced a new version of its ultra-thin 15.6-inch ZenBook Po 15 laptop that offers higher performance than predecessors while retaining …
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| Meng Jing / South China Morning Post: |
Baidu COO Lu Qi to step down in July, after joining Chinese search giant from Microsoft in January 2017 — Baidu, the operator of China's largest online search service, said on Friday that its chief operating officer, Lu Qi, will step down to take on a new role, in the latest executive reshuffle …
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