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May 22, 2018, 9:55 AM
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft and Google disclose Speculative Store Bypass CPU flaw that exploits speculative execution and is similar to Spectre and Meltdown  —  New firmware updates are on the way  —  Microsoft and Google are jointly disclosing a new CPU security vulnerability that's similar to the Meltdown …
Politico:
Sources: Trump has rebuffed efforts to improve security around his phone use, has gone as long as five months without having phone checked by security experts  —  The president has kept features at risk for hacking and resisted efforts by staff to inspect the phones he uses for tweeting.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US and China reach broad outline of a deal to settle ZTE controversy that would lift US sales ban in exchange for major management changes and fines  —  Deal would lift the ban on U.S. companies selling components and software to ZTE  —  The U.S. and China have agreed on the broad outline …
Nico Grant / Bloomberg:
Adobe announces $1.68B deal to buy e-commerce platform Magento Commerce alongside a $8B common stock buyback program through 2021  —  - Company also announces $8 billion share repurchase plan  — Acquisition will help it compete against Salesforce, Oracle
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram is testing a mid-feed alert that tells users they are caught up on all new posts from the past 48 hours  —  Without a chronological feed, it can be tough to tell if you've seen all the posts Instagram will show you.  That can lead to more of the compulsive, passive …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Photos is adding a new star-shaped Favorites button for your own photos starting today, and a heart-shaped Like button coming next week for shared photos  —  Twitter swapped out its Favorite star icon for an appreciation-focused heart icon instead, but Google Photos is embracing both icons with an update rolling out now.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
London-based Realeyes, which uses AI and a front-facing camera to read viewers' emotions, raises $16.2M Series A led by Draper Esprit  —  One of the more interesting applications of AI to the world of advertising and marketing has been in how it's being used to help measure and ultimately shape campaigns.
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Email authentication service Valimail raises $25M Series B led by Tenaya Capital, bringing its total amount of funding raised to $38.5M  —  Valimail helps businesses ensure that nobody can impersonate them over email.  That's not a sexy business to be in, but very much a necessary one.
Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat:
Epic Games, maker of popular Fortnite, commits $100M over next 12 months to prize pools for the game's competitions, dwarfing other games' esports prize money  —  Epic Games had $100 million burning a hole in its proverbial pocket, and the company has decided to use that cash to begin building …
Alex Hern / The Guardian:
As companies flood EU residents' inboxes ahead of GDPR rollout, experts say many of those consent emails are unnecessary and some may be even illegal  —  Many firms have the required consent already; others don't have consent to send a request  —  The vast majority of emails flooding inboxes across Europe …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles take minority stakes in The Daily Beast; Sherwood will be CEO and publisher, and Coles will be chief creative and content officer

Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: the BBC plans to stop automatic annual pay increases for its highest-paid employees and instead hand them raises based on their performance

David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR suspended Uri Berliner for five days without pay, starting on April 12, after he wrote an essay accusing NPR of losing the public's trust

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