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| Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire: |
ICANN files for injunction against German domain registrar who said it will stop collecting WHOIS data because of GDPR — Domain name overseer hopes to get clarification about data collection for domain name registrations. — ICANN has filed injunction proceedings against EPAG …
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| Jessica Davies / Digiday: |
With the arrival of GDPR, ad platform vendors like DoubleClick warn publishers about steep EU ad volume declines, at least for the short term — The arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation's enforcement May 25 has hurled the digital media and advertising industries into a tailspin.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple to give some developers more access to iPhone NFC chip for Apple Pay-like contactless interactions such as opening doors and using transit cards — The Information reports that Apple will be taking a big leap in iOS 12, giving some third-party developers full access …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
For long-term viability, Yelp should focus on business models that avoid Google completely, instead of relying on traffic from search and antitrust regulation — Two of the more famous military sayings are “Generals are always preparing to fight the last war”, and “Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake.”
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| Julia Reda: |
EU governments agree on copyright reform, that needs EU parliament approval, to let news sites charge aggregators for snippets, force upload filters on websites — Update from May 25th 2018, 13:37: Member State governments have today adopted their position on the copyright reform …
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Tweets: @daphnehk, @adambanksdotcom, @glynmoody, and @senficon
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Vermont starts regulating data brokers, which now have to register in the state, notify about breaches, can be sued if data is misused for e.g. racial profiling — While Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are hogging the spotlight, data brokers that collect your information from hundreds … | Richard Gao / Android Police: |
Pandora matches Spotify and Apple Music with new $14.99/month Premium Family Plan for up to six members — Pandora isn't nearly as popular as it once was, but it still has a fairly sizable userbase. The company has just quietly introduced a new family plan, aptly dubbed 'Premium Family …
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Engadget, PhoneArena, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, BetaNews, and Android Authority
| Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day: |
Behind Amazon's approach to identifying factors limiting its growth, and how Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram can benefit from adopting a similar strategy — My first job at Amazon was as the first analyst in strategic planning, the forward-looking counterpart to accounting, which records what already happened.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Amazon leads $12M round in Indian online insurance startup Acko, bringing its total raised to $42M, after backing Indian online lender Capital Float earlier — Amazon appears to be restarting its funding efforts in India after Acko, the digital insurance startup in India …
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Times of India, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Livemint, MediaNama, and BW Disrupt. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Josiah Wilmoth / CCN: |
Bitcoin fork Bitcoin Gold suffers 51% attack; attacker with more than half of network's hash rate double spent BTG coins on exchanges and may have stolen $18M — Get exclusive analysis and cryptocurrency insights on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. — The development team behind Bitcoin Gold …
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Motherboard, ZDNet, Quartz, Silicon Republic, CryptoGlobe, Crypto Recorder, Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoinist.com, Dash Force News, ETHNews, Hacked, MyBroadband, Bitsonline, HackRead, NewsBTC, and Bitcoinist.com
Tweets: @jihanwu, @mehedih_, @arminvanbitcoin, @satoshilite, @yorktronic, @bytemaster7, @bitcoingold, @pt, @el33th4xor, and @el33th4xor
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
FBI and DOJ ask users to restart routers and NAS devices to disrupt VPNFilter malware and help identify infected devices, which Cisco estimates is 500K+ devices — Feds take aim at potent VPNFilter malware allegedly unleashed by Russia. — The FBI is advising users of consumer-grade routers …
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New York Times, IC3.gov News, The Register, HackRead, PYMNTS.com, CSO, Newser, The Hill, HotHardware, Snopes.com, Wccftech, SC Media UK, Fortune, Reuters, Popular Mechanics, CNET, Cord Cutters News, and Neowin. Tweets: @nytimes
| Charles Fitzgerald / Platformonomics: |
Analysis: IBM and Oracle are tens of billions behind Amazon, Google, and Microsoft in CAPEX, and grow much slower in cloud infrastructure from a much lower base — In previous installments (2017, 2018) of Follow the CAPEX™ (merch store opening soon!), we've looked at the capital expenditures behind …
Tweets: @jonathansorum, @timsneath, @charlesfitz, @jaypipes, @timoreilly, and @marypcbuk
| Ana Swanson / New York Times: |
Trump tweets that ZTE will have to pay $1.3B fine, give high-level security guarantees, and change its management and board to have US sanctions lifted — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration told lawmakers it had reached a deal that would keep the Chinese telecom firm ZTE alive …
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