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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
A look at what happens now that net neutrality rules have been rolled back, including its immediate implications and legal pushback — A field guide to Ajit Pai's internet — As of June 11th, the legal protections against content discrimination on the internet are gone.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Interview with FCC chairman Ajit Pai, who says FTC will weed out anti-competitive conduct moving forward, as US' net neutrality rules officially come to an end — Two pivotal developments this week could dramatically expand the power and footprint of major telecom companies …
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| Heather Somerville / Reuters: |
Data storage startup Cohesity raises $250M Series D led by SoftBank's Vision Fund at a valuation of $1B+, bringing total raised to $410M — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund has made its second-ever investment in an enterprise software company …
| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Snapchat unveils Clear Chats, a feature that lets users delete Snapchat messages even after sending them, whether in individual or group chat — Snapchat today announced a new feature called “Clear Chats,” which lets you delete any message you've sent to another person on Snapchat, whether in individual or group chat.
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
A profile of Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries, which is pitching its VR-based surveillance tech to DHS as a complement to Trump's border wall with Mexico — WE'RE STANDING ON the edge of a cliff on a remote Texas ranch, a long patch of rocky desert stretching out below to the verdant banks …
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| Doina Chiacu / Reuters: |
US Treasury sanctions three Russian individuals and five firms, saying they helped Russia conduct cyberattacks, including NotPetya, against US and its allies — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on three Russian individuals and five companies on Monday …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cloud HR software firm Workday acquires Adaptive Insights, a provider of cloud-based business planning and financial modeling tools, for $1.55B — Workday, the cloud-based platform that offers HR and other back-office apps for businesses, is making an acquisition to expand its portfolio of services …
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Sources: Bozoma Saint John departs Uber after joining a year ago as chief brand officer, to head to entertainment conglomerate Endeavor, where she will be CMO — The high-profile marketing guru will become CMO at the entertainment conglomerate. — Sources said the high-profile exec Bozoma Saint John has left Uber for Endeavor.
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| Stephen Silver / AppleInsider: |
Apple explicitly bans cryptocurrency mining in apps distributed through the iOS and Mac App Stores — New developer guidelines released during WWDC set new rules for cryptocurrency apps distributed through both the iOS and Mac App Stores. — Apple has added new language to its App Store review guidelines related to cryptocurrency.
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Facebook launches a new section called Memories to highlight old content, similar to the On This Day feature but more extensive — Facebook today is introducing a dedicated page called “Memories,” where you can reflect on the moments you've shared with family and friends over the years.| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Big data analytics service Splunk buys VictorOps, an incident management platform, for $120M, following its $350M acquisition of Phantom Cyber earlier this year — Big data-cruncher Splunk is acquiring VictorOps, a Boulder, Colo.-based startup whose tools help software developers collaborate … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Xiaomi reports a net profit of $162M excluding one-off items on revenue of ~$5.37B in Q1, as it publishes its first prospectus for sale of CDRs in Shanghai — A month after it filed for a much-anticipated Hong Kong IPO, Xiaomi has revealed a little more financial information …
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Bloomberg, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Financial Times, TechNode, Neowin, The Register, Tech in Asia, Axios, TechNode, China Money Network, and Reuters
| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Wish says it hit $1B+ in revenue in 2017, roughly doubling YoY, had 1M+ merchants and 75M MAUs as of April, as it goes after Walmart's value conscious customers — If you log onto the Wish app, you can buy dress shoes for $15, a watch for $3 or a 2-terabyte flash drive for $10.| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Studios creates a new venture, The Initiative, and buys game studios Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion Games — Microsoft kept the gaming announcements coming at its Xbox E3 press conference where it announced a series of four studio acquisitions meant …
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The Verge, Telegraph, Digital Trends, Microsoft, Engadget, BGR, Firstpost, CNET, Bloomberg, Polygon, YouTube, MSPoweruser, The Daily Caller, Investor's Business Daily, Windows Central, VentureBeat, IGN, GeekWire, Ars Technica, and PC Gamer. Tweets: @aapltree
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