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| The Intercept: |
Documents and sources detail how the NSA taps into the data between AT&T, its partners, and customers, making the telco essential to US surveillance efforts — The secrets are hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple to unveil high-end water resistant AirPods with noise-cancellation, studio-quality over-ear headphones, and a new HomePod as early as next year — - High-end AirPods and over-ear headphones coming next year — Foxconn to build AirPods; Inventec may lose some HomePod work
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| Sean Keane / CNET: |
Amazon's Whole Foods to expand 10% discount on some items for Prime members to all stores across US starting June 27 — Amazon said Monday that its Prime membership discounts are coming to all Whole Foods across the US. — From Wednesday, Prime members can get a 10 percent discount … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases first public beta of iOS 12 with Group FaceTime, Siri Shortcuts, new Do Not Disturb features, Memoji, multiplayer shared AR experiences, and more — Apple this morning released the first public beta of iOS 12 to its public beta testing group, giving non-developers a chance …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Intel's integrated model served it well for 35 years, but now it is the straitjacket that has hemmed in the chip maker in the mobile era — Last week Brian Krzanich resigned as the CEO of Intel after violating the company's non-fraternization policy. The details of Krzanich's departure …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
PayPal's Venmo follows Square by officially launching its own MasterCard-branded debit card in the US, following beta tests of a now-discontinued Visa card — Venmo today is officially introducing its own debit card in partnership with MasterCard, following beta tests of a Visa-branded debit card last year.
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| Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal: |
AT&T confirms it will buy AppNexus, which operates one of the largest independent ad exchanges; sources last week said the price was expected to be around $1.6B — Following acquisitions of AppNexus and Time Warner, telecom giant wants to do more than capitalize on its own content
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
a16z has raised $300M for its first crypto-focused fund, bringing on former US DoJ prosecutor Katie Haun as a general partner to lead the effort — - Andreessen Horowitz is “investing aggressively” in crypto, even as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have dropped by more than 50 percent this year.
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Tweets: @howelloneill, @hunterwalk, @danprimack, @alexrkonrad, and @jyarow
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is integrating Adblock Plus into its Edge browser on iOS and Android, letting users enable it in settings, rolling out to beta testers now — Available in beta right now — Microsoft is building Adblock Plus directly into its Edge browser for iOS and Android.
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Engadget, Fortune, MacRumors, SlashGear, BetaNews, The Next Web, Windows Central, and KnowTechie. Tweets: @howelloneill
| Emily McCormick / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Instagram is estimated to be worth more than $100B if it were a stand-alone company and is on track to cross 2B users within the next five years — - Boost in estimated valuation signifies a 100-fold return — App is predicted to exceed 2 billion users within five years| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
The Oculus TV app, which displays content in a virtual home theater, debuts for Oculus Go but seems half-baked, with no universal search and clunky navigation — Facebook released a new app for its Oculus Go virtual reality (VR) headset Monday: Oculus TV is meant to be a one-stop-shop for watching streaming video content in VR.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
T-Mobile unveils FamilyMode, a $10/month subscription plan and HomeBase, a $100 base station, to let parents monitor and manage their kids' internet usage — Even on a home Wi-Fi network — T-Mobile is launching a new subscription plan today as an add-on for subscribers to its T-Mobile …
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| Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump admin planning rules to block firms with >25% Chinese ownership from buying firms with “industrially significant” tech, plus new export controls — Treasury is crafting rules that would block firms with at least 25% Chinese ownership from buying companies involved in ‘industrially significant technology’
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The Register, Reuters, Ars Technica, International Business Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Fortune, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, CNBC, MacDailyNews, Politico, The Guardian, CNNMoney, and reddit.com
Tweets: @stevenmnuchin1, @jdawsey1, @jonathanvswan, @jonathanvswan, and @lisaabramowicz1
| The Verge: |
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