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Sources: DOJ's probe into the Cambridge Analytica scandal has broadened to focus on the actions and statements of Facebook; FBI, SEC, and FTC are also involved — A federal investigation into Facebook's sharing of data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica has broadened to focus …
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Facebook says it's notifying ~800,000 users who were hit by a bug in Facebook and Messenger from May 29 to June 5 that unblocked some people they had blocked — Starting today we are notifying over 800,000 users about a bug in Facebook and Messenger that unblocked some people they had blocked.
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Fast Company, The Verge, Recode, BGR, Slate, Quartz, Associated Press, CNET, CNBC, Business Insider, Marketing Land, Axios, Mashable, TechCrunch, Thurrott.com, Gizmodo, SlashGear, KnowTechie, Adweek, and Engadget
Tweets: @mattrosoff, @facebook, and @joshconstine
| New York Times: |
Lyft is buying the core operations of Motivate, parent of CitiBike; the business will be renamed Lyft Bikes and keep contracts with NYC and seven other cities — Lyft competes with Uber for ride-hailing customers. Now it is following its rival into bike-sharing, as the companies move …
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Lyft Blog, VentureBeat, The Verge, Quartz, TechCrunch, CityLab, SludgeFeed, Adweek, Austin Business Journal, Engadget, and Fortune
Tweets: @citylab, @lyft, @logangreen, @ericpauldennis, @amir, and @sallyshin
| Annie Gowen / Washington Post: |
Mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp messages continue to sweep India as authorities struggle to combat fake news; five were killed by a rumor-driven mob on Sunday — NEW DELHI — Five people were killed by a mob in India on Sunday after rumors spread on social media that they were child traffickers …
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Tweets: @pritishnandy, @nidhi, @mhbergen, @caseynewton, @anniegowen, @rama_rajeswari, @karlbode, and @anniegowen
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service now throttles personal hotspot usage on its “unlimited” plan to 600kbps and caps videos at 480p quality unless users pay extra — Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service is imposing new speed limits on video watching and personal hotspot usage …
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The Verge, FierceWireless, Digital Trends, reddit.com, SlashGear, Android Authority, Engadget, KnowTechie, BGR, Ubergizmo, 9to5Mac, and Fortune
Tweets: @webjedi, @fark, @omgdadno, and @johnlegere
| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Makers of email software like Return Path and Edison Software let their employees read users' email, a practice they say is covered by user agreements — Software developers scan hundreds of millions of emails of users who sign up for email-based services — Google said a year ago …
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AppleInsider, The Verge, Gizmodo, Android Authority, MacRumors, Business Insider, iPhone Hacks, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @wsj, @timodc, @cheddar, and @lutherlowe
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out its “all caught up” feature; sources: Facebook and Instagram are developing Do Not Disturb features to let users better manage notifications — Instagram is turning the Time Well Spent philosophy into features to help users avoid endless scrolling and distraction by notifications.
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Instagram, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Google, Neowin, MacRumors, KnowTechie, Adweek, SlashGear, Phone Scoop, iPhone Hacks, and Mashable
| Reuters: |
HTC plans to cut around a quarter of its global workforce, or 1,500 jobs, at its manufacturing unit in Taiwan; layoffs will be completed by the end of September — TAIPEI (Reuters) - Smartphone maker HTC plans to slash around a quarter of its global workforce through job cuts at its manufacturing unit …
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Engadget, Mashable, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Register, Cult of Mac, CNET, CRN, Android Authority, Inquirer, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, Android Beat, Road to VR, SlashGear, Android Central, Android and Me, Android Police, 9to5Google, UploadVR, Fortune, and reddit.com
Tweets: @samsonellis and @somospostpc
| Facebook: |
Facebook is shutting down Android contacts app Hello, fitness tracking app Moves, and tbh, an anonymous social media app for high school students — We wanted to let you know that we are shutting down three apps due to low usage: Moves, tbh and Hello. — We launched Hello in 2015 …
| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Dell announces it will become a public company again by subsuming its tracking stock DVMT in a cash and share-swap deal worth $21.7B — - Dell to offer DVMT shareholders Dell stock or cash buyout — Total deal size comes to $21.7 billion, Dell to list on NYSE
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The Verge, Dell Technologies, ZDNet, eWeek, Silicon Valley Business …, Financial Times, Dell Technologies …, Engadget, Light Reading, CNET, The Register, AppleInsider, TechSpot, iDownloadBlog.com, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Windows Central, Axios, MacDailyNews, CNBC, and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @financialtimes
| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Tesla's SVP of engineering Doug Field is officially leaving the company, after Tesla characterized his initial departure in May as a “leave of absence” — Doug Field's departure is latest of several high-level executive exits in the last two years
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Tesla, Inc., Business Insider, The Verge, Axios, Bloomberg, and CNBC
| Neer Varshney / The Next Web: |
Coinbase's cryptocurrency custodial service for institutional customers, Coinbase Custody, announced in November 2017, is now open for business — Coinbase's cryptocurrency custody service is officially open for business, the company announced on its blog today.
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The Coinbase Blog, SiliconANGLE, Bitcoin Magazine, SludgeFeed, Bitsonline, and CryptoGlobe. Tweets: @coinbase
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Anthony Levandowski, the entrepreneur at the heart of the Uber/Waymo trial, is involved with Kache.ai, an autonomous trucking company still in stealth — This is a comeback story. Or at least the first chapter to one. — Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer … | NASDAQ.com: |
Norway-based Opera Limited, maker of the Opera browser, filed for US IPO on Friday to raise up to $115M, says it booked $148M in sales in 12 months ending 3/18 — Opera Limited, a leading provider of web browsers and digital content discovery platforms, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise …
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TechCrunch, Android Police, Telecompaper, and Reuters
| Sean Michael Kerner / eWeek: |
UK-based Micro Focus sells its Germany-based Linux distribution vendor SUSE to investment firm EQT Partners for $2.535B — NEWS ANALYSIS: SUSE is set to become an independent business once again, as growth investment firm EQT acquires the Linux vendor from Micro Focus.
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SiliconANGLE, Reuters, MarketWatch, Linux Journal, The Register, and PE Hub Blog
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