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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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Tweets: @jason_kint, @profcarroll, and @matthewstoller
| 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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Forbes, The Verge, AppleInsider, eWeek, INSIDER, iMore, Page Array, Android Authority, CNET, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, Gizmodo, Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, and reddit.com
Tweets: @milenarodban, @wsj, @timodc, @cheddar, and @lutherlowe
| Facebook: |
Facebook is shutting down Android contacts app Hello, fitness tracking app Moves, and anonymous teen social media app tbh due to “low usage” — We wanted to let you know that we are shutting down three apps due to low usage: Moves, tbh and Hello.
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The Next Web, The Verge, Android Police, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch, Engadget, SlashGear, and Axios
Tweets: @mgsiegler and @codybrown
| 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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Digital Trends, The Daily Dot, SlashGear, reddit.com, The Verge, FierceWireless, KnowTechie, Android Authority, Ubergizmo, BGR, Engadget, Fortune, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @webjedi, @fark, @omgdadno, and @johnlegere
| 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, Firstpost, Ubergizmo, KnowTechie, Adweek, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Phone Scoop, Neowin, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Google, Mashable, and MacRumors
Tweets: @sarahintampa and @kateconger
| 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, The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget, Financial Times, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, SludgeFeed, Adweek, CityLab, Quartz, Mashable, Fortune, and Austin Business Journal
Tweets: @lyft, @a_w_gordon, @citylab, @logangreen, @ericpauldennis, @sallyshin, and @amir
| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
Some Samsung phone owners say Samsung's Messages texting app randomly sent photos to their contacts without permission; company says it is aware of the reports — Sending pictures to others is one of the most basic functions of a smartphone, but when your phone's texting app starts randomly pushing … | 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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Times of India, Hindustan Times, BBC, CNET, and Engadget
Tweets: @bentaub91, @pritishnandy, @nidhi, @caseynewton, @karlbode, @anniegowen, @rama_rajeswari, @anniegowen, and @mhbergen
| Facebook: |
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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BetaNews, Fast Company, Firstpost, CNBC, SecurityWeek, Business Insider, The Verge, Associated Press, The Hill, Slate, Recode, Marketing Land, Neowin, BGR, Quartz, Adweek, Gizmodo, Mashable, SlashGear, CNET, Engadget, KnowTechie, TechCrunch, Thurrott.com, and Axios
Tweets: @facebook, @mattrosoff, and @joshconstine
| 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, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, The Verge, CNBC, and Axios
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
DirecTV Now prices go up by $5/month, but two months ago, AT&T said in a court filing that buying Time Warner would “enable the merged company to reduce prices” — Most DirecTV Now prices go up $5 a month, weeks after AT&T bought Time Warner.| 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, Bitsonline, Bitcoin Magazine, SludgeFeed, 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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Data mining firm Acxiom is selling its marketing solutions business to IPG for $2.3B in cash, will focus on its customer data onboarding unit LiveRamp — Unit represents about three-quarters of Acxiom's total revenue in fiscal 2018 — Interpublic Group of Co IPG -1.75% s has agreed …
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AdExchanger, investors.acxiom.com, The Drum, Peter Krasilovsky, and Axios
| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
As Ripple tries to promote XRP use via giveaways and a $300M fund to pay firms for using it, the company raises the risk of XRP being categorized as a security — SAN FRANCISCO — You may have seen the actor and part-time tech investor Ashton Kutcher present $4 million worth of digital coins called XRP …
Tweets: @nathanielpopper and @nathanielpopper
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Citymapper adds dockless bikes and electric scooters to its app globally including Bird scooters in San Francisco and Ofo bikes in London — Citymapper has been adding a multitude of transport options to its popular city transit app over the past few weeks, with dockless bikes and motorized scooters now appearing globally.
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Citymapper and Engadget
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