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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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| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Google says Cloud COO Diane Bryant has left the company, less than a year after joining from Intel, where she had been for 32 years — - Google Cloud COO Diane Bryant is leaving the company less than a year after coming aboard. — Bryant came from Intel, where she had a storied 32-year career … | Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
Samsung says it's aware of reports from some phone owners that its Messages texting app randomly sent photos to their contacts without permission — Sending pictures to others is one of the most basic functions of a smartphone, but when your phone's texting app starts randomly pushing …
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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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| 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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| Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg: |
Inside Instagram's master class for marketing executives from fashion and beauty companies, where they learn to sell products on its platform — It's the first day of class at Instagram. Students check in at two security desks and sign non-disclosure agreements before heading up to the photo-sharing app's Manhattan offices.| Axios: |
All charges against ex-Vungle CEO Zain Jaffer have been dismissed at the request of San Mateo DA, who said prescribed drugs from multiple doctors were at fault — Last fall we reported that tech entrepreneur Zain Jaffer was arrested on a variety of awful charges, including sexual assault of his own child.
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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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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Melbourne-based international payments startup Airwallex raises $80M Series B led by Tencent and Sequoia China — Airwallex, a three-year-old fintech startup focused on international payments for SMEs and businesses, is putting itself on the map after it raised an $80 million Series B round.| 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.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Robotic process automation startup Automation Anywhere raises $250M Series A led by New Enterprise Associates and Goldman Sachs for a $1.8B post-money valuation — Automation Anywhere (formerly Tethys Solutions), a San Jose, California-based robotic process automation (RPA) startup …
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| Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
In a filing, Commerce Department recommends that the FCC reject China Mobile's 2011 application to enter the US market, citing national security concerns — The Trump administration moved against letting China Mobile Ltd. enter the U.S. telecommunications market, saying the government-owned company would pose national security risks.
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| 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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