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July 11, 2018, 11:40 AM

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Washington Post:
UK watchdog gives Facebook a preliminary fine of about $664,000, the maximum allowed, for letting Cambridge Analytica access data about millions of people  —  Facebook is staring down its first fine for allowing Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data about millions of people …
Reuters:
Uber's head of human resources Liane Hornsey resigns following probe into how she handled allegations of racial discrimination at the firm  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc's Chief People Officer Liane Hornsey resigned on Tuesday, Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said …
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat:
Secretive AR startup Magic Leap signs AT&T as sole US wireless vendor and receives undisclosed investment, with AT&T CEO John Donovan gaining observer rights  —  Magic Leap, the secretive startup responsible for the Magic Leap One augmented reality platform, has selected AT&T …
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
DOJ has quietly settled with 3D printable gun inventor Cody Wilson, who argued that gun blueprints were protected speech, five years after the take down order  —  Cody Wilson makes digital files that let anyone 3-D print untraceable guns.  The government tried to stop him.  He sued—and won.
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Court filing: former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang has been charged by the FBI with the alleged theft of trade secrets related to Apple's autonomous car efforts  —  The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation this week charged former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang with theft of trade secrets …
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Opera is testing a built-in crypto wallet in its Android browser, with support for Ethereum-based tokens, collectibles, and DApps, available in private beta now  —  Cryptocurrencies: They're kind of a big deal.  Bitcoin, one of the most popular digital currencies on the market …
CNNMoney:
Facebook apps from Mail.Ru are being reviewed as part of Facebook's probe into user data misuse; two apps received extension to collect data after policy change  —  Not just another Facebook data scandal  —  A Russian internet company with links to the Kremlin was among the firms …

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